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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