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This section includes 276 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Agriculture knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
The loss of head due to friction according to Darcy’s formula is _____________________? |
| A. | 4fLv2/gd |
| B. | 4fLv2/2gd |
| C. | 4fLv/gd |
| D. | 4fLv/2gd |
| Answer» C. 4fLv/gd | |
| 102. |
The line in a flow net which shows the direction of flow of water through a soil mass beneath dam are called _________________? |
| A. | Equipotential lines |
| B. | flow lines |
| C. | Section lines |
| D. | Streak lines |
| Answer» C. Section lines | |
| 103. |
The level above the or below the sea level which is also called zero level or datum is called ___________________? |
| A. | Reduce level |
| B. | Positive level |
| C. | Soil level |
| D. | Negative level |
| Answer» B. Positive level | |
| 104. |
The law which states that the intensity of pressure at any point in a liquid at rest is same in all directions_________________? |
| A. | Darcy’s law |
| B. | Archimed’s law |
| C. | Pascal’s law |
| D. | None |
| Answer» D. None | |
| 105. |
The law that states that the discharge of sub-soil water is directly proportional to the loss of head and the area of soil sample and inversely proportional to to the length of soil sample ___________________? |
| A. | Archimed’s principle |
| B. | Darcy’s law |
| C. | Permeability law |
| D. | Thiem’s law |
| Answer» C. Permeability law | |
| 106. |
The last length of the river before it falls into the sea is known as __________________? |
| A. | Mountainous stage |
| B. | trough stage |
| C. | Delta stage |
| D. | Sub-mountainous stage |
| Answer» D. Sub-mountainous stage | |
| 107. |
The inverted filter consists layer of materials of increasing ______________ from bottom to top? |
| A. | Piping |
| B. | Under mining |
| C. | Permeability |
| D. | Up thrust pressure |
| Answer» D. Up thrust pressure | |
| 108. |
The invented filter is provided just after the end of concrete floor to reduce () possibility of _________________? |
| A. | Piping |
| B. | Under mining |
| C. | Up thrust |
| D. | a and b are correct |
| Answer» E. | |
| 109. |
The Indus plain is the main agricultural producing region in the country which receives about________________m m of rain fall annually? |
| A. | 100 mm |
| B. | 150 mm |
| C. | 175 mm |
| D. | 200 mm |
| Answer» C. 175 mm | |
| 110. |
The ideal crop for wastewater or sewage irrigation is _______________________? |
| A. | Mango |
| B. | Banana |
| C. | Dates |
| D. | Orange |
| Answer» C. Dates | |
| 111. |
The hydraulic structures like dams, barrages constructed on permeable foundations are likely to fail due to ___________________? |
| A. | Piping |
| B. | Crushing |
| C. | Sliding |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» B. Crushing | |
| 112. |
The hydraulic mean depth for a circular pipe of diameter d is ____________________? |
| A. | d/2 |
| B. | d/3 |
| C. | d/4 |
| D. | d/6 |
| Answer» D. d/6 | |
| 113. |
The hydraulic jump is formed on down stream of toe of glacis for the purpose to dissipate surplus energy of the flowing water, the nature and strength of jump depends upon a Number called______________________? |
| A. | Reynolds |
| B. | Froude No |
| C. | Webber |
| D. | Darcy,s law |
| Answer» C. Webber | |
| 114. |
The hydraulic gradient line (H.G.L)represents the sum of_________________? |
| A. | Pressure head + datum head |
| B. | Pressure head + velocity head |
| C. | Velocity head |
| D. | Water surface |
| Answer» B. Pressure head + velocity head | |
| 115. |
The height from the top of the embankment to the normal water level in canal .Dam – Reservoir etc, which allows for small waves to splash without over flow is called___________________? |
| A. | Free board |
| B. | Free space |
| C. | Free faced |
| D. | Free end – |
| Answer» B. Free space | |
| 116. |
The groyne pointing upwards direction of flow is called ______________________? |
| A. | Attracting |
| B. | Repelling |
| C. | Impermeable |
| D. | Permeable |
| Answer» C. Impermeable | |
| 117. |
The groyne pointing downwards in the direction of flow in fiver is called________________? |
| A. | Permeable |
| B. | Impermeable |
| C. | repelling |
| D. | Attracting |
| Answer» E. | |
| 118. |
The free distance on the paddy surface which a wind can travel to any point to rise waves is called_________________? |
| A. | Wave wash |
| B. | Tide |
| C. | Fetch |
| D. | Wave amplitude |
| Answer» D. Wave amplitude | |
| 119. |
The formula used to calculate maximum flood discharge for a hilly () is_______________? |
| A. | Dicken’s formula |
| B. | Ryve’s formula |
| C. | Nawab Jung Bahadur All formula |
| D. | Inglis formula |
| Answer» D. Inglis formula | |
| 120. |
The forces coming over the gravity dam is mainly resisted by ___________________? |
| A. | Water pressure |
| B. | Uplift pressure |
| C. | Self weight of the dam |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 121. |
The force with which the particles of same body are held together is called_______________? |
| A. | Cohesion |
| B. | Adhesion |
| C. | Surface tension |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Surface tension | |
| 122. |
The force with which the distinct bodies held together when their surfaces are brought in contact to each other is called _________________? |
| A. | Adhesion |
| B. | Cohesion |
| C. | Surface tension |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» B. Cohesion | |
| 123. |
The flow in the river due to the floods may be classified as _____________________? |
| A. | Laminar flow |
| B. | Stream line flow |
| C. | Irrotational flow |
| D. | Turbulent flow |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
The floods which exceeds the designed magnitude of a reservoir is called _______________________? |
| A. | High floods |
| B. | Standard protects flood |
| C. | Intensive flood |
| D. | Storm flood |
| Answer» C. Intensive flood | |
| 125. |
The fixing of points in such away or the ground to have a correct lines for setting a canal or water course is called _________________? |
| A. | Lining of canal |
| B. | Alignment of canal |
| C. | Designing of canal |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» C. Designing of canal | |
| 126. |
The field capacity is the water retained by a saturated soil after free drainage of surplus water to the ground water table but the water retained by a saturated soil after being centrifuged by a centrifugal force of 1000 times that of gravity is called________________? |
| A. | Soil moisture |
| B. | Equivalent moisture |
| C. | Field moisture |
| D. | Available moisture |
| Answer» C. Field moisture | |
| 127. |
The field capacity is the amount of water retained by a saturated soil mass after being acted by gravity. The amount of water required to bring the soil moisture content of that soil up to field capacity is called__________________? |
| A. | Soil-moisture deficiency |
| B. | Field-moisture deficiency |
| C. | Equivalent-moisture deficiency |
| D. | a and b are correct |
| Answer» E. | |
| 128. |
The falling drop of rainwater become spherical due to _________________? |
| A. | Surface Tension |
| B. | Compressibility |
| C. | Capillary |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Compressibility | |
| 129. |
The experiment of capillary rise is performed in a glass tube of smaller diameter, because___________________? |
| A. | It is easily visible |
| B. | Glass tube is cheaper than metal |
| C. | Glass tube is lighter than metallic tube |
| D. | Capillary rise is significant |
| Answer» B. Glass tube is cheaper than metal | |
| 130. |
The down stream sloping glacis of the Hydraulic structure is made in such a way to form automatically the _____________ and dissipate the surplus energy of flowing water? |
| A. | Afflux |
| B. | Hydraulic jump |
| C. | Pond level |
| D. | HFL |
| Answer» C. Pond level | |
| 131. |
The disposal of sewage by allowing it to flow and Soak into specially leveled farm land for cultivation purpose is called _____________________? |
| A. | Trickle irrigation |
| B. | Border irrigation |
| C. | Broad irrigation |
| D. | Check irrigation |
| Answer» D. Check irrigation | |
| 132. |
The discharge through rectangular channel is maximum when Hydraulic mean depth m is equal to ______________? |
| A. | depth/ 3 |
| B. | depth/ 2 |
| C. | depth/ 4 |
| D. | 2 / 3 depth |
| Answer» C. depth/ 4 | |
| 133. |
The discharge through a rectangular channel will be maximum. if its depth is_______________? |
| A. | Twice the width |
| B. | Equal to its width |
| C. | Half of its width |
| D. | one-third of its with |
| Answer» D. one-third of its with | |
| 134. |
The discharge over a rectangular notch is determined by _____________________? |
| A. | 2/3 cd. b (2 gh) 1/2 |
| B. | 2/3 cd. B (2g) 1/2 H |
| C. | 2/3 cd. B (2g) 1/2 H3/2 |
| D. | 2/3 cd. b (2g) 1/2 H 5/2 |
| Answer» D. 2/3 cd. b (2g) 1/2 H 5/2 | |
| 135. |
The discharge of a well per unit draw down usually expressed as gallons or liters per minute is called ____________________? |
| A. | Discharge |
| B. | Specific volume |
| C. | Specific capacity |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» D. All are correct | |
| 136. |
The discharge carrying capacity of an irrigation channel depends upon ____________________? |
| A. | Silt grade, charge and slope |
| B. | Channel dimensions |
| C. | Sediment size |
| D. | Silt amount and bed slope |
| Answer» C. Sediment size | |
| 137. |
The difference between saturation vapour pressure and actual vapour pressure at a constant temperature is called ___________________? |
| A. | Saturation vapour pressure |
| B. | Actual vapour pressure |
| C. | Saturation deficit |
| D. | Partial pressure |
| Answer» D. Partial pressure | |
| 138. |
The depth of water in a channel, corresponding to minimum specific energy is called ________________? |
| A. | Normal depth |
| B. | Critical depth |
| C. | Full supply depth |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Full supply depth | |
| 139. |
The depth of root zone for rice crop is about___________________? |
| A. | 70 cm |
| B. | 80 cm |
| C. | 90 cm |
| D. | 100 cm |
| Answer» D. 100 cm | |
| 140. |
The depth of flow at which the energy is maximum is called ____________________? |
| A. | Super critical depth |
| B. | Sub-critical depth |
| C. | Critical depth |
| D. | All are correct |
| Answer» D. All are correct | |
| 141. |
The depth before the jump is always less then the depth after the jump. The depth before the jump is called initial depth and depth after the jump is called_______________? |
| A. | Afflux |
| B. | Final depth |
| C. | Sequent depth |
| D. | Down stream water depth |
| Answer» D. Down stream water depth | |
| 142. |
The delta the total water requirement of crop from the time of sowing to harvesting the delta of sugarcane is __________________? |
| A. | 120cm |
| B. | 100cm |
| C. | 80cm |
| D. | 70cm |
| Answer» B. 100cm | |
| 143. |
The delta the total water depth required by a crop up to its maturity the delta of wheat is _____________________? |
| A. | 60cm |
| B. | 50cm |
| C. | 40 cm |
| D. | 30cm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
The delta the total depth of water consumed by crop up to its maturity, the delta of cotton is ____________________? |
| A. | 100 cm |
| B. | 80 cm |
| C. | 50 cm |
| D. | 40 cm |
| Answer» D. 40 cm | |
| 145. |
The delta the total depth of water consumed by a crop from 1st watering when matures, the delta for rice is___________________? |
| A. | 100cm |
| B. | 120cm |
| C. | 80cm |
| D. | 75cm |
| Answer» C. 80cm | |
| 146. |
The dam built for the purpose of diverting water from main stream to various courses of flow is called ____________________? |
| A. | Coffer dam |
| B. | Detention dam |
| C. | Diversion dam |
| D. | Gravity dam |
| Answer» D. Gravity dam | |
| 147. |
The counter berm for a canal is provided so as to contain the saturation gradient line _____________ the bank? |
| A. | Out of |
| B. | Within |
| C. | Above |
| D. | Below |
| Answer» C. Above | |
| 148. |
The contour of equal water heads and pressure in the soil mass beneath retaining structure are called___________________? |
| A. | Stream lines |
| B. | Equipotential lines |
| C. | Equilibrium lines |
| D. | Streak lines |
| Answer» C. Equilibrium lines | |
| 149. |
The centre of pressure of a plane submerged area which holds it in equilibrium is ____________________? |
| A. | Always below the centre of gravity of the area |
| B. | Coincident with centroid of area if its plane is vertical |
| C. | Always above the centroid of the area |
| D. | Independent of the inclination of area |
| Answer» D. Independent of the inclination of area | |
| 150. |
The area irrigated in the year and it grows crops on which water rates are leveled is called____________________? |
| A. | Area Assessed |
| B. | Area leased |
| C. | Area irrigated |
| D. | Area cultivated |
| Answer» B. Area leased | |