A. Gravity dam
B. Arch dam
C. Buttress dam
D. Coffer dam
Related Mcqs:
- Specific weight of a liquid is defined as the weight per unit volume at standard Temperature & pressure therefore specific weight of water of water is equal to ____________ kg/m3 in MKS system ?
A. 990
B. 995
C. 999
D. 1000 - A dam which the up lift pressure of the sub-soil water by its own weight is called _________________?
A. Buttress dam
B. Arch dam
C. Gravity dam
D. Concrete dam - The ratio of specific weight of any liquid to the specific weight of water is called as _________________?
A. Density of liquid
B. Density of water
C. Specific gravity of water
D. Specific gravity of liquid - In high floods, to avoid spilling of flood water over the gates, a wall is provided from pond level to high Flood level. This wall spans for the entire length of regulator, rest on piers, sustain water pressure by its weight called_____________________?
A. Retaining wall
B. Divide wall
C. Breast wall
D. Cantilever wall - To dispose of the surplus water from dam, a water way is constructed called________________?
A. Water escape
B. Spillway
C. Channel
D. All are correct - 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 - When ever a body is immersed wholly or partially in water, it is lifted up by a force equal to the weight of water displaced by the body ?
A. Archimed’s Principle
B. Law of gravity
C. Newton’s law of otion
D. None of these - The dam built for the purpose of diverting water from main stream to various courses of flow is called ____________________?
A. Coffer dam
B. Detention dam
C. Diversion dam
D. Gravity dam - The line in a flow net which shows the direction of flow of water through a soil mass beneath dam are called _________________?
A. Equipotential lines
B. flow lines
C. Section lines
D. Streak lines - A mine or tunnel for collecting seepage water in rock or dam is called ____________________?
A. Water tunnel
B. Seepage gallery
C. Seepage tunnel
D. Seepage Drain
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