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water management Mcqs

21. A closed conduct or barrel used used for supplying water under high pressure to a turbine to generate electricity is called __________________?
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A. Syphon

B. Chute

C. Penstock

D. A tunnel

22. Permissible velocity of water flowing through concrete lined tunnel is usually __________________?
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A. 3 4m/sec

B. 5 6m/sec

C. 4 5m/sec

D. 6 7m/sec

23. When reservoir is full on upstream side, the maximum stress comes upon__________________?
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A. Bottom of dam

B. All are correct

C. Face of dam

D. Top of dam

24. in most economical Trapezoidal section, half of the Top width is equal to _________________?
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A. Bottom width of channel

B. Depth of channel

C. None of these

D. Sloping side of channel

25. The law which states that the intensity of pressure at any point in a liquid at rest is same in all directions_________________?
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A. Archimeds law

B. Pascals law

C. None

D. Darcys law

26. A channel artificially constructed for water conveyance of appreciable quantities with no problem of silting and scouring is called ____________________?
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A. Alluvial canal

B. A and B are correct

C. A regime canal

D. Stable canal

27. The resultant pressure of water on the face of dam is equal to ____________________ ?
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A. 1/2 WH

B. 1/2 WH2

C. All are correct

D. WH

28. A dam which the up lift pressure of the sub-soil water by its own weight is called _________________?
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A. Concrete dam

B. Buttress dam

C. Gravity dam

D. Arch dam

29. A pipe flowing full, the liquid particles in the pipe has maximum velocity at __________________?
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A. Centre of pipe

B. Top of pipe

C. Bottom of pipe

D. All are correct

30. The formula used to calculate maximum flood discharge for a hilly () is_______________?
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A. Ryves formula

B. Nawab Jung Bahadur All formula

C. Dickens formula

D. Inglis formula

31. Tanda dam is constructed on river ___________________?
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A. Kabul

B. Haro

C. Kohat

D. Hub

32. The hydraulic gradient line (H.G.L)represents the sum of_________________?
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A. Water surface

B. Pressure head + datum head

C. Velocity head

D. Pressure head + velocity head

33. In study of a granular material sliding on plane ground, the angle between the perpendicular and the surface in static condition is called ___________________?
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A. Angle of repose

B. Angle of friction

C. All are correct

D. Angle of internal friction

34. A dam which is prevented from overturning by the action of lateral or vertical up thrust of water by its weight is called __________________?
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A. Gravity dam

B. Arch dam

C. Coffer dam

D. Buttress dam

35. Flow in which each liquid particle has a definite path is called _____________________?
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A. uniform flow

B. Steady flow

C. Transitional flow

D. Laminar flow

36. The precipitation that occurs because of frontal disturbances during the movement of barometric low pressure is called ____________________?
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A. Hurricane

B. Cyclonic

C. Convective

D. Orographic

37. Art of making saline un-cultivable lands capable of re-cultivation is called.___________________?
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A. Fertilization

B. Reclamation

C. Growing crops

D. Water application

38. An earth embankment built on one or both sides of a river, some distance away from its banks to control flood is called _______________?
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A. Flood protective bund

B. Dyke

C. Marginal embankment

D. Embankment

39. Sterilization is the process of killing ___________ of water borne diseases, so as to make it safe for hospital use?
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A. Fungi bacteria i

B. Pathogenic bacteria

C. Algai bacteria

D. Insects

40. The dam built for the purpose of diverting water from main stream to various courses of flow is called ____________________?
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A. Gravity dam

B. Coffer dam

C. Detention dam

D. Diversion dam

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