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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
Options
A. 10 cm
B. 20 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 40 cm
Correct Answer
30 cm
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1. 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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
2. 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.
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Correct Answer: by subtracting the thickness of culvert plus the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level
3. 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.
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Correct Answer: English type falls
4. For standing crops in undulating sandy fields, the best method of irrigation, is
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A. sprinkler irrigation
B. free flooding
C. check method
D. furrow method
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: sprinkler irrigation
5. 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.
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6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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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.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
7. Effective precipitation for a crop may be defined as
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A. total precipitation minus the loss due to evaporation
B. total precipitation minus the loss due to infiltration
C. total precipitation during the crop period
D. available water stored in soil within root zone of the crop.
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Correct Answer: available water stored in soil within root zone of the crop.
8. Process of meandering is due to
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A. sediment load of streams
B. discharge and hydraulic properties of streams
C. relative erodibility of the bed and banks
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
9. Cross regulators in main canals are provided
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A. to regulate water supply in the distributaries
B. to increase water head upstream when a main canal is running with low supplies
C. to overflow excessive flow water
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: to increase water head upstream when a main canal is running with low supplies
10. Disposal of extra excavated earth of canals, is utilised to provide a spoil bank on
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A. left side
B. right side
C. both sides
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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