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  1. The removal of dissolved organic matter occurs in

  2. A.
    slow sand filters
    B.
    trickling filters
    C.
    rapid sand filters
    D.
    dual media filters

  3. The toughness index of clayey soils is given by

  4. A.
    Plasticity index/Flow index
    B.
    Liquid limit/Plastic limit
    C.
    Liquidity index/Plastic limit
    D.
    Plastic limit/Liquidity index

  5. A cantilever beam is shown in the below figure. The moment to be applied at free end for zero vertical deflection at that point is

  6. A.
    9 kN.m clock wise
    B.
    9 kN.m anti-clockwise
    C.
    12 kN.m clockwise
    D.
    12 kN.m anti-clockwise

  7. The order or the flexibility matrix for a structure is,

  8. A.
    equal to the number of redundant forces
    B.
    more than the number of redundant forces
    C.
    less than the number of redundant forces
    D.
    equal to the number of redundant forces plus three

  9. The Bowen ratio is defined as :

  10. A.
    Ratio of heat and vapour diffusivities.
    B.
    Proportionality constant between vapour heat flux and sensible heat flux.
    C.
    Ratio of actual evapotranspiration and potential evapotranspiration.
    D.
    Proportionality constant between heat energy used up in evaporation and the bulk radiation from a water body.

  11. Water flows at a depth of 0.1 m with a velocity of 6 m/s in a rectangular channel. The alternate dpeth is

  12. A.
    0.30 m
    B.
    0.40 m
    C.
    0.86 m
    D.
    0.81 m

  13. Two footings, one circular and the other square, are founded on the surface of a purely cohesionless soil. The diameter of the circular footing is same as that of the side of the square footing. The ratio of their ultimate bearing capcities is

  14. A.
    3/4
    B.
    4/3
    C.
    1.0
    D.
    1.3

  15. An isochrone is a line on the basin map

  16. A.
    Joining raingauge stations having equal rainfall-duration
    B.
    Joining points having equal rainfall depth in a given time interval
    C.
    Joining points having equal time of travel of surface runoff to the catchment outlet
    D.
    Joining points which are at equal distance from the catchment outlet

  17. Muskingum method for routing of flood

  18. A.
    is used for routing floods through reservoirs
    B.
    is a method of routing that uses continuity the momentum equations
    C.
    is a hydrologic method of routing floods through streams
    D.
    is one in which only energy equation is used

  19. A frame ABCD is supported by a roller at A and is on a hinge at C as shown below

    The reaction at the roller end A is given by

  20. A.
    P
    B.
    2P
    C.
    P/2
    D.
    Zero.