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Civil Engineering - Docks and Harbours

Exercise : Docks and Harbours - Section 1
11.
According to the recommendations of International Navigational Congress in 1912, the ratio of length to width at the entrance for passenger vessels is :
7.25 to 1
7.80 to 1
8.11 to 1
8.44 to 1
Answer: Option
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12.
The operation of removing material from the sea or river bed is known as
Mining
Dredging
Digging
None of these.
Answer: Option
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13.
Littoral drift
is the raised line of sand, parallel to the sea coast
is the slow movement of surface water at sea caused by the wind
is a current parallel to the shore, caused due to tangential component of the wind
is a current perpendicular to the shore line caused due to wind.
Answer: Option
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14.
The heaviest line is used to democrate
the low water line
the high water line
the limit of swamps
the direction of current.
Answer: Option
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15.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
The soundings are made with respect to the mean low water
The soundings which are below the datum are written in black on the map
The spot heights of the features above datum are written in red on the map
The decimal point of the sounding value is at the exact position of the sounding
All the above.
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