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Question
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options
A. Gravity water is harmful to crops
B. Hygroscopic water remains attached to soil molecules by chemical bond
C. Capillary moisture held in the soil pores against gravity by surface tension, is utilised by plants
D. All the above.
Correct Answer
Capillary moisture held in the soil pores against gravity by surface tension, is utilised by plants
Irrigation problems
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1. For a unique design of a channel by Kennedy's theory
Options
A. its breadth must only be known
B. its depth must only be known
C. its breadth and depth ratio must only be known
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: its breadth and depth ratio must only be known
2. The Lacey's regime velocity is proportional to
Options
A.
R
1/2
S
3/4
B.
Q
3/4
S
1/3
C.
R
3/4
S
1/3
D.
R
2/3
S
1/2
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Correct Answer:
R
3/4
S
1/3
3. The length and width of a meander and also the width of the river, vary roughly as
Options
A. square root of the discharge
B. discharge
C. square of the discharge
D. cube of the discharge.
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Correct Answer: square root of the discharge
4. A minimum of 90 cm free board is provided if the discharge in the canal is between
Options
A. 30 to 33 cumecs
B. 30 to 60 cumecs
C. Over 60 cumecs
D. Over 100 cumecs
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Correct Answer: Over 60 cumecs
5. An outlet which maintains a constant discharge irrespective of fluctuation in the water levels of the supplying channel or water course, is known as
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A. non-modular outlet
B. semi-modular outlet
C. flexible modular outlet
D. right modular outlet.
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Correct Answer: right modular outlet.
6. The ratio of the discharge over a trapezoidal crest to a rectangular crest of Sarda falls of identical parameters, is
Options
A. 1.084
B. 1.074
C. 1.064
D. 1.054
E. 2.053
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Correct Answer: 1.084
7. If
A
is the area of the surface,
x
is the depth of its C.G. from the surface of the water and ? is the density of water, then
Options
A. total pressure on the surface is equal to ?
x
B. depth of the point at which total pressure acts is equal to its moment of inertia divided by
A
x
C. depth of the centre of pressure is 2/3
H
vertically below the surface
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
8. A land is said to be water-logged if its soil pores within
Options
A. a depth of 40 cm are saturated
B. a depth of 50 cm are saturated
C. root zone of the crops are saturated
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: root zone of the crops are saturated
9. In rigid module, the discharge
Options
A. is independent of water levels in the distributary and water course
B. depends upon the water level in distributary
C. depends upon the water level in the water course
D. depends upon the water levels of both,
i.e.
distributary and water course
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: is independent of water levels in the distributary and water course
10. The uplift pressure on the roof of an inverted syphon, is maximum when
Options
A. drain in running dry
B. canal is running dry
C. canal is running with F.S.L.
D. drain is running with H.F.L.
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Correct Answer: drain is running with H.F.L.
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