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The depth of rice root zone, is
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A. 50 cm
B. 60 cm
C. 70 cm
D. 80 cm
E. 90 cm
Correct Answer
90 cm
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1. Water-shed line is abondened for aligning an irrigation canal if
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A. water shed forms a sharp loop
B. canal has to take off from a river
C. towns and villages are located on the water shed line
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
2. In a canal syphon, the flow is
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A. under atmospheric pressure
B. pipe flow
C. with critical velocity
D. under negative pressure.
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Correct Answer: pipe flow
3. Pick up the correct statement from the following
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A. In a level crossing, a crest with its top at the canal F.S.L. is provided across the drainage at its up-stream junction with canal
B. In a level crossing a regulator is provided across the drainage at its down-stream
C. In a level crossing, a cross regulator is provided on the canal below the crossing
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
4. The sinuosity of a meander is the ratio of
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A. meander length and the width of meander
B. meander length and half width of the river
C. curved length and the straight distance
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: curved length and the straight distance
5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. Culturable commanded area is the gross area of an irrigation canal system less
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A. populated area
B. alkaline area
C. forest area
D. fallow land.
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Correct Answer: fallow land.
6. Fundamental momentum equation for a hydraulic jump, is
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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7. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
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A. Side walls of a venturi head flume are splayed out from the end of the throat at 1 : 10 for a length of 4.5 m
B. Length of side walls should be such that the width of the flume is made equal to 2/3rd the bed width of the distributary
C. Once the width of the flume becomes 2/3rd of the width of the distributary, the splayed walls are increased to 1 in 3 to get full bed width
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: None of these.
8. When a canal flowing under pressure is carried below a natural drainage such that its F.S.L. does not touch the underside of the supporting structure, the structure so provided, is called
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A. syphon
B. aqueduct
C. super passage
D. syphon-aqueduct.
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Correct Answer: super passage
9. For the stability of a structure against seepage pressure according to Khosla's creep theory, the critical gradient is
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A. zero
B. 0.25
C. 0.50
D. 0.75
E. 1.00
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Correct Answer: 1.00
10. The discharge over a trapezoidal crest of a Sarda fall with free over fall conditions, is
Options
A. 0.45
2
g
.
LH
3/2
(
H/B
)
1/3
B. 0.45
2
g
.
LH
2/3
(
H/B
)
2/3
C. 0.45
2
g
.
LH
3/2
(
H/B
)
1/6
D. 0.45
2
g
.
LH
1/6
(
H/B
)
3/2
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Correct Answer: 0.45
2
g
.
LH
3/2
(
H/B
)
1/6
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