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Absolute humidity in air
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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
Options
A. 0.55
B. 0.60
C. 0.65
D. 0.70
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Correct Answer: 0.65
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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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.
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Correct Answer: 4 hours.
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.
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Correct Answer: two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
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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Correct Answer: All the above.
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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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
.
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Correct Answer: 0.6
y
.
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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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.
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Correct Answer: Robert E. Horten.
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