Description : In the estimate of design flood, Dickens assumes that high flood in cumecs, is proportional to catchment area raised to the power (A) 1/4 (B) 1/2 (C) 3/4 (D) 2/3
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Ryve's formula for flood estimate in cumecs, is (A) Q = CA3/4 (B) Q = CA2/3 (C) Q = CA1/2 (D) Q = CA1/4
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The increased incidence of floods in recent times in North India is due to – (1) increase in the annual rainfall, (2) increase in the silting of dams, (3) increased deforestation in the catchment area, (4) None of these
Last Answer : (3) increased deforestation in the catchment area, Explanation: The frequency and severity of flooding in the Gangetic plain has steadily increased in recent years. Deforestation of the Terai appears to be one of the major causes.
Description : The human factors which cause floods are: (a) Deforestation (b) Heavy rainfall (c) Cloud burst (d) Large catchment area
Last Answer : (a) Deforestation
Description : For high flood estimates the average value of the constant C in Dicken's formula Q =CA3/4, is (A) 6.5 (B) 8.5 (C) 9.5 (D) 11.5
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Which of the following types of falls use parabolic glacis for energy dissipation? (A) Vertical drop fall (B) Glacis fall (C) Montague type fall (D) Inglis fall
Description : A straight glacis type fall with a baffle platform and a baffle wall is called (A) Vertical drop-fall (B) Glacis fall (C) Montague type fall (D) Inglis fall
Description : If P is population of a city in thousands and Q is fire demand in litres per minute, for proper estimate of water, the Empirical formula Q = 1135 [(P/5) + 10] is suggested by (A) National Board of fire under-writers (B) Freeman (C) Kuichling (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Freeman
Description : Most satisfactory formula for an estimate of fire demand Q for a city of population P in thousands for Indian conditions, is (A) Q = 1115 (p/5 + 20) (B) Q = 1640 P (1 - 0.01 P) (C) Q = 3180 P (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Q = 3180 P
Description : m and n are monsoon duration factor and catchment factor respectively. If P is yearly rainfall in cm, runoff can be calculated by (A) Velocity area method (B) Weir or spillway method (C) Use of venturi-meter (D) Using power plant consumption
Last Answer : (A) Velocity area method
Description : If intensity of rainfall in cm per hour is I, percentage coefficient of run-off is P, area of catchment in square kilometres is A, the total run-off Q, is given by (A) Q = 1.758 102 API (B) Q = 2.758 ... API (C) Q = 2.758 103 API (D) Q = 2.758 103 A/PI
Last Answer : (C) Q = 2.758 × 103 × API
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) The net amount of water which joins the surface streams in a catchment, is known as surface run-off (B) The amount of water which ... over the catchment, is termed as the yield of the drainage basin (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : For determination of average annual precipitation in a catchment basin, the best method is (A) Arithmetical method (B) Thiessen's mean method (C) Isohyetal method (D) None of these
Description : While calculating the average depth of annual precipitation in a catchment basin, importance to individual rain-gauge station is given in (A) Arithmetical method (B) Thiessen's mean method (C) Isohyetal method (D) Both (b) and (c)
Description : Run off includes (A) Precipitation over catchment area of the stream and its attributaries (B) Surface run off (C) Ground water flow (D) All the above
Description : A 6 hours storm had 4 cm of rainfall and the resulting runoff was 2 cm. If
Description : For a catchment area of 120 km², the equilibrium discharge in m3/hour of a Scurve obtained by the summation of 6 hour unit hydro graph is (A) 0.2 × 106 (B) 0.6 × 106 (C) 2.4 × 106 (D) 7.2 × 10
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Intermediate catch water drains are provided only, if (A) Catchment area of the watershed above road is large (B) Intensity of rainfall is heavy (C) Single catch water drain is inadequate (D) All the above
Description : The rainfall on five successive days on a catchment was 3, 6, 9, 5 and 1 cm respectively. If the -index for the storm can be assumed to be 3 cm/day, the total direct runoff from the catchment due to this storm is (a) 11 cm (b) 24 cm (c) 9 cm (d) 20 cm
Last Answer : (a) 11 cm
Description : What is a large fan-shaped area of sediment at the mouth of a river called?
Last Answer : Mellican
Description : What is the large fan shaped chest muscle?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : Overall length of fan shaped 1 in 12 Turnout a. 39975 mm* b. 41004 mm c. 28613 mm d. None of above
Last Answer : a. 39975 mm*
Description : .Minimum wing rail clearance opposing nose of crossing on Fan shaped turnout a. 45 mm b. 40 mm c. 41 mm* d. 44 mm
Last Answer : c. 41 mm*
Description : How many sleepers are there in Fan shaped 1 in 12 turnout a. 85 sleepers b. 96 sleepers* c. 90 sleepers d. 100 sleepers
Last Answer : b. 96 sleepers*
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. Intake of water supply should (A) Be nearer to the treatment plant (B) Receive water from purer zone of the source (C) Be located downstream of waste water disposal point (D) Remain easily accessible during floods
Last Answer : (C) Be located downstream of waste water disposal point
Description : For predicting floods of a given frequency, the best reliable method is (A) Unit hydrograph method (B) Gumbel's analytical method (C) California method (D) None of these
Description : The earthen embankments constructed parallel to the river banks at some suitable distance for flood control, are known as (A) Floods walls (B) Dikes (C) Levees (D) Both (b) and (c)
Description : Levees and flood walls, (A) Are designed to carry unbalanced water load (B) Are designed with adequate dimensions (C) Are means of controlling floods (D) Are never provided free-boards
Description : The main function of a divide wall is to (A) Control the silt entry in the canal (B) Prevent river floods from entering the canal (C) Separate the under-sluices from weir proper (D) Provide smooth flow at sufficiently low velocity
Description : The main cause of meandering is (A) Presence of an excessive bed slope in the river (B) Degradation (C) The extra turbulence generated by the excess of river sediment during floods (D) None of the above
Description : The concrete roof of a house is 10 m by 8 m and 10 cm thick (4"). Estimate the total heat the roof would absorb over the 12 day? a. 1.3 x 108 J b 2.3 x 108 J c. 3.3 x 108 J d. 4.3 x 108 J formula: ΔQ = ΔQ/Δtx Δt
Last Answer : 1.3 x 108 J
Description : Utilizing the answer to the previous problem, estimate the overall or average increase in temperature ( ΔT) of the concrete roof from the energy absorbed from the sun during a12hour day. Assume that all of the radiation absorbed goes into ... °C b. 8.9°C c. 9.9°C d. 10.9°C formula: ΔQ = m c ΔT
Last Answer : 7.9 °C
Description : The number of function points of a proposed system is calculated as 500. Suppose that the system is planned to be developed in Java and the LOC/FP ratio of Java is 50. Estimate the effort (E) required to ... ) 25 person months (B) 75 person months (C) 62.5 person months (D) 72.5 person months
Last Answer : (C) 62.5 person months
Description : What is the disadvantage for local catchment water?
Description : Which one among the following rivers has the largest catchment area? [IAS 2008] (a) Cauvery (b) Krishna (c) Mahanadi (d) Narmada
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : What is meant by catchment area and explain its function:
Last Answer : The whole area behind the dam is called the catchment area. The rain water in the area will be drained into the dam through a dam or river.
Description : Which of the following is an order for water harvesting mechanism? a. Catchment, recharge facility, storage facility, conduitsb. Catchment, storage facility, recharge facility, conduits c. ... conduits, storage facility, recharge facility d. Catchment, conduits, recharge facility, storage facility
Last Answer : c. Catchment, conduits, storage facility, recharge facility
Description : The area of land where water collects after the rain is termed as: A. Watershed. B. Catchment area. C. Aquifer. D. Percolation area.
Last Answer : B. Catchment area.
Description : Catchment Command Area (CCA) of minor irrigation projects must be less than ______ a. 4,000 hectares b. 2,000 hectares c. 3,000 hectares d. 1,000 hectares
Last Answer : c. 3,000 hectares
Description : Catchment Command Area (CCA) of major irrigation projects must be more than ______ a. 8,000 hectares b. 12,000 hectares c. 10,000 hectares d. 15, 000 hectares
Last Answer : c. 10,000 hectares
Description : Careful management of water catchment areas results in A. more desertification B. more deforestation C. less waste of water D. more waste of water
Last Answer : C. less waste of water
Description : Which of the following methods is used to estimate flood discharge based on high water marks left over in the past? (A) Slope-area method (B) Area-velocity method (C) Moving boat method (D) Ultrasonic method
Description : In the Dickens story, A Christmas Carol, why does Jacob Marley have his head tied up as though he has a tooth ache?
Last Answer : No toothache. He’s dead. His jaw is tied up because it’s gone slack, as a corpse’s does. But he has to untie it to speak. (We won’t demand too much logic or fidelity to real life when it comes to ghosts.)
Description : What is your favorite movie or TV version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
Last Answer : Oh, by far it's the black and white 1951 version, with Alastair Sim as Scrooge. It's very faithful to the book. None of the others that I've seen have such a feel of authenticity to them. I've ... and will probably see it yet again this weekend, if I can get the old VHS tape to play any longer.
Description : Which (if any) Charles Dickens book is the most fun read?
Last Answer : Oh – it’s like a box of chocolates! A Tale of Two Cities might be the most accessible but I love Our Mutual Friend and Nicholas Nickleby which are longer and denser. Great Expectations and David Copperfield are also two of the easier ones.
Description : Today: (Feb 7th 2012) marks 200yrs since the birth of Charles Dickens, which of his many works would you list as your favourite?
Last Answer : answer:“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, . . .” Hmm, sounds like now, doesn’t it?