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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.
    • Discuss
    • 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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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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°
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss


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