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Question 61.


The downstream
end of a long prismatic channel of mild slope, ends in a pool created by
a dam. The resulting non-uniform water surface profile can be described
as one of the following :



  1.    M3 profile ending in a hydraulic jump
  2.    M1 profile that lies above normal depth line
  3.    M2 profile that lies between critical and normal depth lines
  4.    M3 profile that lies between critical and normal depth lines
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> M3 profile that lies between critical and normal depth lines


Question 62.

Water table
drops by 3 m in an irrigable land of 50 hectare. If porosity and
specific retention are 0.30 and 0.10 respectively, the change in storage
in hectare-meter is :


  1.    15
  2.    30
  3.    45
  4.    60
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 30


Question 63.


In the plate bearing test, if the load applied is in the form of an inflated type of wheel, then this mechanism corresponds to :



  1.    rigid plate
  2.    flexible plate
  3.    semi-rigid plate
  4.    semi-elastic plate
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> semi-rigid plate


Question 64.

A
prestressed concrete rectangular beam of size 300 mm x 900 mm is
prestressed with an initial prestressing force of 700 kN at an
eccentricity of 350 mm at midspan. Stress at top of the beam due to
prestress alone, in N/mm2 is



  1.    46 (tension)
  2.    2.59 (compression)
  3.    zero
  4.    8.64 (compression)
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 46 (tension)


Question 65.

The BOD removal efficiency, in percentage, during primary treatmet under normal conditions is about



  1.    65%
  2.    85%
  3.    30%
  4.    Zero
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 65%


Question 66.

The unit weight of a soil at zero air voids depends on :



  1.    specific gravity
  2.    water content
  3.    unit weight of water
  4.    all the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> all the above


Question 67.


In an area of
200 hectare, water table drops by 4 m. If the porosity is 0.35 and the
specific retention is 0.15, change in volume of storage in the aquifer
is



  1.    160 m3
  2.    1.6 x 10 m6
  3.    8 x 106 m3
  4.    1.6 x 103 m3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1.6 x 10 m6


Question 68.


Generally (fatigue life of welded steel structure/fatigue life of riveted steel structure) ratio is,



  1.    smaller than 1
  2.    equal to 1
  3.    greater than 1
  4.    greater than 2.1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> smaller than 1


Question 69.


Cohesion in soil



  1.    decreases active pressure and increases passive resistance
  2.    decreases both active pressure and passive resistance
  3.    increases the active pressure and decreases the passive resistance
  4.    increases both active pressure and passive resistance.
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> increases both active pressure and passive resistance.


Question 70.


In a river, discharge is 173 m3/s;
water surface slope is 1 in 6000; and stage at the gauge station is
10.0 m. If during a flood, the stage at the gauge station is same and
the water surface slope is 1 in 2000, the flood discharge in m3/s, is approximately



  1.    371
  2.    100
  3.    519
  4.    300
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 300


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