Water Resources Engineering and Hydrology (3160610) MCQs

MCQs of Introduction

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1.

The % of earth covered by oceans is about

(a)

 31%
(b)

 51%
(c)

 71%
(d)

97%
Answer:

Option (c)

2.

The average annual rainfall over the whole of india is estimated as

(a)

189 cm
(b)

 319 cm
(c)

89 cm
(d)

119 cm
Answer:

Option (d)

3.

 The percentage of total quantity of water in the world that is saline is about

(a)

71%
(b)

33%
(c)

67%
(d)

97%
Answer:

Option (d)

4.

A rainfall with an intensity of 5 mm/h is classified as

(a)

traces
(b)

light rain
(c)

moderate rain
(d)

heavy rain
Answer:

Option (c)

5.

 A plot between rainfall intensity versus time is called as

(a)

hydrograph
(b)

mass curve
(c)

hyetograph
(d)

isohyets
Answer:

Option (c)

6.

 Wind speed is measured with

(a)

a wind vane
(b)

a heliometers
(c)

Stevenson box
(d)

anemometer
Answer:

Option (d)

7.

 The average pan coefficient for the standard US Weather Bureau class A pan is

(a)

0.85
(b)

0.70
(c)

 0.90
(d)

0.20
Answer:

Option (b)

8.

 Lysimeter is used to measure

(a)

infiltration
(b)

 Evaporation
(c)

Evapotranspiration
(d)

Vapour pressure
Answer:

Option (c)

9.

The science and practice of water flow measurement is known as

(a)

 Hypsometry
(b)

Hydrometeorology
(c)

 Fluvimetry
(d)

Hydrometry
Answer:

Option (d)

10.

The theory of infiltration capacity was given by

(a)

Merrill Bernard
(b)

W.W. Horner
(c)

Le-Roy K. Shermen
(d)

Robert E. Horten.
Answer:

Option (d)

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