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  1. Cross regulators in main canals are provided

  2. 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.

  3. The ratio of the head recovered to the head put in, is known as

  4. A.

    efficiency

    B.

    sensitivity

    C.

    flexibility

    D.

    modular limit.


  5. The level of the fioor of a syphon aqueduct can be obtained

  6. A.

    by subtracting the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level

    B.

    by subtracting the thickness of culvert plus the depth of the culvert from the canal bed level

    C.

    both (a) and (b)

    D.

    none of these.


  7. A fall which maintains its depth, is

  8. A.

    a trapezoidal notch fall

    B.

    a low weir fall

    C.

    a rectangular notch fall

    D.

    all the above.


  9. The water face of the guide banks, is protected by

  10. A.

    one men stone pitching

    B.

    two man stone pitching

    C.

    three man stone pitching

    D.

    four man stone pitching

    E.

    five man stone pitching.


  11. Effective precipitation for a crop may be defined as

  12. 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.

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  13. If average particle size of the silt in millimetres is m, the Lacey's silt factor f is proportional to

  14. A.

    m

    B.

    m3

    C.

    m1/2

    D.

    m1/3

    E.

    m2/3

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  15. If average particle size of the silt in millimetres is m, the Lacey's silt factor f is proportional to

  16. A.

    m

    B.

    m3

    C.

    m1/2

    D.

    m1/3

    E.

    m2/3

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  17. Lane's weighted creep theory assumes

  18. A.

    equal weightage to horizontal and vertical creeps

    B.

    double weightage to horizontal creep and one weightage to vertical creep

    C.

    triple weightage to horizontal creep and one weightage to vertical creep

    D.

    triple weightage to vertical creep and one weightage to horizontal creep

    E.

    double weightage to vertical creep and one weightage to horizontal creep.

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  19. Disposal of extra excavated earth of canals, is utilised to provide a spoil bank on

  20. A.

    left side

    B.

    right side

    C.
    both sides
    D.

    all the above.

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