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.Management Sciences
Category: Irrigation, Water Resources Engineering and Hydrology
When the upstream face of a gravity dam is vertical, then the intensity of water pressure at the water surface and at the base respectively will be_______________?
A. 0 and wH212
B. wH2/2and wH2/3
C. wH and 0
D. OandwII
where w is unit weight of water and H is the depth of water
Tortuosity of a meandering river is the ratio of__________________?
A. meander belt to meander length
B. meander length to meander belt
C. curved length along the channel to the direct axial length of the river reach
D. direct axial length of the river reach to curved length along the channel
A runoff river plant is____________?
A. a low head scheme
B. a medium head scheme
C. a high head scheme
D. none of the above
The aqueduct or superpassage type of works are generally used when_______________?
A. high flood drainage discharge is small
B. high flood drainage discharge is large and short lived
C. high flood drainage discharge is large and continues for a long time
D. none of the above
An artesian aquifer is the one where______________?
A. water surface under the ground is at atmospheric pressure
B. water is under pressure between two impervious strata
C. water table serves as upper surface of zone of saturation
D. none of the above
Rate of evaporation from a water surface increases if_________________?
1) difference of vapour pressure between water and air is increased
2) velocity of wind is decreased
3) concentration of soluble solids in water is decreased
The correct answer is?
A. (1) and (i2)
B. (2) and (3)
C. (2) and (3)
D. (1), (2) and (3)
The meander pattern of a river is developed by_________________?
A. average discharge
B. dominant discharge
C. maximum discharge
D. critical discharge
For a flood control reservoir, the effective storage is equal to_______________?
A. useful storage – valley storage
B. useful storage + surcharge storage
C. useful storage + surcharge storage + valley storage
D. useful storage + surcharge storage -valley storage
If the risk of a flood occurring in the next 10 years is accepted to 10%, then the return period for design should be__________________?
A. 1 + (0.9)010
B. 1 – (0.9)°l0
C. 1/(1-0.9°10)
D. 1/(1+ 0.9010)
Infiltration is the_______________?
A. movement of water through the soil
B. absorption of water by soil surface
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the above
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