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  • Question
  • Back water curve is caused if


  • Options
  • A. friction head loss is more than the bed slope
  • B. pressure is due to weir in the channel
  • C. there is an increase in width of the channel
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • pressure is due to weir in the channel 


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    • 1. In an open tube, free surface of mercury remains

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    • A. horizontal
    • B. curved upwards
    • C. curved downwards
    • D. none of these.
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    • 2. The best side slope for most economical trapezoidal section, is

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    • A. 30°
    • B. 45°
    • C. 60°
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. If the forces are due to inertia and gravity, and frictional resistance plays only a minor role, the design of the channels is made by comparing

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    • A. Reynold number
    • B. Froude number
    • C. Weber number
    • D. Mach number.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Water displaced by a floating wooden block of density 0.75, 5 m long, 2 m wide and 3 m high, is

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    • A. 17.5 m3
    • B. 20.0 m3
    • C. 22.5 m3
    • D. 25 km3.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The velocity distribution of viscous fluid through a circular/pipe is :

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    • A. hyperbolic
    • B. circular
    • C. parabolic
    • D. elliptical.
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    • 6. If total head available at the inlet of pipe and f1 is the loss of head due to friction in the pipe, the maximum efficiency of transmission of power (?max) is

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    • A. 1/2
    • B. 2/3
    • C. 3/4
    • D. 4/5
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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
    • 8. Discharge over an ogee weir remains the same as that of

    • Options
    • A. sharp crested weir
    • B. triangular weir
    • C. cippoletti weir
    • D. drowned weir.
    • Discuss
    • 9. An error of 1% in measuring the head of water over the crest of a triangular notch, produces an error in the discharge which is equal to

    • Options
    • A. 1.25%
    • B. 1.5%
    • C. 2.0%.
    • D. 2.5%
    • Discuss
    • 10. The following is not a laminar flow

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    • A. Flow of oil in measuring instruments
    • B. Flow in beds in ground water
    • C. Rise of water in plants through roots
    • D. Flow of blood in the arteries of human body
    • E. Flow in water pipe lines.
    • Discuss


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