TGPSC HMWSSB Manager 2015 Paper 2 · Question 68
Question 68 of the TSPSC Manager (Engineering), HMWSSB, 2015: Paper 2 (Civil Engineering) (1 November 2015). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.
Piezometric head is the summation of
- Velocity head and elevation head
- Velocity head and pressure head
- Pressure head and elevation head
- Total head
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Answer: (3) Pressure head and elevation head
Piezometric head = p/γ + z (pressure head + elevation head), the level to which water rises in a piezometer; adding the velocity head gives the total head.