List of practice Questions

The sequent ratio in a hydraulic jump formed in a horizontal rectangular channel is 16.48. The Froude number of the Supercritical stream is:
An open channel of symmetric right-angled triangular cross-section is conveying a discharge \( Q \). If \( g \) is the acceleration due to gravity, what is the critical depth for this channel?
When effective stress on a normally consolidated clay is increased from 25 kN/m\(^2\) to 50 kN/m\(^2\), settlement becomes 5mm. If the stress is increased to 175 kN/m\(^2\), settlement will increase to (assuming coefficient of volume-decrease to be constant):
If a sample of clay has a cohesion of 80 kPa and an angle of shearing resistance of 10°, the shear strength of clay at a normal stress of 100 kPa will be:
Consider the following statements related to pore pressure parameter \( A \), \( A_f \) (value of \( A \) at failure) and \( R \) (over consolidation ratio): (A) \( A_f \) is zero when \( R = 1 \)
(B) \( A_f \) is negative when \( R>4 \)
(C) \( A_f \) increases as \( R \) decreases
(D) \( A_f \) decreases as \( R \) decreases
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By placing a soil sample at 105° C for 24 hours in an oven, which of the following statements are correct? (A) Hygroscopic moisture is lost
(B) Capillary water is lost
(C) Free water is lost
(D) Structural water is lost
Which of the above statements are correct?
The levels of soil density are given below: (A) Saturated density
(B) Submerged density
(C) Wet density
(D) Dry density
Choose the most appropriate sequence in the decreasing order of magnitude of the densities of a soil sample:
The most expansive clay mineral is:
A sample of saturated soil has a water content of 29.6%. If the specific gravity of solids is 2.7, the dry unit weight (in gram/cm\(^3\)) of the soil is equal to:

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(A) Less than 0.002 mm(IV) Clay
(B) 0.075 mm to 0.002 mm(III) Silt
(C) 0.80 mm to 4.75 mm(II) Sand
(D) 4.75 mm to 0.075 mm(I) Gravel


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(A) Loess(III) Deposits by wind
(B) Peat(IV) Organic soil
(C) Alluvial soil(I) Deposited from suspension in running water
(D) Marl(II) Deposits of marine origin

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The rainfall on five successive days on a catchment was 2 cm, 6 cm, 9 cm, 5 cm, and 3 cm. If the φ-index for the storm is taken as 3 cm/day, the total direct runoff from the catchment will be:

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(A) Hydrograph(III) Discharge vs time
(B) Mass curve(I) Cumulative rainfall vs time
(C) Double mass curve(II) Cumulative rainfall of nearby station vs cumulative rainfall of concerned station
(D) Hyetograph(IV) Rainfall intensity vs time


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What would be the evaporation from the pond (in mm), if the pan evaporation is 45 mm and the pan coefficient is 0.70?
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) be denoted as
The coefficient of variation of the rainfall for existing six rain gauge stations in the catchment was found to be 29.54%. The optimum number of stations in the catchment for an admissible 10% error in the estimation of mean rainfall will be:

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(A) Horton equation(III) Infiltration
(B) Muskingum Method(II) Flood Routing
(C) Chezy's formula(IV) Flow velocity
(D) Dicken's formula(I) Maximum flood discharge


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The Penman’s evapotranspiration equation is based on

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(A) Rain(I) Diameter of drop less than 0.5 mm and intensity \( < 1 \, \text{mm/h} \)
(B) Glaze(II) Water droplets in contact with cold water surface (0°C)
(C) Sleet(III) Diameter of drop 0.5 mm to 6 mm and intensity \( > 1 \, \text{mm/h} \)
(D) Drizzle(IV) Small pallets of transparent ice having a diameter of 5 mm or less


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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct with regard to air pressure? 
(A) High pressure is related to cloudy sky and wet weather 
(B) Low pressure is associated with clear and sunny skies 
(C) The air always moves from high pressure to low pressure areas 
(D) Low pressure involves air rising from earth's surface 
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A beam has the same section throughout its length with moment of inertia \(I = 1 \times 10^8 \, \text{mm}^4\). It is subjected to a uniform BM = 40 kN·m, \(E = 2 \times 10^5 \, \text{N/mm}^2\). What is the radius of curvature of the circle into which the beam will bend in the form of an arc of a circle?
A point load applied at shear center induces
The reduction in project time normally results in
The failure theory which is the most conservative for ductile materials is
What are the support reactions at the fixed end of the cantilever beam of 3 m length as shown in the diagram below?