(C) Does not change the water logging area

(D) None of the above

Answer: Option B

Question No. 103

The equation V = (1000 ID10/60) (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
Answer: Option D

Question No. 104

The stage of river carrying a discharge of Q m/sec at a point is 10 m and slope of water surface is
(1/4000). The discharge of a flood same point and same stage of 10 m with a water surface slope
of (1/1000) will be
(A) 3
/sec
(B) 0.5 Q m3/sec
(C) 2 Q m3/sec
(D) 4 Q m3/sec
Answer: Option C

Question No. 105

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
Answer: Option C

Question No. 106

When the reservoir is full, the maximum compressive force in a gravity dam is produced
(A) At the toe
(B) At the heel
(C) Within the middle third of base
(D) At centre of base
Answer: Option A

Question No. 107

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
 (D) Run off is expressed as total volume per day
Answer: Option B

Question No. 108

For the upstream face of an earthen dam, the most adverse condition for stability of slope is
(A) Sudden drawdown
(B) Steady seepage
(C) During construction
(D) Sloughing of slope
Answer: Option A

Question No. 109

Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) If ground water enters the channel, the channel is known as effluent channel
(B) If water goes out of channel to meet ground water, the channel is said to be influent stream
(C) If the water table is at higher level than the water level in channel, ground water flows to
the stream
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 110

Vertical drop fall is satisfactory for a height upto
(A) 0.5 m
(B) 1.5 m
(C) 3.5 m
(D) 5.0 m
Answer: Option B

Question No. 111

Precipitation caused due to striking of air masses with a topographical feature, is called
(A) Orographic precipitation
(B) Convective precipitation
(C) Cyclonic precipitation
(D) None of these
Answer: Option A

Question No. 112

If D is the depth of scour below original bed, then the width of launching apron is generally taken
as
(A) 1.2 D
(B) 1.5 D
(C) 2.0 D
(D) 2.5 D
Answer: Option B
Question No. 113
For efficient working of a control meter, its throat length is approximately kept
(A) Equal to the critical depth
(B) Twice the critical depth
(C) Three times the critical depth
(D) Four times the critical depth
Answer: Option C

Question No. 114

The net head under which the turbine reaches its peak efficiency at synchronous speed is called
(A) Design head
(B) Rated head
(C) Gross head
(D) Operating head
Answer: Option A

Question No. 115

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) To obtain the ordinates of storm hydrograph, the ordinates of unit hydrograph are
multiplied by the multiplying factor
(C) The multiplying factor for storm hydrograph may be obtained by dividing the run off in mm
by 25 mm
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 116

A unit hydro graph has one unit of
(A) Rainfall duration
(B) Rainfall excess
(C) Time base of direct runoff
(D) Discharge
Answer: Option B

Question No. 117

When a constant discharge 2.91 litres/sec. was obtained in a pumping test, the draw downs in the
test wells at 3 m and 6.184 m were 2.6 m and 0.3 m respectively. If over-all depth of the pumping
well was 16 m, the permeability of the soil, is
(A) 0.0005 cm/sec
(B) 0.001 cm/sec
(C) 0.002 cm/sec
(D) 0.01 cm/sec
Answer: Option B
Question No. 118
The maximum permissible eccentricity for no tension at the base of a gravity dam is
(A) B/2
(B) B/3
(C) B/4
(D) B/6
Answer: Option D

Question No. 119

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
Answer: Option D

Question No. 120

The ratio of average values of shear stresses produced on the bed and the banks of a channel due
to flowing water is
(A) Less than 1
(B) Equal to 1
(C) Greater than 1
(D) Equal to zero
Answer: Option C

Question No. 121

Unit Hydrograph theory was enunciated by
(A) Merril Bernard
(B) W.W. Horner
(C) Le-Roy K. Shermen
(D) Robert E. Horten
Answer: Option C

Question No. 122

The ratio of rate of change of the discharge of an outlet to the rate of change of the discharge of
distributing channel is called
(A) Proportionality
(B) Flexibility
(C) Setting
(D) Sensitivity
Answer: Option B

Question No. 123

Pick up the correct equation from the following:
(A) Run off = Surface run off + Ground water flow
 (B) Run off = Surface run off - Ground water flow
(C) Run off = Surface run off / Ground water flow
(D) Run off = Surface run off x Ground water flow
Answer: Option A

Question No. 124

A repelling groyne is aligned
(A) Pointing upstream
(B) Pointing downstream
(C) Perpendicular to bank
(D) Parallel to bank
Answer: Option A

Question No. 125

Precipitation caused by lifting of an air mass due to the pressure difference, is called
(A) Cyclonic precipitation
(B) Convective precipitation
(C) Orographic precipitation
(D) None of these
Answer: Option A

Question No. 126

A 6 hours storm had 4 cm of rainfall and the resulting runoff was 2 cm. If <j) index remains at the
same value, the runoff due to 10 cm rainfall in 12 hours in the catchment is
(A) 4.5 cm
(B) 6.0 cm
(C) 7.5 cm
(D) 9.0 cm
Answer: Option B

Question No. 127

The deficiency in rain catch due to vertical acceleration of air forced upward over the gauge, is
(A) Greater for heavy rain
(B) Greater for lighter rain
(C) Greater for large drops
(D) Lesser for small rain drops
Answer: Option B

Question No. 128

Presence of tail water in a gravity dam
(i) Increases the principal stress
(ii) Decreases the principal stress
(iii) Increases the shear stress
(iv) Decreases the shear stress
The correct answer is
 (A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (ii) and (iv)
Answer: Option D

Question No. 129

If y is the depth of water at any section, then the mean velocity is
(A) 0.1 y
(B) 0.2 y
(C) 0.3 y
(D) 0.6 y
Answer: Option D

Question No. 130

As compared to crest of the normal portion of the weir, the crest of the under sluice portion of
weir is kept at
(A) Lower level
(B) Higher level
(C) Same level
(D) Any of the above depending on the design
Answer: Option A

Question No. 131

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)/(P + 0.4 S)
(B) Q = (P - 0.2 S)/(P + 0.6 S)
(C) Q = (P - 0.2 S)/(P + 0.8 S)
(D) Q = (P - 0.2 S)/(P + 0.2 S)
Answer: Option C

Question No. 132

In a Sarda type fall, rectangular crest is used for discharge upto
(A) 6 cumecs
(B) 10 cumecs
(C) 14 cumecs
(D) 20 cumecs
Answer: Option C

Question No. 133

A well penetrates to 30 m below the static water table. After 24 hours of pumping at 31.40
litres/minute, the water level in a test well at a distance of 80 m is lowered by 0.5 m and in a well
20 m away water is lowered by 1.0 m. The transmissibility of the aquifer, is
(A) 1.185 m2/minute
 (B) 1.285 m2/minute
(C) 1.385 m2/minute
(D) 1.485 m2/minute
Answer: Option C

Question No. 134

A hydroelectric scheme operating under a head of 80 m will be classified as
(A) Low head scheme
(B) Medium head scheme
(C) High head scheme
(D) None of the above
Answer: Option C

Question No. 135

In nature water may occur as
(A) Liquid
(B) Solid
(C) Vapours
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 136

Seepage through foundation in an earthen dam is controlled by providing
(A) Rock toe
(B) Horizontal blanket
(C) Impervious cut off
(D) Chimney drain
Answer: Option C

Question No. 137

Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) Central portion of a cyclone acts as a chimney through which air gets lifted
(B) Cyclonic precipitation caused by a warm front is generally continuous
(C) Greatest amount of orographic precipitation falls in the windward side of the barrier
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 138

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
(A) At two meteorologically homogeneous stations, the average annual precipitation is same
(B) If the average annual precipitation at two places is same these are meteorologically
homogeneous stations
(C) Neither (a) nor (b)
(D) Both (a) and (b)
Answer: Option B
Question No. 139
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
Answer: Option B

Question No. 140

Evaporation losses depend upon
(A) Area of the water surface and depth of the water
(B) Nature of precipitation and type of vegetation
(C) Humidity and wind velocity
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 141

Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) Run off and surface run off are the same
(B) Run off includes the water flowing over the surface
(C) Run off is sometimes called discharge of the river
(D) Surface run off is sometimes called stream flow
Answer: Option C

Question No. 142

Which of the following canal structures is used to remove surplus water from an irrigation channel
into a natural drain?
(A) Canal fall
(B) Canal outlet
(C) Canal escape
(D) Canal regulator
Answer: Option C

Question No. 143

Pressure exerted by fully saturated air, is known
(A) Partial pressure
(B) Saturation pressure
(C) Saturation vapour pressure
(D) Both (c) and (d) of the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 144

Study the following statements.
(i) Levees are constructed parallel to river flow
 (ii) Spurs are constructed parallel to river flow
(iii) Levees are constructed transverse to river flow
(iv) Spurs are constructed transverse to river flow
The correct answer is
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Answer: Option B

Question No. 145

Precipitation caused due to upward movement of warmer air as compared to surrounding air, is
called
(A) Cyclonic precipitation
(B) Convective precipitation
(C) Orographic precipitation
(D) None of these
Answer: Option B

Question No. 146

The run off is affected by
(A) Size of the basin
(B) Shape of the basin
(C) Elevation of the water shed
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

Question No. 147

The coefficients of permeability of soils of an unconfined aquifer and another confined aquifer
were determined by pumping water from the wells and observing the effect of water table in two
test wells at equal distances was found to be equal. The total height of confined aquifer H is given
by
(A) H = h2 - h1
(B) H = h1 - h2
(C) H = h2 + h1
(D) (h1 + h2)
Answer: Option D

Question No. 148

If the demand line drawn from a ridge in a flow mass curve does not intersect the curve again, it
indicates that
(A) Demand cannot be met by inflow
(B) Reservoir was not full at the beginning
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
 Answer: Option A

Question No. 149

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
Answer: Option B

Question No. 150

Coefficient of discharge of an ogee spillway
(A) Depends on depth of approach and upstream slope
(B) Depends on downstream apron interference and downstream submergence
(C) Remains constant
(D) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: Option D

Question No. 151

The theory of infiltration capacity was given by
(A) Merrill Bernard
(B) W.W. Horner
(C) Le-Roy K. Shermen
(D) Robert E. Horten
Answer: Option D

Question No. 152

respectively, then cross drainage work will be

(A) aqueduct
(B) Super-passage
(C) Syphon
(D) Syphon aqueduct
Answer: Option C

Question No. 153

Absolute humidity in air
(A) Decreases at higher altitudes
(B) Increases at higher altitudes
(C) Remains constant at all altitudes
(D) None of these
Answer: Option A

Question No. 154

A hydraulic jump in a control meter will be formed above the control, if its original