Civil Engineering - Water Resources Engineering

Exercise : Water Resources Engineering - Section 3
26.
For efficient working of a control meter, its throat length is approximately kept
equal to the critical depth
twice the critical depth
three times the critical depth
four times the critical depth.
Answer: Option
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27.
A control meter is preferred to a weir because
it measures the discharge even in silt laiden streams
the velocity of approach of the channel increases above the control, and thus removes the silt completely
it is not damaged by floating debris
all the above.
Answer: Option
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28.
A river is said to be of uniform section if in its section
a segment of a circle can be fitted
a parabolic section can be fitted
a rectangular section can be fitted
a trapezoidal section can be fitted
all the above.
Answer: Option
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29.
The run off is affected by
size of the basin
shape of the basin
elevation of the water shed
all the above.
Answer: Option
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30.
The form factor of a drainage basin is obtained by dividing
area of the basin by the axial length
average width of the basin by the axial basin
area of the basin by the square of the axial length
both (a) an (b)
both (b) and (c).
Answer: Option
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