A dam which the up lift pressure of the sub-soil water by its own weight is called _________________?

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1. 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...

2. When the weight of weir balances the up lift pressure caused by the head of the water seeping below the weir bed is called ___________________?

   A. Cippollite weir B. Broad crested weir C. Gravity weir D. Non-gravity weir...

3. 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...

4. 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...

5. 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...

6. 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...

7. 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...

8. 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...

9. A dam which is prevented from overturning by the action of lateral or vertical up thrust of water by its weight is called __________________?

   A. Gravity dam B. Arch dam C. Buttress dam D. Coffer dam...

10. 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...