List of top Water Resources Engineering Questions

A new 'vertical single band' technology has been implemented for sugarcane cultivation in some areas of Punjab. Which of the following statements is/are correct about this technique
A. This technology requires 85% less seeds than traditional farming.
B. It reduces water consumption by 50%.
C. The yield almost doubles.
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Which of the following term evapotranspiration stands for the ratio between marketable crop yield and water used in evaporation:

If the hydraulic conductivity is 0.2 meter/day and thickness of the aquifer is 1.5 meter, the transmissivity of the aquifer will be

Which of the following irrigation method is most suitable for undulating topography:

The working efficiency per day of deshi plough is

Which of the following statement is/are true about Syngas?
A. It is a mixture of carbon monoxide & hydrogen 
B. It can be easily converted into gasoline through a process called steam 
C. It is easily storable 
D. It is combustible and can be used as fuel in reforming internal combustion engine. 
E. Syngas has almost doubled the energy density to that of natural gas. 
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Under the Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) Mycorrhiza is an indispensable agricultural input. Select the correct benefits between fungus and root of the plant
A. improved supply of water and nutrients to the plants 
B. Increased tolerance of plants to environment stress 
C. Protect plants from soil borne pathogenic disease 
D. Maintains biological health of soil 
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Match List-I with List-II:

	LIST I Type of WT		LIST II Principle of energy transmission
A	Hydrodynamic	I	Hydrostatic forces at pumps and motors transmission
B	Mechanical	II	Electromagnetic forces
C	hydrostatic	III	traction forces within friction contacts
D	Electrical	IV	Mass forces at pump and turbine

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Which of the following crops are used for producing biofuels?
A. Sugarcane
B. Corn 
C. Potato 

In a wet soil mass, air occupies one-sixth of its volume and water occupies one-third of its volume. The void ratio of the soil is

Find the ratio of moment carrying capacity of a circular beam of diameter D and square beam of size D.

Uniformity coefficient of a soil is

The critical hydraulic gradient (ic) of a soil mass of specific gravity (G) and void ratio (e) is given by

Equilibrium Moisture Control (EMC) is most commonly described using which of the following equation :-

A cantilever beam of T cross-section carries uniformly distributed load. Where does the maximum magnitude of the bending stress occur?

The concept of sediment delivery ratio (Dr) is used to estimate the sediment yield of a watershed. The sediment delivery ratio is defined as -

The primary constituent of biogas is

During tillage soil particles move ahead and around the moving tool as they fail in shear. Therefore, tillage is a ______ process.

The flow in open channel is said to be sub-critical if the Froude member is :

The length of hydraulic jump is roughly

Match List I with List II

List I (Aquifer)		List II (Characteristic)
A.	Aquitard/Aquiclude	I.	water in the well rises above ground level and flows without pumping.
B.	Artersian well	II.	a saturated geological layer that is II. permeable enough to allow easy water flow.
C.	Flowing Arterian well	III.	Impermeable layer that restricts the movement of ground water.
D.	Aquifer	IV.	water naturally rising above the upper surface of the confined aquifer.

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In Chezy's formula \(V=C\sqrt{rs}\) for calculating the velocity of flow in circular sewer of diameter D running full, the value of hydraulic mean radius is

In a direct shear test, the shear strength and normal stress on a dry sand sample at failure are 0.6 kg/cm² and 10 kg/cm², respectively. The angle of internal friction of the sand will be nearly

Hydrology is the study of

Match List I with List II

List I (Precipitation)		List II (Characteristics)
A.	Frontal Cyclonic Precipitation	I.	Striking of air masses with topographic barriers
B.	Convective Precipitation	II.	Horizontal air flow to low pressure area causing the air to lift
C.	Orographic Precipitation	III.	Lifting of one air mass over another
D.	Non-frontal cyclonic precipitation	IV.	Due to upward movement of warm air

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