Irrigation

Pick one or more CORRECT statement(s) from the choices given below, in the context of upstream and downstream cut-offs provided below the concrete apron of weirs/barrages constructed across alluvial rivers.

Lacey's regime equations, followed in India for making scour calculations while designing hydraulic structures across alluvial channels, are given below. Regarding these equations, which of the following statements is/ar...

A canal supplies water to an area growing wheat over 100 hectares. The duration between the first and last watering is 120 days, and the total depth of water required by the crop is 35 cm. The most intense watering is re...

During a particular stage of the growth of a crop, the consumptive use of water is 2.8 mm/day. The amount of water available in the soil is 50% of the maximum depth of available water in the root zone. Consider the maxim...

A pump with an efficiency of 80% is used to draw groundwater from a well for irrigating a flat field of area 108 hectares. The base period and delta for paddy crop on this field are 120 days and 144 cm, respectively. Wat...

In a certain month, the reference crop evapotranspiration at a location is 6 mm day. If the crop coefficient and soil coefficient are 1.2 and 0.8, respectively, the actual evapotranspiration in mm/day is

In the context of cross-damage structures, the correct statement(s) regarding the relative positions of a natural drain (stream/river) and an irrigation canal, is/are

The culturable command area of a canal is 10,000 ha. The area grows only two crops-rice in the Kharif season and wheat in the Rabi season. The design discharge of the canal is based on the rice requirements, which has an...

The two columns below show some parameters and their possible values. Parameters Value P-Gross Command Area I-100 hectares/cumec Q-Permanent Wilting Point II-6℃ R-Duty of canal water III-1000 hectares S-Delta of wheat IV...

The transplantation of rice requires 10 days and total depth of water required during transplantation is 48 cm. During transplantation, there is an effective rainfall (useful for irrigation) of 8 cm. The duty of irrigati...

Wheat crop requires 55 cm of water during 120 days of base period. The total rainfall during this period is 100 mm. Assume the irrigation efficiency to be 60%. The area (in ha) of the land which can be irrigated with a c...

The moisture holding capacity of the soil in a 100 hectare farm is 18cm/m. the field is to be irrigated when 50 percent of the available moisture in the root zone is depleted. The irrigation water is to be supplied by a...

The moisture holding capacity of the soil in a 100 hectare farm is 18 cm/m. the field is to be irrigated when 50 percent of the available moisture in the root zone is depleted. The irrigation water is to be supplied by a...

An agricultural land of 437ha is to be irrigated for a particular crop. The base period of the crop is 90 days and the total depth of water required by the crop is 105cm. If a rainfall of 15cm occurs during the base peri...

An outlet irrigates an area of 20 ha. The discharge (lit/sec) required at this outlet to meet the evapotranspiration requirement of 20mm occurring uniformly in 20 days neglecting other field losses is

The culturable command area for a distributary channel is 20,000 hectares. Wheat grown in the entire area and the intensity of irrigation is 50%. The kor period for wheat is 30 days and the kor water depth is 120mm. The...

The consumptive use of water for a crop during a particular stage of growth is 2.0mm / day. The maximum depth of available water is the root zone is 60mm. Irrigation is required when the amount of available water is 50%...

A sprinkler irrigation system is suitable when

If duty (D) is 1428 hectares/cumec and base period (B) is 120 days for an irrigated crop, then delta ($$\Delta$$) in meters is given by

A tube well having a capacity of 4 $$m^3 /hour$$ operates for 20 hours each day during the irrigation season. How much area can be commanded if the irrigation interval is 20 days and depth of irrigation is 7 cm?