List of top Civil Engineering Questions on Irrigation Engineering

Lacey's theory is used for the design of

Which of the following is a non-automatic rain gauge ?

Using Dicken's formula with the constant C as 12, the flood discharge for a catchment area of 16 km$^2$ is

Weir / barrage classified according to use is known as

For a rectangular masonry dam, the weight of dam, uplift pressure and horizontal force causing the sliding are 300 kN, 60 kN and 80 kN respectively. If the coefficient of friction between the dam base and soil is 0.5, then the factor of safety against sliding is

A dam of height 12 m is trapezoidal in section with top width of 2 m and bottom width of 8 m. The unit weight of the material of dam and water are 20 kN/m$^3$ and 10 kN/m$^3$ respectively. If the dam is allowed to store water upto a height of 10 m, the horizontal pressure on the dam is

The structure constructed at the head of a canal taking off from a reservoir behind a weir or dam is called as

The method of irrigation used for row crops is

Duty of water of canal system does not depends on

The precipitation caused due to lifting of air masses converging into low pressure area is known as