The maximum rate at which the soil in given condition can absorb water is called ___________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The law that states that the discharge of sub-soil water is directly proportional to the loss of head and the area of soil sample and inversely proportional to to the length of soil sample ___________________?

   A. Archimed’s principle
   B. Darcy’s law
   C. Permeability law
   D. Thiem’s law

2. The field capacity is the water retained by a saturated soil after free drainage of surplus water to the ground water table but the water retained by a saturated soil after being centrifuged by a centrifugal force of 1000 times that of gravity is called________________?

   A. Soil moisture
   B. Equivalent moisture
   C. Field moisture
   D. Available moisture

3. The field capacity is the amount of water retained by a saturated soil mass after being acted by gravity. The amount of water required to bring the soil moisture content of that soil up to field capacity is called__________________?

   A. Soil-moisture deficiency
   B. Field-moisture deficiency
   C. Equivalent-moisture deficiency
   D. a and b are correct

4. The minimum moisture content at which a water drop if placed on a smooth surface of soil will not be absorbed immediately by the soil is called __________________?

   A. Soil moisture content
   B. Moisture content
   C. Soil saturation
   D. All are correct

5. The property of soil which indicates the volume of water stored in the formation is called ___________________?

   A. Specific yield
   B. Porosity
   C. Field capacity
   D. Specific retention

6. the phenomenon of evaporation from water surfaces, from soil surfaces around the plants and from plants and transpiration from plants is called ___________________?

   A. Evapotranspiration
   B. Transpiration
   C. Evaporation
   D. All are correct

7. An open cut given in a canal bank, suitably protected by stone pitching to the upland drainage water into the canal is called ___________________?

   A. Inlet
   B. Out let
   C. entrance
   D. Mixing

8. In study of a granular material sliding on plane ground, the angle between the perpendicular and the surface in static condition is called ___________________?

   A. Angle of friction
   B. Angle of internal friction
   C. Angle of repose
   D. All are correct

9. At the end of hydraulic structure, the upward force of sub-soil water just becomes equal to the submerged weight of soil grains Then exit gradient will be called______________?

   A. Submerged exit gradient
   B. Critical exit gradient
   C. Balanced exit gradient
   D. All are correct

10. On relative basis, when one soil is eroded as compared to other soil under same conditions, this property is called __________________?

    A. Compact ability
    B. Erodibility
    C. Viscosity
    D. All are correct