List of top Water Science and Technology Questions on Watershed Management and Classification

Write in chronological order of development schemes of following Government programmes
(A). Drought Prone Area Programme
(B). Desert Development Programme
(C). Operational Research Projects on integrated watershed management
(D). NWDPRA
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Match List-I with List-II
\begin{tabular List-I (Spatial characteristics of watershed) & List-II (Scientist /organization)
(A). Watershed delineation & (I). Bernard
(B). Watershed coding & (II). McCuen
(C). Watershed geometry & (III). Horton
(D). Stream order & (IV). AISLUS

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Which of the following is not a bed load sampler?

For land management point of view, the size of watershed should be

Which of the followings are the principles of watershed management?
(A). Utilizing the land according to its capability
(B). Maintaining adequate vegetative cover
(C). Increasing groundwater recharge
(D). Draining out excess water with a safe velocity
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As per Land Capability Classification, which land capability class can not be put under arable land use and agro-forestry system

Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): The total number of land capability classes are nine.
Statement (II): Land capability classes from I to IV are suitable for arable land use.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Surface drainage coefficient of a watershed is 1.44 mm/day. What should be the capacity of the surface drain at the outlet of the watershed, if its area is 500 ha ?

The year in which the common guideline for watershed development projects by Government of India formulated was :

Arrange the followings in terms of their lower to higher value of run off coefficients for silt type of soil at 10 – 30% slope.
(A) Cultivated land
(B) Pasture land
(C) Forest land
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Criteria for selection of site for construction of embankment type of water harvesting structures are:
(A) The site should be 0.5 km away from settlement area.
(B) The permeability of the soils in storage area should be minimum in percolation tank.
(C) The command area should be as close as possible to the dam/pond site.
(D) The downstream area should permit natural passage for safe disposal of surplus water.
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National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Agriculture was started in ____________.

Arrange Land capability classes from "Fit for cultivation" to "not suitable for cultivation":
(A) Light green
(B) Dark green
(C) Yellow
(D) Blue
(E) Red
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