Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering

Exercise : Water Resources Engineering - Section 3
1.
Water is useful for
running hydroelectric turbines
floating the boats and ships
providing steam for running locomotives
warming dwelling units
all the above.
Answer: Option
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2.
Knowledge of hydrology is necessary for civil engineers for
designing and construction of irrigation structures
designing and construction of bridges and culverts
flood control works
all the above.
Answer: Option
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3.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Run off and surface run off are the same
Run off does not includes the water flowing over the surface
Run off is sometimes called discharge of the river
Surface run off is sometimes called stream flow.
Answer: Option
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4.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Yield of a drainage basin is the run off at any time
Yield of a drainage basin is the run off over long periods
Yield of a drainage basin is expressed as surface run off per year
Run off is expressed as total volume per day
None of these.
Answer: Option
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5.
Run off includes
precipitation over catchment area of the stream and its attributaries
surface run off
ground water flow
all the above.
Answer: Option
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