The ratio between the force causing a body to slide along a plane and the force normal to the plane is called __________________?

A. Coefficient of friction
B. Coefficient of internal friction
C. Coefficient of resistance
D. All are correct

A series of vertical steps in a stream made to avoid soil scouring is called ___________________?

A. Levees
B. Embankment
C. Cascades
D. Banks

Water logging and soil salinization is a twin menace which has effected the agriculture sector severely, about _______________ hectares of land are wasted yearly?

A. 30,000
B. 35,000
C. 40,000
D. 45,000

The process to dilute the available salts from root Zone by providing simply canal water is known as __________________?

A. Reclamation
B. Leaching
C. Recultivation
D. De-salting

The run-off from catchment areas, Roads, buildings and other fallow lands is called ____________________?

A. Rain water
B. Surface run-off
C. Storm water
D. Dry weather flow

Water logging caused by ____________ water, which during excessive irrigation percolates down and join under ground water table?

A. Capillary
B. Hygroscopic
C. Gravity
D. Free

For an economical design of gravity dam, the shear friction factor causec compression strength should lie between____________________?

A. 1.5 to 4.0
B. 2.0 to 4.0
C. 2.5 to 4.5
D. 3 to 5

It is important to keep the saturation gradient line within the body of a embankment of canal, the saturation gradient line in loomy soils lie at___________________?

A. 1:2 to 1:4
B. 1:3 to 1:5
C. 1:4 to 1:6
D. 1:5 to 1:7

The counter berm for a canal is provided so as to contain the saturation gradient line _____________ the bank?

A. Out of
B. Within
C. Above
D. Below

A spoil bank is formed when the volume of excavated soil is _________________ of embankment filling?

A. Less than
B. Excess
C. Equal to
D. Not required