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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

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 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

5. The process of consolidation of stabilized earth work in canal or river embankments. In this process the soil is deposited in layers of specified thickness and at a particular moisture content is called __________________?

   A. Soil stabilization
   B. Densification
   C. Compaction
   D. All are correct

6. The property of liquid which controls its rate of flow is called __________________?

   A. Capillarity
   B. Compressibility
   C. Viscosity
   D. Specific gravity

7. 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

8. 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

9. The property of saturated soil mass which transmits appreciable quantities . water is called___________________?

   A. Porosity
   B. Transmissibility
   C. Permeability
   D. Discharge

10. A closed conduct or barrel used used for supplying water under high pressure to a turbine to generate electricity is called __________________?

    A. A tunnel
    B. Penstock
    C. Chute
    D. Syphon