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GATE Fluid Mechanics: Flow in pipes and pipe networks – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Flow in pipes and pipe networks (Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2024 CE (CE2) Q57 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 500 m long water distribution pipeline P with diameter 1.0 m, is used to convey 0.1 m3/s of flow. A new pipeline Q, with the same length and flow…
  2. GATE 2025 CE (CE2) Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Consider steady flow of water in the series pipe system shown below, with specified discharge. The diameters of Pipes A and B are 2 m and 1 m,…
  3. GATE 2026 CE (CE2) Q54 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A centrifugal pump is delivering water from an underground tank to an overhead reservoir against a static head of 35 m through a 2 km long, 250 mm…
  4. GATE 2026 CE (CE1) Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Two reservoirs having different water levels are connected by two long parallel pipelines of same length and same material but having diameters of 600…