OBJECTIVES
1) Which one of the following is used to measure the discharge?
a) current meter
b) venturimeter
c) pitot tube
d) hotwire anemometer
2) The position of a point can be fixed more accurately by
a) cross staff
b) optical square
c) oblique offsets
d) perpendicular offsets
3) Which one of the following is a non-recording rain gauge?
a) tipping bucket type rain gauge
b) Simon's rain gauge
c) Steven's weighting type rain gauge
d) floating type rain gauge
4) Unit of runoff in M.K.S. system is
a) cubic metre / sec
b) metre / sec
c) cubic metre
d) square meter
5) Camber in road is provided for
a) effective drainage
b) counteracting the centrifugal force
c) having proper sight distance
d) none of the above
6) Fish plate is in contact with rail at
a) web of rail
b) fishing plane
c) head of rail
d) foot of rail
7) Standard EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid) solution is used to determine the
a) hardness of water
b) turbidity in water
c) dissolved oxygen in water
d) residual chlorine in water
8) The treatment of water with bleaching powder is known as
a) prechlorination
b) super chlorination
c) dechlorination
d) hypochlorination
9) Slack time refers to
a) an activity
b) an event
c) both event and activity
d) none of the above
10) If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is
a) sand
b) silt
c) clay
d) clayey silt
ANSWERS
1) b
2) d
3) b
4) a
5) a
6) b
7) a
8) d
9) b
10) a
