Explore topic-wise MCQs in Irrigation Engineering.

This section includes 14 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Irrigation Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which is the fastest method of drilling and especially useful in unconsolidated formations?

A. Cable tool method
B. Water-jet boring method
C. Hydraulic Rotary method
D. Reverse Rotary method
Answer» D. Reverse Rotary method
2.

Which drilling method is best suited for underground formations made of gravel, sand and clayey deposits?

A. Percussion drilling
B. Wash boring method
C. Rotary boring method
D. Reverse rotary method
Answer» C. Rotary boring method
3.

Which of the following drilling method is unsuitable in loose formations such as unconsolidated sand and gravel or quicksand?

A. Percussion drilling
B. Wash boring method
C. Rotary boring method
D. Reverse rotary method
Answer» B. Wash boring method
4.

Bored tube wells in rocky consolidated formations as are encountered in the South Indian States of our country are usually drilled by _____________

A. rotary drilling rigs
B. percussion drilling rigs
C. down the hole hammer (DTH) rigs
D. cable method of drilling
Answer» D. cable method of drilling
5.

A tube well is suitable when the subsoil formation is made up of _____________________

A. cracked and faulted rock
B. alluvium
C. alluvium and various layers of sandy soil, clayey soil, and gravel
D. clayey soil
Answer» D. clayey soil
6.

The efficiency of the centrifugal pumps commonly used for lifting water from wells may be of the order of _____________

A. 30%
B. 65%
C. 90%
D. 95%
Answer» C. 90%
7.

For good design, the uniformity coefficient (Cu) of the gravel material should preferably be ______

A. > 2.0
B. < 2.0
C. > 2.5
D. < 2.5
Answer» E.
8.

According to the Central Board of Irrigation and Power, the PA ratio for graded aquifer should be _______________

A. 9 12.5
B. 12 15.5
C. > 15.5
D. < 9
Answer» C. > 15.5
9.

What is Pack Aquifer Ratio?

A. D<sub>50</sub> of the gravel / D<sub>50</sub> of the aquifer
B. D<sub>50</sub> of the aquifer / D<sub>50</sub> of the gravel
C. D<sub>60</sub> of the aquifer material / D<sub>10</sub> of the aquifer material
D. D<sub>60</sub> of the gravel / D<sub>10</sub> of the aquifer
Answer» B. D<sub>50</sub> of the aquifer / D<sub>50</sub> of the gravel
10.

What is the measure of the fineness of an aquifer?

A. Average grain size
B. Effective diameter
C. Mean particle size
D. Uniformity coefficient
Answer» C. Mean particle size
11.

In cavity tubewell, there is a possibility of water tapping through sides and the flow is radial.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
12.

Which of the following tubewell is suitable when a deep bearing stratum lies below an impervious layer and water contribution can take place through bottom only?

A. Strainer type tubewell
B. Abyssinian tubewell
C. Cavity type tubewell
D. Slotted type tubewell
Answer» D. Slotted type tubewell
13.

The general average yield from standard tube wells is of order of____________

A. 5 L/sec
B. 50 L/sec
C. 500 L/sec
D. 5000 L/sec
Answer» C. 500 L/sec
14.

The most widely used type of a deep state tube well in India is __________

A. cavity well
B. strainer tube well
C. slotted pipe gravel packed tube well
D. both cavity and strainer tube well
Answer» C. slotted pipe gravel packed tube well