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The top of the capillary zone
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A. lies below the water table at every point
B. lies above the water table at every point
C. coincides the water table at every point
D. none of these.
Correct Answer
lies above the water table at every point
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1. For the design of major hydraulic structures on the canals, the method generally preferred to, is based on
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A. Bligh's theory
B. Electrical analogy method
C. The relaxation method
D. Khosla's method of independent variables.
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Correct Answer: Khosla's method of independent variables.
2. F.S.L. of a canal at its head with respect to parent channel is kept
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A. at the same level
B. 15 cm lower
C. 15 cm higher
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: 15 cm lower
3. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
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A. In free flooding irrigation, water is admitted at one corner of a field and is allowed to spread over the entire area
B. In check method of irrigation, the field is divided into smaller compartments and water is admitted to each in turn
C. In furrow irrigation water is admitted between the rows of plants in the field
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: None of these.
4. According to G.W. Pickles the effect of confining the flood water of a river between levee, is to increase
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A. rate of flood wave
B. water surface elevation during floods
C. maximum discharge
D. velocity and scouring action
E. surface slope of streams above the leveed portion.
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Correct Answer: surface slope of streams above the leveed portion.
5. If
B
and
d
are the bed width and depth of a channel in metres, the combined losses due to evaporation and seepage in cumecs per kilometre length of the channel, is
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. Duty of canal water is defined as the total area irrigated by the discharge averaging one unit during the base period of the duty
B. Duty of canal water is usually calculated at the head discharge of a channel
C. Duty of canal water at the head of a channel and at the outlet of a distributary, differ considerably due to progressive losses of water
D. Duty of canal water at the outlet of a distributary, is generally known as outlet factor or outlet discharge factor
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
7. For smooth entry of water in a canal, the angle between head regulator and water is generally kept
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A. 80°
B. 90°
C. 110°
D. 120°
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Correct Answer: 110°
8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. If the flexibility is more than one, the outlet is hyper-proportional
B. If the setting of an outlet is higher than that required for proportionality, the outlet is hyper-proportional
C. If the setting of an outlet is lower than that required for proportionality, the outlet is sub-proportional
D. If the flexibility is zero, it is a rigid module
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
9. The intensity of irrigation means
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A. percentage of culturable commanded area to be irrigated annually
B. percentage of gross commanded area to be irrigated annually
C. percentage of the mean of culturable commanded area and the gross commanded area to be irrigated annually
D. total depth of water supplied by the number of waterings.
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Correct Answer: percentage of culturable commanded area to be irrigated annually
10. Borrow pits should preferably be located in
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A. field on the left side of the canal
B. field on the right side of the canal
C. fields on both sides of the canal
D. central half width of the section of the canal.
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Correct Answer: central half width of the section of the canal.
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