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  1. For standing crops in undulating sandy fields, the best method of irrigation, is

  2. A.

    sprinkler irrigation

    B.

    free flooding

    C.

    check method

    D.

    furrow method

    E.
    none of these.

  3. In a barrage, the crest level is kept

  4. A.

    low with large gates

    B.

    high with large gates

    C.

    high with no gates

    D.

    low with no gates.


  5. For a standing crop, the consumptive use of water is equal to the depth of water

  6. A.

    transpired by the crop

    B.

    evaporated by the crop

    C.

    transpired and evaporated by the crop

    D.

    used by the crop in transpiration, evaporation and also the quantity of water evaporated from adjacent soil.


  7. The state of the soil when plants fail to extract sufficient water for their requirements, is

  8. A.

    maximum saturated point

    B.
    permanent wilting point
     
    C.

    ultimate utilisation point

    D.

    none of these.


  9. The field capacity of a soil is 25%, its permanent wilting point is 15% and specific dry unity weight is 1.5. If the depth of root zone of a crop, is 80 cm, the storage capacity of the soil, is

  10. A.

    8 cm

    B.

    10 cm

    C.

    12 cm

    D.

    14 cm

    E.

    16 cm


  11. Solution of Laplacian equation in three dimensions of water in a syphon, is done by

  12. A.

    analytical method

    B.
    Khosla's method
    C.
    method of relaxation
     
    D.

    Unwin's method.


  13. The length and width of a meander and also the width of the river, vary roughly as

  14. A.

    square root of the discharge

    B.

    discharge

    C.
    square of the discharge
    D.

    cube of the discharge.


  15. Regime conditions in a channel may occur if

  16. 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.


  17. If the optimum depth of kor watering for a crop is 15.12 cm, the outlet factor for the crop for four week period in hectares per cumec, is

  18. A.

    1000

    B.

    1200

    C.

    1400

    D.

    1600

    E.

    2000


  19. If H and d are the water depth and drop in the bed level at a Sarda fall, the width B of the trapezoidal crest, is given by

  20. A.

    B = 0.22 \(\sqrt{ H +d}\)

    B.

    B = 0.33\(\sqrt{ H +d}\)

    C.

    B = 0.44\(\sqrt{ H +d}\)

    D.

    B = 0.55\(\sqrt{ H +d}\)