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151. |
The amount of irrigation water required to meet the evapotranspiration needs of the crop during its full growth is called |
A. | effective rainfall |
B. | consumptive use |
C. | consumptive irrigation requirement |
D. | net irrigation requirement |
Answer» D. net irrigation requirement | |
152. |
The meander pattern of a river is developed by |
A. | Average discharge |
B. | Dominant discharge |
C. | Maximum discharge |
D. | Critical discharge |
Answer» C. Maximum discharge | |
153. |
In a Sarda type fall, the rectangular crest, may be used for discharge up to |
A. | 6 cumecs |
B. | 10 cumecs |
C. | 14 cumecs |
D. | 20 cumecs |
Answer» D. 20 cumecs | |
154. |
Generally the weir is aligned at right angles to the direction of the main river current because |
A. | It ensures less length of the weir |
B. | It gives better discharging capacity |
C. | It is economical |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
155. |
In a canal syphon, the flow is |
A. | Under atmospheric pressure |
B. | Pipe flow |
C. | With critical velocity |
D. | Under negative pressure |
Answer» C. With critical velocity | |
156. |
The crest level of a canal diversion head work, depends upon |
A. | F.S.L. of the canal |
B. | Discharge perimeters |
C. | Pond level |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
157. |
For a flood control reservoir, the effective storage is equal to |
A. | useful storage – valley storage |
B. | useful storage + surcharge storage |
C. | useful storage + surcharge storage + valley storage |
D. | useful storage + surcharge storage -valley storage |
Answer» E. | |
158. |
In Montague type fall |
A. | A straight glacis is provided |
B. | A circular glacis is provided |
C. | A parabolic glacis is provided |
D. | No glacis is provided |
Answer» D. No glacis is provided | |
159. |
Silt excluders are constructed on the |
A. | river bed upstream of head regulator |
B. | river bed downstream of head regulator |
C. | canal bed upstream of head regulator |
D. | canal bed downstream of head regulator |
Answer» B. river bed downstream of head regulator | |
160. |
Garnett's diagrams are used for graphical solution of design equations of a canal by |
A. | Lacey's theory |
B. | Kennedy's theory |
C. | Gibb's theory |
D. | Lindlay theory |
Answer» C. Gibb's theory | |
161. |
Which of the following methods of applying water may be used on rolling land ? |
A. | boarder flooding |
B. | check flooding |
C. | furrow flooding |
D. | free flooding |
Answer» E. | |
162. |
Infiltration rate is always |
A. | more than the infiltration capacity |
B. | less than the infiltration capacity |
C. | equal to or less than the infiltration capacity |
D. | equal to or more than the infiltration capacity |
Answer» D. equal to or more than the infiltration capacity | |
163. |
For cereal crops the most commonly adopted method of irrigation, is |
A. | Free flowing method |
B. | Check method |
C. | Furrow method |
D. | Sprinkling method |
Answer» C. Furrow method | |
164. |
According to Khosla’s theory, the exit gradient in the absence of a downstream cutoff is |
A. | 0 |
B. | unity |
C. | infinity |
D. | very large |
Answer» D. very large | |
165. |
Dimensions of coefficient of transmissibility are |
A. | M°L°T° |
B. | rvfL’T”1 |
C. | M° L2 T1 |
D. | M’LV |
Answer» D. M’LV | |
166. |
Regime conditions in a channel may occur if |
A. | Discharge is constant |
B. | Channel flows uniformly in incoherent alluvium as that transported in suspension |
C. | Silt grade and silt charge are constant |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
167. |
S-hydrograph is used to obtain unit hydrograph of |
A. | shorter duration from longer duration |
B. | longer duration from shorter duration |
C. | both (A) and (B) |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
168. |
The best unit duration of storm for a unit hydrograph is |
A. | 1 hour |
B. | one-fourth of basin lag |
C. | one-half of basin lag |
D. | equal to basin lag |
Answer» C. one-half of basin lag | |
169. |
Process of meandering is due to |
A. | Sediment load of streams |
B. | Discharge and hydraulic properties of streams |
C. | Relative erodibility of the bed and banks |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
170. |
Cross regulators in main canals are provided |
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 |
Answer» C. To overflow excessive flow water | |
171. |
The most suitable location of a canal head work, is |
A. | Boulders stage of the river |
B. | Delta stage of the river |
C. | Rock stage of the river |
D. | Trough stage of the river |
Answer» E. | |
172. |
If the R.L’s of canal bed level and high flood level of drainage are 212.0 m and 210.0 m respectively, then cross drainage work will be |
A. | aqueduct |
B. | superpassage |
C. | syphon |
D. | syphon aqueduct |
Answer» D. syphon aqueduct | |
173. |
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 downstream of the crest-wall, is given by the equation |
A. | t = (h + 1)/(G + t) |
B. | t = (h - 1)/(G + t) |
C. | t = (h - 1)/(G - t) |
D. | t = (h + 1)/G |
Answer» D. t = (h + 1)/G | |
174. |
Cyclonic precipitation is caused by lifting of an air mass due to |
A. | pressure difference |
B. | temperature difference |
C. | natural topographical barriers |
D. | all of the above |
Answer» B. temperature difference | |
175. |
Effective precipitation for a crop may be defined as |
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 |
Answer» E. | |
176. |
The water utilizable by plants is available in soils mainly in the form of |
A. | gravity water |
B. | capillary water |
C. | hydroscopic water |
D. | chemical water |
Answer» C. hydroscopic water | |
177. |
Infiltration capacity |
A. | is a constant factor |
B. | changes with time |
C. | changes with location |
D. | changes with both time and location |
Answer» E. | |
178. |
Irrigation canals are generally aligned along |
A. | Ridge line |
B. | Contour line |
C. | Valley line |
D. | Straight line |
Answer» B. Contour line | |
179. |
The depth of the crest of a scouring sluice below the crest of a head regulator, is generally kept |
A. | 0.20 m |
B. | 1.20 m |
C. | 2.20 m |
D. | 3.20 m |
Answer» C. 2.20 m | |
180. |
Retrogression of the bed level of a river downstream a weir, occurs due to |
A. | Heavy impact of water |
B. | Increase of the bed level |
C. | Less percentage of silt |
D. | Soft soil strata |
Answer» D. Soft soil strata | |
181. |
A fall which maintains its depth, is |
A. | A trapezoidal notch fall |
B. | A low weir fall |
C. | A rectangular notch fall |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
182. |
The main cause of silting up a channel, |
A. | Non-regime section |
B. | Inadequate slope |
C. | Defective head regulator |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
183. |
The ratio of average values of shear stresses produced on the bed and the banks of a channel due to flowing water is |
A. | less than 1 |
B. | equal to 1 |
C. | greater than 1 |
D. | equal to zero |
Answer» D. equal to zero | |
184. |
The width of a meander belt is the transverse distance between |
A. | Apex point of one curve and apex point of the reserve curve |
B. | Apex point and the crossing |
C. | Two banks of meandering river |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Apex point and the crossing | |
185. |
In rigid module, the discharge |
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 |
Answer» B. Depends upon the water level in distributary | |
186. |
A straight glacis type fall with a baffle platform and a baffle wall is called |
A. | Vertical drop-fall |
B. | Glacis fall |
C. | Montague type fall |
D. | Inglis fall |
Answer» E. | |
187. |
The relation between probability (P) and recurrence interval (T) is given by |
A. | PT = 1 |
B. | PT2 = 1 |
C. | P/T = 1 |
D. | P/T2 = 1 |
Answer» B. PT2 = 1 | |
188. |
The most suitable material for the central impervious core of a zoned embankment type dam is |
A. | clay |
B. | coarse sand |
C. | silty clay |
D. | clay mixed with fine sand |
Answer» E. | |
189. |
If the demand line drawn from a ridge in a flow mass curve does not intersect the curve again, it indicates that |
A. | demand cannot be met by inflow |
B. | reservoir was not full at the beginning |
C. | both (A) and (B) |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. reservoir was not full at the beginning | |
190. |
For a catchment area of 120 km2, the equilibrium discharge in m3/hour of an S-curve obtained by the summation of 6 hour unit hydro graph is |
A. | 0.2 x 106 |
B. | 0.6 x 106 |
C. | 2.4 xlO6 |
D. | 7.2 xlO6 |
Answer» B. 0.6 x 106 | |
191. |
Main purpose of mean water training for rivers is |
A. | Flood control |
B. | To provide sufficient depth of water in navigable channels, during low water periods |
C. | To preserve the channel in good shape by efficient disposal of suspended and bed load |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above | |
192. |
If the critical shear stress of a channel is XC, then the average value of shear stress required to move the grain on the bank is |
A. | 0.5 XC |
B. | 0.75 TC |
C. | XC |
D. | 1.33 TC |
Answer» C. XC | |
193. |
For the upstream face of an earthen dam, the most adverse condition for stability of slope is |
A. | sudden drawdown |
B. | steady seepage |
C. | during construction |
D. | sloughing of slope |
Answer» B. steady seepage | |
194. |
When a canal is carried over a natural drainage, the structure provided, is known as |
A. | Syphon |
B. | Aqueduct |
C. | Super passage |
D. | Syphon-aqueduct |
Answer» C. Super passage | |
195. |
To control the silt entry into a distributary at head regulator, King's vanes are provided which are the walls |
A. | Of R.C.C. or steel plate 8 cm thick |
B. | Of height ⅓rd to ¼th the depth of water in the main canal |
C. | Spaced at interval of 1½ times their heights |
D. | All the above |
Answer» E. | |
196. |
The depth of rice root zone, is |
A. | 50 cm |
B. | 60 cm |
C. | 80 cm |
D. | 90 cm |
Answer» E. | |
197. |
The stream which does not have any base flow contribution is called |
A. | perennial stream |
B. | intermittent stream |
C. | ephemeral stream |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
198. |
Horizontal acceleration due to earthquake results in |
A. | hydrodynamic pressure |
B. | inertia force into the body of the dam |
C. | both (A) and (B) |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
199. |
As per Lacey’s theory, the silt factor is |
A. | directly proportional to average par¬ticle size |
B. | inversely proportional to average par¬ticle size |
C. | directly proportional to square root of average particle size |
D. | not related to average particle size |
Answer» D. not related to average particle size | |
200. |
For a proportional outlet, the flexibility is |
A. | zero |
B. | between zero and 1 |
C. | 1 |
D. | greater than 1 |
Answer» D. greater than 1 | |