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Precipitation - 1


10 Questions MCQ Test Topicwise Question Bank for GATE Civil Engineering | Precipitation - 1


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This mock test of Precipitation - 1 for Civil Engineering (CE) helps you for every Civil Engineering (CE) entrance exam. This contains 10 Multiple Choice Questions for Civil Engineering (CE) Precipitation - 1 (mcq) to study with solutions a complete question bank. The solved questions answers in this Precipitation - 1 quiz give you a good mix of easy questions and tough questions. Civil Engineering (CE) students definitely take this Precipitation - 1 exercise for a better result in the exam. You can find other Precipitation - 1 extra questions, long questions & short questions for Civil Engineering (CE) on EduRev as well by searching above.
QUESTION: 1

A tropical cyclone is a

Solution:

A cyclone is a large low pressure region with circular wind motion. Two types of cyclones are recognized viz., tropical cyclones and extratropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a wind system with an intensely strong depression. The normal areal extent of a cyclone is about 100-200 km in diameter. The isobars are closely spaced and the winds are anticlockwise in the Northern hemisphere.

QUESTION: 2

Orographic precipitation occurs due to air masses being lifted to higher altitudes by

Solution:

The moist air masses may get lifted-up to higher altitudes due to the presence of mountain barriers and consequently undergo cooling, condensation and precipitation, such a precipitation is known as orographic precipitation.

QUESTION: 3

The average annual rainfall over the whole of India is estimated as

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QUESTION: 4

Variability of annual rainfall in India is
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QUESTION: 5

The standard Symons' type raingauge has a collecting area of diameter
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QUESTION: 6

The standard recording raingauge adopted in India is of
Solution:

Natural syphon type is adopted as the standard recording type raingauge in India. It is also known as float-type gauge.

QUESTION: 7

The following recording raingauges does not produce the mass curve of precipitation as record:
Solution:

The Tipping-bucket type gauge gives data on the intensity of rainfall.

QUESTION: 8

When specific information about the density of snowfall is not available, the water equivalent -of snowfall is taken as
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QUESTION: 9

A, B and C are three catchments each having an area of about 10,000 km2 situated in an arid zone, mountainous region of a tropical zone and flat region of a tropical zone respectively. The desirable number of hydrometeorological stations for each of these three areas, NA, NB and NC respectively will be such that
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QUESTION: 10

The monthly rainfall at a place. A during September 1982 was recorded as 55 mm above normal. Here the term Normal means.
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