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The elevation head is taken as negative if the point is situated above the datum and positive if below the datum.

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The elevation head is taken as negative if the point is situated above the datum and positive if below the datum.

(a) True

(b) False

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The correct option is (b) False

Easy explanation: The datum for elevation head is considered as abscissa of a graph for calculation purpose, where the region above it positive and the region below it is negative.

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