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a) designed for one purpose but serves more than one

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b) planned and constructed to serve various purpose
KARAIKUDI c) both (a) and (b) d) none of the above

IRRIGATION 11. The main function of a divide wall is to

Max. Mark :75 Max. Duration :45min a) control the silt entry in the canal
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A b) prevent river floods from entering the canal
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false c) separate the undersluices from weir proper
(d) A is false but R is true d) provide smooth flow at sufficiently low velocity

1. Which of the following methods of applying water 12. Wetted perimeter of a regime channel for a
may be used on rolling land? discharge of 64 cumecs as per Lacey’s theory will be
a) boarder flooding b) check flooding a) 19 m b) 38 m c) 57 m d) 76 m
c) furrow flooding d) free flooding
13. The most suitable chemical which can be applied
2. Delta for various crop (Match the correct pair ) to the water surface for reducing evaporation is
A. Sugarcane = 40cm
a) Methyl alcohol b) Ethyl alcohol
B. Wheat = 30cm
C. Cotton = 50cm c) Cetyl alcohol d) Butyl alcohol
D. Tobacco = 120cm
14. When the levels are such that the F.S.L. of the
3. Sodium Absorption Ratio (SAR) is defined as canal is much above the bed level of the drainage
a)
𝑁𝑎+
b)
𝑁𝑎+ trough, so that the canal runs under syphonic action
√𝐶𝑎++ +𝑀𝑔++ 2√𝐶𝑎++ +𝑀𝑔++ under the trough, the structure provided is known as
a) syphon aqueduct b) level crossing
𝑁𝑎+ 2𝑁𝑎+
c) d) c) canal syphon d) super-aqueduct
√𝐶𝑎++ +𝑀𝑔++ √𝐶𝑎++ +𝑀𝑔++
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15. Match List I with List II and select the correct

4. The value of sodium Absorption Ratio for high answer using the codes given below:
sodium water lies between List I List II
a) 0 to 10 b) 10 to 18 c) 18 to 26 d) 26 to 34
A Conservation 1 Uncontrolled
outlets
5. Water flow under due to gravity force is called
a) capillary water b) percolation B Retarding basins 2 Flood –fighting
c) hydroscopic water d) none of the above C Flood plains 3 Temporary storage
of flood water
6. The duty is largest D Flood plains 4 Controlled outlets
a) at the head of water course b) on the field
c) at the head of a main canal d) same at all places a) A-1 B-4 C-3 D-2 b) A-1 B-4 C-2 D-3
c) A-4 B-1 C-3 D-2 d) A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
7. The Kor depth for rice is 190 mm and Kor period
is 14 days. The outlet factor for this will be
a) 637 hectares/m3/sec b) 837 hectares/m3/sec 16. Match List I (Control structure) with List II
(Function of the control structures)
c) 972 hectares/m3/sec d) 1172hectares/m3/sec
List I List II
8. The water utilizable by plants is available in soils A Canal drop 1 Control of flow
mainly in the form of depth
a) gravity water b) capillary water B Canal escape 2 Control of bed
c) hydroscopic d) chemical water grade
C Canal cross- 3 Control of full
9. The largest irrigation area in India is occupied by
regulator supply level
a) Cotton b) rice
c) Wheat d) Sugarcane D Canal outlets 4 Control of
discharge
10. A multipurpose reservoir is the one which is a) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1 b) A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4
c) A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4 d) A-3 B-2 C-4 D-1

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17. The crops require maximum water during 29) Function of cross regulators
a) first watering before sowing the crops a) Effectively control the entire canal irrigation system
b) last watering before harvesting b) When water level in the main canal /river in
c) first watering when the crop has grown a few various reson in very low it helps the heading up
centimetres c) The water on the upstream side and to feed the off
d) all of the above taking channels to the full demand in rotation
d) All the above
18. Completely eliminated toxic elements are?
a) Boron b) selenium c) helium d) lithium 30) The structure constructed across a river to raise
its water level and divert into the canal
19. Readily available moisture (RAM) ______ a) Weir b) barrage c) regulators d) NOTA
percentage of available water
a)50 to 60 b) 60 to 75 c) 75 to 80 d) 80 to 90 31. Statement 1-A barrage provides better control on
the water level
20. Annual intensity irrigation for India _____ Statement 2- There is no silting problem
percentage a) 1 is correct only b) 2 is correct only
a) 90.20 b) 73.8 c) 45.9 d) 33.3 c) both are correct d) NOTA

21. Maximum range of time factor 32. Upstream of head regulator at river bed level is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 a) Slit excluder b) Slit extractor
c) Slit ejector d) NOTA
22. Rabi season for capacity factor
a) 0.3 to 0.5 b) 0.9 to 0.95 33. -------- method is a kind of an artificial rain and therefore
c) 0.6 to 0.7 d) 0.4 to 0.5 gives very good results
(a) Sprinkler irrigation (b) Drip irrigation
23. Arranage the correct order (c) Furrow irrigation (d) None of the above
1. Main canal 2. Minor canal
3. Branch canal 4. Field channel 34. The first watering which is given to a crop, when the
5. Distributary crop is few centimeters high is called as --------
a) 1,2,3,4,5 b) 2,3,4,1,5 (a) Paleo watering (b) Kor watering
c) 3,4,2,1,5 d) 1,3,5,2,4 (c) Initial watering (d) Earliest watering

24. Ridge canal suitable at _____ terrain 35. Which among the following is not the irrigation
a) plain b) hill efficiencies?
c)Both a&b d) NOTA (a) Water conveyance efficiency
(b) Water application efficiency
25. ___________ channel is consider is Kennady (c) Water storage efficiency
theory (d) Water infiltrated efficiency
a) rectangle b) triangle c) Trapezoidal d) circle
36. Kharif crops and Rabi crops are also called as -------
26. ____ is the horizontal distance left at ground level and ---------------- respectively
between the toe of the bank and the top edge of (a) Summer and winter crops
cutting (b) Winter and summer crops
a) berm b) Free board c) bank d) bed (c) Winter and Spring crops
(d) Summer and spring crops
27. If discharge is 1 to 5 cumec the extend of free
board is 37. Water distribution coefficient is also known as ------
a) 0.5 b) 0.6 c) 0.75 d) 0.90 (a) Distribution coefficient (b) Water coefficient
(c) Uniformity coefficient (d) None of the above

28. Function of head regulators 38. ------- is the total area bounded within the irrigation
a) It regulates the supplying of water entering the boundary of a project which can be economically irrigated
canal without considering the the limitation of the quantity of
b) It control the entry of silt in canal available water.
c) It prevents the river flood from entering the canal (a) Cultivable Command Area (b) Gross Command Area
d) All the above (c) Culturable Command Area (d) None of these

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40. Which among the following is/are the losses of water in
canal?
(a) Evaporation (b) Percolation
(c) Absorption (d) all of the above

41. The advantages of canal lining is

(a) Seepage control
(b) Prevention of Water-logging
(c) Increase in channel capacity
(d) All of the above

42. Critical velocity in a channel will just keep the channel

free from
(a) Silting (b) Scouring
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b).

43. The equation which is used with the Kennedy's theory

is
(a) Kutter's equation (b) Manning's equation
(c) Chery's equation (d) None of the above

44. -------- is a process by un-culturable land is cultivation

which made fit for cultivation
(a) Land leaching (b) Land reclamation
(c) Land maintaining (d) Land intercepting

45. The ratio of the actual operating period of a distributary

to the crop period is called the -----
(a) Period factor (b) Operating factor
(c) Distributary factor (d) Time factor

46. The average rainfall of tamil nadu

a) 530 mm b) 630 mm c) 830mm d) 930mm

47. Leaching the water it means

a) add chlorine to the water
b) To distilled the water
c) removal of salts in water
d) removal of micro particle in water

48. When the drain is over the canal, the structure

provided is known as
a) aqueduct b) super-passage
c) canal syphon d) syphon aqueduct

49. The gap or margin of height, between full supply

level (F.S.L.) and top of the bank is called
a) free board b) dowel
c) inspection roadway d) berm

50. The duty of a crop is 432 hectares per cumec when

the base period of the crop is 100 days. The delta for
the crop will be
a) 100 b)200 c) 432 d)864

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