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  • For standing crops in undulating sandy fields, the best method of irrigation, is


  • Options
  • A. sprinkler irrigation
  • B. free flooding
  • C. check method
  • D. furrow method
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • sprinkler irrigation 


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    • 1. If the height of the hydraulic gradient line above the floor of thickness t is h and the specific gravity of the material of the floor is G, the minimum thickness t of the floor down stream of the crestwall, is given by the equation

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 2. A fall which maintains its depth, is

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    • A. a trapezoidal notch fall
    • B. a low weir fall
    • C. a rectangular notch fall
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. While deciding the alignment of a proposed canal taking off from a river at B, three alignments of approximately equal lengths are available. These cross a drainages at C1, C2 and C3 where drainage bed levels C1 > C2 > C3, you will provide at site C3

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    • A. an aqueduct
    • B. a syphon aqueduct
    • C. a super passage
    • D. a syphon.
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    • 4. The uplift pressure on the roof of an inverted syphon, is maximum when

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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. In rigid module, the discharge

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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 6. To hold hydraulic jumps, baffle walls are provided in

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    • A. Sarda type falls
    • B. English type falls
    • C. Montague type falls
    • D. Vertical type falls.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The level of the fioor of a syphon aqueduct can be obtained

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    • A. by subtracting the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level
    • B. by subtracting the thickness of culvert plus the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If water table is comparatively high, the irrigation canal becomes useless, due to

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    • A. large amount of seepage
    • B. water logging of the cultivated areas
    • C. uncertain water demand
    • D. spread of malaria
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The width of a dowla is generally kept between 30 to 60 cm and its height above the road level should invariably be more than

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    • A. 10 cm
    • B. 20 cm
    • C. 30 cm
    • D. 40 cm
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. Water table generally follows the ground surface above it with a few exceptions
    • B. Static level of water in an open well indicates the position of the water table
    • C. Saturated pores of a soil in the capillary zone above water table have negative pressure
    • D. At water table, hydrostatic pressure is zero
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss


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