A. average discharge
B. dominant discharge
C. maximum discharge
D. critical discharge
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Water Resources Engineering and Hydrology MCQs
The stream which does not have any base flow contribution is called________________?
A. perennial stream
B. intermittent stream
C. ephemeral stream
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
As per Lacey’s theory, the silt factor is_________________?
A. directly proportional to average par¬ticle size
B. inversely proportional to average par¬ticle size
C. directly proportional to square root of average particle size
D. not related to average particle size
✅ The correct answer is option C.
A 6 hours storm had 4 cm of rainfall and the resulting runoff was 2 cm. If
A. 4.5 cm
B. 6.0 cm
C. 7.5 cm
D. 9.0 cm
✅ The correct answer is option B.
The amount of irrigation water required to meet the evapotranspiration needs of the crop during its full growth is called________________?
A. effective rainfall
B. consumptive use
C. consumptive irrigation requirement
D. net irrigation requirement
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The ratio of average values of shear stresses produced on the bed and the banks of a channel due to flowing water is________________?
A. less than 1
B. equal to 1
C. greater than 1
D. equal to zero
✅ The correct answer is option C.
If the intensity of rainfall is more than the infiltration capacity of soil, then the infiltration rate will be______________?
A. equal to rate of rainfall
B. equal to infiltration capacity
C. more than rate of rainfall
D. more than infiltration capacity
✅ The correct answer is option B.
If the R.L’s of canal bed level and high flood level of drainage are 212.0 m and 210.0 m respectively, then cross drainage work will be________________?
A. aqueduct
B. superpassage
C. syphon
D. syphon aqueduct
✅ The correct answer is option C.
A unit hydro graph has one unit of_______________?
A. rainfall duration
B. rainfall excess
C. time base of direct runoff
D. discharge
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Tortuosity of a meandering river is the ratio of__________________?
A. meander belt to meander length
B. meander length to meander belt
C. curved length along the channel to the direct axial length of the river reach
D. direct axial length of the river reach to curved length along the channel
✅ The correct answer is option C.