UNIT I UNIFORM FLOW

1. The flow characteristics of a channel does not change with time at any point. What type of flow is
it?

a) Steady flow

b) Uniform flow

c) Laminar flow

d) Turbulent flow

Answer: a

2. The Reynolds number for a flow in a channel is 1000. What type of flow is it?

a) Laminar

b) Turbulent

c) Transition

d) Steady

Answer: c

3. The ratio of inertia force and gravitational force is called as ______

a) Reynolds number

b) Stokes number

c) Froude’s number

d) Euler’s number

Answer: c

4. Calculate the mean hydraulic depth of a channel having top width of 7m and cross sectional area
of 35m2.

a) 4m

b) 5m

c) 6m

d) 7m

Answer: b

5. Calculate the mean hydraulic radius for a channel having 20m2 cross sectional area and 50m of
wetted perimeter.
a) 0.4m

b) 0.5m

c) 0.6m

d) 0.7m

Answer: a

6. Calculate the aspect ratio having channel width of 6m and depth of 8m.

a) 0.75m

b) 1.33m

c) 1.50m

d) 1.68m

Answer: b

7. Which geometric parameter determines the efficiency of the channel?

a) Hydraulic depth

b) Hydraulic radius

c) Section factor

d) Normal depth

Answer: b

8. A rectangular channel has depth y and top with B. Determine its section factor.

a) By3⁄2

b) By1⁄2

c) By

d) By2

Answer: a

9. Calculate the wetted area for a rectangular channel which is

5.2m in width and 3m in depth.

a) 15.6m2

b) 16.6m2
c) 17.6m2

d) 18.6m2

Answer: d

10. A rectangular channel has a depth of 5m and width of 12m. Calculate the hydraulic depth of the
channel.

a) 5m

b) 6m

c) 7m

d) 8m

Answer: a

11. What is the wetted area for a triangular channel having depth y and the side slope being Z?
a) Zy2
b) 2Zy
c) Zy
d) Z2 y
Answer: a

12. Calculate the wetted perimeter of a triangular section having depth y and the side slope is Z.

Answer: d

13. What is the top width of a triangular channel having a depth y and side slope Z?
a) Zy
b) Zy2
c) 2Zy
d) ½Zy
Answer: c

14. Determine the hydraulic depth of a triangular channel having the side slope Z and depth y.
a) y
b) y/2
c) 2y
d) y2
Answer: b

15. What is the top width of a trapezoidal channel having depth y, side slope Z and base B?
a) 2Zy
b) Zy
c) B+Zy
d) B+2Zy
Answer: d

16. What is the dimension of C?

17. A rectangular channel section has depth y and width B, calculate the most economical area of
the channel.
a) 2y2
b) y2
c) By
d) B2
Answer: a

18. The depth and widths of a rectangular channel section are y and B respectively, determine the
economical perimeter of the section.
a) y
b) 2y
c) 3y
d) 4y
Answer: d

19. Calculate the hydraulic radius for the most economical rectangular section having depth y and
width B.
a) y/2
b) y
c) 2y
d) 3y
Answer: a

20. The base width of a most economical rectangular channel is 8m, calculate the hydraulic radius of
the channel,
a) 5m
b) 4m
c) 3m
d) 2m
Answer: d

21. Estimate the wetted perimeter of a circular channel having radius R and depth d, if the angle
subtended at the centre is Ɵ.
a) RƟ⁄2
b) RƟ
c) 2RƟ
d) 3RƟ
Answer: c

22. The discharge through a circular channel section is 14.67m 3/s and the velocity of flow is 1.47m/s,
calculate the radius of the section if Ɵ = 75°.
a) 2m
b) 3m
c) 4m
d) 5m
Answer: d

23. Which of the following conditions is taken into account in case of most economical circular
channel section?
a) Minimum wetted perimeter
b) Minimum wetted area
c) Maximum velocity
d) Maximum depth
Answer: c

24. What is the depth of flow in case most economical circular section considering maximum
velocity?
a) 0.61D
b) 0.71D
c) 0.81D
d) 0.91D
Answer: c

25. What is energy per unit head of water called as __________

a) Total energy

b) Specific energy

c) Velocity head

d) Datum head

Answer: a

26. What is the plot between Total energy and channel position called as?
a) Specific grade line

b) Energy grade line

c) Datum line

d) Velocity line

Answer: b

27. Which of the following conditions is not true for an uniform flow?

a) y1 = y2

b) S0 = Sf

c) Z1 = Z2

d) V1 = V2

Answer: c

28. Energy per unit weight of water measured with respect to the datum is called as _______

a) Total energy

b) Specific energy

c) Velocity head

d) Datum head

Answer: b

29. The minimum specific energy of a rectangular channel is 1.3m and the base width of the channel
is 10m, calculate the discharge through the channel.
a) 10 m3/s
b) 15 m3/s
c) 20m3/s
d) 25m3/s
Answer: d

30. Calculate the total discharge through a rectangular channel having critical depth of 1.18m and
the base width of the channel is 4m.
a) 16 m3/s
b) 20 m3/s
c) 24 m3/s
d) 28 m3/s
Answer: a

UNIT II
31. Which of the following assumptions about a GVF is false?
a) Channel is prismatic
b) Pressure distribution is hydrostatic
c) Flow characteristics change with time
d) Roughness co efficient is constant
Answer: c

32. What is the expression for head loss in case of a GVF?

Answer: b

33. Specific energy in GVF changes only under which of the following conditions.
a) Difference between bed slope and slope of energy line
b) Both bed slope and energy slope are equal
c) Presence of bed slope alone
d) Presence of energy slope alone
Answer: a

34. Gradually varied flow is

(A) Steady uniform

(B) Non-steady non-uniform

(C) Non-steady uniform

(D) Steady non-uniform
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