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  • The field capacity of a soil is 25%, its permanent wilting point is 15% and specific dry unity weight is 1.5. If the depth of root zone of a crop, is 80 cm, the storage capacity of the soil, is


  • Options
  • A. 8 cm
  • B. 10 cm
  • C. 12 cm
  • D. 14 cm
  • E. 16 cm

  • Correct Answer
  • 12 cm 


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    • 1. Lacy's regime condition is obtained if

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    • A. silt grade in the channel is variable
    • B. discharge in the channel is variable
    • C. silt charge in the channel is variable
    • D. channel flows in unlimited, incoherent alluvium of the same character as that transported material.
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    • 2. The consumptive use of water for a crop

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    • A. is measured as the volume of water per unit area
    • B. is measured as depth of water on irrigated area
    • C. may be supplied partly by precipitation and partly by irrigation
    • D. all the above.
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    • 3. Canals taken off from ice-fed perennial rivers, are known

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    • A. permanent canals
    • B. ridge canals
    • C. perennial canals
    • D. inundation canals
    • E. ice canals.
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    • 4. If ? is the depth of water in metres, B is the number of days of base period and D is the duty in hactare/cumec, the relationship which holds good, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
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    • 5. In north Indian Plains, optimum depth of kor watering for wheat, is

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    • A. 23.0 cm
    • B. 19.0 cm
    • C. 17.5 cm
    • D. 13.5 cm
    • E. 12.0 cm
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    • 6. For a standing crop, the consumptive use of water is equal to the depth of water

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    • A. transpired by the crop
    • B. evaporated by the crop
    • C. transpired and evaporated by the crop
    • D. used by the crop in transpiration, evaporation and also the quantity of water evaporated from adjacent soil.
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    • 7. The useful moisture of soil, is equal to its

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    • A. field capacity
    • B. saturation capacity
    • C. moisture content at permanent wilting point
    • D. difference between filed capacity and permanent wilting point within the root zone of plants.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If the optimum depth of kor watering for a crop is 15.12 cm, the outlet factor for the crop for four week period in hectares per cumec, is

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    • A. 1000
    • B. 1200
    • C. 1400
    • D. 1600
    • E. 2000
    • Discuss
    • 9. A fall in a canal bed is generally provided, if

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    • A. ground slope exceeds the designed bed slope
    • B. designed bed slope exceeds the ground slope
    • C. ground slope is practically the same as the designed bed slope
    • D. none of these.
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    • 10. If V0 is the critical velocity of a channel, its silt transporting power, according to Kennedy, is proportional to

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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