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  • Question
  • The rainfall at any place is described by


  • Options
  • A. its intensity
  • B. its duration
  • C. its frequency
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


  • Water Resources Engineering problems


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    • 1. The earthen embankments constructed parallel to the river banks at some suitable distance for flood control, are known as

    • Options
    • A. floods walls
    • B. river walls
    • C. levees
    • D. dikes
    • E. both (c) and (d).
    • Discuss
    • 2. Time of overland flow, is affected by

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    • A. slope of the basin
    • B. type of the ground surface
    • C. length of the flow path
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The best instrument for measuring the velocity of a stream flow is

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    • A. pitot tube
    • B. Price's current meter
    • C. surface float
    • D. sub-surface float.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Symon's rain gauge is

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    • A. tipping-bucket gauge
    • B. weighing type gauge
    • C. float recording gauge
    • D. non-recording gauge.
    • Discuss
    • 5. While determining the yield of a gravity well by pumping, the depth of water table in two tests wells at distances r1 and r2 from the centre of the main well were found to be s1 and s2 respectively. Assuming the coefficient of transmissibility of the soil as T, the discharge Q may be given by

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 6. If the velocities of flow of a stream of 10 m depth recorded by a current meter at depths of 2 m and 8 m are 0.7 m and 0.3 m respectively, the discharge per unit width of the stream in cubic metres, is

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    • A. 2
    • B. 3
    • C. 4
    • D. 5
    • E. 6
    • Discuss
    • 7. Evaporation losses depend upon

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    • A. area of the water surface and depth of the water
    • B. nature of precipitation and type of vegetation
    • C. humidity and wind velocity
    • D. atmospheric temperature
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Precipitation includes

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    • A. rain
    • B. snow
    • C. hail
    • D. all of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The surface run off is due to

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    • A. initial rain
    • B. residual rain
    • C. rain in the net supply interval
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Hydrograph is a graphical representation of

    • Options
    • A. surface run off
    • B. ground water flow
    • C. rain fall
    • D. discharge flowing in the river
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss


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