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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. |
According to the Hydraulic design, the dams are classified as _________ |
| A. | diversion and detention Dams |
| B. | storage and diversion dams |
| C. | overflow and non-overflow dam |
| D. | arch and buttress dam |
| Answer» D. arch and buttress dam | |
| 2. |
When sand and gravel foundation strata are available at a proposed dam site of moderate height, the dam may be of the type ________________ |
| A. | earthen or rockfill dam |
| B. | masonry gravity dam |
| C. | concrete gravity dam |
| D. | double arch dam |
| Answer» B. masonry gravity dam | |
| 3. |
Which of the following dam is suitable for narrow valleys? |
| A. | Arch dam |
| B. | Steel dam |
| C. | Coffer dam |
| D. | Timber dam |
| Answer» B. Steel dam | |
| 4. |
The temporary structures that are built to enclose certain worksite is ______________ |
| A. | storage dam |
| B. | coffer dam |
| C. | timber dam |
| D. | steel dam |
| Answer» C. timber dam | |
| 5. |
It is possible to construct steel dam only up to a height of ____________ |
| A. | 5 m |
| B. | 10 m |
| C. | 20 m |
| D. | 50 m |
| Answer» D. 50 m | |
| 6. |
In which of the following dam the weight of water is carried by a deck of RCC or by arches that share the weight burden? |
| A. | Earth dams |
| B. | Rockfill dams |
| C. | A hollow masonry gravity dam |
| D. | Timber dam |
| Answer» D. Timber dam | |
| 7. |
Idukki dam is a type of ________________ |
| A. | rockfill dam |
| B. | a hollow masonry gravity dam |
| C. | arch dam |
| D. | steel dam |
| Answer» D. steel dam | |
| 8. |
Which of the following dam is partly earthen and partly rockfill? |
| A. | Tehri dam |
| B. | Koyna dam |
| C. | Sardar Sarovar dam |
| D. | Bhakra dam |
| Answer» B. Koyna dam | |
| 9. |
Which of the following type of dam is built in areas where the foundation is not strong enough to bear the weight of concrete? |
| A. | Rock-fill dam |
| B. | Earth dam |
| C. | Gravity dam |
| D. | Arch dam |
| Answer» C. Gravity dam | |
| 10. |
Gravity dam is most suitable when the foundation is _______________ |
| A. | weak |
| B. | strong |
| C. | with heavy overburden |
| D. | rocky but cracked |
| Answer» C. with heavy overburden | |