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BRANCH:CIVIL ENGINEERING BATCH:HINGLISH

Hydrology
Chapter : Infiltration and runoff DPP-01

1. A 12 h storm with a uniform intensity of 1.5 cm/h 6. In a small catchment, the infiltration rate was observed
produced a runoff depth of 90 mm. The average to be 10 cm/h at the beginning of the rain and it
infiltration rate during this storm is decreased exponentially to an equilibrium value of
(a) 0.75 mm/h (b) 7.5 mm/h 1.0cm/h at the end of 9 hours of rain. If a total of 18 cm
of water infiltered during 9 hours interval, assuming
(c) 1.2 mm/h (d) 12.5 mm/h.
steady state to be attained the value of the decay constant
Kh in Horton’s infiltration equation in (h–1) units is
2. A 6 h storm of uniform intensity and a rainfall of 8 cm (a) 0.1 (b) 0.5
produced a runoff of 5 cm. What is the runoff produced
(c) 1.0 (d) 2.0
by a 12 h storm of uniform intensity and a total of 11 cm
assuming -index to be same during both storms ?
(a) 5 cm (b) 8 cm 7. In Horton’s infiltration equation fitted to data from a
soil, the initial infiltration capacity is 10 mm/h, final
(c) 11 cm (d) 9 cm
infiltration capacity is 5 mm/h and the exponential decay
constant is 0.5 h–1. Assuming the infiltration takes place
3. Under identical conditions if the infiltration capacity at capacity rates, the total infiltration depth for a uniform
measured by double ring infiltrometer is fd and that storm of duration 8 hours is
measured by a rainfall simulators is fs, then which of the (a) 40 mm (b) 60 mm
following is true ?
(c) 80 mm (d) 50 mm
(a) fs < fd (b) fs > fd
(c) fs = fd (d) difficult to say
8. The rainfall on five successive days on a catchment was
2, 6, 9, 5 and 3 cm. If the -index for the storm can be
assumed to be 3 cm/day, the total direct runoff from the
4. Which of the following has the highest infiltration catchment is
capacity (a) 20 cm (b) 11 cm
(a) forest land (c) 10 cm (d) 22 cm
(b) grazed pasture
(c) concrete pavement in airport
(d) rock out crop

5. A watershed 600 ha in area experienced a rainfall of


uniform intensity 2.0 cm/h for duration of 8 hours. If the
resulting surface runoff is measured as 0.6 Mm3, the
average infiltration capacity during the storm is
(a) 1.5 cm/h (b) 0.75 cm/h
(c) 1.0 cm/h (d) 2.0 cm/h
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Answer Key
1. (b) 5. (b)
2. (a) 6. (c)
3. (a) 7. (d)
4. (a) 8. (b)

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