Q. Seepage pressure is important for which of the following purpose?

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Q. The total head at any point on soil may be regarded as __________ per unit weight of water measured.

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Q. A combination of velocity potential (φ) and stream function (ψ) is called ___________

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Q. A flow net can be used for which of the following purpose?

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Q. The portion between two successive flow lines is known as ___________

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Q. Who was the first to give a graphical method of flow net construction?

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Q. The Darcy’s law governing the flow of water through is related to which of the following law?

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Q. The flow lines and equipotential lines are ____________

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Q. The hydrostatic pressure in terms of piezometric head can be calculated from which of the following equation?

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Q. The seepage medium can be replaced by ____________electric model having the same geometric shape.

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Q. What will be the hydrostatic pressure if, hW = 30% and Z = 10%?

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Q. In homogeneous soil, every transition in the shape of curves drawn in flow net must be ____________

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Q. The exit gradient can be expressed by which of the following expression?

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Q. For an anisotropic soil, the permeability in the horizontal and vertical direction are kₓ and kᵧ respectively. What will be the effective permeability of the soil?

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Q. A soil mass has kₓ=8*10¯⁷cm/s and kᵧ=4*10¯⁷cm/s. The effective permeability of the soil is ______

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Q. If the effective permeability k’ is 6*10¯⁷cm/s and kᵧ=4*10¯⁷cm/s, then kₓ is equal to ________

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Q. If a fully saturated soil mass has a water content of 100%, then its void ratio is _________

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Q. The coefficient of permeability is 6*10¯⁷cm/s for a soil with a certain liquid. If the viscosity is reduced to half, then the coefficient of permeability is __________

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Q. For an anisotropic soil ________ is true.

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Q. The laplacian form of equation for anisotropic soil is ______

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