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This section includes 42 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSEE knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
A person standing inside "Faraday cage" is not affected by electric field because |
A. | electric potential is positive |
B. | electric potential is negative |
C. | zero electric potential |
D. | electric field outside the cage cancels the field inside |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Select the incorrect statement from the following option. |
A. | Intermediate compound formation theory fails to explain the action of promoters |
B. | Intermediate compound formation theory fails to explain the function of a catalyst in homogeneous reactions |
C. | Intermediate compound formation theory fails to explain the action of catalytic poisons |
D. | Intermediate compound formation theory fails to explain the function of catalyst in heterogeneous reactions |
Answer» C. Intermediate compound formation theory fails to explain the action of catalytic poisons | |
3. |
The ratio of the rate of change of discharge of an outlet and parent channel, is known as |
A. | Efficiency |
B. | Sensitivity |
C. | Flexibility |
D. | Modular limit |
Answer» D. Modular limit | |
4. |
A river is said to be of |
A. | Aggrading type if it builds up its bed to a certain slope |
B. | Degrading type if it cuts its bed to a certain slope |
C. | Meandering type if it flows in sinuous curve |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
5. |
Regime conditions in a channel may occur if |
A. | Discharge is constant |
B. | Channel flows uniformly in incoherent alluvium as that transported in suspension |
C. | Silt grade and silt charge are constant |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
If V0 is the critical velocity of a channel, its silt transporting power, according to Kennedy, is proportional to |
A. | V0 1/2 |
B. | V0 3/2 |
C. | V0 5/2 |
D. | V0 7/2 |
Answer» D. V0 7/2 | |
7. |
If d1 is the depth of cutting, d2 is the height of the bank from bed level r2 : 1 and r1 : 1 are the slopes in filling and cutting respectively, the horizontal distance n between the bed and bank, is |
A. | x = r1 d1 |
B. | x = r2 d2 |
C. | x = d1 / r1 |
D. | x = d2 / r2 |
Answer» C. x = d1 / r1 | |
8. |
The main function of a diversion head works of a canal from a river, is |
A. | To remove silt |
B. | To control floods |
C. | To store water |
D. | To raise water level |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
In a canal syphon, the flow is |
A. | Under atmospheric pressure |
B. | Pipe flow |
C. | With critical velocity |
D. | Under negative pressure |
Answer» C. With critical velocity | |
10. |
Irrigation canals are generally aligned along |
A. | Ridge line |
B. | Contour line |
C. | Valley line |
D. | Straight line |
Answer» B. Contour line | |
11. |
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following |
A. | Side walls of a venturi head flume are splayed out from the end of the throat at 1 : 10 for a length of 4.5 m |
B. | Length of side walls should be such that the width of the flume is made equal to 2/3rd the bed width of the distributary |
C. | Once the width of the flume becomes 2/3rd of the width of the distributary, the splayed walls are increased to 1 in 3 to get full bed width |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
12. |
For the design of major hydraulic structures on the canals, the method generally preferred to, is based on |
A. | Blighs theory |
B. | Electrical analogy method |
C. | The relaxation method |
D. | Khoslas method of independent variables |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
The velocity of drainage water in the barrels of a syphon-aqueduct, is normally limited to |
A. | 1 to 2 m per second |
B. | 2 to 3 m per second |
C. | 3 to 4 m per second |
D. | 4 to 5 m per second |
Answer» C. 3 to 4 m per second | |
14. |
For a standing crop, the consumptive use of water is equal to the depth of water |
A. | Transpired by the crop |
B. | Evaporated by the crop |
C. | Transpired and evaporated by the crop |
D. | Used by the crop in transpiration, evaporation and also the quantity of water evaporated from adjacent soil |
Answer» E. | |
15. |
According to Bligh's creep theory, percolating water flows along |
A. | Straight path under the foundation of the dam |
B. | Circular path under the foundation of the dam |
C. | The outline of the base of the foundation of the dam |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
16. |
The level of the floor of a syphon aqueduct can be obtained |
A. | By subtracting the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level |
B. | By subtracting the thickness of culvert plus the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Both (a) and (b) | |
17. |
The most suitable section of a lined canal, is |
A. | Triangular section with circular bottom for small canals |
B. | Trapezoidal section with rounded corners for large canals |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
18. |
According to Lacey, in regime conditions |
A. | Silt is kept in suspension by vertical components of eddies |
B. | Entire cross-section of the channel is generated at all points by the forces normal to the wetted perimeter |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | Neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» D. Neither (a) nor (b) | |
19. |
According to Lacey, depth of scour in a river depends upon the straightness of the reach. If D is the depth of scour in regime flow in a right angled bend, it is |
A. | 1.25 D |
B. | 1.50 D |
C. | 1.75 D |
D. | 2.00 D |
Answer» E. | |
20. |
Cross regulators in main canals are provided |
A. | To regulate water supply in the distributaries |
B. | To increase water head upstream when a main canal is running with low supplies |
C. | To overflow excessive flow water |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. To overflow excessive flow water | |
21. |
If the optimum depth of kor watering for a crop is 15.12 cm, the outlet factor for the crop for four week period in hectares per cumec, is |
A. | 1000 |
B. | 1200 |
C. | 1400 |
D. | 1600 |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
A hydraulic structure is designed to withstand |
A. | Seepage forces |
B. | Hydraulic jump |
C. | Hydraulic pressure |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
According to Khosla, the exits gradient of surface flow |
A. | Depends upon the b/d ratio |
B. | Is independent of the b/d ratio |
C. | Is independent of the depths of d/s cut off walls |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Is independent of the b/d ratio | |
24. |
The sinuosity of a meander is the ratio of |
A. | Meander length and the width of meander |
B. | Meander length and half width of the river |
C. | Curved length and the straight distance |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
25. |
Borrow pits should preferably be located in |
A. | Field on the left side of the canal |
B. | Field on the right side of the canal |
C. | Fields on both sides of the canal |
D. | Central half width of the section of the canal |
Answer» E. | |
26. |
The measure to remove water logging of land, is |
A. | To reduce percolation from canals and water courses |
B. | To increase outflow from the ground water reservoir |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | Neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» D. Neither (a) nor (b) | |
27. |
Pick up the correct statement from the following |
A. | In a level crossing, a crest with its top at the canal F.S.L. is provided across the drainage at its up-stream junction with canal |
B. | In a level crossing a regulator is provided across the drainage at its down-stream |
C. | In a level crossing, a cross regulator is provided on the canal below the crossing |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
28. |
When a canal flowing under pressure is carried below a natural drainage such that its F.S.L. does not touch the underside of the supporting structure, the structure so provided, is called |
A. | Syphon |
B. | Aqueduct |
C. | Super passage |
D. | Syphon-aqueduct |
Answer» D. Syphon-aqueduct | |
29. |
The main cause of silting up a channel, |
A. | Non-regime section |
B. | Inadequate slope |
C. | Defective head regulator |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
30. |
The structure constructed to allow drainage water to flow under pressure through an inverted syphon below a canal, is called |
A. | Syphon |
B. | Super passage |
C. | Super-aqueduct |
D. | Syphon aqueduct |
Answer» E. | |
31. |
For a unique design of a channel by Kennedy's theory |
A. | Its breadth must only be known |
B. | Its depth must only be known |
C. | Its breadth and depth ratio must only be known |
D. | All the above |
Answer» D. All the above | |
32. |
The water face of the guide banks, is protected by |
A. | One men stone pitching |
B. | Two man stone pitching |
C. | Three man stone pitching |
D. | Four man stone pitching |
Answer» B. Two man stone pitching | |
33. |
The field capacity of a soil depends upon |
A. | Capillary tension in soil |
B. | Porosity of soil |
C. | Both (a) and (b) |
D. | Neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» D. Neither (a) nor (b) | |
34. |
Pick up the correct sequence of the part of a canal system from the following |
A. | Head work-distributary-branch canal-minor |
B. | Head works-main canal-branch canal-distributary-minor |
C. | Head works-main canal-branch canal-minor-distributary |
D. | Heads works-branch canal-main canal distributary, minor |
Answer» C. Head works-main canal-branch canal-minor-distributary | |
35. |
To hold hydraulic jumps, baffle walls are provided in |
A. | Sarda type falls |
B. | English type falls |
C. | Montague type falls |
D. | Vertical type falls |
Answer» C. Montague type falls | |
36. |
If the height of the hydraulic gradient line above the floor of thickness t is h and the specific gravity of the material of the floor is G, the minimum thickness t of the floor downstream of the crest-wall, is given by the equation |
A. | t = (h + 1)/(G + t) |
B. | t = (h - 1)/(G + t) |
C. | t = (h - 1)/(G - t) |
D. | t = (h + 1)/G |
Answer» D. t = (h + 1)/G | |
37. |
In a syphon aqueduct |
A. | Drainage passes over the canal and F.S.L. of the canal is below the bottom of the drainage trough |
B. | Drainage passes over the canal and F.S.L. of the canal is above the bottom of the drainage trough |
C. | Canal passes over the drainage and H.F.L. of the drainage is above the bottom of the canal trough |
D. | Canal passes over the drainage and H.F.L. of the drainage is below the bottom of the canal trough |
Answer» D. Canal passes over the drainage and H.F.L. of the drainage is below the bottom of the canal trough | |
38. |
If water table is comparatively high, the irrigation canal becomes useless, due to |
A. | Large amount of seepage |
B. | Water logging of the cultivated areas |
C. | Uncertain water demand |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
39. |
The field capacity of a soil is 25%, its permanent wilting point is 15% and specific dry unity weight is 1.5. If the depth of root zone of a crop, is 80 cm, the storage capacity of the soil, is |
A. | 8 cm |
B. | 10 cm |
C. | 12 cm |
D. | 14 cm |
Answer» D. 14 cm | |
40. |
In gravity canals, F.S.L. is |
A. | Always at the ground level |
B. | Always below the ground level |
C. | Generally 4 to 5 metres above the ground level |
D. | Only a few cm above the ground level |
Answer» E. | |
41. |
Canals taken off from ice-fed perennial rivers, are known |
A. | Permanent canals |
B. | Ridge canals |
C. | Perennial canals |
D. | Inundation canals |
Answer» D. Inundation canals | |
42. |
The consumptive use of water for a crop |
A. | Is measured as the volume of water per unit area |
B. | Is measured as depth of water on irrigated area |
C. | May be supplied partly by precipitation and partly by irrigation |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |