The relation between probability (P) and recurrence interval (T) is given by_________________?

A. Pt = 1
B. Pt2 = 1
C. P/t = 1
D. P/t2 = 1

If d is the depth of the aquifer through which water is flowing, then the relationship between permeability k and transmissible T is given by_______________?

A. T = kd
B. T = k/d
C. T= vkd
D. K= vtd

A deep well_________________?

A. Is always deeper than a shallow well
B. Has more discharge than a shallow well
C. Is weaker structurally than a shallow well
D. Both (a) and (b)

The useful storage is the volume of water stored in the reservoir between________________?

A. Minimum pool level and maximum pool level
B. Minimum pool level and normal pool level
C. Normal pool level and maximum pool level
D. River bed and minimum pool level

For a flood control reservoir, the effective storage is equal to_______________?

A. Useful storage – valley storage
B. Useful storage + surcharge storage
C. Useful storage + surcharge storage + valley storage
D. Useful storage + surcharge storage -valley storage

The total capacity of a reservoir is 25 million cubic metres and dead storage is 5 million cubic metres. If the average volume of sediment deposition is 0.10 million cubic metre per year, then the usefulness of the reservoir will start reducing after_________________?

A. 50 years
B. 150 years
C. 200 years
D. 250 years

The uplift pressure on a dam can be controlled by_________________?

A. 1) constructing cutoff under upstream face
B. 2) constructing drainage channels bet-ween the dam and its foundation
C. 3) by pressure grouting in foundation
D. The corret answer is?

Horizontal acceleration due to earthquake results in______________?

A. Hydrodynamic pressure
B. Inertia force into the body of the dam
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of the above

The major resisting force in a gravity dam is___________________?

A. Water pressure
B. Wave pressure
C. Self-weight of dam
D. Uplift pressure

The maximum permissible eccentricity for no tension at the base of a gravity dam is__________________?

A. B/2
B. B/3
C. B/4
D. B/6