Civil Engineering :: Docks and Harbours
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If h and h1 are the heights of a light house and the observer in a ship in metres above M S L then the horizontal distance from the ship to the light house in kilometres is
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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For location of soundings a range and one angle from the shore involves the following operations. Which one is correct ?
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
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In a wet dock system,
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A roadstead :
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Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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As a wave of sea water approaches the coast line, it is generally accompanied by a drift of water in the direction of wave advance |
B.
The on-shore wind helps to produce wave action as well as rise of M.S.L. |
C.
A falling hydraulic gradient occurs in the direction of the wave |
D.
The wave while receding carries finer particles out to deep water. |
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The tides at any place occur a little less than 1 hour later, each succeeding day |
B.
The difference in time in solar hours and minutes from any lunar transit to the succeeding transit, is called high water level |
C.
The influence of the earth's gravity alone produces level-tidal less sea |
D.
The spinning force is maximum at the equator and zero at the poles |
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All of the above. |