Description : The theory of infiltration capacity was given by (A) Merrill Bernard (B) W.W. Horner (C) Le-Roy K. Shermen (D) Robert E. Horten
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The equation P - Q = Te index for determining the infiltration capacity, was suggested by (A) Horton (B) Horner (C) Lloyd (D) Bernard
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Which of the names differs from the rest? (A) Walter Scott (B) Arthur Conan Doyle (C) Robert Stevenson (D) George Bernard Shaw
Last Answer : D (D is an Irish dramatist; the rest are Scottish writers.)
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 best unit period of a unit hydrograph, is equal to basin lag divided by (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : If the area of storm hydrograph is equal to 102 cm, the ordinates of a unit hydrograph may be obtained by dividing the ordinates of the storm hydrograph by (A) 0.5 (B) 1 (C) 2 D) 4
Description : A unit hydrograph is a hydrograph of a rain storm of a specified duration resulting from a run-off of (A) 15 mm (B) 20 mm (C) 25 mm (D) 30 mm
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The unit hydrograph of a specified unit duration obtained from the past data can be used to obtain the hydrograph of future storms of like duration (B) ... hydrograph may be obtained by dividing the run off in mm by 25 mm (D) All the above
Description : The peak of a 4 hour flood hydrograph is 240 m3 /sec. If the rainfall excess is 80 mm and base flow which is constant is 40 m3 /sec, peak of 4hours unit hydrograph will be (A) 20 m3 /sec (B) 25 m3 /sec (C) 30 m3 /sec (D) 35 m3 /sec
Description : Instantaneous unit hydrograph is a hydrograph of (i) Unit duration (ii) Unit rainfall excess (iii) Infinitely small duration (iv) Infinitely small rainfall excess The correct answer is (A) (i) and (ii) (B) (i) and (iv) C) (ii) and (iii) (D) (iii) and (iv)
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The specified duration of unit hydrograph, is called unit duration (B) The rain during specified duration, is called unit storm (C) The number of unit hydrographs for a given basin, is theoretically infinite (D) All the above
Description : By whom was the quantum theory first enunciated? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : By whom was the quantum theory first enunciated?
Last Answer : By Max Planck
Description : Penetration model (theory) for mass transfer was enunciated by (A) Danckwerts (B) Toor and Marcello (C) Higbie (D) Kissinevskii
Last Answer : (C) Higbie
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) A hydrograph is a plot of discharge versus time (B) A mass curve is a plot of accumulated flow versus time (C) The mass curve continuously rises (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : Hydrograph is a graphical representation of (A) Surface run off (B) Ground water flow (C) Rain fall (D) Discharge flowing in the river
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Hydrograph is a plot of discharge and time (B) In hydrographs, time is plotted on X-axis (C) The maximum flow in the river due to rainfall, is called peak flow (D) All the above
Description : The shape of recession limb of a hydrograph depends upon (A) Basin characteristics only (B) Storm characteristics only (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above
Description : The earliest experiments on chromosome theory and inheritance were developed by? w) Gregor Mendel x) Jonas Salk y) Charles Sternak z) Robert Oppenheimer
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- GREGOR MENDEL
Description : Who is Father of Scientific Management ? (A) Henry Fayol (B) Elton Mayo (C) Chester Bernard (D) F. W. Taylor
Last Answer : Answer: F. W. Taylor
Description : Who abolished the ‘Sati system’ of India? (a) Vivekananda (b) M.K. Gandi (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Last Answer : (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Description : In India, first Operations Research application was made by ........................... a. Pranab K Sen b. Prof. Mahalonobis c. Samarendra Nath Roy d. Raghu Raj Bahadur
Last Answer : b. Prof. Mahalonobis
Description : Who among the following has been conferred the ‘Climate Protection Award’ by the Environment Protection Agency of the US ? (1) Medha Patkar (2) Rajendra Singh (3) R. K. Pachauri (4) Arundhati Roy
Last Answer : R. K. Pachauri
Description : What are your thoughts on the passing of composer James Horner?
Last Answer : I was sorry to read of his death earlier today. I lived his music.
Description : What did Jack Horner pull from his pie?
Last Answer : Plum
Description : What you will find in patient with idiopathic autonomic insuffeciency? Orthostatic hypotension Horner syndrome Anhydrosis Palpitation Diaphoresis
Last Answer : Orthostatic hypotension
Description : What did Jack Horner pull from his pie
Last Answer : water Equality Measurer Instrument.
Description : By whom was the principle of ‘Black hole’ enunciated? -Do You Know?
Description : By whom was the law of constant proportions enunciated? -Do You Know?
Description : Ten percent law of energy transfer in a food chain was enunciated by
Last Answer : Ten percent law of energy transfer in a food chain was enunciated by A. Elton B. Lindeman C. Haeckel D. Schimper
Description : Gregor Mendel is often referred to as the Father of Genetics since he first enunciated the Principles of Heredity. His experimental material was (a) fruit fly (b) bread mould (c) pea plant (d) rhesus monkey
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : Who enunciated the laws of planetary motion? (1) Nicolaus Copernicus (2) Johannes Kepler (3) Isaac Newton (4) Galileo
Last Answer : (2) Johannes Kepler Explanation: Kepler's laws of planetary motion are three scientific laws describing orbital motion, each giving a description of the motion of planets around the Sun. The laws are: the ... of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
Description : By whom was the principle of ‘Black hole’ enunciated?
Last Answer : S. Chandrashekhar
Description : By whom was the law of constant proportions enunciated?
Last Answer : Proust
Description : Surface renewal model of mass transfer was enunciated by (A) Toor and Marcello (B) Fick (C) Danckwerts (D) Stefan
Last Answer : (C) Danckwerts
Description : The film penetration model of mass transfer was enunciated by (A) Gilliland (B) Toor and Marcello (C) Stefan (D) Fick
Last Answer : (B) Toor and Marcello
Description : The principles of antihypertensive drug usage enunciated in JNC VI and WHO-ISH guidelines include the following except: A. Therapy for grade I and II hypertension should be initiated with a single drug ... initially fails to lower BP, it should be replaced by a drug/combination from another class
Last Answer : C. All subjects with BP higher than 140/90 mmHg should be put on antihypertensive medication immediately
Description : 1. Who was the author of the famous work All Contributions to the Critic of Political Economy' ? 2. Nobel Prize winning scientist James D. Watson is known for his work in which area? 3. ... -around an axis pointing towards which side? 20. Which Sultan built the fifth storeys of Qutub Minar?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Karl Marx 2. Genetics3. Proust 4. Tamil Nadu 5. Atharvaveda 6. Carbon monoxide 7. Lok Sabha 8. Creditors 9. Sindri 10. Nandas 11. Compiler 12. 819°C 13. DNA 14. July 4th 15. Amil 16. Judge of Supreme Court 17. Rome 18. Recession plus inflation 19. The pole star 20. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Last Answer : Johannes Kepler
Description : "The solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the pressure of the gas above the liquid" is a fair statem of: w) Dalton's secondary law x) Le Chatelier's solubility principle y) Henry's law z) none of the above
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- HENRY'S LAW
Description : Le-Chatelier's device is used for determining the (A) Setting time of cement (B) Soundness of cement (C) Tensile strength of cement (D) Compressive strength of cement
Description : Soundness of cement is tested by (A) Vicat's apparatus (B) Le-chatelier apparatus (C) Compressive strength testing apparatus (D) None of these
Description : Le-chatelier apparatus is used for [ A ] Fineness test [ B ] Consistency test [ C ] Soundness test [ D ] Compressive strength test
Last Answer : [ C ] Soundness test
Description : Who advocates human rights in the framework of justice? (a) John Rawls (b) Robert Nozik (c) M.K. Gandhi (d) None of these
Last Answer : (a) John Rawls
Description : Assertion :- Charles Robert Darwin strongly challanged the ideas of special creation theory. Reason :- Darwin was influenced by idea of use and desuse
Last Answer : Assertion :- Charles Robert Darwin strongly challanged the ideas of special creation theory. Reason :- ... D. If both Assertion & Reason are false.
Description : The book “A Theory of Justice” is written by .......... (a) Robert Nozik (b) John Rawls (c) John Locke (d) None of them
Last Answer : (b) John Rawls
Description : All of the following individuals contributed to cell theory exceptA- .Robert Hooke B- Matthias Schleiden C- .Theodor Schwann D- Rudolf Virchow
Last Answer : .Robert Hooke
Description : All of the following individuals contributed to cell theory except A- Robert Hooke B- Matthias Schleiden C- Theodor Schwann D- Rudolf Virchow
Last Answer : Robert Hooke
Description : Why would a well-fed, watered St Bernard dog living with other St Bernards keep running away?
Last Answer : Why not put up a fence? Neither running loose nor being chained is a good option for a dog.