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Q161.
Design yield of a storage reservoir is kept _______________

a.

higher than its firm or safe yield

b.

lower than its firm or safe yield

c.

equal to its firm or safe yield

d.

higher or lower than the firm yield depending upon the designer’s intuition

Discuss
Answer: (b).lower than its firm or safe yield
Q162.
Who did the first effort to give empirical relations for converting the yearly rainfall value into the yearly runoff for the given catchment?

a.

Mr. W L Strange

b.

Alexander Binnie

c.

Mr. T.G Barlow

d.

Sir Inglis

Discuss
Answer: (b).Alexander Binnie
Q163.
In which of the following method, the catchments were categorized as good, bad and average catchments to account for the general characteristics of the catchment?

a.

Binnie’s percentages

b.

Strange’s tables

c.

Barlow’s tables

d.

Inglis formula

Discuss
Answer: (b).Strange’s tables
Q164.
What is the value of Barlow’s runoff percentage (K) for hills and plains with little cultivation?

a.

10

b.

15

c.

20

d.

25

Discuss
Answer: (d).25
Q165.
What is the value of Lacey’s monsoon duration factor for a good year?

a.

0.5

b.

1.2

c.

1.5

d.

1.8

Discuss
Answer: (c).1.5
Q166.
Which of the following yield formula is used for the catchments of West Maharashtra state of India?

a.

Inglis formula

b.

Khosla’s formula

c.

Lacey’s formula

d.

Barlow’s table

Discuss
Answer: (a).Inglis formula
Q167.
Which of the following formula for calculating yield can be applied to all catchments?

a.

Inglis formula

b.

Khosla’s formula

c.

Lacey’s formula

d.

Barlow’s table

Discuss
Answer: (b).Khosla’s formula
Q168.
According to the Inglis formula, the non-ghat areas are the one where rainfall is _____________

a.

200 cm or more

b.

200 cm or less

c.

100 cm or more

d.

100 cm or less

Discuss
Answer: (b).200 cm or less
Q169.
The design annual rainfall for the catchment of a proposed reservoir has been computed to be 99 cm. The catchment area contributing to the proposed reservoir is 1000 sq.km having a mean annual temperature of 20°C. Calculate the annual design catchment yield for the reservoir using Khosla’s formula.

a.

89.4 M.m³

b.

8.94 M.m³

c.

894 m³

d.

894 M.m³

Discuss
Answer: (d).894 M.m³
Q170.
The reservoir capacity cannot exceed the catchment yield.

a.

True

b.

False

c.

May be True or False

d.

Can't say

Discuss
Answer: (a).True
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