Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering

Exercise : Water Resources Engineering - Section 3
6.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Hydrograph is a plot of discharge and time
In hydrographs, time is plotted on X-axis
The maximum flow in the river due to rainfall, is called peak flow
Peak flows are different for rainfalls
All the above.
Answer: Option
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7.
A soil strata may consist of
soil zone
intermediate zone
capillary zone
ground water zone
all the above.
Answer: Option
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8.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
The amount of water retained on the surface of soil grains by molecular attraction, is known as pellicular water
The degree of resistance to movement of the pellicular water generally expressed by the surface tension
The pellicular water held in any soil, is called field capacity
The portion of the pellicular water absorbed by the root action of the vegetation, is called available moisture
All the above.
Answer: Option
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9.
If the slope of a line for infiltration capacity curve is , the value of constant k in Horton's equation of infiltration capacity curve, is
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0.
Answer: Option
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10.
The equation P - Q = Te φindex for determining the infiltration capacity, was suggested by
Horton
Horner
Llyod
Bernard.
Answer: Option
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