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VRE Rinchtar State & Centre Level Competition Exams Near Goshala, Shyopur Road, Pra 283023 20202, 7877554488 Awa ieehiar sous shal ‘aa cepa com HYDROLOGY & IRRIGATION Table of Contents Precipitation and its measurement .. Infiltration and evaporation Runoff and hydrographs... Flood and flood routing AIHYOROLOGY_LE a RINCHTAR CLASSES M 4917877554488 Pees 1) What is the chemical symbol for ICE as per UNESCO terminology a) HiOs ©) HeOs b) H.0 4) HO 2) What is hydrological cycle a) Process involved in the transfer of moisture from sea to land b) Process involved in the transfer of moisture from sea back to sea again ©) Process involved in the transfer of water from snowmelt in mountains to sea d) Process involved in the transfer of moisture from sea to land and back to sea again 3) Humidity is measured by a) Hygrometer ©) Hydrometer b) Hyetometer d) Pyrheliometer 4) A precipitation in the form of water droplets of size less than 0.5 mm and intensity less than 1 mm/h is known as a) Rain ©) Small rain b) sleet d) drizzle 5) When the density of snowfall is not known it is usual to assume that water equivalent to snowfall as a) 10% ©) 50% b) 30% d) 90 % 6) The average annual rainfall over the whole of India is estimated as a) 86 cm ©) 203 em b) 119 cm d) 160 em 7) The monthly rainfall at a place M during August, 1985 was noted as 65 mm below normal. Here the term normal means a) Rainfall in the same month August in the previous year b) The average monthly rainfall of august computed from a specific 30 years of past record ©) The average monthly rainfall computed from the previous 12 months of records d) The rainfall that is normally expected, based on the data from the beginning of that water year 8) A metrological division in India is said to experience severe drought, if the seasonal rainfall deficiency from the normal rainfall is 9) The normal annual rainfall at station A, B and C are 170.6, 180.3 and 165.3 cm respectively. In 1985, station B was inoperative and station A and C recorded annual precipitation of 153.0 and 145.1 em respectively. The annual rainfall at B in that year could be estimated as a) 160m b) 180 em ©) 106.7 cm 4) 149.1 cm 10) According to India, metrological department, a year is considered a drought year in case the total area affected by metrological drought in the country is more than a) 20 % of the total area of the country b) 50 % of the total area of the country c) 75% of the total area of the country d) 10 % of the total area of the country 11)An area Is classified as a drought prone area, if the probability P of occurrence of a drought is a) 0450% b) > 25% a) 2 bya o) > 75% d) > 90% 26 as 2IHYDROLOGY LeveL o RINCHTAR CLASSES M: +917877554488 16) Which of the following statements are incorrect 1. Records of tipping bucket raingauge give intensity of rainfall 2. Records of weighing bucket type raingauge give mass curve 3. Records of natural siphon type give mass a) tonly b) 2 only ©) 3only d) none of the above 17) Which of the following were not matched correctly ‘) Double mass curve ~ consistency method b) Moving average method - trend ¢) DAD curve - average depth of rainfall d) Non recording gauge ~ symon's gauge 18) In the hydrological cycle, the average residence time of water in the global a) Atmospheric moisture is larger than that in the global rivers b) Oceans is smaller than that of the global groundwater ©) Rivers is larger than that of the global groundwater d) Oceans is larger than that of the global groundwater 19)The monthly rainfall at a place A during September 1982 was recorded as 55 mm above normal here, the term normal means a) The rainfall in the same month previous year b) The rainfall normally expected based on previous year ©) The average rainfall computed from past 12 months record d) The average monthly rainfall for September computed from a specific 30 years of past record in the 20)The % standard error of precipitation average is, often expressed functionally or graphically in terms of (i) precipitating gauge network density expressed as area per gauge and (ii) total area of the catchment. The % standard error a) Increases with area per gauge as well as total area b) Decreases with area per gauge as well as total area ©) Increases with area per gauge but decreases with total area d) Decreases with area per gauge but increases with total area aIHYDROLOGY_LE o RINCHTAR CLASSES Mi +9 21)Match list 1 (hydrology terms) with list 2 (relationship/nature of curve) List 1 List 2 PL theissen |1. average depth of polygon rainfall over an area Q. mass curve | 2. relationship of rainfall intensity and time R. hyetograph 3. relationship __of accumulated rainfall & time 5. DAD curve 4, relationship oF river runoff & time 5. always a falling curve Codes: 22) The rainfall hyetograph data is given below Duration | 30 60 30 (min} Rainfall | 2 4 6 intensity mm/he Total amount of rainfall represented by hyetograph Is a) 12mm <) 5mm b) 8mm 4) 6 mm 23)How is the average velocity along the vertical in 2 wide stream obtained ? a) By averaging the velocties at 0.2 and 0.8 depth from surface b) By measuring the velocities at 0.6 depth below the surface ¢) By measuring velocities at half the depth 4) By measuring velocities at 0.1 times the depth from surface 24)Mean precipitation over an area is best ‘obtained from gauged amounts by a) Arithmetic mean method b) Theisen method c) Linearly interpolation isohyetal methoo 4) Orographically weighed heytal method 25)The moving average of annual precipitation record Is carried out to determine a) Trend b) Annual mean ) Extreme annual variation d) Extreme seasonal variation 7a7T7554488 26) Which one of the following defines the aridity index a) ar = "87 ¥ 100 b) a=" x 100 ©) ar=# x10 d) Ar = x 100 27)For which of the following purposes is the double mass curve is used? a) Checking the precipitation data b) Prediction of annual Precipitation ©) Defining which period of storm should be analysed to obtain the maximum useful Information from storm rainfall d) For estimating the capacity of a reservoir consistency of, 28)Which one of the following is a method of extending the length of record for a frequency curve at a station? 2) Double mass curve method b) The station year method ©) Thiessen method d) Ischyetal method 29) Consider the following with respect to ‘double ~ mass ~ curve’: 1. Plot of accumulated rainfall with respect to two chronological orders 2. Plot for estimating multiple missing rainfall data 3. Plot for checking the consistency of the rainfall data 4. Plot for accumulated annual rainfall of a station v/s accumulated rainfall of a group of stations Which of these statements are correct? a) 183 b)283 2 384 d)184 30) Consider the following statements 1. Over the oceans there is more evaporation than precipitation 2. On land it is more precipitation than evapo- transpiration. Which of these statements are correct a) Both 1 and 2 b) neither 1 nor 2 32)In the case of large rivers, a number of ‘equidistance vertical sections of the total width of flow are identified, for the purpose of finding by numerical integration, the total discharge on any day. On each section, the mean velocity is taken as the arithmetic average of two typical depths on that section, Then the mean velocity is worked out for that section, Usually, the mean velocity of any section, corresponding to which one of the following a) lone ° bby Hania ay" 33) Which of the following are the pertinent to the realization of hydrological cycle? 1. Latitude difference in solar heating of the earth surface Inclination of the earth’s axis Uneven distribution of land & water Coriolis effect 1,2 & 3 only ©) 2,384 only aawn b) 1, 2&4 only 4) 1, 2,3 & 4 only 34) Find the missing rainfall data [922.08 mm] Raingauge | Normal (mm) | Actual (mm) A 645 945 B ‘815 762 c O81 915 x 1830 2 35) The intensity of rainfall and time interval of the typical storm are: Time Intervals | Intensity of rainfall minutes), (mm/min) 0-10 O7. 10-20 at 20-30 2. 30-40 15 40-50 1.2 ‘50-60 28 60-70 1.9 70-80 o.4 The maximum intensity of rainfall for 20 minutes duration of the storm is mm/min. (2.35 mm/min} 36)The following rainfall data refers to station A and B which are equidistance from station x. ©) Lonly 4) 2 only Find P. (210 mm] 31)A hyetograph is a graph representing Station | Station | Station a) Rainfall volume with time a b) Rainfall intensity with time normal annual 240 | 250 | 260 c) Rainfall volume with duration rainfall (in mm) d) Rainfall intensity over an area ‘Annual rainfall in mm for year 230 | P 190 1940 alHyoRoLoGY LeveL o RINCHTAR CLASSES Mi 4917877554008 37)The area between the two isohyets 65 cm and 85 cm Is 100 km#, and that between 85 cm and 105 cm is 180 km*. What is the average depth of annual precipitation over the basin of 280 km?.[87.86 em] 44) The Isohytes for the rainfall over the catchment basin were drawn. The area of the strips between the ichytes are given. Determine the average precipitation over the basin [101.99 cm) 38) Find the missing rainfall data [874 mm] Tsohytes [65- [85- [95- [ 105- [iis- [135- cm) 8595 | 105 | 115 | 135 | 150 Raingauge | Normal (mm) | Actual (ram) Area | 1200 | 2000 | 2400 | 1000 | 900 | 800 A 748 945) km?) 8 o1z 782 c 888 315 £ 588 $ 45)Find the mean annual rainfall for the following 39) The coefficient of variation of the rainfall for six rain gauge station in catchment was found to be 35 %. The additional no. Of stations in the catchment for an admissible 12 % error in the estimation of the mean rainfall will be 13] 40) In a water shed, four raingauge I, 11, II and IV are installed. The depths of normal annual rainfall at these stations are 50, 65, 70 and 90 cm respectively. The raingauge at station 11, went out of order during a particular year. The annual rainfall for that year, recorded at the remaining three stations was 90, 60 and 70 cm ‘The rainfall at station III can be considered as [81.69 cm] 41) Four rain gauge stations namely A, B, C, D are located at comers of a rectangular shape basin of size 49 km x 30 km and one additional raingauge E is placed at the centre. Compute the mean areal rainfall over the basin using thiessen polygon method, if the rainfall at station A, B, C, D & E are 100 cm, 90 cm, 110 em, 120 cm and 80 cm respectively. [92.5 em] 42)The following rainfall data refers to station A and B which are equidistance from station x. Find P. 206.25 mm] ‘Station | Station | Station A x B Long term normal annual| 100 | 150 ‘| 200 rainfall (in mm) ‘Annual rainfall in mm for year | 160 | P 230 1940 43)The area between the two ischyets 60 em and data Raingauge | Rainfall (mm) | Area (Km*) station A 645 935 B B15 62 Cc 981 85, D 830, 100, By using a) Arithmetic method [817.75 mm] b) Theissen polygon method [813.42 mm] 46) The coefficient of variation of the rainfall for six rain gauge station in catchment was found to be 41 %, The optimum no. Of stations in the catchment for an admissible 8 % error in the estimation of the mean rainfall will be [27] 47)Four rain gauge stations namely A, B, C, D are located at corners of a square shape basin of size 40 km. Compute the mean areal rainfall ‘over the basin using thiessen polygon method, if the rainfall at station A, B, C & D are 100 cm, 90 cm, 120 m and 80 cm respectively. [97.5 cm) 48)Find the aridity index if the potential evapotranspiration is 12 mm/hr and actual evapotranspiration is 9.8 mm/hr. [18.33 %] 49)The top width and the depth of flow in a triangular channel were measured as 6 m and 3 m, respectively. The measured velocities on the center line at water surface 0.6 m and 2.4 m below the surface are 0.7 m/s, 0.6 m/s and 0.4 m/s respectively. Using two point method of velocity measurement, the discharge (in m/s) in the channel is 80 cm is 100 km?, and that between 80 cm and a) 3.4 by 4s 100 cm is 200 km?. What is the average depth © 36 4.8 of annual precipitation over the basin of 300 km?, (83.33 em] SIHYDROLOGY LEVEL 0 RINCHTAR CLASSES M: +917877554488 PcEnEnene) enrn) 50)The quantitative statement of the balance between the water gain and losses in certain basin during a specified period of time is known as which one of the following A. Water budget 8. Hydrological budget C. Ground budget a) Aonly b) Bonly ©) Conly d) NOT 51) Consider the following chemical emulsions 1. Methyl alcohol 2. Cetyl alcohol 3. Stearyl alcohol 4, Kerosene Which one of the above chemical emulsions is/are used to minimize the loss of water through the process of evaporation? a) only b) Land 4 ©) 2and 4 d) 2 and 3 52) Regional hydrological cycle is shown in figure XE region A ie c Ears sulace AS a Salas chanel Ay i s, S, Love of plasicroce (nowaiar oeiow ths level) ‘The correct hydrological budget equation is a) P+ R-RotRSE-Tel = AS b) [4G :-Ge-Ry-E:-Ts = AS €) P= (Ra-Ri) ~ (Ee+Es)-(T.+T5) - (G2-G) sas d) P-R-G-E-T = aS 53)A river has a surface width of 20 m if the evapotranspiration measured in the vicinity of river by US class A pan is 0.1 cm on a particular day. The volume of water evaporated ina 5 km stretch of river on that day in m? is a) 1000 b) 700 ©) 100 4) 70 54)If PET is 20 mm/month and AET is 10 mm/month then the aridity index for the month is a) 100 ©) 50 b) 200 d) 300 SINyOROLOGY_LE 55) For a clayey soil when there is a 50 % drop in the available moisture from the field capacity the ratio of | actual. «to potential evapotranspiration would be a) 0.2 b) 0.5 ©) 0.7 4) 1.0 = 4hr' after attaining the steady state condition, total infiltration at the end of 1 hr is a) 10cm b)2cm ©) Gem 4) Bem 57) Consider the following statements 1. Evaporation is greater than precipitation in ‘ocean phase 2. Shorter the residence time, greater is the difficulty in predicting the behaviour of that phase 3. As per WMO, lumps of ice > 5 mm are called graupel. 4. Anticyciones are regions of high pressure Which of the following statements are correct? a) 1283 by 2.4 ) 1284 12,384 58) Consider the following statements. 1. Rainfall simulator gives lower value than flooding type infiltrometer 2. America and Europe have highest value of runoff coefficient 3. Curve number (CN) = 100 denotes a catchment that is infinitely abstracting. 4. Coefficient of determination is the square root of coefficient of correlation Which of the following statements are correct a) 4,2 by 34 ©) 1,284 d)1,2,384 59) The chemical that is found to be most sultable as water evaporation inhibitor is a) Ethyl alcohol b) Methyl alcohol ©) Cetyl alcohol 4) Butyl alcohol 60)The penman’s evapo-transpiration equation is, based on a) Water budget method b) Energy balance method ). Mass transfer method d) Energy balance and mass transfer approach a RINCHTAR CLASSES M: 917877554488 61)A standard, ground based evaporation pan, corresponding to Indian standards, is installed at the bank of a surface reservoir. The water surface area on a particular day is 100hectares. The recorded evaporation loss from the pan, on a certain day, is nearly 4.0cm. What is the anticipated evaporation loss from the reservoir for that day? a) (1.8 to 2)x 10" m? per day b) (2.5 to 2.75)x 10* m? per day €) (3.0 to 3.25)x 10 m* per day d) (3.8 to 4.05)x 10* m® per day 62) The rate of evaporation is dependent on. 1. Atmospheric pressure 2. Wind speed 3. Depth of water body 4, Shape and size of water body Select the correct option a) 1,2and3 b) 1, 2 and 4 ©) 2,3and 4 d) all of these 63)Isopleths are lines on a map through points having equal depth of a) Rainfall ©) Evapotranspit ee 64) Match list with list 2 b) infiltration 4) total runoft Uist 1 List 2 ‘A. Dalton i. Unit hydrograph B. Snyder 2. Evaporation’ C. Blaney criddie | 3. Empirical formula D. Sherman 4. Synthetic hydrograph 5, Consumptive use equation Codes: T7IHYOROLOGY LeveL o RINCHTAR 65) Match list 1 with list 2 List 1 ust ‘a. Rainfall 1. Increased simulator peak in flood hydrograph B. Interception 2. Study of loss infitration characteristics . Urbanization 3. Not significant in maximum flood D. Soil 4. Reduction in ‘conservation peak in small measures and medium floods Codes: A 8 c D a) (2 3 1 4 b) [2 1 3 4 co) 4 1 3 2 g [2 3 4 1 66)The rainfall on five successive days on a catchment was 3, 6, 9, 5 and 1 cm respectively. If the @ index be assumed to be 3em/day, the total direct runoff from the catchment due to this storm is a) 11cm b) 24 cm © Som 4) 20cm 67) The term base flow denotes a) Delayed groundwater flow reaching a stream b) Delayed groundwater reaching the stream ©) Delayed ground water and interflow d) The annual minimum flow in a stream and — snowmelt 68)An Isolated 4 hr storm occurred over a catchment as follows: Time ahr 2 he 3% hr 4° hr Rainfall(mm) 8 18 19 5 The ® index for the catchment is 8 mm/h. The estimated runoff depth from the catchment due to the above storm is a) 27mm ) 21mm b) 32 mm. 4) 17 mm 69) The average rainfall for a 3 hr duration storm is, 3.7 cm and the loss rate is 0.3 em/hr. The flood hhydrograph has a base flow of 10 m'/sec and produces a peak flow of 250 m?/sec. The peak of 3-h unit hydrograph is 2) 55.51 m/s ©) 85.71 m/s b) 65.51 m/s 4) 95.71 mys CLASSES M 4917877554488 Common data for Q 71 and 72 Ordinates of a 1-hour unit hydrograph at 1 hour intervals, starting from time t = 0 are 0,2,5,6,8,7,4,2,1 and 0 m/s. 70) Catchment area represented by this unit hydrograph is a) 11.6 Km? ©) 12.6 km? b) 12.2 km? d) 11.2 Km? 71) Ordinates for the 3-hr unit hydrograph for the catchment at t = 3 hour is a) 4.33 m/s b) 3.33 m/s ©) 5.66 ms d) 3.66 m/s ‘Common data for Q 73 & 74 ‘An average rainfall of 25 cm occurs over a catchment during @ period of 10 hours with a Uniform intensity. The unit hydrograph (unit depth = Lem, duration = 5 hour) of the catchment rises linearly from 0 to 25 cumecs in five hours and then falls linearly from 25 to © cumecs in the next 10 hours. © index of the catchment is known to be 0.5 em/hr. Base flow In the river is known to be 15 cumecs. 72)Peak discharge of the resulting direct runoff hydrograph shall be a) 375 cumecs ©) 290 cumecs b) 360 cumecs d) 390 cumecs 73) Area of the catchment in hectares is a) 67.50 b) 77.5, ©) 6750 4) 7750 ‘Common data for Q 75 & 76 Storm 1 of duration 4 hrs gives a direct runoff of 8 cm and has an average intensity of 4 cm/hr. Storm 2 of 10 hr duration gives a runoff of 12.4 em. (assume @ index is same for both the storms) 74)The value of the © index (cm/hr) is Common data for Q 78 and 79 For a catchment, the S-curve (or S-hydrograph) due to rainfall of intensity 1 cm/hr is given by Q= 1+ (142t)e*( tis in hr and Q is in m*/s) 77) What is the area of the catchment. a) 0.01 km? b) 0.36 km? ©) 1.00 km? d) 1.28 km? 78)What will be the ordinate of a 3 hr unit hydrograph for this catchment at t = 5 hrs a) 0.30 m/s b) 0.20 m/s ©) 0.27 m/s 4) 0.37 m/s Common data Q for 80 & 81 ‘The ordinates of a 2h unit hydrograph at 1 hour Intervals starting from time t=0 are 0, 3, 8,7, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 0 m’/s. Use trapezoidal rule for numerical Integration, if required 79) What is the catchment area represented by the unit hydrograph ? a) 10.44 km? ) 11.88 km? b) 12.40 km? ) 18.64 km? 80)A storm of 6.6 cm occurs uniformly over the catchment in 3 hours. If @ index is equal to the 2 mm/h and base flow is 5 m°/s, what is the peak flow due to storm? a) 93.2 m/s ©) 44.0 m/s b) 42.4 m/s. d) 49.0 m/s 81)A 3 h storm over a water shed had an average depth of 27 mm. The resulting flood hydrograph was found to have a peak flow of 200 mi/s and base flow of 20 m/s. If the loss rate could be estimated as 0.3 cm/h, a 3-h unit hydrograph will have a peak of a) 66.7 m/s b) 100 m?/s © ULI mys 4) 33.3 mi/s 82)The land use of an area and the corresponding a) 14 by 24 runoff coefficients are as follows: 3) 20 4) 1.0 SNO | Land use ‘Area | Runoff 75) Intensity of the storm 2 in em/hr is (ha) _| coefficient a) 2.24 b) 3.24 1_| Roads: 10 {0.70 2 [Lawn 20 [0.10 1.02 4) 3.02 9 » 3 [Residential | 50 | 0.30 76) The catchment of area 200 ha has a runoff 4 Inga ‘glad 20 080 cient 0.5. a storm of duration larger than industrial area the time of concentration of he cachet an het is te equivalent rune coeficlent of intensity 3.6 cm/hr causes a peak discharge 2 os ») 0.56 ot p 9 <) 0.40 4) 0.51 a) 5 mi/sec b) 10 m/sec ©) 100 m/sec 4) 360 m/sec a|HyOROLOGY LeveL o RINCHTAR CLASSES M: +917877554a08 83)A triangular direct runoff hydrograph due to an 89) Match list 1 with list 2 Isolated storm has a time base of 60h and a peak flow of 30 m/s that occurs at 20 h from List 1 List 2 the start. Ifthe catchment area 5 300 kre, [AL Reng Tine aF[ 1. Depend on otis the exces rafal the ser? 8. Faling linb of 2. Function of the hy@rograph | total channel ength ©) 10.8 mm 4) 8.3mm Cc. Peak rate of] 3. Function of fw catchment area 84) The follwing steps are involved in aving at «|B. rainage—.Functon oF unit hydrograpn density Storage choraceristies 1. Estimating the surface runoff in depth Codes: 2. Estimating the surface runoff in volume 3 Separation of bese flow se 4. Dividing the surface runoff ordinates by g_3__4 1 __3 depth of runt Byte The corec sequence of these steps i a) 3,2,1,4 b) 2,3,4,1 att 2 3 4 ©) 31,24 d) 4,3,2,1 eee) 90) At delhi, a maximum rainfall depth of 20 cm in 12 h has a return period of 50 years. The probability of a 12 h rainfall of magnitude equal to or greater than 20 cm will occur in the next 85) The unit hydrograph theory is based on the assumption of a) Non linear response and time invariance b) Linear response and non tinear time variance ) Time invariance and linear response year d) Non linear response and non linear time a) 0.50 b) 0.33 ©) 0.98 4) 0.02 91) What Is the probable maximum precipitation 86) An 1UM isthe erect unit hydrograph of Veta she prob Precip a) Of one cm magnitude due to rainfall excess Pro} recipitation for 2 100 year return of 1 hr duration a) Projected precipitation for a 100 year retur eriod ) That occurs instantaneously due to rainfall b) Maximum precipitation for all past recorded excess of 1 - h duration sol ©) OF unit rainfall excess precipitating ©) Upper limit of rainfall, which is justified instantaneously over the catchment climatologically 4) Occurring at any instant in long duration 4) Effective perveptible water 87) The peak flow of @ flood hydrograph caused by 92) Which ofthe following statements are isolated storm was observed to be 100 m/s. incorrect? The storm had a duration of 8.0 hrs and the a) The total area under distribution graph adds total depth of 7.0 cm. The base flow and the upto 100% index were estimated as 20 m/s and 0.25 b) In gumbel’s method, the range of confident cmjh respectively. if in the above storm the interval increases with increase in % total rainfall were 9.5 cm in the same duration confidence of 8 hours, the flood peak would have been ©) An inflow hydrograph passes through larger by inear channel with only attenuation a) 35.7% b) 40 % and no translation c) 50% d) 20 % d) Flood plain zoning is a non structural measure of a flood control 88) The hydrograph shows the variation of which of the following? 93)In the muskingum method of channel routing, a) Cumulative depth of rainfall with time the routing equation is written as b) Rainfall intensity with time Qe = Cole + Cit: + C.Q,, if the coefficients K €) Discharge with time 12 hand x = 0.15 and the time step for routing d) Rainfall intensity with cumulative depth ‘At = 4h, the coefficient Co is a) 0.016 b) 0.048 ©) 0.328 d) 0.656 S|HYDROLOGY LeveL o RINCHTAR CLASSES M: +917877554488 94) During a flood, the surface of the water section was found to decrease at a rate of 10 cm/hr. the slope of the river is 1/3600. Assuming the velocity of the flood wave as 2 m/s, the actual discharge in the stream can be estimated as a) 2.5 % larger than normal discharge b) 5% smaller than normal discharge ©) 2.5 % smaller than normal discharge d) Same as normal discharge 95) A 1 hr rainfall of 1 cm at a place was found to have a return period of 10 years. What is the probability of occurring rainfall of this (or) larger magnitude will occur at least once in the next 1 year is a) 0.3 © 04 by 0.2 4) 0.05 96) In a river carrying a discharge of 142 m’/s, the stage at a station A was 3.6m and the water surface slope was 1 In 6000. If during a flood, the stage at A was 3.6m and the water surface slope was 1 in 3000, what was the flood discharge (approximately)? a) 284m"/s b) 200 m?/s ©) 164 m/s 4) 96 m/s 97)Recorded annual maximum 24-hours rainfall magnitudes at stations 'x’ are as under Year Rainfall (in em) 1960 12.0 1961 6.0 1962 4.8 1963 7.9 1964 12.0 1965 14.2 1966 13.6 1967 6.0 1968 37 1969 29 What is the return period, in years for a 6.0 cm annual rainfall according to a) hazen formula and b) weibull formula respectively a) 10/7, 11/7 ©) 5/3, 11/7 b) 20/13, 22/13 ) 20/11, 11/6 98)A culvert is designed for 2 flood magnitude of return period 100 years and has expected life of 20 years. The risk of hydrological design is. a) 1-0.99% b) 1-0.01° ©) 10,09 b) 1-0.107 wl] HYDROLOGY LeveL 01 RINCHTAR CLASSES Mi +9 99) Consider the following statements: 1. A SO year flood discharge is greater than 100 year flood discharge 2. 50 % dependable flow is greater than 90 % 3. Evaporation from salt water surface is less than that from fresh water surface Which of these statements are correct? a) tand2 b)2and3 ©) tand3 4) 1, 2and3 100) A 1 hour rainfall of 15 cm has the return period of 40 years. The probability (in %) that hr of rainfall 15 cm or more will occur in each of two successive year is a) 1.25 x 10 b) 6.25 x 10% ¢) 0.125 4) 0.0625 101) If for a hydrological design a 10 % risk is acceptable with expected life of 25 years what return period will have to be adopted for this design a) 122 years c) 238 years b) 167 years 4) 283 years 102) Match list. 1 (equation) with list (applicability or principle of equation) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List 1 A. Theim’s equation B. Dulip’s assumption C. Bernoulli's equations D. Countinuity equation List 2: 1. Is based on energy conservation principle 2. Is based on mass conservation principle 3. Is applicable to steady flow towards 2 well in a confined aquifer 4, Is applicable to steady flow in an unconfined aquifer Codes: A 5 € D a) 4 3 2 1 b) 3 4 2 1 c 4 3 1 2 4) 3 4 1 2 103) The yield of the well depends on a) Permeability of soi b) Area of the aquifer opening into the wells ) Actual flow velocity ) All of the above 7877554488 104) Water present in an artesian aquifer is usually a) At sub atmospheric pressure b) At atmospheric pressure ) At 0.5 times of the atmospheric pressure d) Above atmospheric pressure 105) Specific capacity of the well is defined as a) Volume of water that can be extracted by the force of gravity from a unit volume of aquifer b) Discharge per unit drawdown of the well ©) Drawdown per unit discharge of the well 4) Rate of flow through a unit width and entire thickness of aquifer 106) The performance of the well is measured by a) Specific capacity b) Specific yield ©). Storage coefficient d) Permeability coefficient 107) The surface joining the static levels in several non pumping wells penetrating 2 continuous confined aquifer represents a) Water table surface b) Capillary fringe c) Piezometric surface of the aquifer d) Physical top surface of the aquifer HYDROLOGY _LeVEL 01 108) Maximum possible discharge form a small catchment corresponding to particular rainfall intensity is independent of which one of the following? ‘a) Soil moisture conditions b) Drainage characteristics of catchment ) Area of the catchment 4) Duration of the rainstorm 109) What would be the volume of water stored in a saturated column with a porosity of 0.35 with the cross sectional area of 1m? and depth of 3 m? a) 2.0m ) 1.05 m? b) 0.105 m? 4) 3.0 m? RINCHTAR CLASSES M: 917877554488

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