Civil Engineering Mcqs

Which of the following is a non-recording raingauge ?

(A) tipping bucket type raingauge

(B) Simon’s raingauge

(C) Steven’s weighing type raingauge

(D) floating type raingauge

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If the intensity of rainfall is more than the infiltration capacity of soil, then the infiltration rate will be______________?

(A) equal to rate of rainfall

(B) equal to infiltration capacity

(C) more than rate of rainfall

(D) more than infiltration capacity

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Infiltration capacity_________________?

(A) is a constant factor

(B) changes with time

(C) changes with location

(D) changes with both time and location

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Infiltration rate is always________________?

(A) more than the infiltration capacity

(B) less than the infiltration capacity

(C) equal to or less than the infiltration capacity

(D) equal to or more than the infiltration capacity

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With the increase in the quantity of water supplied, the yield of most crops_________________?

(A) increases continuously

(B) decreases continuously

(C) increases upto a certain limit and then becomes constant

(D) increases upto a certain limit and then decreases

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The water utilizable by plants is available in soils mainly in the form of________________?

(A) gravity water

(B) capillary water

(C) hydroscopic water

(D) chemical water

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For supplying water to rabi crop, kharif crop and sugarcane, the channel is designed for a capacity equal to the greater of the water requirement of_______________?

(A) rabi or kharif

(B) rabi and kharif or sugarcane

(C) rabi and sugarcane or kharif and sugarcane

(D) rabi or kharif or sugarcane

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The “outlet discharge factor” is the duty at the head of_________________?

(A) main canal

(B) branch canal

(C) watercourse

(D) distributory

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An artesian aquifer is the one where______________?

(A) water surface under the ground is at atmospheric pressure

(B) water is under pressure between two impervious strata

(C) water table serves as upper surface of zone of saturation

(D) none of the above

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Dimensions of coefficient of transmissibility are______________?

(A) M°L°T°

(B) rvfL’T”1

(C) M° L2 T1

(D) M’LV

Submitted By: Ali Uppal