Water Resources Engineering problems
- 1. If ? is unit weight of water, Q the discharge in cumecs, H the total head lift and ?, the efficiency of the pump, the H.P. of the motor is
Options- A.
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- D.
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Correct Answer:
- 2. A soil strata may consist of
Options- A. soil zone
- B. intermediate zone
- C. capillary zone
- D. ground water zone
- E. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: all the above.
- 3. Isopiastic lines are the contours
Options- A. drawn to represent water table
- B. drawn to represent piezometric heads
- C. drawn to piezometric surface
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: drawn to piezometric surface
- 4. Run off is measured in
Options- A. cubic metres
- B. cubic metres per sec.
- C. cubic metres per minute
- D. cubic metres per hour. Discuss
Correct Answer: cubic metres per sec.
- 5. Dicken's formula for high flood estimate, is useful only for the catchments in
Options- A. Southern India
- B. Northern India
- C. Eastern India
- D. Western India. Discuss
Correct Answer: Northern India
- 6. The equation P - Q = Te ?index for determining the infiltration capacity, was suggested by
Options- A. Horton
- B. Horner
- C. Llyod
- D. Bernard. Discuss
Correct Answer: Horton
- 7. If the dew point is greater than 0°C
Options- A. dew will be formed
- B. frost will be formed
- C. vapours will be formed
- D. neither of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: dew will be formed
- 8. The rational formula for calculating the discharge, is (where A is the area of basin and Po is one hour rainfall)
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Correct Answer:
- 9. The recurrence interval (R.I.) of 20 cm rain storm at a place is 5 years.
Options- A. The place will definitely have 20 cm rain storm after every five years
- B. The place may have 20 cm rain storm after every five years
- C. The place may have 20 cm rain storm within a set of 5 years twice
- D. None of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: The place may have 20 cm rain storm after every five years
- 10. Humidity refers to
Options- A. temperature of the air
- B. pressure of the air
- C. moisture content of the air
- D. volume of the air. Discuss
Correct Answer: moisture content of the air
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