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    This document provides the solutions to 16 multiple choice questions from an engineering hydrology test. It displays the question, possible answers, whether the student selected the correct answer, and the detailed solution for each question. The questions cover topics like hyetographs, isohyets, rainfall measurement techniques, reservoir routing equations, and flood frequency analysis.

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    Solution Report For: Engineering Hydrology Part 1

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    This document provides the solutions to 16 multiple choice questions from an engineering hydrology test. It displays the question, possible answers, whether the student selected the correct answer, and the detailed solution for each question. The questions cover topics like hyetographs, isohyets, rainfall measurement techniques, reservoir routing equations, and flood frequency analysis.

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    Solution 

    Report For Engineering Hydrology­ Part 1
    Represent whole test solution with correct and incorrect answers.

      View Your Test Analysis

    Q. No Question Status

    Q.1 A hyetograph is a plot of

    a. Cumulative rainfall v/s time
    b.  Rainfall intensity v/s time
    c. Rainfall depth v/s duration
    d. Discharge v/s time

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. b FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.2 A line joining the points having the same average annual rainfall is called

    a.  isohyet
    b. isobar
    c. isochrone
    d. isopleth

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. a FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.3 Lysimeter and current meter are used to measure respectively, one of the following group of quantities

    a. Capillary potential and permeability
    b.  Evapotranspiration and velocity of flow in channels
    c. Velocity of flow in channels and vapour pressure
    d. Velocity in pipes and pressure head

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. b FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.4 Match List­I with List­II and select the correct answers using the codes given below the lists:

    List­I List­II

    A. Rainfall intensity 1. Isohyets

    B. Rainfall excess 2. Cumulative rainfall

    C. Rainfall averaging 3. Hyetograph

    D. Mass curve 4. Direct runoff hydrograph
    a. A
    b.  B
    c. C
    d. D

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. b FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.5 A catchment at a particular site on a river has 86000 ha area. The mean annual precipitation is 850 mm. [25%
    of precipitation reaches the basin outlet as stream flow]

    The mean flow rate Q at this site will be _____________ m3 /hr.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 20862 (20850 ­ 20870)


    FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.6 The normal annual rainfall at stations A, B and C in a basin are 175 cm, 180 cm and 150 cm respectively. In the
    year 2000, station B was inoperative and stations A and C recorded annual precipitation of 150 cm and 135 cm
    respectively. The annual rainfall at station B in that year could be estimated to be nearly __________ cm.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 158.14 (157 ­ 159) FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.7
    A  basin  has  an  area  of  26560  km2 ,  perimeter  965  km  and  length  of  thalweg  230  km.  The  compactness
    coefficient of the basin is __________.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 1.67 (1.6 ­ 1.7) FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.8 Which of the following is a the correct reservoir routing equation?

    a. 

    b. 

    c. 

    d.   

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. d FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.9 The Thiessen polygon is

    a. a polygon obtained by joining adjoining rain gauge stations.
    b.  a representative area used for weighing the observed station precipitation.
    c. an area used in the construction of depth area curves.
    d. the descriptive term for shape of a hydrograph.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. b FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution


    Q.10 There are four rain gauge stations existing in the catchment of a river. The average annual rainfall values at
    these  stations  are  800,  620,  400  and  540  mm  respectively.  How  many  more  gauges  are  required  to  be
    installed, if it is desired to limit the error in the mean value of rainfall in the catchment to 10%?

    a. 8
    b. 6
    c.  4
    d. 3

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. c FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.11 Annual flood data of the river Narmada at Garudeshwar covering the period 1948 to 1979 yielded mean annual

    flood discharge of 29,600 m3 /sec with a standard deviation of 14,860 m3 /sec. For a proposed bridge on this


    river near this site, it is decided to have an acceptable risk of 10% in its expected life of 50 years. (Assume
    reduced mean = 0.5380 and reduced standard deviation = 1.1193).
    The flood discharge by Gumbel’s method for use in the design of this structure is

    a. 164257 m3 /sec
    b. 203265 m3 /sec
    c.   104268 m3 /sec
    d. 121119 m3 /sec

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. c FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.12 On downstream of a main gauging station, an auxiliary gauge was installed and following observations were
    made:

    For main gauge reading of 121.00 m and the auxiliary gauge reading of 120.10 m, the discharge will be

    a. 211 m3 /s
    b. 223.6 m3 /s
    c.   427 m3 /s
    d. 449 m3 /s

    Not Attempt Correct Ans. c FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.13
    In a reservoir in the month of June, the average rate of inflow is 15 m3 /s and average rate of outflow is 25 m3 /s,

    monthly rainfall is 10 cm, monthly seepage loss is 1.8 cm, and storage change is 30 Mm3 . The average surface

    area of the reservoir is 20 km2 . The evaporation in the month of June is _________ cm.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 28.6 (28 ­ 29) FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.14 The number of revolutions of a currentmeter in 30 seconds were found to be 8 and 20 corresponding to the
    velocities of 0.20 m/s and 0.40 m/s respectively.
    Velocity indicated by 50 revolutions of that currentmeter in one minute will be __________ m/s.
    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 0.48 (0.46 ­ 0.52) FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.15 A catchment area is in the form of a sector of a circle of radius 3 km and angle 30°. Its hydrograph can be
    approximated to a triangle having time base = 12 hr. The effective rainfall during the storm of 6­hr duration is 3

    cm. The peak of this hydrograph will be ____________ m3 /s.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 3.27 (3 ­ 4) FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

    Q.16 The  analysis  of  maximum  daily  rainfall  in  a  city  indicated  that  a  depth  of  280  mm  has  a  return  period  of  50
    years. The probability of one day rainfall depth equal to or greater than 280 mm in the city occuring two times
    in 15 successive years is ____________.

    Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 0.032 (0.028 ­ 0.036) FAQ? Have any doubt? Solution

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