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UNIT-I
1. Explain Hydrological cycle with a neat sketch.
2. What are the different forms of precipitation? Explain the convective and orographic precipitations?
3. The normal annual precipitations of 5 rain gauge stations P, Q, R, S and T are respectively 125, 102,
76, 113 & 137 cm. During a particular storm the precipitations recorded by stations P, Q, R, and S are
13.2, 9.2, 6.8 and 10.2 cm respectively. Station T was inoperative during that storm. Estimate the rainfall
at station T during that storm.
4. Explain mass curve, Hyetograph and Double Mass Curve.
Objective Questions
Choose the correct answers
1 .Orographic precipitation occurs due to air masses being lifted to higher altitudes by
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. Intensity of Drizzle
a) <2 mm/h
b) <4mm/h
b) Symonss
c) Wight bucket
d) Tipping bucket
b) Glaze
c) Hail
d) Snow
5. which of the following rain gauge, it empties when its storage reaches to preset maximum level
a) Float
b) Symonss
c) Wight bucket
d) Tipping bucket
UNIT-II
1.What are the factors affecting the evaporation?
2. Explain Energy budget method and water budget method to determine the evaporation.
3. The mass curve coordinates of a rain fall duration 100 minutes is given below, if the catchment had
initial loss 0.6 cm and a -index of 0.6 cm /h. Calculate the total surface runoff from the catchment?
Time
0
Cumulative
0
rain fall
4. Explain the following terms
20
40
60
80
100
0.5
1.2
2.6
3.3
3.5
a) Disadvantages of infiltrometers
b) Field Capacity and PWP
c) Infiltration Capacity
d) Interception loss
5. A) what are the Infiltration indices?
B) What are the factors affecting infiltration?
Objective Questions
b) k ew ea
c ) K(ew-ea)
d) K(ew+ ea)
b) Evaporation
c) Evapotranspiration
d) Vapour Pressure
b) Evaporation
c) Condensation
d) Transpiration
b) 0.56
c) 0.92 d) 0.73
5. For up to what percentage of soil moisture can drop in clay soils even though AET= PET.
a) 45 %
b) 65 %
c) 50%
d) 55%
UNIT-III
1. What are the factors affecting the runoff?
2. Explain the following terms
a) Distinguish between Hyetograph and Hydrograph
b)Interflow
c) Unit Hydrograph
d) S-Hydrograph
3. Explain the method for Base flow separation.
4. Explain the procedure of using a Unit Hydrograph to develop the flood hydrograph due to a storm in
catchment.
5. Explain the term Rainfall Excess (ER). How is ERH of storm obtained?
Objective Questions
1. Base flow separation is performed
a) On a unit hydrograph to get the direct runoff hydrograph
b) On a flood hydrograph to obtain the magnitude of effective rainfall
c) On flood hydrograph to obtain rainfall hydrograph
d) On hydrograph of effluent stream only
2. A unit hydrograph has
a) one unit of peak discharge
UNIT-IV
1. Explain details about Darcys law.
2. what are the forms of sub surface water and explain with neat sketch.
3. Explain the following terms.
a) Specific yield
b) Storage coefficient
c) Confined and unconfined aquifers.
4. What are the different types of wells .explain the term Specific capacity.
Objective Questions
1. A Geological Formation which may contain water but is essentially impermeable to the flow
b) Aquifuge
c) Aquitard
d) Aquiclude
3. Specific capacity is
a) a constant for a given soil
b) Depends on aquifer characteristics only
c) Increase with discharge rate
d) Decrease with time from the start of pumping
4. The discharge per unit draw down at a well is known as
a) Specific yield b) specific storage c) safe yield d) specific capacity
5. When there is an increase in the atmospheric pressure, the water level in a well penetrating a
confined aquifer
a) Decrease b) increase c) does not undergo any change d) depending on the nature of aquifer
Fill in the blanks
1. Darcys law for ground water movement states that the velocity is proportional to