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  • Absolute humidity in air


  • Options
  • A. decreases at higher altitudes
  • B. increases at higher altitudes
  • C. remains constant at all altitudes
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • decreases at higher altitudes 


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    • 1. The efficiency of a pump may be taken as

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    • A. 0.55
    • B. 0.60
    • C. 0.65
    • D. 0.70
    • Discuss
    • 2. A recording type rain gauge

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    • A. produces a mass curve of rain fall
    • B. records the cumulative rain
    • C. is sometimes called integrating rain gauge or continuous rain gauge
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. From the Survey of India map, the distance of the critical point is 20 km and difference in elevation is 193 m. The over land flow time, is

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    • A. 2 hours
    • B. 3 hours
    • C. 2 hours and 30 minutes
    • D. 3 hours and 30 minutes
    • E. 4 hours.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Water contains

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    • A. one hydrogen atom and one oxygen atom
    • B. two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
    • C. one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms
    • D. three hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms
    • E. two hydrogen atoms and three oxygen atoms.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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    • A. When rainfall rate exceeds the infiltration capacity, the water enters the soil at full capacity rate
    • B. When rainfall rate is less than the infiltration capacity, the infiltration rate is approximately equal to the rainfall rate
    • C. The actual infiltration rate at any time may be equal to or less than the infiltration capacity
    • D. The actual prevailing rate of infiltration of water in the soil at any time, is known as infiltration rate
    • E. All the above.
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    • 6. The run off is affected by

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    • A. type of precipitation
    • B. rain intensity and duration of rainfall
    • C. rain distribution and soil moisture deficiency
    • D. direction of prevailing storm
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Infiltration capacity of soil depends upon

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    • A. number of voids present in the soil
    • B. shape and size of soil particles
    • C. arrangement of soil particles
    • D. compaction of the soil particles
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If y is the depth of water at any section, then the mean velocity is

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    • A. 0.1 y
    • B. 0.2 y
    • C. 0.3 y
    • D. 0.5 y
    • E. 0.6 y.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Hydrology helps in

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    • A. predicting maximum flows
    • B. deciding the minimum reservoir capacity
    • C. forecasting the availability of quantity of water at reservoir site
    • D. predicting the effects on the river water level on completion of dams
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The theory of infiltration capacity was given by

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    • A. Merrill Bernard
    • B. W.W. Horner
    • C. Le-Roy K. Shermen
    • D. Robert E. Horten.
    • Discuss


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