Q. Which of the following property of geological formation represents its water storage capacity?

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Q. The zone of aeration in a groundwater profile does not include ___________

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Q. In which of the following zone the stresses are beyond the elastic limits?

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Q. The rate of flow of water through ground strata can be estimated by _____________

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Q. The relation between Transmissibility (T) and Permeability (K) for an aquifer of depth d is _______

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Q. Darcy’s law is valid when the flow is ___________

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Q. The coefficient of permeability indicates the ease with which water can flow through a soil mass. The soil type which has less permeability is __________

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Q. Which of the following is the most important zone for a groundwater hydraulic engineer?

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Q. Which zone contains water that is under molecular attraction?

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Q. The geological formation which yields only insignificant quantity of groundwater is _____________

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Q. The geological formation which may contain water but does not contain any yield is ____________

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Q. Which of the following geological formation contains and readily yields water to our tube wells?

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Q. Which of the following geological formation does not contain any amount of groundwater?

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Q. The quantum of water contained in the soil pores which cannot be extracted by gravity drainage is called _____________

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Q. What is the volume of groundwater which can be extracted by gravity drainage from a soil stratum when expressed as percentage fraction of the volume of the soil stratum?

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Q. Field capacity of a ground aquifer equals _________

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Q. Specific retention of groundwater is larger in coarse-grained soils.

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Q. Water wells excavated through confined aquifers are known as ______________

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Q. In case of a flowing well, the piezometric surface is always _________

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Q. The line joining the static water levels in several wells excavated through a confined aquifer is known as the _____________

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