1.

Hydrograph presents the plot of

A. Rainfall intensity Vs time
B. Flood discharge Vs rainfall intensity
C. Stream discharge Vs time
D. Runoff Vs time
(D)
2. Flow duration curve are used to study
A. Stream flow variation
B. Change in slope of bed
C. For cutting and filling of canal
D. None of these
(A)
3. 'Bank
A.
B.
C.
D.

storage' in a dam reservoir

Increase the computed reservoir capacity
Decrease the computed reservoir capacity
May increase or decrease depends on condition
No effect in reservoir capacity

(B)
4. The dimension of 'transmissibility' is
A. L2/T
B. L/T
C. L/T2
D. LT
(A)
5. In India which of the following is adopted as standard recording rain gauge?
A. Symons rain gauge
B. Tipping bucket type
C. Natural syphon type
D. Weighing bucket type
(C)
6. The 'interception' is
A. Initial loss
B. Precipitation or rain water retain in vegetation
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of these
(C)
7. If the rainfall intensity is less than -index, then the infiltration rate is equal
to
A. Initial loss

B. Storage
C. Rainfall intensity
D. Surface runoff
(C)
8. A rainfall intensity of 10 mm/hr can be designated as
A. Light Rain
B. Moderate Rain
C. Heavy Rain
D. Floody Rain
(C)
rainfall > 7.5 mm is heavy rain
9. The lines on a map through places having equal depth of evapotranspiration
is called
A. Isopleths
B. Isoevapos
C. Isodoud
D. Isogyne
(A)
10.The area of land draining into a stream or a water coarse at a given location
is denoted as
A. Catchment area
B. Drainage area
C. Drainage basin
D. All of these
(A)
11.'Sleet' is form of
A. Precipitation
B. Weir
C. Very thin steel sheet
D. None of these
(A)
12.A double mass curve of rainfall technique can be effectively used to
A. Estimate the intensity of rainfall for a particular station
B. Estimate the areal distribution ratio of rainfall among various stations
C. Estimate the missing rainfall data for a particular station
D. Check the consistency of data for a station
(D)

13.Under identical condition , if the infiltration capacity measured by double ring

infilterometer is fd and that measured by a rainfall simulator is f s, then which
of the following is true
A. fs < fd
B. fs > fd
C. fs = fd
D. All the above condition may happen
(A)
14.If a structure with a useful life period of N years is designed for T r tears flood ,
then the risk in the design is given by
A.

B.

1
Tr

1
Tr

( )
1 1
( T1 )
1
( T1 )

C.

D.

(C)
15.
TWO MARKS

16.Match List I with List II using the codes given below

List I
A Unit
hydrograph
B IUH
C Decken's
formula
D Burlow's table
A.
B.
C.
D.

A-2
A-2
A-3
A-4

,
,
,
,

B-4,
B-1,
B-2,
B-2,

List II
1 Maximum flood
2 1 unit rainfall
3 Rainfall runoff
corelation
4 Time
0
C-1,
C-4,
C-4,
C-1,

D-3
D-3
D-1
D-3

(A)
17.An undisturbed rock sample has an over dry weight of 0.655 kg. After
saturation in kerosene its weight is 0.732 kg. It is then immersed and found
to displace 0.301 kg . The porosity of the sample will be
A. 23%
B. 25.58%
C. 28.76%
D. 32.54%
(B)

n=

0.7320.655
100=25.58
0.301

18.During a daily routine observation 10.8 liters of water was added to bring the
water surface in the evaporation pan to the stipulated level and the nearby
rain gauge measured 3.6 mm of rainfall. What was the evaporation recorded
for the day, if the diameter of the pan is 122 cm.?
A. 13 mm
B. 23 mm
C. 22.33 mm
D. 25.76 mm
(A)

Evaporation=Rainfall + Depth of water added

3.6+

10.8 106
13 mm

2
1220
4

19.A drainage basin has an area of 210 km2 . The average depth of rainfall
received by it during a monsoon period is computed as 65 cm, while the
runoff measured ay its outlet during the same period is estimated to be
5.68107 m3. What percentage of rainfall has become runoff ?
A. 34%
B. 23.45%
C. 39.53%
D. 41.62%
(D)
% of rainfall that become runoff

5.68 10 7 100 100

=41.62
210 10 6 65