Engineering Hydrology Model Exam

1. If the demand line drawn from a ridge in a flow mass curve does not intersect the curve
again, it indicates that
A. Demand cannot be met by inflow
B. Reservoir was not full at the beginning
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of the above
2. If S is the potential infiltration, P is rainfall in cm in a drainage of a soil with fair pasture
cover, the direct run off Q in cm is given by
A. Q = (P - 0.1 S)2/(P + 0.4 S)
B. Q = (P - 0.2 S)2/(P + 0.6 S)
C. Q = (P - 0.2 S)2/(P + 0.8 S)
D. Q = (P - 0.2 S)2/(P + 0.2 S)
3. Hydrology helps in
A. Predicting maximum flows
B. Deciding the minimum reservoir capacity
C. Forecasting the availability of quantity of water at reservoir site
D. All the above
4. For an annual flood series arranged in descending order of magnitude, the return for a
magnitude listed at position period 'm' in a total is
A. N/(m + l)
B. m/(N + l)
C. m/N
D. (N + l)/m
5. According to Robert E. Horton, the equation of infiltration capacity curve is
A. ft = fc (fo - fc) ekt
B. ft = fc - (fo - fc) e-kt
C. ft = fc + (fo - fc) e-kt
D. ft = fc + (fo - fc) ekt
6. A unit hydro graph has one unit of
A. Rainfall duration
B. Rainfall excess

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C. Time base of direct runoff

D. Discharge
7. A hyetograph is a graphical representation of
A. Rainfall intensity and time
B. Rainfall depth and time
C. Discharge and time
D. Cumulative rainfall and time
8. Infiltration capacity of soil depends upon
A. Number of voids present in the soil
B. Shape and size of soil particles
C. Arrangement of soil particles
D. All the above
9. Isohyets are the imaginary lines joining the points of equal
A. Pressure
B. Height
C. Humidity
D. Rainfall
10. The flow-mass curve is graphical representation of
A. Cumulative discharge and time
B. Discharge and percentage probability of flow being equalled or exceeded
C. Cumulative discharge, volume and time in chronological order
D. Discharge and time in chronological order
11. The recurrence interval (R.I.) of 20 cm rain storm at a place is 5 years.
A. The place will definitely have 20 cm rain storm after every five years
B. The place may have 20 cm rain storm after every five years
C. The place may have 20 cm rain storm within a set of 5 years twice
D. None of these

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12. The run off a drainage basin is

A. Initial recharge + ground water accretion + precipitation
B. Precipitation + ground water accretion + initial recharge
C. Precipitation - ground water accretion + initial recharge
D. Precipitation - ground water accretion - initial recharge
13. The time required by rain water to reach the outlet of drainage basin from from the
farthest location is generally called
A. Time of concentration
B. Time of overland flow
C. Concentration time of overland flow
D. Duration of the rainfall
14. The rate of rainfall for successive 10 minute periods of a 60 minute duration storm, are
shown in the below figure. If the value of φ index is 3 cm/hour, the runoff will be

A. 2 cm B. 3 cm C. 4 cm D. 5 cm
15. From the pattern of the rainfall shown in the above figure, the total precipitation is
A. 4 cm B. 4.5 cm C. 5 cm D. 5.5 cm
16. If P = Precipitation; R = Streamflow; ET = Evapotranspiration; and ΔS = Change in
storage.
Then what is water balance?
A. R = P + ET + ΔS B. P = R + ET + ΔS. C. ET = R + P + ΔS. D. ΔS = R + ET + P.

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17. A culvert is designed for a flood frequency of 100 years and a useful life of 20 years.
The
Risk and reliability involved in the design of the culvert (in percentage up to two decimal
places) respectively are:
A. 18.209%, 81.791% B. 20.78%, 79.22% C. 34.90%, 65.1% D. 16.90%, 83.1%
18. In Muskingum method of flood routing the weighing factor X can have a value between
A. -0.5 to 0.5 B. 0 to 0.5 C. 0 to 1 D. -1 to +1
19. The extent to which the inflow hydrograph gets modified due to the reservoir storage
can be computed by a process known as
A. River routing B. Channel routing C. S hydrograph D. Flood routing or reservoir
routing
20. The science which deals with origin, properties, distribution and circulation of the
waters
of the earth is known as
A. Hydrography B. Hydrology C. Hydrometry D. Hydro geologically
21. The observed annual runoff from a basin of area 500 km is 150 mm and the
corresponding annual rainfall over the basin during the same year is 750 mm. What is
the runoff coefficient?
A. 0.2 B. 0.67 C. 0.4 D. 0.5
22. Generally, a Hydrograph is a graphical representation of:
A. Evaporation of a stream as a function of time B. Discharge of a stream as a function
of temperature
C. Evaporation of a stream as a function of temperature D. Discharge of a stream as a
function of time
23. Hydrologic flood routing methods make use of:
A. Both momentum and continuity equations
B. Energy equation only
C. Equation of continuity only
D. Equation of motion only

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24. The process Ethiopia introduced now a days to get precipitation by deliberate
introduction of various substances that act for condensation of nuclei or ice nuclei into
clouds is called
A. convection
B. cloud seeding
C. Percolation
D. all
25. Which one is the limitation of rational method
A. Coefficient C is assumed to be same for all storms which mean the losses are
constant for all storms.
B. No ability to predict flow as a function of time (only peak flow)
C. Only applicable for storms with duration longer than the time of concentration
D. All
26. SCS method calculates peak flow as a function of
A. Drainage basin area, C. The time of concentration.
B. Potential watershed storage D. All
27. Why we need to Construct & Analyses Hydrographs?
A. To find out discharge patterns of a particular drainage basin
B. Help to predict flooding events and implementation of flood prevention measures
C. Reservoir and drought studies.
D. all
28. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A. Q direct = Q total- base flow
B. P ‘total = ‘p effective + ɸ-index
C. p ‘effective = Q direct
D. Base flow = ΔS

29. Unit hydrograph (UH) is the graphical relation between the time distributions of
A. Total rainfall and total runoff C. Effective rainfall and total runoff

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B. Total rainfall and direct runoff D. Effective rainfall and direct runoff
30. Sequent peak algorithm is used for:
A. Computing stream flow
B. Computing delta
C. Computation of reservoir capacity
D. Computing integration or Intensity
31. What is the reservoir capacity of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?
A. 55*109m3
B. 6600*106m3
C. 74*109m3
D. 74*106m3
32. In urban areas, floods often become more frequent because:
A. storm sewers conduct runoff more efficiently to streams.
B. extensive pavement limits infiltration to soils.
C. extensive pavement increases runoff to streams.
D. all
33. To estimate the flood magnitude with a return period of T years by the Log–Pearson
Type III method, the following data pertaining to annual flood series is sufficient
A. Mean, standard deviation and coefficient of skew of discharge data
B. Mean and standard deviation of the log of discharge and the number of years of data
C. Mean, standard deviation and coefficient of skew of log of discharge data
D. Mean and standard deviation of the log of discharges
34. A 4-hr unit (1 cm) hydrograph means
A. The duration of rainfall is 4 hours.
B. The intensity of rainfall over the entire catchment is 2.5 mm/hr constant.
C. 1 cm depth of rainfall excess over the entire catchment.
D. All
35. The general equation for hydrological frequency analysis states that XT = value of a

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variate with a return period of T years is given by XT =

A. Xmean – KϬ B. Xmean /KϬ C. KϬ D. Xmean + KϬ
36. From a reservoir mass curve which of the following information can be obtained
A. the storage capacity required for a uniform discharge and power output.
B. the maximum discharge possible and power output for a specified storage capacity.
C. the reservoir pool elevation at any time.
D. all the above
37. A synthetic unit hydrograph is developed
A. For a basin whose stream is gauged.
B. For a basin over which no rain gauge and stream gauge stations are established.
C. For a basin having a rain gauge network but with no stream gauging station
D. By taking certain constants from another basin, which is hydro meteorologically
not homogeneous.
38. The lag-time of the basin is the time interval between the
A. Maximum rainfall and the peak Discharge
B. Beginning and end of direct runoff
C. Beginning and end of effective rainfall
D. Inflection points on the rising and recession limbs of the hydrograph
39. In channel routing using the Muskingum method, the value of the routing coefficients
C1 and C2 are estimated as 0.2 and 0.5 respectively. The value of the C3 is:-
A. 0.7 B. -0.5 C. 0.4 D. 0.3
40. The basic principles of unit hydrograph theory are
A. Principle of superposition
B. Principle of time invariance
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these

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