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Question 71. The only arch dam of India is Idukki dam across Periyar River in Kerala state whose height is _____
  1.    81 m
  2.    143 m
  3.    149 m
  4.    169 m
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 169 m
Answer: (d).169 m
Question 72. The oldest dam of India is built on which river?
  1.    Krishna River
  2.    Kaveri River
  3.    Damodar River
  4.    Kallada River
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kaveri River
Answer: (b).Kaveri River
Question 73. The highest dam of India is built on _______________
  1.    Jhelum River
  2.    Musi River
  3.    Kaveri River
  4.    Bhagirathi River
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bhagirathi River
Answer: (d).Bhagirathi River
Question 74. Which of the following type of dam is built in areas where the foundation is not strong enough to bear the weight of concrete?
  1.    Rock-fill dam
  2.    Earth dam
  3.    Gravity dam
  4.    Arch dam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Earth dam
Answer: (b).Earth dam
Question 75. Gravity dam is most suitable when the foundation is _______________
  1.    weak
  2.    strong
  3.    with heavy overburden
  4.    rocky but cracked
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> strong
Answer: (b).strong
Question 76. Which of the following method does not give more than 3% error in the determination of the capacity of a reservoir?
  1.    Prismoidal formula
  2.    Trapezoidal method
  3.    Average formula
  4.    Integration method
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Integration method
Answer: (d).Integration method
Question 77. The surcharge storage in a dam reservoir is the volume of water stored ________________
  1.    between the minimum and maximum reservoir levels
  2.    between the minimum and normal reservoir levels
  3.    between normal and maximum reservoir levels
  4.    below the minimum pool level
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> between normal and maximum reservoir levels
Answer: (c).between normal and maximum reservoir levels
Question 78. The useful storage in a dam reservoir is the volume of water stored __________________
  1.    between the minimum and maximum reservoir levels
  2.    between the minimum and normal reservoir levels
  3.    between normal and maximum reservoir levels
  4.    below the minimum pool level
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> between the minimum and normal reservoir levels
Answer: (b).between the minimum and normal reservoir levels
Question 79. The dead storage in a dam reservoir is the available volume for collection of silt and sediment between _______________
  1.    bed level of the reservoir and minimum reservoir level
  2.    bed level of the reservoir and the silt level in the reservoir
  3.    bed level of the reservoir and the normal pool level
  4.    above the minimum pool level
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> bed level of the reservoir and minimum reservoir level
Answer: (a).bed level of the reservoir and minimum reservoir level
Question 80. Bank storage in a dam reservoir _________________
  1.    increases the compound reservoir capacity
  2.    decreases the computed reservoir capacity
  3.    sometimes increases and sometimes decreases the computed reservoir capacity
  4.    has no effect on computed reservoir capacity
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> increases the compound reservoir capacity
Answer: (a).increases the compound reservoir capacity

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