The formula Q = P - K [1.8T + 32] in which Q is runoff, P is annual rain fall in cm, T is mean annual
temperature in centigrade and K is a constant, is known
(A) Justin's formula
(B) Khosla's formula
(C) English formula
(D) Vermule's formula
Description : For estimating the run off of catchments, the mean value of the constant 'K' in the Khosla's formula Qy = Py - K (1.8 Ty + 32) is (A) 1.21 (B) 1.23 (C) 1.25 (D) 1.27
Last Answer : (D) 1.27
Description : The equation V = (1000 ID10²/60) × (1.8T + 42) which is used for determining the velocity of ground water flow in metres per day is known as (A) Meinzer's formula (B) Slichter's formula (C) Darcy's formula (D) Hazen formula
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : A perfect gas has a value of R= 319.2 J/ kf.K and k= 1.26. If 120 kJ are added to 2.27 kf\g of this gas at constant pressure when the initial temp is 32.2°C? Find T2. a. 339.4 K b. 449.4 K c. 559.4K d. 669.4K formula: cp = kR/ k-1 Q= mcp(T2-T1)
Last Answer : 339.4 K
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 : The thickness of a laminar boundary layer over a flat plate at two different sections P and Q are 0.8 cm and 2.4 cm respectively. If the section Q is 3.6 m downstream of P, the distance of section P from the leading edge of the plate is (a) 0.32 m (b) 0.22 m (c) 0.40 m (d) 0.53 m
Last Answer : Ans: (c) Correct Answer is: 0.45 m
Description : The runoff is affected by (A) Type of precipitation (B) Rain intensity and duration of rainfall (C) Rain distribution and soil moisture deficiency (D) All the above
Description : Water (specific heat cv= 4.2 kJ/ kg ∙ K ) is being heated by a 1500 W h eater. What is the rate of change in temperature of 1kg of the water? A. 0.043 K/s B. 0.179 K/s C. 0.357 K/s D. 1.50 K/s Formula: Q = mcv ( T)
Last Answer : 0.179 K/s
Description : A 6 hours storm had 4 cm of rainfall and the resulting runoff was 2 cm. If
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
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 : Walls of a cubical oven are of thickness l, and they are made of material of thermal conductivity k. The temperature inside the oven is 100°C and the inside heat transfer co-efficient is 3k/l'. If the wall temperature ... wall temperature in degree centigrade? (A) 35.5 (B) 43.75 (C) 81.25 (D) 48.25
Last Answer : (C) 81.25
Description : What slows runoff rain water helping to prevent floods and erosion?
Last Answer : water shed
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) O.M.C. refers to the moisture corresponding to the maximum point on the moisture content dry density curve (B) The line which shows moisture content dry ... void line (C) The free fall of hammer for compaction is 30.5 cm (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
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 : Which is a tropical food crop requiring a temperature of 270C and a rain fall more than 100 cm? (1) Wheat (2) Maize (3) Rice (4) Barley
Last Answer : (3) Rice Explanation: Rice is a major crop grown in most tropical and semi tropical regions. Rice being a tropical and subtropical plant, requires a fairly high temperature, ranging from 20° to 40°C. it requires an average temperature of about 24°C.
Description : Which is a tropical food crop requiring a temperature of 270 C and a rain fall more than 100 cm? (1) Wheat (2) Maize (3) Rice (4) Barley
Last Answer : Rice
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The amount of rainfall in 24 hours, is known as daily rainfall (B) The amount of rainfall in one year, is known as annual rainfall (C) The rain cycle period in India is taken as 35 years (D) All the above
Description : In India, rain fall is generally recorded at (A) 8 A.M. (B) 12 Noon (C) 4 P.M. (D) 8 P.M.
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Evergreen rain forest is mainly found in regions having well distributed annual rainfall – (1) Below 50 cm (2) 50-100 cm (3) 100-200 cm (4) More than 200 cm
Last Answer : (4) More than 200 cm Explanation: Tropical evergreen forests are usually found in areas receiving more than 200 cm of rainfall and having a temperature of 15 °C to 30 °C. They occupy about seven per cent of the Earth's land surface and harbour more than half of the world's plants and animals
Description : Evergreen rain forest is mainly found in regions having well distributed annual rainfall (1) Below 50 cm (2) 50-100 cm (3) 100-200 cm (4) More than 200 cm
Last Answer : More than 200 cm
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 : To pump water from a water reservoir 3 m deep and maximum water level at 135 m, a pump is installed to lift water up to R.L. 175 m at a constant rate of 36,00,000 litres per hour. If the length of the ... the water horse power of the pump is (A) 400 (B) 450 (C) 500 (D) 600
Last Answer : (D) 600
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
Description : Twenty grams of oxygen gas are compressed at a constant temperature of 30 ˚C to 5%of their original volume. What work is done on the system. A.824 cal B.924 cal C.944 cal D.1124 cal Formula: W = -mRTln (V2/V1) Where R = (1.98 cal/gmole·K) (32 g/gmole)
Last Answer : 1124 cal
Description : If Nf , Nd and H are total number flow channels, total number of potential drops and total hydraulic head differences respectively, the discharge q through the complete flow is given by (where K is a constant) (A) q = (Nf/Nd) (B) q = KH (Nd/(Nf ) (C) q = KH (Nf/Nd) (D) q = KH Nf/Nd)
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : A rod 3 m long is heated from 10°C to 90°C. Find the expansion of rod. Take Young’s modulus = 1.0 x 10^5 MN/m2 and coefficient of thermal expansion = 0.000012 per degree centigrade. 1. 0.168 cm 2. 0.208 cm 3. 0.288 cm 4. 0.348 cm
Last Answer : 3. 0.288 cm
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 : 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 : How do I fix an error 17536 on a 2001 audi a4 quattro 1.8t?
Last Answer : Does it mean the engine needs a service?
Description : What is -8t -23 -15?
Last Answer : It is an expression that can be simplified to -8t-38
Description : HDSL encodes datausing _______. A) 4B/5B B) 2B1Q C) 1B2Q D) 6B/8T
Last Answer : 2B1Q
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 : 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 : If S is the potential infiltration, P is rainfall in cm in a drainage of a soil with fair pasture cover, the direct run off Q in cm is given by (A) Q = (P - 0.1 S)²/(P + 0.4 S) (B) Q = (P - 0.2 S)²/(P + 0.6 S) (C) Q = (P - 0.2 S)²/(P + 0.8 S) (D) Q = (P - 0.2 S)²/(P + 0.2 S)
Description : Izzard formula for the time of concentration in minutes for the plots having no channels, is (where Lo is the length of overland flow in metres and Kp rainfall intensity in cm/hour) (A) T = 111 b. L0 1/3/(Kp)2/3 (B) T = 222 b. L0 1/2/(Kp)1/3 (C) T = 333 b. L0/Kp (D) T = 111 b. L0 1/3/(Kp)2/5
Description : For calculating the evaporation rate over a reservoir surface E = 0.771 (1.465 - 0.00732B) (0.44 - 0.007375 V) (pe - pa), the equation is given by (A) Roohwer's, formula in M.K.S. (B) Roohwer's formula in F.P.S. (C) Dalton's formula in F.P.S. (D) Dalton's formula in M.K.S
Description : Runoff is the quantity of water which flows (A) In sewer pipes (B) Due to leakage in pipes (C) In rivers (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) In rivers
Description : Runoff is measured in (A) Cubic metres (B) Cubic metres per sec. (C) Cubic metres per minute (D) Cubic metres per hour
Description : A runoff river plant (A) Is a medium head scheme (B) Generates power during peak hours only (C) Is suitable only on a perennial river (D) Has no pondage at all
Description : A unit hydro graph has one unit of (A) Rainfall duration (B) Rainfall excess (C) Time base of direct runoff (D) Discharge
Description : 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
Description : The root mean square speed of molecules of a gas is equal to (where, m = mass of the molecule K = Boltzmann’s constant, T = absolute temperature) (A) √(2KT/m) (B) √(3KT/m) (C) √(6KT/m) (D) 3KT/m
Last Answer : (B) √(3KT/m)
Description : P, Q, R enter in business partnership. P invests some money at the beginning, Q invests thrice times the amount after 4 months and R invests 6 times the amount after 8 months. If the annual profit be Rs 61260, R's share is A) 41700 B) 45870 C) 47860 D) 40840
Last Answer : Answer: D) Let initial investment of P be X Q’s initial investment after 4 month is 3 X R’s initial investment after 8 months is 6X Profit ratio of P,Q&R is, X*12:3x*4:6x*8=12:12:48=1:1:4 R’s share =61260*4/6=Rs.40840
Description : In Fig. 8.32, ABCD and PQRB are rectangles where Q is the mid-point of BD. If QR = 5 cm, find the measure of AB. -Maths 9th
Last Answer : Solution :-
Description : According to Arrhenius equation of temperature dependency of rate constant for an elementary reaction (A) k ∝ √T (B) k ∝ e -E/RT (C) k ∝ T e -E/RT (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) k ∝ e -E/RT
Description : Rate constant 'k' and absolute temperature 'T' are related by collision theory (for bimolecular) as (A) k ∝ T 1.5 (B) k ∝ exp(-E/RT) (C) k ∝ √T (D) k ∝ T
Last Answer : (C) k ∝ √T
Description : If air is at pressure, p, of 3200 lbf/ft2 , and at a temperature, T, of 800 ˚R, what is the specific volume, v? (R=5303 ft-lbf/lbm-˚R, and air can be modeled as an ideal gas.) A.9.8 ft^3/lbm B.11.2 ft^3/lbm C.13.33 ft^3/lbm D.14.2 ft^3/lbm Formula: pv = RT v = RT / p
Last Answer : 13.33 ft^3/lbm
Description : If P,Q,R,S are respectively the mid - points of the sides of a parallelogram ABCD, if ar(||gm PQRS) = 32.5cm2 , then find ar(||gm ABCD). -Maths 9th
Last Answer : Join PR. ∵ △PSR and ||gm APRD are on the same base and between same parallel lines. ar(△PSR) = 1/2 ar(||gm APRD) Similarly, ar(△PQR) = 1/2 ar(||gm PBCR) ar(△PQRS) = ar(△PSR) + △(PQR) = 1/2 ar(||gm APRD) + 1 ... |gm PBCR) = 1/2 ar(||gm ABCD) ⇒ ar(||gm ABCD) = 2 ar(||gm PQRS) = 2 32.5 = 65cm2
Description : Two taps P and Q can fill a cistern in 24 min and 32 min respectively. Both the taps are opened together for a certain time but due to some obstruction the flow of water was restricted to 7/4 of full flow in tap P and ... How long was it before the full flow. A) 8 min B) 3 min C) 5.6 min D) 4.5 min
Last Answer : D Let the obstruction remain for X min. Hence, Part of cistern filled in X min + part of cistern filled in 6 min = full cistern [(7X/4*24)+(5X/3*32)]+[(6/24)+(6/32)] = 1 (12X/96)+(7/16) = 1 12x/96=9/16 Thus, X = 4.5 min.