Exit exam for River Engineering

1. Which type of river tends to develop bends?

A. Alluvial river
B. Flashy river
C. Virgin river
D. Himalayan river
E. None
2. Which stage of the river is formed by erosion?
A. Aggrading
B. Tidal rivers
C. Boulder river stage
D. Rocky river stage
E. All
3. Which one is not classification of river based on variation of discharge?
A. Perennial river
B. Non-perennial river
C. Mountainous river
D. Flashy river
E. None
4. The behaviors of alluvial rivers depend to a large extent on the sediment carried
by it. The sediment carried by the river poses numerous problems, such as
A. Increasing of flood level
B. Sitting of reservoirs
C. Silting of irrigation and navigation channels
D. Meandering of rivers
E. All
5. Which of the following are the classifications of flow layer?
A. Viscous sub layer
B. Transition layer
C. Turbulent outer layer
D. Turbulent logarithmic layer
E. All
6. In sediment properties of individual particles that are important in the study of
sediment transport are:
A. Size
B. Shape
C. Porosity
D. A & B
7. Some commonly used termsfor describing the properties of water and sediment
are:
A. Density
B. Specific weight
C. Viscosity
 D. Sieve diameter
E. All
8. Which of the following is true about objectives of river training?
A. To prevent the river from changing its course and to avoid outflanking of
structures like bridges, weirs, aqueducts
B. To deflect the river away from the bank which it might be attacking
C. To transport efficiently the suspended and bed sediment loads
D. All
9. One of the following is an engineering methods for flood control and protection:
A. Reduction of peak discharge
B. Passive protection
C. Active protection
D. Training for depth
10. None Which of the following are the types of channel regulation by permanent
river training work?
A. Embankments
B. Bank protection
C. Bed protection
D. Elimination of obstacles
E. All
11. Among the following river training works, which are aligned either perpendicular
or at an angle to the banks, identify the one having a difference in alignment when
compared to others.
a) Groynes
b) Guide banks
c) Levees
d) Flood walls
Answer: a

12. Meandering of a river is due to:

a) Sediment load of streams
b) Discharge and hydraulic properties of streams
c) Erodibility of the bed and banks of streams
d) The natural topography of the location
Answer: c
13. What is the main aim of mean water training?
a) Effective Disposal of Suspended and Bed Loads
b) To Constant Velocity
c) Flood Control
d) Provide Sufficient Water Depth
Answer: a
14. Which stage of the river is formed by erosion and ideal for river dam construction?
a) Aggrading
b) Tidal Rivers
c) Boulder River Stage
d) Rocky River Stage
Answer: d

15. What will be the quantity of bed load transport by using Meyer and Peter formula if the
effective tractive force that causes bed load transportation is 2.5 N/m2.
a) 1.04 N/m/second
b) 1.5 N/m/second
c) 2.5 N/m/second
d) 0.476 N/m/second
Answer: a
16. What will be the corresponding hydraulic mean depth that would exist in the channel if the
bed was unrippled? The rugosity coefficient in an unrippled channel is 0.015 and the rugosity
coefficient actually observed by experiments on the rippled bed of channel is 0.020. Consider
the value of hydraulic mean depth of the channel as 1.5 m.
a) 1.5 m
b) 2.5 m
c) 0.97 m
d) 0.77 m Answer: c
17. Which of the following statement is not correct about sediment load phenomenon and its
measurement?
a) The material is kept in suspension by the turbulence or by the generation of eddies
b) In laminar flow, the shear stress is caused due to the difference of the velocities at the top
and the bottom
c) In turbulent flow, momentum transfer is not very significant
d) Due to the formation of eddies, the sediment transfer from high concentration regions to
the low concentration regions takes place.

18. The sediment confined along and above the bed up to a depth ‘2d’ (d being grain size) is
treated as:
a) bed load
b) suspended load
c) wash load
d) total sediment load
Answer: a
19. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a) The design and execution of flood control scheme is chiefly governed by the peak flood
levels
b) Silting of reservoirs and rivers is an important aspect of sediment control
c) The storage capacity of the reservoir is reduced by its silting
d) Natural rivers used for navigation rarely gets silted up posing no cost issues
 Answer: d

20. The water flows at a depth of 0.6 m in a wide stream having a bed slope of 1 in 2500. The
critical tractive stress is 0.53 N/m2. what will be the average shear stress and the motion of
soil grains.
a) 2.35 N/m2 and soil grains will be stationary
b) 2.35 N/m2 and soil grains is in motion
c) 0.235 N/m2 and soil grains will be stationary
d) 0.235 N/m2 and soil grains is in motion
Answer: b

21. The basic mechanism behind the phenomenon of sediment transport is:
a) drag force opposite to the direction of the flow
b) drag force in the direction of the flow
c) free motion of the sediment particles
d) force exerted by water vertically
Answer: b
22. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a) Threshold condition is the one in which a few particles on the bed will just start moving
b) Knowledge of critical velocity helps in designing stable non-scouring channels
c) The critical tractive force approach helps in designing unstable channels in alluviums
d) The knowledge of threshold condition is required for the computation of sediment load
Answer: c