Description : The elevation Z of the watershed is: (where letters carry their usual meanings) (A) Reduced level of the top most point of the basin (B) Reduced level of the lower most point of the basin (C) Average ... highest and lowest point of the drainage basin (D) Obtained by the formula Z = + + + anzn)/A
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : If the potential infiltration of a water shed having a soil with fair pasture cover, is 10 cm and rainfall is 12 cm, the direct run off is : (A) 2 cm (B) 3 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 7 cm
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : Yield of a drainage basin is: (A) Run off of the area expressed as instantaneous rate (B) Average run off over a short period (C) Total volume of water flowing annually (D) All the above
Last Answer : (C) Total volume of water flowing annually
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 : The run off a drainage basin is (A) Initial recharge + ground water accretion + precipitation (B) Precipitation + ground water accretion + initial recharge (C) Precipitation - ground water accretion + initial recharge (D) Precipitation - ground water accretion - initial recharge
Description : An intense rain is falling at a uniform rate of 7.5 cm/hour for a period of 60 minutes on a basin whose area is 500 hectares. If the average infiltration capacity during the entire rain period is assumed to be 1.5 ... of the basin, is (A) 40 cumecs (B) 60 cumecs (C) 80 cumecs (D) 100 cumecs
Description : If total run off of a basin of 50 hectares is 0.8 cm, the ordinate of Bernard's distribution graph, may be calculated by the formula (where Q is the discharge in cumecs at the given time) (A) y = 50 Q (B) y = 100 Q (C) y = 200 Q (D) y = 250 Q
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Yield of a drainage basin is the run off at any time (B) Yield of a drainage basin is the run off over long periods (C) Yield of a drainage basin is expressed as surface run off per year
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Time of overland flow, is affected by (A) Slope of the basin (B) Type of the ground surface (C) Length of the flow path (D) All the above
Description : What is the Most of the Congo basin has an elevation of?
Last Answer : Need answer
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
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Design of horizontal and vertical alignments, super-elevation, sight distance and grades, is worst affected by (A) Width of the vehicle (B) Length of the vehicle (C) Height of the vehicle (D) Speed of the vehicle
Description : Burge formula Q = 19.6 (A/L2/3) cumecs is based upon (A) Rainfall and drainage area (B) Run off and drainage area (C) Drainage area and its shape (D) Drainage area
Description : Pettis formula Q = C (P.B)5/4 cumecs, is based upon (A) Rainfall and drainage area (B) Run off and drainage area (C) Drainage area and its shape (D) Drainage area
Description : Boston society of Civil Engineer's formula Q = 0.0056 × (D/t) in cumecs/square km is based upon (A) Rainfall and drainage area (B) Total run off and drainage area (C) Drainage area and its shape (D) Drainage area
Description : The settlement of a particle in sedimentation tank, is affected by A. Velocity of flow B. Viscosity of water C. Size and shape of solid D. All the above
Last Answer : ANS: D
Description : The corona is considerably affected by which of the following ? (a) Size of the conductor (b) Shape of the conductor (c) Surface condition of the conductor (d) All of the above
Last Answer : (d) All of the above
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Heat transfer from a hot body to cold body by the emission of heat waves is called radiation (B) Filmwise condensation takes place on non-wettable surfaces (C) The ... of a solution is affected by liquid head as well as boiling point elevation (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Filmwise condensation takes place on non-wettable surfaces
Description : Contour lines of different elevations can unite to form one line, only in the case of (A) A vertical cliff (B) A saddle (C) A water shed line (D) A hill top
Last Answer : (A) A vertical cliff
Description : A roof which slopes in four directions, is called (A) Shed roof (B) Gable end roof (C) Hipped roof (D) Gambrel roo
Description : In high mountainous region, the type of roof generally recommended for buildings, is (A) Shed type (B) Gable type (C) Gambrel type (D) Mansard type
Last Answer : Option C
Description : I have 3 cats who shed a lot. Is there any good (not time consuming) products to get cat hair off of rugs/furniture?
Last Answer : Use a swiffer, seriously, that’s what I use and it’s quick because it traps the hair (you don’t have to sweep it into a dust pan and dump it into a garbage can).
Description : The gut controls the entry of ingested iron in the body by: A. Regulating the availability of apoferritin which acts as the carrier of iron across the mucosal cell B. Regulating the turnover of ... mucosal cell and is shed off D. Regulating the number of transferrin receptors on the mucosal cell
Last Answer : C. Complexing excess iron to form ferritin which remains stored in the mucosal cell and is shed off
Description : A cable with a uniformly distributed load per horizontal metre run will take the following shape (A) Straight line (B) Parabola (C) Hyperbola (D) Elliptical
Last Answer : (B) Parabola
Description : The time required by rain water to reach the outlet of drainage basin, is generally called (A) Time of concentration (B) Time of overland flow (C) Concentration time of overland flow (D) Duration of the rainfall
Description : The flow of water through the hole in the bottom of a wash basin is an example of (A) Steady flow (B) Uniform flow (C) Free vortex (D) Forced vortex
Description : What is the size of Basin (sqm) in Check Basin Method of Irrigation? [a] 05- 20 sqm [b] 15- 30 sqm [c] 20- 35 sqm [d] 25- 40 sqm [e] None of the above
Last Answer : [c] 20- 35 sqm
Description : The best unit period of a unit hydrograph, is equal to basin lag divided by (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
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 : The area of a drainage basin whose axial length is 100 km is 2500 sq. km. Its form factor is (A) 0.10 (B) 0.20 (C) 0.25 (D) 0.35
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 : The form factor of a drainage basin is obtained by dividing (A) Area of the basin by the axial length (B) Average width of the basin by the axial basin (C) Area of the basin by the square of the axial length (D) Both (b) and (c
Description : The initial basin recharge is equal to (A) Interception (B) Depression storage (C) Rain absorbed by the moisture deficiency (D) All the above
Description : If the axial length of a drainage basin is 35 km and its form factor is 0.2, the total area of the basin is (A) 205 sq. km. (B) 215 sq. km. (C) 225 sq. km. (D) 245 sq. km.
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 : The height of the sink of wash basin above floor level is kept (A) 60 cm (B) 70 cm (C) 75 cm to 80 cm (D) 80 cm
Last Answer : (C) 75 cm to 80 cm
Description : Assertion A: Basin walls have to be of much greater height than dock walls. Reason R: Tidal basins are subject to fluctuations of levels due to tidal variations Select your answer based on the coding system given below: (A ... of A (C) A is true but R is false (D) A is false but R is true
Last Answer : (A) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Description : The factor which affects workability, is (A) Water content and its temperature (B) Shape and size of the aggregates (C) Air entraining agents (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : The factor to be considered for the source of city water supply, is (A) Quantity and quality of the available water (B) Elevation of the source of water (C) General terrain intervening the area (D) All the above
Description : The low water datum for a lake is defined as the surface of the lake when it is at elevation (A) 180.5 m above M.S.L. (B) 190.5 m above M.S.L. (C) 170.5 m above M.S.L. (D) 200.0 m above M.S.L.
Last Answer : (A) 180.5 m above M.S.L.
Description : The specific yield of soil depends upon (A) Compaction of stratum (B) Distribution of pores (C) Shape and size of particles (D) All the above
Description : Select the incorrect statement. (A) Bearing capacity of a soil depends upon the amount and direction of load (B) Bearing capacity of a soil depends on the type of soil (C) Bearing capacity of a ... upon shape and size of footing (D) Bearing capacity of a soil is independent of rate of loading
Description : Which of the following statements is correct? (A) Uniformity coefficient represents the shape of the particle size distribution curve. (B) For a well graded soil, both uniformity coefficient and coefficient of ... if it has most of the particles of about the same size (D) None of the above
Description : Stoke's law states that the velocity at which a grain settles out of suspension, the other factors remaining constant, is dependent upon (A) Shape of grain (B) Weight of grain (C) Size of grain (D) Shape, size and weight of grain
Description : The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon (A) Size of the particles (B) Shape of the particles (C) Cohesive properties of particles (D) All the above
Description : The arrangement of terrain features which provides attributes: the shape, size and texture of objects, is called: (A) Spectral variation (B) Spatial variation (C) Temporal variation (D) None of these
Description : Infiltration capacity of soil depends upon (A) Number of voids present in the soil (B) Shape and size of soil particles (C) Arrangement of soil particles (D) All the above
Description : Uniform flow occurs when (A) The flow is steady (B) The flow is streamline (C) Size and shape of the cross section in a particular length remain constant (D) Size and cross section change uniformly along length
Description : The bulk density of aggregates does not depend upon: (A) Size and shape of aggregates (B) Specific gravity of aggregates (C) Grading of aggregates (D) Size and shape of the container