Civil Engineering Questions And Answers :: Docks And Harbour Engineering: part1



Civil Engineering : Docks And Harbour Engineering QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part1 : 6 to 10

Following Civil Engineering Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in BSNL JTO, GATE 2024 and IES 2024 examinations :

6.When a ship floats at its designed water line, the vertical distance from water line to the bottom of the ship is known as

beam
depth
freeboard
draft

7.By increasing the rise of lock gates, (i) the length of the lock gate will increase (ii) transverse stress due to water pressure on the gate will increase (iii) compressive force on the gate will increase Of these statements

(i) and (ii) are correct
(i) and (iii) are correct
Only (ii) is correct
Only (iii) is correct

8.The difference in height between highest high water and lowest low water is called

mean range
maximum range
maximum rise
mean rise

9.At a given port, the fetch is 400 nautical miles, the maximum height of storm wave will be

2.073 m
8.169 m
9.144 m
6.8 m

10.Assertion A : Basin walls have to be of much grater height than dock walls. Reason R : Tidal basins are subject to fluctuations of levels due to tidal variations. Select your answer based on the coding system given below:

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.

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