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  • Question
  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • All the above. 


  • Water Resources Engineering problems


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    • 1. 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).
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. For computing the run off volumes of large areas, number of infiltrations used are

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 3
    • C. 4
    • D. 5
    • Discuss
    • 6. 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. 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
    • 9. 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
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. The portion of pellicular water which remains unutilised, is called hygroscopic water
    • B. The moisture content at which permanent wilting of plants takes place, is called the wilting point
    • C. The path of the water required to bring the soil moisture content of a soil up to its field capacity is called soil moisture deficiency
    • D. The moisture deficiency will be different at different points
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss


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