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- Question
While calculating the average depth of annual precipitation in a catchment basin, importance to individual raingauge station is given in
Options- A. Arithmetical method
- B. Thiessen's mean method
- C. Isohyetal method
- D. both (a) and (b)
- E. both (b) and (c).
- Correct Answer
- both (b) and (c).
- 1. Prof. Running suggested the method for extending the discharge curve. It is known as
Options- A. Logarithmic method
- B. y method
- C. General method
- D. None of these. Discuss
- 2. If a gauge is installed perpendicular to the slope, its measurement is reduced by multiplying
Options- A. sine of the angle of inclination with vertical
- B. cosine of the angle of inclination with vertical
- C. tangent of the angle of inclination with vertical
- D. calibration coefficient of the gauge. Discuss
- 3. The quantity of water retained by the sub-soil against gravity, is known
Options- A. yield
- B. porosity
- C. specific yield
- D. specific retention
- E. none of these. Discuss
- 4. For computing the run off volumes of large areas, number of infiltrations used are
Options- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5 Discuss
- 5. For calculating the evaporation rate over a reservoir surface E = 0.771 (1.465 - 0.00732 B) (0.44 - 0.007375 V) (pe - pa), the equation is given by
Options- A. Roohwer's, formula in M.K.S.
- B. Roohwer's formula in F.P.S.
- C. Dalton's formula in F.P.S.
- D. Dalton's formula in M.K.S. Discuss
- 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Options- A. Rain which is intercepted by buildings, vegetations and other objects, is generally known as rainfall interception
- B. The difference between the total rainfall and intercepted rainfall, is generally called ground rainfall
- C. When rainfall exceeds the interception rainfall, water reaches the ground and infiltration starts
- D. The maximum rate of absorbing water by the soil in any given condition, is known as infiltration capacity
- E. All the above. Discuss
- 7. The deficiency in rain catch due to vertical acceleration of air forced upward over the gauge, is
Options- A. greater for heavy rain
- B. greater for lighter rain
- C. greater for large drops
- D. lesser for small rain drops. Discuss
- 8. The surface Run-off is the quantity of water
Options- A. absorbed by soil
- B. intercepted by buildings and vegetative cover
- C. required to fill surface depressions
- D. that reaches the stream channels
- E. that gets evaporated. Discuss
- 9. If s is the potential infiltration, P is rainfall in cm in a drainage of a soil with fair pasture cover, the direct run off Q in cm is given by
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 10. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
Options- A. The rate of flow of water through a unit cross-sectional area under a unit hydraulic gradient, is called coefficient of permeability
- B. The rate of flow of water through a vertical strip of the acquifer of unit width and full depth under a unit hydraulic gradient, is called coefficient of transmissibility
- C. The flow of water through acquifers, is governed by the Darcy's law
- D. The term 'transmissibility' was introduced by Meinzer
- E. The ratio of coefficient of transmissibility and coefficient of permeability, is equal to the depth of acquifer through which water flows. Discuss
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Correct Answer: Logarithmic method
Correct Answer: cosine of the angle of inclination with vertical
Correct Answer: specific retention
Correct Answer: 2
Correct Answer: Roohwer's, formula in M.K.S.
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: greater for lighter rain
Correct Answer: that reaches the stream channels
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Correct Answer: The term 'transmissibility' was introduced by Meinzer
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