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GATE Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Properties of fluids, fluid statics (Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The following figure shows a plot between shear stress and velocity gradient for materials/fluids P, Q, R, S, and T. [Figure: shear stress against…
  2. GATE 2024 CE (CE1) Q59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 5 m × 5 m closed tank of 10 m height contains water and oil, and is connected to an overhead water reservoir as shown in the figure. Use w = 10…
  3. GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The shaft of a 6 m wide gate in the figure will fail at a moment of 3924 kN.m about the hinge P. The maximum value of water depth h (in m) that the…
  4. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q53 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The cross section of a 0.5 m wide vertical gate holding water and oil is shown in the figure. The unit weights of water and oil are 10 kN/m3 and 7.5…