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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Flow in which each liquid particle has a definite path is called _____________________? |
| A. | Steady flow |
| B. | uniform flow |
| C. | Laminar flow |
| D. | Transitional flow |
| Answer» D. Transitional flow | |
| 2. |
Estimated quantity of global water is __________which covers about 70% of earth? |
| A. | 1.30x109km3 |
| B. | 1.32x109km3 |
| C. | 1.33x109km3 |
| D. | 1.35x109km3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
During the peak stage of river, there exist an out flow from river into the ground water reservoir, in such case river will be called _________________? |
| A. | Influent stream |
| B. | Effluent stream |
| C. | Storm water stream |
| D. | Seepage stream |
| Answer» C. Storm water stream | |
| 4. |
Direct runoff is the sum of __________________? |
| A. | Surface run-off and mass flow |
| B. | Bass flow and ground water run off |
| C. | Sub-surface run off and deep percolation |
| D. | Surface run off and flow |
| Answer» D. Surface run off and flow | |
| 5. |
Development of___________in river is due to meandering ? |
| A. | Delta |
| B. | Critical velocity |
| C. | Cutoff |
| D. | Turbulence |
| Answer» D. Turbulence | |
| 6. |
Darcy formula for loss of head in pipes is given by, hf=4fl v2 / __________________? |
| A. | 2gd |
| B. | gd |
| C. | g2d |
| D. | gd2 |
| Answer» B. gd | |
| 7. |
Cultivation made on small plane steps because of more steepness of the area is called __________________? |
| A. | Cascade farming |
| B. | Terrace farming |
| C. | Step farming |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Step farming | |
| 8. |
Compressibility of a liquid is defined as vertical or contraction in volume with variation of pressure. Therefore water is considered as ___________________? |
| A. | Expandable |
| B. | In-Compressible |
| C. | Compressible |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Compressible | |
| 9. |
Cavitation is caused by _____________________? |
| A. | High velocity |
| B. | Low discharge |
| C. | Low pressure |
| D. | High pressure |
| Answer» D. High pressure | |
| 10. |
Canals normally excavated directly from river without head regulator is called___________________? |
| A. | Perennial canals |
| B. | Inundation canals |
| C. | Non-perennial canals |
| D. | Water shed canals |
| Answer» C. Non-perennial canals | |
| 11. |
Bouyant force is equal to the ___________ of liquid displaced by the body in water mass? |
| A. | Weight |
| B. | Volume |
| C. | Specific weight |
| D. | Specific gravity |
| Answer» C. Specific weight | |
| 12. |
At the end of hydraulic structure, the upward force of sub-soil water just becomes equal to the submerged weight of soil grains Then exit gradient will be called______________? |
| A. | Submerged exit gradient |
| B. | Critical exit gradient |
| C. | Balanced exit gradient |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Balanced exit gradient | |
| 13. |
Art of mixing saline water with fresh water in accordance with some ratio for irrigation purpose is called _________________? |
| A. | Amalgamation |
| B. | Mixing of water |
| C. | Desalinization |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» B. Mixing of water | |
| 14. |
Art of making saline water fit for irrigation and drinking through the processes of membrane technique and reverse osmosis is called ___________________? |
| A. | Desalinization |
| B. | Water application |
| C. | Water mixing |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» B. Water application | |
| 15. |
Art of making saline un-cultivable lands capable of re-cultivation is called.___________________? |
| A. | Reclamation |
| B. | Fertilization |
| C. | Growing crops |
| D. | Water application |
| Answer» B. Fertilization | |
| 16. |
Art of growing crops, management of live stocks, husbandry and farming is called________________? |
| A. | Agriculture |
| B. | crop farming |
| C. | Water management |
| D. | all are correct |
| Answer» B. crop farming | |
| 17. |
An outlet through which the discharge depends upon the water level in the distributary is called ___________________? |
| A. | Rigid module |
| B. | Flexible module |
| C. | Non-flexible |
| D. | Non-modular |
| Answer» C. Non-flexible | |
| 18. |
An open cut in the canal bank. with bed and sides to escape canal water through a lead channel to mix water in a nearby drain is called _____________________? |
| A. | Inlet |
| B. | Out let |
| C. | Module |
| D. | Exit |
| Answer» C. Module | |
| 19. |
An open cut given in a canal bank, suitably protected by stone pitching to the upland drainage water into the canal is called ___________________? |
| A. | Inlet |
| B. | Out let |
| C. | entrance |
| D. | Mixing |
| Answer» B. Out let | |
| 20. |
An instrument used for measuring pressure head, generally made up of a small pipe tapped into the side of conduit is called ___________________? |
| A. | Pilot tube |
| B. | Piezometer |
| C. | Manometer |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Manometer | |
| 21. |
An impermeable Formation which neither contains water nor transmits water may be called_____________________? |
| A. | Aquifuge |
| B. | Aquifer |
| C. | Aquiclude |
| D. | Confined-aquifer |
| Answer» B. Aquifer | |
| 22. |
An escape constructed with masonry or pitched with stones to dispose off surplus of tank or reservoir is called________________? |
| A. | Bye-wash |
| B. | paved-escape |
| C. | Water escape |
| D. | Disposal channel |
| Answer» C. Water escape | |
| 23. |
An engineer who is approached by a client for the purpose of design of hydraulic structures like dam. Barrage or Regulator is called ____________________? |
| A. | Chartered Engineer |
| B. | Consulting Engineer |
| C. | Irrigation Engineer |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Irrigation Engineer | |
| 24. |
An earth embankment built on one or both sides of a river, some distance away from its banks to control flood is called _______________? |
| A. | Dyke |
| B. | Embankment |
| C. | Marginal embankment |
| D. | Flood protective bund |
| Answer» D. Flood protective bund | |
| 25. |
An area is officially declared as drought effected if the mean Annual rain fall is less than of the annual Potential evaporation,______________? |
| A. | 70% |
| B. | 75% |
| C. | 80% |
| D. | 85% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
An aquifer in which water contained under high pressure as the’ aquifer is sand witched between two impervious layer is called___________________? |
| A. | Un-confined aquifer |
| B. | Confined aquifer |
| C. | No-Artesian aquifer |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. No-Artesian aquifer | |
| 27. |
Always flow inside the ground is ____________________? |
| A. | Laminar |
| B. | Turbulent |
| C. | Rotational |
| D. | Compressible |
| Answer» B. Turbulent | |
| 28. |
After rainfall the quantity of water that flows directly over the ground surface and join immediately to the river is called_________________? |
| A. | Surface runoff |
| B. | Sub-surface runoff |
| C. | Base flow |
| D. | True surface runoff |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Aeration holes are provided to reduce the inside saturation pressure ____________________? |
| A. | In a weir with end contractions |
| B. | In a suppressed weir |
| C. | In a cippoletti weir |
| D. | In all weir |
| Answer» C. In a cippoletti weir | |
| 30. |
According to Mr. Khosla, the seeping water creates undermining and the undermining starts from__________________? |
| A. | Down stream to up stream |
| B. | Up stream to down stream |
| C. | Top to bottom |
| D. | Bottom to top |
| Answer» B. Up stream to down stream | |
| 31. |
According to Khosla’s theory of seepage, the Exit gradient depends upon ____________________? |
| A. | width /depth ratio |
| B. | depth /width ratio |
| C. | Length /depth ratio |
| D. | depth /Length ratio |
| Answer» B. depth /width ratio | |
| 32. |
According to Kennedy’s silt theory , the critical velocity is directly proportional to depth of flow _____________________? |
| A. | D0.64 |
| B. | D0.65 |
| C. | D0.66 |
| D. | D0.67 |
| Answer» B. D0.65 | |
| 33. |
According to Chezy’s formula, the discharge through an open channel is equal to _________________? |
| A. | C (mi) 1/2 |
| B. | A (cmi)1/2 |
| C. | Ac√R.S |
| D. | A (c.A/pi) 1/2 |
| Answer» D. A (c.A/pi) 1/2 | |
| 34. |
According to Blight, the percolating water seeps along the lower contour of the hydraulic structure, the length traversed by this water is called ______________________? |
| A. | Creep length |
| B. | Seeping length |
| C. | Piping |
| D. | Undermining |
| Answer» B. Seeping length | |
| 35. |
A well penetrated in ground water confined between impervious layer at its top and bottom is called __________________? |
| A. | Non-artesian |
| B. | Artesian well |
| C. | Perched |
| D. | Un-confined |
| Answer» C. Perched | |
| 36. |
A watershed canal __________________? |
| A. | Irrigates only on one side |
| B. | Avoids the cross drainage works |
| C. | Is generally aligned parallel to the contour of the area |
| D. | Is most suitable in hilly areas |
| Answer» C. Is generally aligned parallel to the contour of the area | |
| 37. |
A water rise takes place on down stream of sloping glacis, when a stream of water moving with high velocity and low depth strikes another stream of flow moving with low velocity and high depth, such breakage in water surface is called______________? |
| A. | Water wave |
| B. | Water tide |
| C. | Hydraulic jump |
| D. | Afflux |
| Answer» D. Afflux | |
| 38. |
A water pool is designed on the down stream of the hydraulic structure to dissipate the energy of falling water by providing a water cushion called ______________________? |
| A. | Water pool |
| B. | Cistern |
| C. | Down stream pond |
| D. | Water cushion |
| Answer» C. Down stream pond | |
| 39. |
A water flow available in the drains without irrigation season i.e.flow of sanitary sewage is called____________________? |
| A. | Municipal flow |
| B. | Dry weather flow |
| C. | Waste water flow |
| D. | Surface flow |
| Answer» C. Waste water flow | |
| 40. |
A unit hydrograph is a hydrograph of runoff produced by a rainstorm of a specified duration called ____________________? |
| A. | Unit duration |
| B. | Peak runoff |
| C. | Storm runoff |
| D. | Base flow |
| Answer» B. Peak runoff | |
| 41. |
A type of flow in which water particles, while moving in the direction of flow, rotate about their mass centre is called _________________? |
| A. | Turbulent flow |
| B. | Laminar flow |
| C. | Rotational flow |
| D. | Circular flow |
| Answer» D. Circular flow | |
| 42. |
A structure provided when a large canal a big drainage channel approach other practically at the same level is called__________________? |
| A. | Super passage |
| B. | Level crossing |
| C. | Canal crossing |
| D. | Drainage crossing |
| Answer» C. Canal crossing | |
| 43. |
A structure made near weirs and barrages to facilitate the migration of fish up stream or down stream is called __________________? |
| A. | Fish ladder |
| B. | Fish escape |
| C. | Fish pool |
| D. | Fish pond |
| Answer» B. Fish escape | |
| 44. |
A structure constructed in channel width having narrow throat and raised floor in bottom, used for measuring discharge is called _____________________? |
| A. | Cippoletti weir |
| B. | Venturimeter |
| C. | Venturiflume |
| D. | regulator |
| Answer» D. regulator | |
| 45. |
A spoil bank is formed when the volume of excavated soil is _________________ of embankment filling? |
| A. | Less than |
| B. | Excess |
| C. | Equal to |
| D. | Not required |
| Answer» C. Equal to | |
| 46. |
A series of vertical steps in a stream made to avoid soil scouring is called ___________________? |
| A. | Levees |
| B. | Embankment |
| C. | Cascades |
| D. | Banks |
| Answer» D. Banks | |
| 47. |
A river which does not change its alignment – slope and its regime significantly is called________________? |
| A. | Aggrading river |
| B. | Degrading river |
| C. | Stable river |
| D. | Deltaic River |
| Answer» D. Deltaic River | |
| 48. |
A river before its joins the sea, gets divided into small channels, thus forming a Triangular shape called __________________? |
| A. | Unstable river |
| B. | Deltaic river |
| C. | Stable river |
| D. | Degrading river |
| Answer» C. Stable river | |
| 49. |
A regulator is water controlling structure, it is provided at the head of canal to supply water from parent canal to the branch channel is called_______________________? |
| A. | Head Regulator |
| B. | Cross-Regulator |
| C. | Escape |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» B. Cross-Regulator | |
| 50. |
A reference point on the ground of accurately known position which is a () point of leveling is called ________________? |
| A. | Check point |
| B. | Reference point |
| C. | Control point |
| D. | Fixed point |
| Answer» D. Fixed point | |