The last length of the river before it falls into the sea is known as __________________?
A. Mountainous stage
B. trough stage
C. Delta stage
D. Sub-mountainous stage
Water Management MCQs
The forces coming over the gravity dam is mainly resisted by ___________________?
A. Water pressure
B. Uplift pressure
C. Self weight of the dam
D. All the above
The precipitation that occurs because of frontal disturbances during the movement of barometric low pressure is called ____________________?
A. Hurricane
B. Cyclonic
C. Orographic
D. Convective
An instrument used for measuring pressure head, generally made up of a small pipe tapped into the side of conduit is called ___________________?
A. Pilot tube
B. Piezometer
C. Manometer
D. All are correct
hail is precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice of size greater than _______________ formed by alternate freezing & melting?
A. 5 mm diameter
B. 10 mm diameter
C. 15 mm diameter
D. 20 mm diameter
The depth of root zone for rice crop is about___________________?
A. 70 cm
B. 80 cm
C. 90 cm
D. 100 cm
A flow of water for a certain discharge when total energy of flow i.e. sum of potential, kinetic and pressure energies is minimum is called_______________________?
A. Shooting flow
B. Critical flow
C. Sub-critical flow
D. Normal flow
A closed conduct or barrel used used for supplying water under high pressure to a turbine to generate electricity is called __________________?
A. A tunnel
B. Penstock
C. Chute
D. Syphon
An earth embankment built on one or both sides of a river, some distance away from its banks to control flood is called _______________?
A. Dyke
B. Embankment
C. Marginal embankment
D. Flood protective bund
