SR.NO.

QUESTION ANSWER
01) Which of the following flows have the highest critical A)flow in a pipe
Reynolds number (lower)?
A) flow in a pipe
B) flow between parallel plates
C) flow in an open channel
D) flow around spherical body

02) The ratio of inertia force to viscous force is known as b) Reynolds number
a) Grashof number
b) Reynolds number
c) Fourier number
d) Nusselt number

03) For transient flow, the value of Reynolds number may c) 2300-6000
vary between
a) 1450-9870
b) 1200-4500
c) 2300-6000
d) 6000-9000

04) The Prandtl Number approximates _____ a) Momentum

a) Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity diffusivity to thermal
b) Thermal diffusivity to momentum diffusivity diffusivity
c) Shear stress to thermal diffusivity
d) Thermal diffusivity to kinematic viscosity
05) Prandtl number is the ratio of C. kinematic viscosity
(ν) to thermal
A. thermal diffusivity (α) to absolute viscosity (μ) diffusivity (α)
B. absolute viscosity (μ) to thermal diffusivity (α)
C. kinematic viscosity (ν) to thermal diffusivity (α)
D. thermal diffusivity (α) to kinematic viscosity (ν)

06) Which quantity signifies the ratio of temperature b) Nusselt number

gradient at the surface to a reference temperature
gradient?
a) Reynolds number
b) Nusselt number
c) Fourier number
d) Stanton number

07) Nusselt number is given by a) h l/k

a) h l/k
b) 2 h l/k
c) 3 h l/k
d) 4 h l/k

08) For a given value of Nusselt number, the convective c) Thermal

surface coefficient h is directly proportional to conductivity
a) Length
b) Mass
c) Thermal conductivity
d) Density

09) D)100-10000
What is the value of Prandtl number for highly viscous
oils?
 a) 100-1000
b) 0-100
c) 10-100
d) 100-10000

10) The ratio of heat transfer coefficient to the flow of heat d) Stanton number
per unit temperature rise due to the velocity of the fluid
is known as
a) Fourier number
b) Grashof number
c) Peclet number
d) Stanton number

11) Which number indicates the relative ability of the fluid b) Prandtl number
to diffuse momentum and internal energy by molecular
mechanisms?
a) Nusselt number
b) Prandtl number
c) Peclet number
d) Stanton number

12) Which number establishes the relation between A)Nusselt number

convective film coefficient, thermal conductivity of the
fluid and a significant length parameter?
a) Nusselt number
b) Stanton number
c) Peclet number
d) Fourier number
13) The ratio of heat transfer coefficient to the flow of heat d) Stanton number
per unit temperature rise due to the velocity of the fluid
is known as
a) Fourier number
b) Grashof number
c) Peclet number
d) Stanton number

14) What is the value of Prandtl number for liquid metals? a) 0.003-0.01
a) 0.003-0.01
b) 0.01-0.1
c) 0.1-0.5
d) 0.5-0.95

15) The product of buoyant force and inertia force to the b) Grashof number
square of the viscous force is known as
a) Stanton number
b) Grashof number
c) Fourier number
d) Peclet number

16) For inclined plates we multiply Grashof number with d) Cos α

a) Cos 2 α
b) tan α
c) Sin α
d) Cos α

17) The convective heat transfer coefficient in laminar flow

over a flat plate c) Increases if a denser
a) Increases with distance fluid is used
b) Increases if a higher viscosity fluid is used
 c) Increases if a denser fluid is used
d) Decreases with increase in free stream velocity

18) When a hemisphere is placed on the ground on its flat b) circle

face, its top view is a _____
a) semi circle
b) circle
c) ellipse
d) irregular one

19) When a hemisphere is placed on the ground on its flat a) semi circle
face, its front view is a _____
a) semi circle
b) square
c) ellipse
d) irregular one

20) For laminar flow over a flat plate, the average value of a d) Dynamic viscosity
Nusselt number is prescribed by the relation has to be decreased
Nu = 0.664 (Re)^0.5 (Pr)^0.33 sixteen times
Which of the following is then a false statement?
a) Density has to be increased four times
b) Plate length has to be decreased four times
c) Specific heat has to be increased four times
d) Dynamic viscosity has to be decreased sixteen
times

21) If we imagine a curve within a fluid , the tangent at B)Stream line

every point of which indicates the direction of the
velocity of the fluid particles , then the curve is known
as a
 A) Boundary layer
B) Stream line
C) Streak line
D) Laminar curve
22) Viscous effect of a fluid C) is confined in the
A) is found in the turbulent core boundary layer
B) is confined outside the boundary layer
C) is confined in the boundary layer
D) is confined in the potential flow
23) The zone of transition between the laminar sublayer and B) buffer layer
the turbulent core is called
A) transition zone
B)buffer layer
C)boundary layer
D)none of the above
24) For flow over a flat plate , the critical value of Reynolds D) all of the above
number characterizes
A) the flow when eddies start forming in the fluid
B) the end of the laminar boundary layer
C) the beginning of turbulent boundary layer
D) all of the above
25) A fluid is flowing over a flat plate with a free stream B) displacement
velocity 𝑢∞ . The distance by which an equivalent thickness
uniform stream would have to be displaced from the
surface to give the same volume flow of the fluid is
called the
A) boundary layer thickness
B) displacement thickness
C) momentum thickness
D) energy thickness
26) For flow over a cylinder , the flow separation occurs at
the location s for which 𝝏𝒖
A) ( 𝝏𝒚) = 0
𝝏𝒖 𝒔
A) ( 𝝏𝒚) = 0
𝒔
𝜕𝑢
B) (𝜕𝑦 ) >0
𝑠
𝜕𝑢
C) ( ) <0
𝜕𝑦 𝑠

D) When Reynolds number exceeds 2300

27) A fluid is flowing along a plate having a high uniform A) Decreases
wall temperature .The heat transfer coefficient along the
length
A) Decreases
B) Increases
C) Remains constant
D) First decreases and then increases
28) The conditions which are important to study the analysis D)All of the above
of a heat transfer process under steady state are
A) Geometric conditions
B) Physical conditions
C) Boundary conditions
D) All of the above
29) The ratio of surface shear stress to free stream kinetic C) Drag coefficient
energy is called
A) Friction factor
B) Weber number
C) Drag coefficient
D) Drag force
𝟏
30) In laminar boundary layers over a flat plate , the ratio of C) P𝒓−𝟑
𝛿𝑟
is equal to
𝛿
1
A) P𝑟 2
 1
B) P𝑟 3
𝟏
C) P𝒓−𝟑
1
D) P𝑟 4

31) It is a property of a fluid C) Kinematic viscosity

A) Eddy Viscosity
B) Eddy diffusivity
C) Kinematic viscosity
D) Turbulent Prandtl number
𝟏
32) The convective heat transfer coefficient for laminar and C) 𝒙−𝟐 and 𝒙−𝟎.𝟐
turbulent flows over a flat plate varies respectively as –
1
A) 𝑥 2 and 𝑥 0.2
1
B) 𝑥 2 and 𝑥 −0.2
𝟏
C) 𝒙−𝟐 and 𝒙−𝟎.𝟐
1
D) 𝑥 3 and 𝑥 0.2
33) 𝛿𝑡 B) Very large
In liquid metal heat transfer, is
𝛿

A) Very small
B) Very large
C) About 1
D) Dependent on the thermal conductivity of the
film
34) In liquid metal heat transfer, Nusselt number is a C) Peclet number
function of
A) Prandtl number
B) Reynolds number
C) Peclet number
D) Peclet and Reynolds number
35) The Nusselt number for fully developed laminar flow in C) Is constant
a tube under constant heat flux
A) Depends on Reynolds number
B) Depends on Prandtl number
C) Is constant
D) Depends on Graetz number
36) This equation can be used to determine experimentally A) Hagen-Poiseuille
the dynamic viscosity of a fluid equation
A) Hagen-Poiseuille equation
B) Dittus-Boelter equation
C) Sieder-Tate equation
D) Hausen’s equation
37) When a hot fluid is flowing over a cold flat plate, the C) Is zero at the edge of
temperature gradient the thermal boundary
A) Is zero at the surface layer
B) Is negative at the surface
C) Is zero at the edge of the thermal boundary
layer
D) Is positive at the edge of the thermal boundary
layer
𝟏
38) The boundary layer thickness at a distance x from the 𝟏 𝟏 −
C) 5.0 ( 𝒙 𝝂
𝟐 𝟐 𝒖∞𝟐 )
leading edge in a laminar boundary layer ( Blasius
velocity profile is )
1
−
A) 5.0 𝑅𝑒𝑥 2
1
−
B) 4.64 𝑅𝑒𝑥 2
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
−
C) 5.0 ( 𝒙𝟐 𝝂𝟐 𝒖∞𝟐 )
1
2
D) 5.0 𝑅𝑒𝑥
39) If the local heat transfer coefficient is ℎ𝑥 at a distance x A) 2 𝒉𝒙
from the leading edge, the average heat transfer
coefficient is
A) 2 𝒉𝒙
B) √ℎ𝑥
C) 3 ℎ𝑥
D) 4 ℎ𝑥
40) Which is an example of forced convection A) Stirring liquid
A) Stirring liquid heating in a vessel with pipe heating in a vessel with
B) Liquid heating in a vessel pipe
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above