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MCQOPTIONS
This section includes 10 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. |
Which of the following is known as a debris dam? |
| A. | Storage dam |
| B. | Detention dam |
| C. | Diversion dam |
| D. | Rigid dam |
| Answer» C. Diversion dam | |
| 2. |
The highest concrete gravity dam of the world is the Grand Dixene dam in Switzerland whose height is ____________ |
| A. | 325 m |
| B. | 317 m |
| C. | 285 m |
| D. | 272 m |
| Answer» D. 272 m | |
| 3. |
Which type of dam design gives a wider choice of materials including earth-fill and rock-fill dams? |
| A. | Non-overflow dams |
| B. | Overflow dams |
| C. | Rigid dams |
| D. | Non-rigid dams |
| Answer» B. Overflow dams | |
| 4. |
Multiple arch dam is an example of _______________ |
| A. | Arch dam |
| B. | Shell-arch dams |
| C. | Buttress dams |
| D. | Coffer dam |
| Answer» D. Coffer dam | |
| 5. |
A _________________ dam is generally called as a weir or barrage. |
| A. | storage dam |
| B. | detention dam |
| C. | diversion dam |
| D. | rigid dam |
| Answer» D. rigid dam | |
| 6. |
The famous Roosevelt dam in USA is of the type __________________ |
| A. | Rock-fill dam |
| B. | Solid Masonry Gravity Dam |
| C. | RCC arch bridge |
| D. | A hollow masonry gravity dam |
| Answer» C. RCC arch bridge | |
| 7. |
The prominent modern dam which has changed its name several times is _____________ |
| A. | Nagarjuna dam |
| B. | Hoover dam |
| C. | Bhakra dam |
| D. | Idukki dam |
| Answer» C. Bhakra dam | |
| 8. |
Earthen dams are _________________ |
| A. | rigid dams |
| B. | non-rigid dams |
| C. | overflow dams |
| D. | diversion dams |
| Answer» C. overflow dams | |
| 9. |
Which of the following is the only modern dam that has failed? |
| A. | Koyna dam in India |
| B. | Vega de Tera dam in Spain |
| C. | Mauvoision dam in Switzerland |
| D. | Trinity dam in California, USA |
| Answer» C. Mauvoision dam in Switzerland | |
| 10. |
Aswan dam on Nile River in Egypt was perhaps the first modern dam of the world. Its construction was completed in the year _________ |
| A. | 1664 |
| B. | 1798 |
| C. | 1902 |
| D. | 1931 |
| Answer» D. 1931 | |