List of practice Questions

The probability of the occurrence of a rainfall event is calculated by
Write the sequence of the following type of Pan according to the value of pan coefficient in increasing order.
A. Class A Land Pan
B. ISI Pan
C. Colorado Sunken Pan
D. USGS Floating Pan
The design of a terrace involves:
A. Proper spacing of terraces
B. Location of terrace
C. Design of channel with adequate capacity
D. Development of farmable cross section
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Which of the followings is not determined through flood routing?
With reference to the electromagnetic spectrum, the sequences of various parts of spectrum with increasing order of wave length should be as follows:
A. X-rays
B. Microwaves
C. Infrared
D. Gamma rays
E. Radio waves
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The chief advantages of strip cropping are:
A. Physical protection against blowing, provided by the vegetation.
B. Soil erosion is limited to a distance equal to the length of the strip.
C. Greater conservation of moisture.
D. The possibility of the earliest harvest.
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Transformation of rainfall at a place in a watershed into the channel flow has the following sequence:
A. Infiltration into soil
B. Depression storage
C. Occurrence of rainfall
D. Interflow
E. Surface runoff
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Starting from the water source, the sequence of parts of a drip irrigation system are as follows:
A. Main line
B. Laterals
C. Sub-main
D. Emitter E. Pump and prime mover unit
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The capacity of receiving bottle of non-recording raingauge is:
The general rules applicable for locating the raingauges:
A. The opening of the raingauge should be at least 50 cm above the ground level.
B. The raingauge should be located in an open space free from obstructions.
C. The distance of the raingauge from the obstruction should be at least twice the height of the obstruction.
D. Uneven topography should be avoided.
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The characteristics of the raindrops, which are important from soil erosion point of view are:
A. Raindrop size
B. Terminal velocity
C. Kinetic energy
D. Drop size distribution
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Drainage coefficient is depth of water drained from an area during the period of:
If the spacing between the sprinklers on a lateral is doubled, the application rate will be:
The portion of electromagnetic spectrum sensitive to human eyes ranges from:
The minimum grade for the drains of 10 cm diameter should be:
The mole drainage system is the most feasible in the fields with:
If 0.36 hectare area is draining excess water at the rate of 0.01 m\(^3\)/sec, the drainage coefficient will be:
A 100-hectare watershed with uniform land use has a time of concentration of 2 hours. What will be the peak runoff rate at its outlet due to a storm with uniform rainfall intensity of 6 cm/h for a fixed return period? The runoff coefficient is 0.60.
Bench terracing is to be done on a 25% sloped land with riser slope of 1:1 and width of level terrace as 6 m. The vertical interval for terraces will be:
If the diameter of the well is doubled, the water yield will increase by about:
Indian remote sensing satellite - 1C (IRS-1C) operates in how many spectral bands?
The duty of canal water (hectare per cm per second) 'D', base period of crop 'b' in days and delta 'd' in meter are related as:
If the moist and oven dried weights of a soil sample are 100 gram and 80 gram, respectively, the moisture content of the sample on dry weight basis will be:
The water pressure developed by 25 meters of water head is about:
Drip emitters can discharge water ranging from: