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101.

If at interface of dissimilar soils, k₁=9×10¯⁷ cm/s and k₂=4×10¯⁷ cm/s. The deflection of flow lines at interface has θ₁=30°, then θ₂ will be _______

A. 12.39°
B. 13.39°
C. 14.39°
D. 15.39°
Answer» D. 15.39°
102.

For an anisotropic soil, the permeability in the horizontal and vertical direction are kₓ and kᵧ respectively. What will be the effective permeability of the soil?

A. kₓ+kᵧ
B. kₓkᵧ
C. √( kₓkᵧ)
D. kₓ/kᵧ
Answer» D. kₓ/kᵧ
103.

The failure of Naror weir in India was due to __________

A. Excessive water pressure
B. Undermining
C. Hydraulic structure
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Undermining
104.

The Darcy’s law governing the flow of water through is related to which of the following law?

A. Ohm’s law
B. Stokes law
C. Faraday’s law
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Stokes law
105.

Flow occurs between two points only if _______

A. there is difference in total heads
B. there is no difference in total heads
C. the total heads are equal
D. the total heads are equal to zero
Answer» B. there is no difference in total heads
106.

The actual flow net for anisotropic soil will have orthogonal set of curves.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be True or False
107.

A flow net can be used for which of the following purpose?

A. Determination of seepage
B. Determination of seepage pressure
C. Determination of hydrostatic pressure
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
108.

The quantity of water, flowing through a saturated soil mass can be estimated by which of the following theory?

A. Flow of fluids through porous medium
B. Theoretical analysis of Laplace
C. Flow of water through saturated soil mass
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Theoretical analysis of Laplace
109.

The phreatic line can be located by which of the following method?

A. Graphical method
B. Experimental method
C. Analytical method
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
110.

In khosla’s theory, the stream lines occurring under a horizontal is shown in the form of __________

A. Parabola
B. Ellipse
C. Hyperbola
D. Circle
Answer» C. Hyperbola
111.

A soil mass has kₓ=8*10¯⁷cm/s and kᵧ=4*10¯⁷cm/s. The effective permeability of the soil is ______

A. 4.6*10¯⁷cm/s
B. 6.6*10¯⁷cm/s
C. 5.6*10¯⁷cm/s
D. 7.6*10¯⁷cm/s
Answer» D. 7.6*10¯⁷cm/s
112.

The portion between two successive flow lines is known as ___________

A. Field channel
B. Flow channel
C. Open channel
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. Open channel
113.

For the water flowing above an impervious, infinite, horizontal plane. The net flow is given by ___________

A. Casagrande
B. Kozney
C. Forchheimer
D. Darcy
Answer» B. Kozney
114.

The seepage force J with respect to hydraulic gradient i is given by ________

A. ihγwzA
B. iγwz/hA
C. iγwzA
D. ih/zAγw
Answer» D. ih/zAγw
115.

Seepage force is the energy transfer between __________

A. air and water
B. water and soil
C. air and soil
D. earth and air
Answer» C. air and soil
116.

In the figure the face KF is _________

A. seepage face
B. velocity face
C. discharge face
D. pressure face
Answer» D. pressure face
117.

The difference between the elevation of water surfaces in piezometers is _______

A. hydraulic gradient
B. velocity
C. head loss
D. depth or length of sample
Answer» D. depth or length of sample
118.

When water flows through a saturated soil mass, piezometric head is the sum of velocity head and position head.

A. True
B. False
C. May be True or False
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be True or False
119.

A piezometric surface is the line joining ________

A. water level in piezometers
B. soil stratum
C. equal voids ratio in soil mass
D. equal velocity of flow
Answer» B. soil stratum
120.

The piezometric head is also called ________

A. position head
B. elevation head
C. velocity head
D. pressure head
Answer» E.
121.

FOR_FINE-GRAINED_SOIL_WHAT_TYPE_OF_DEWATERING_SYSTEM_CAN_BE_USED??$

A. Electro-osmosis method
B. Shallow well system
C. Deep well system
D. Vacuum method
Answer» E.
122.

The_drawdown_curve_in_fully_penetrated_slot_is_based_on_the_assumptions_of_____________$

A. Dupuit and Forchheimer
B. Darcy
C. None of the mentioned
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Darcy
123.

The application of electro-osmosis on dewatering of soil was developed by__________?

A. L. casagrande
B. Darcy
C. Chapmen
D. Dupuit
Answer» B. Darcy
124.

In discharge equation given by chapmen qp=kba(H-ho)/L+EA, EA refers to__________

A. Coefficient of permeability
B. Electric gradient
C. Extra length factor
D. Efficiency of permeability of soil
Answer» D. Efficiency of permeability of soil
125.

When dewatering system consist of number of well-points___________can be considered for a simplified solution.

A. Linear drainage limit
B. Seepage analysis
C. Flow of water
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Seepage analysis
126.

A complete design of dewatering system consist of___________

A. Spacing of wells
B. Penetration of wells
C. Pumping capacities
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
127.

Discharge for a unconfined aquifer can be found from the expression developed by__________

A. Dupuit
B. Darcy
C. Chapman
D. Baron
Answer» D. Baron
128.

Fine grained cohesive soil can be drained or stabilized by__________

A. Vacuum method
B. Electro-osmosis method
C. Shallow well system
D. Well point system
Answer» C. Shallow well system
129.

For unconfined flow, which of the following discharge slot is used?

A. Partially penetrating slot
B. Fully penetrating slot
C. None of the mentioned
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. None of the mentioned
130.

The seepage analysis is done on the assumption of____________

A. Flow is laminar and Darcy’s law is valid
B. Seepage of water
C. None of the mentioned
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» B. Seepage of water