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Question
Groynes are generally built
Options
A. perpendicular to the bank
B. inclined up stream up to 30°
C. inclined down stream upto 30°
D. all the above.
Correct Answer
inclined up stream up to 30°
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1. The difference in level between the top of a bank and supply level in a canal, is called
Options
A. berm
B. free board
C. height of bank
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: free board
2. For loss of head in a canal inverted syphon barrel, the factor in the Unwin formula
is a coefficient for loss of head due to
Options
A. friction
B. exit
C. entry
D. gradient
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Correct Answer: entry
3. The design of a retaining wall assumes that the retained earth
Options
A. is dry
B. is free from moisture
C. is not cohesives
D. consists of granular particles
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
4. If the permissible compressive stress for a concrete in bending is
C
kg/m
2
, the modular ratio is
Options
A. 2800/
C
B. 2300/2
C
C. 2800/3
C
D. 2800/
C
2
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Correct Answer: 2800/3
C
5. According to I.S. : 456 specifications, the safe diagonal tensile stress for M 150 grade concrete, is
Options
A. 5 kg/cm
2
B. 10 kg/cm
2
C. 15 kg/cm
2
D. 20 kg/cm
2
E. 25 kg/cm
2
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Correct Answer: 5 kg/cm
2
6. For the conditions enumerated to provide a crossing at
C
1
You will probably provide
Options
A. an aqueduct
B. a super-passage
C. a syphon aqueduct
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: a super-passage
7. Side slopes generally kept for canals in loam soil, are :
Options
A. 1 : 1 in cutting and
: 1 in filling
B.
: 1 in cutting and 2 : 1 in filling
C. Neither (a) nor (b)
D. Both (a) and (b)
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Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b)
8. If the straight sides of a triangular section of a lined canal with circular bottom of radius
R
, make an angle ? with horizontal, the perimeter of the canal is
Options
A. R(? + tan ?)
B. 2R(? + tan ?)
C. R(? + cos ?)
D. 2R(? + cos ?)
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: 2R(? + cos ?)
9. A river training work is generally required when the river is
Options
A. meandering
B. aggrading
C. degrading
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: meandering
10. The length of a meander is the distance along the river between the tangent point of one curve to the tangent point of
Options
A. reverse curve
B. next curve of the same order
C. reverse curve plus the width of the river
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: next curve of the same order
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