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This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Irrigation Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
What is suggested massiveness factor for simply supported RCC Decks? |
| A. | 2.5 to 3 |
| B. | 3 to 4.5 |
| C. | 4.5 to 7.5 |
| D. | 7.5 to 12 |
| Answer» B. 3 to 4.5 | |
| 2. |
What is the suggested slenderness ratio for simply supported RCC decks? |
| A. | 4.5 to 7.5 |
| B. | 7.5 to 12 |
| C. | 12 to 15 |
| D. | 15 to 18 |
| Answer» D. 15 to 18 | |
| 3. |
What is the suggested economic buttress spacing for a mean dam height of greater than 45 m? |
| A. | 4.5 |
| B. | 4.5 to 7.5 |
| C. | 7.5 to 12 |
| D. | 12 to 15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
The buttresses of a free deck buttress dam are provided at ‘x’ m clear spacing and buttress thickness is proposed to be ‘t’ m. The buttress section can then be designed like the section of a concrete gravity dam by considering the effective unit weight of water = Surcharge factor (S) x actual unit weight of water. The value of this surcharge factor is given as _____________ |
| A. | S = (x + t)/x |
| B. | S = (x + t)/t |
| C. | S = (x + t)/(x + 1) |
| D. | S = (x + t)/(t + 1) |
| Answer» C. S = (x + t)/(x + 1) | |
| 5. |
In a simple deck slab buttress dam of a given height, the buttress spacing can be increased by increasing the upstream slope. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 6. |
Which of the following is the earliest recorded multiple arch buttress dam? |
| A. | Meer Alam dam in India |
| B. | The Coolidge dam in Arizona |
| C. | Rodriguez dam in Mexico |
| D. | Idduki dam in Kerela, India |
| Answer» B. The Coolidge dam in Arizona | |
| 7. |
Which of the following type of dam requires very strong and stable foundations and is not in use as much as the other types? |
| A. | Multiple dome-type dams |
| B. | Massive head type dam |
| C. | Columnar buttress type dam |
| D. | Deck slab type dam |
| Answer» D. Deck slab type dam | |
| 8. |
Which of the following component of a buttress dam is also called counterfort? |
| A. | Corbel |
| B. | Buttress |
| C. | Lateral brace |
| D. | Sloping deck |
| Answer» C. Lateral brace | |
| 9. |
Which of the following dam is also known as the Amberson dam? |
| A. | Multiple arch buttress dam |
| B. | Mushroom head buttress dam |
| C. | Massive head buttress dam |
| D. | Free deck buttress dam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Which of the following dam requires no reinforcement? |
| A. | Fixed deck buttress dam |
| B. | Simple deck buttress dam |
| C. | Cantilever deck buttress dam |
| D. | Massive head buttress dam |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Multiple arch dams are generally used for ______________ |
| A. | high heights |
| B. | low heights |
| C. | medium heights |
| D. | any height |
| Answer» B. low heights | |
| 12. |
The load from the deck of a buttress dam is transmitted to the foundations through the ______ |
| A. | corbels |
| B. | buttresses |
| C. | lateral braces |
| D. | sloping deck |
| Answer» C. lateral braces | |