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Irrigation problems


  • 1. If the irrigation efficiency is 80%, conveyance losses are 20% and the actual depth of watering is 16 cm, the depth of water required at the canal outlet, is

  • Options
  • A. 10 cm
  • B. 15 cm
  • C. 20 cm
  • D. 25 cm
  • E. 30 cm
  • Discuss
  • 2. In Montague type fall

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  • A. a straight glacis is provided
  • B. a circular glacis is provided
  • C. a parabolic glacis is provided
  • D. no glacis is provided.
  • Discuss
  • 3. A hydraulic structure is designed to withstand

  • Options
  • A. seepage forces
  • B. hydraulic jump
  • C. hydraulic pressure
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 4. Useful soil moisture for plant growth, is

  • Options
  • A. capillary water
  • B. gravity water
  • C. hygroscopic water
  • D. chemical water
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Solution of Laplacian equation in three dimensions Civil Engineering Irrigation: Solution of Laplacian equation in three dimensions of water in a syphon, is done by

  • Options
  • A. analytical method
  • B. Khosla's method
  • C. method of relaxation
  • D. Unwin's method.
  • Discuss
  • 6. If D is the depth of water upstream of the throat above its sill, B is the width of the throat, to achieve critical flow in an open venturi flume, the theoretical maximum flow Q, is

  • Options
  • A. Q = 1.71 BD1/2
  • B. Q = 1.71 BD
  • C. Q = 1.71 BD3/2
  • D. Q = 1/71 BD2/3
  • E. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 7. In gravity canals, F.S.L. is

  • Options
  • A. always at the ground level
  • B. always below the ground level
  • C. generally 4 to 5 metres above the ground level
  • D. only a few cm above the ground level.
  • Discuss
  • 8. According to Bligh's creep theory, percolating water flows along

  • Options
  • A. straight path under the foundation of the dam
  • B. circular path under the foundation of the dam
  • C. the outline of the base of the foundation of the dam
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 9. The scour depth D of a river during flood, may be calculated from the Lacey's equation

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 10. If d1 is the depth of cutting, d2 is the height of the bank from bed level r2 : 1 and r1 : 1 are the slopes in filling and cutting respectively, the horizontal distance n between the bed and bank, is

  • Options
  • A. x = r1 d1
  • B. x = r2 d2
  • C. x = d1 / r1
  • D. x = d2 / r2
  • Discuss

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