A. Buttress dam
B. Arch dam
C. Gravity dam
D. Concrete 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
