Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering

Exercise : Water Resources Engineering - Section 2
16.
The rainfall at any place is described by
its intensity
its duration
its frequency
all the above.
Answer: Option
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17.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
The intensity of rain is the rate at which it falls
The duration of rain is the time for which it falls with a given intensity
The frequency of rain is the number of times, if falls
All the above.
Answer: Option
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18.
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
At two meteorologically homogeneous stations, the average annual precipitation is same
If the average annual precipitation at two places is same these are meteorologically homogeneous stations
Neither (a) nor (b)
Both (a) and (b).
Answer: Option
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19.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
The throat of the section of a control meter is either rectangular or trapezoidal
The floor of the control meter throat is almost level
The floor of the expanding outlet of the control meter is given a steep slope
A properly designed control meter is associated with the phenomena of hydraulic jump
All the above.
Answer: Option
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20.
Discharge curve may be extended by logarithmic method if
cross section of river is uniform
river is broader and shallower
river is of any type
none of these.
Answer: Option
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