List of top Water Resources Engineering Questions asked in CUET (PG)

The concept of sediment delivery ratio (Dr) is used to estimate the sediment yield of a watershed. The sediment delivery ratio is defined as -

The primary constituent of biogas is

The length of hydraulic jump is roughly

The flow in open channel is said to be sub-critical if the Froude member is :

During tillage soil particles move ahead and around the moving tool as they fail in shear. Therefore, tillage is a ______ process.

In Chezy's formula \(V=C\sqrt{rs}\) for calculating the velocity of flow in circular sewer of diameter D running full, the value of hydraulic mean radius is

Match List I with List II

List I (Aquifer)		List II (Characteristic)
A.	Aquitard/Aquiclude	I.	water in the well rises above ground level and flows without pumping.
B.	Artersian well	II.	a saturated geological layer that is II. permeable enough to allow easy water flow.
C.	Flowing Arterian well	III.	Impermeable layer that restricts the movement of ground water.
D.	Aquifer	IV.	water naturally rising above the upper surface of the confined aquifer.

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In a direct shear test, the shear strength and normal stress on a dry sand sample at failure are 0.6 kg/cm² and 10 kg/cm², respectively. The angle of internal friction of the sand will be nearly

Match List I with List II

List I (Precipitation)		List II (Characteristics)
A.	Frontal Cyclonic Precipitation	I.	Striking of air masses with topographic barriers
B.	Convective Precipitation	II.	Horizontal air flow to low pressure area causing the air to lift
C.	Orographic Precipitation	III.	Lifting of one air mass over another
D.	Non-frontal cyclonic precipitation	IV.	Due to upward movement of warm air

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Measurement of precipitation is based on which of the following assumptions :-

Hydrology is the study of

Given below are two statements:
Statement - I: Rate of change of shear force (f) at any section of a loaded beam is equal to the Rate of Loading (w) at the section i.e. \(w=\frac{df}{dx}\)
Statement - II: Rate of change of bending moment at any section of a loaded beam represent the shear force (F) at the section is \(f=\frac{dm}{dx}.\)
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Match List I with List II

List I		List II
A.	Shear force (unit)	I.	Newton/Area
B.	Stress	II.	Newton
C.	Stain	III.	Lateral Stain / Axial Stain
D.	Poisson Ration (N)	IV.	Change in length / Actual length

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Given below are two statements:
Statement - I: The maximum shear stress ( q max ) for a rectangular section is 3/2 times average shear stress.
Statement - II: The maximum shear stress ( q max ) for a circular section is 4/3 times the average shear stress.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The head indicated by a mercury manometer is lower than the actual value.
Statement II: The head indicated by a water manometer is lower than the actual value.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

The chezy's coefficient 'C' is related to Darcy-Weisbach friction factor 'f' as -

Match List I with List II

LIST I		LIST II
A	Bio-diesel	I	needs low temperature and high pressure
B	Pyrolysis	II	an upgraded vegetables oil
C	Liquifaction of bio mass	III	direct combustion of biomass
D	Incineration	IV	biomass into more useful products.

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For the design of a cast iron member, the most appropriate theory of failure is

According to maximum Shear stress failure theory, yielding occur in the material when

What is the volume of a 6m deep tank having Reactangular shaped top 6m X 4m and bottom 4m X 2m (computed through the use of Prismoidal formula)?

Offsets are

A close contour line with two or more higher contours inside it will represent a

Which one of the following methods of computing area assumes that the short length of the boundary between the ordinates are parabolic arc?

If fore bearing of a line is S49°52' E (assuming there no local attraction), the back bearing of the line will be