Part I (choose two questions and Q3 must be included)

Q1): The data of duration time, intensity, and descending order for a certain watershed
are available for 40 (n) consecutive years. The most severe storm for each year were
picked up and arranged in the descending order (rank m). The mass curve for storms for
three years are given below. Establish a relation of the form
kTx
i= (25 marks)
te

Time (min) 5 10 15 30 45 60 90 120

Intensity (mm/hr) for m=1 120 84 66 42 36 30 24 19
Intensity (mm/hr) for m=4 95 65 53 38 27 20 16 13
Intensity (mm/hr) for m=10 60 42 33 21 18 15 11 9

Q2): Derive the S-curve for the 2-hr.s UH of basin given below and determine the
ordinates of the 4-hr UH of the basin. (25 marks)

Time(h) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
2-hr UH 0 25 100 160 190 170 110 70 30 20 6 0
ordinate
(m3/s)

Q3): Flood data in the form of annual flood peaks for a period of 87 years (1885-1971)
are given in the following table. Derive the flood frequency (2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200
years) based on Log-Pearson Type III. (25 marks)

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 Part II
Q4): Choose the correct answer (10 marks)
1. A watershed 600 ha in area experienced a rainfall uniform intensity 2.0 cm/hr for
duration 8 hr.s. If the resulting surface runoff is measured as 0.6 Mm3, the average
infiltration capacity during the storm is:
a) 1.5cm/h b) 0.75 cm/h c) 1.0cm/h d) 2.0 cm/h
2. If in flow-mass curve, a demand line drawn tangent to the lowest point in valley of
the curve does not inersect the mass curve at an earlier time period, it represents
that:
a)The storage is inadequate. b) the reservoir will not be full at the start of dry period.
c) the reservoir is full at the biginning of dry period.
d) the reservoir is wasting later by spill.
3. For a return period of 100 yr.s the Gumbel’s reduced variate is:
a) 0.0001 b) 0.001 c) 0.386 d) 0.632
4. The hydraulic methods of flood routing use:
a) Equation of continuity only.
b) Both equation of motion and equation of continuity.
c) Energy equation.
d) Equation of motion only.
5. The 12-hr UH of a catchment is triangular in shape with base of 144 hr.s and peak
discharge value of 23 m3/s. this UH refer to a catchment of area:
a) 756 km2 b) 596 km2 c) 1000 km2 d) non of these
Q5): Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. (10 marks)
1. The trend of the rainfall records at a station may slightly change after some years
due to …………………
2. The outlet of a catchment is the mouth ……………………
3. The artificial storage such as………… and ……….., natural storage such as
………………and ……………
4. The runoff from rainfall may be estimated by …………… and …………
5. Both the stochastic and deterministic models can be sub classified as ……… and
………
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 Part III (choose one of Q6 and Q7) short answers
Q6): Answer the following briefly: (30 marks)

1. A river has 40 yr.s of annual flood flow record. The discharge values are in m3/s.
The logarithms to base 10 of these discharge values show a mean value of 3.2736,
standered deviation of 0.3037 and a coefficient of skewness of 0.07. Calculate 50
yr.s return period annual flood discharge by Log-normal distribution
2. What is the difference between fan and fern shaped catchments.
3. Explain the meaning of prism storage and wedge storage.
4. Results of an infiltrometer test on soil are as follows:
Time since 5 10 15 20 30 40 60 120 150
start (min)
Cumulitive 1.0 1.8 2.5 3.1 4.2 5.1 6.6 11.0 12.9
infiltration
(mm)
Determine the parameters of Kostiakov’s equation.

5. Define the Point rainfall and Thiessen polygon method .

Q7): Answer the following briefly: (30 marks)
1. What is the difference between form factor and compactness coefficient.
2. Compute the runoff volume due to a rainfall of 15 cm in a day on a 550 ha
watershed. the hydrological soil groups are 50% of group C and 50% of group D,
randomly distributed in the watershed. The land use is 55% cultvated with good
quality bunding and 45% waste land. Assume antecedent moisture condition of
Type-III and use standard SCS-CN method.
3. Define the Isochrones and 4. Lag time or basin lag.
4. Explain the meaning of calibration and verification of model.
5. Results of an infiltrometer test on soil are as follows:
Time since 5 10 15 20 30 40 60 120 150
start (min)
Cumulitive 1.0 1.8 2.5 3.1 4.2 5.1 6.6 11.0 12.9
infiltration
(mm)
Determine the parameters of Green-Ampt equation