Given,
$F=1\,N$
$\eta=0.02 \text { decapoise }=0.02\,N / sm ^2$
$A=20\,m ^2$
The drag force is given by
$F =\eta A \frac{ dv }{ dx }$
$\frac{ dv }{ dx }=\frac{ F }{\eta A }=\frac{1}{0.02 \times 20}$
velocity gradient, $\frac{ dv }{ dx }=2.5\,s ^{-1}$