The return period for the annual maximum flood of a given magnitude is 8 years. The probability that this flood magnitude will be exceeded once during the next 5 years is
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A. 0.625
B. 0.966
C. 0.487
D. 0.529
Correct Answer
0.487
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1. The ultimate bearing capacity of a soil is 300 kN/m2. The depth of foundation is 1 m and unit weight of soil is 20 kN/m3. Choosing a factor of safety of 2.5, the net safe bearing cacpacity is
4. One of the following statements is true with regards to bodies that float or are submerged in liquids :
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A. For a body wholly submerged in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity of the body
B. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity of the body
C. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy and the centre of gravity, regardless of the relative positions of the centre of buoyancy and gravity
D. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity and the metacentre is above both the centres of gravity and buoyancy.
Correct Answer: For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity and the metacentre is above both the centres of gravity and buoyancy.
7. As per IS : 800-1984 the maximum allowable slenderness ratio of compression members carrying forces resulting from dead load and superimposed load is
8. A person standing on the bank of a canal drops a stone on the water surface. He notices that the disturbance on the water surface in not travelling upstream. This is because the flow in the canal is
10. A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3. How many cubic meters of this soil will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m3 volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m3.