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- Question
A-2-hour unit hydrograph can be approximated as trapezoidal as shown in the below figure. The unit hydrograph refers to catchment of area
Options- A. 138.24 km2
- B. 0.0384 km2
- C. 384 m2
- D. 3840 m2
- Correct Answer
- 384 m2
- 1. The repeating variables in dimensional analysis should :
Options- A. include the dependent variable
- B. have amongst themselves all the basic dimensions
- C. be derivable from one another
- D. exclude one of the basic dimensions Discuss
- 2. Both Reynolds and Froude numbers assume significance in one of following examples :
Options- A. Motion of submarine at large depths
- B. Motion of ship in deep seas
- C. Cruising of a missile in air
- D. Flow over spillways Discuss
- 3. A direct shear test was conducted on a cohesionless soil (c = 0) specimen under a normal stress of 200 kN/m2. The specimen failed at a shear stress of 100 kN/m2. The angle of internal friction of the soil (degrees) is
Options- A. 26.6
- B. 29.5
- C. 30.0
- D. 32.6 Discuss
- 4. At a rated capacity of 44 Cumecs, a centrifugal pump develops 36 m of head when operating at 1450 rpm. Its specific speed is :
Options- A. 654
- B. 509
- C. 700
- D. 90 Discuss
- 5. The basic assumption of plane sections normal to the neutral axis before bending, remaining plane and normal to the neutral axis after bending, leads to :
Options- A. uniform strain over the beam cross section
- B. uniform stress over the cross section
- C. linearly varying strain over the cross section
- D. stresses which are proportional to strains at all cross sections Discuss
- 6. A body moving through still water at 6 m/sec produces a water velocity of 4 m/sec at a point 1 m ahead. The difference in pressure between the nose and the point 1 m ahead would be
Options- A. 2, 000 N/m2
- B. 10, 000 N/m2
- C. 19, 620 N/m2
- D. 98, 100 N/m2 Discuss
- 7. In deriving the equation for the hydraulic jump in a rectangular channel in terms of the conjugate depths and the initial Froude number.
Options- A. continuity equation and energy equation are used
- B. continuity equation and momentum equation are used
- C. equations of continuity, mementum and energy are used
- D. gradually varied flow equation is used Discuss
- 8. The particle size distribution curves are extremely useful for the classification of
Options- A. fine grained soils
- B. coarse grained soils
- C. both coarse grained and fine grained soils
- D. silts and clays Discuss
- 9. Stopping sight distance is the minimum distance available on a highway which is the
Options- A. distance of sufficient length to stop the vehicle wihtout collision.
- B. distance visible to a driver during night driving.
- C. height of the object above the road surface.
- D. distance equal to the height of the driver's eye above the road surface. Discuss
- 10. A lysimeter is used to measure :
Options- A. infiltration
- B. evaporation
- C. evapotranspiration
- D. radiation Discuss
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Correct Answer: include the dependent variable
Correct Answer: Flow over spillways
Correct Answer: 26.6
Correct Answer: 654
Correct Answer: uniform strain over the beam cross section
Correct Answer: 10, 000 N/m2
Correct Answer: equations of continuity, mementum and energy are used
Correct Answer: both coarse grained and fine grained soils
Correct Answer: distance of sufficient length to stop the vehicle wihtout collision.
Correct Answer: evapotranspiration
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