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  • Question
  • A high velocity of wash water is required for


  • Options
  • A. rapid gravity filter with strainers
  • B. rapid gravity filter without strainers
  • C. slow sand filter with strainers
  • D. slow sand filter without strainers
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • rapid gravity filter without strainers 


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    • 1. The reaction time for calculation of stopping distance may be assumed as

    • Options
    • A. 5 secs
    • B. 2.5 secs
    • C. 0.5 secs
    • D. 10.0 secs
    • Discuss
    • 2. If the width of the approach area near the runway end is 150 m, the width of the approach area at a distance of 3 kilometres from runway end will be

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    • A. 1500 m
    • B. 1200 m
    • C. 1000 m
    • D. 800 m
    • Discuss
    • 3. The sound which continues even after its source is cut off, is called

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    • A. reverberation
    • B. echo
    • C. intensity of sound
    • D. interference.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Differential manometers are used to measure

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    • A. pressure in water channels, pipes, etc.
    • B. difference in pressure at two points
    • C. atmospheric pressure
    • D. very low pressure.
    • Discuss
    • 5. For a homogeneous earth dam 50 m high having 2 m free broad, a flow net was constructed and the results were : Number of potential drops = 2.4 Number of flow channels = 0.4. If coefficiency of permeability of the dam mateiral is 3 x 10-3 cm3/sec, the discharge per metre length of dam, is

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    • A. 12 x 10-5 m3/sec
    • B. 24 x 10-3 m3/sec
    • C. 6 x 10-5 m3/sec
    • D. 24 x 10-5 m3/sec
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. Sandy clayloam contains highest percentage of sand
    • B. Silty clayloam contains highest percentage of silt
    • C. Stiff boulder clay offers maximum shear strength
    • D. Soft chalk carries least safe load
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

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    • A. In free flooding irrigation, water is admitted at one corner of a field and is allowed to spread over the entire area
    • B. In check method of irrigation, the field is divided into smaller compartments and water is admitted to each in turn
    • C. In furrow irrigation water is admitted between the rows of plants in the field
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If the shear stress in a R.C.C. beam is

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    • A. equal or less than 5 kg/cm2, no shear reinforcement is provided
    • B. greater than 4 kg/cm2, but less than 20 kg/cm2, shear reinforcement is provided
    • C. greater than 20 kg/cm2, the size of the section is changed
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The lowest outlet sluice in a dam is provided

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    • A. below the dead storage
    • B. on the top level of dead storage
    • C. on the top level of useful storage
    • D. at the centre of the dam.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Whole circle bearing of a line is preferred to a quadrantal bearing merely because

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    • A. bearing is not completely specified by an angle
    • B. bearing is completely specified by an angle
    • C. Sign of the correction of magnetic declination is different in different quadrants
    • D. its trigonometrical values may be extracted from ordinary tables easily.
    • Discuss


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