Irrigation, Water Resources Engineering and Hydrology

A. load factor
B. plant factor
C. utilisation factor
D. both (A) and (B)

A. is a medium head scheme
B. generates power during peak hours only
C. is suitable only on a perennial river
D. has no pondage at all

A. a low head scheme
B. a medium head scheme
C. a high head scheme
D. none of the above

A. scouring on concave side
B. silting on convex side
C. scouring on convex side and on concave side
D. scouring on concave side and silting on convex side

A. when the permanent wilting point is reached
B. when gravity drainage has ceased
C. capillary fringe reaches the root zone of plants
D. none of the above

A. pointing upstream
B. pointing downstream
C. perpendicular to bank
D. parallel to bank

A. 1.2 D
B. 1.5 D
C. 2.0 D
D. 2.5 D

A. groynes
B. construction of dykes or leavees
C. both (A) and (B)
D. groynes and bandalling

A. silting river
B. scouring river
C. both silting and scouring river
D. neither silting nor scouring river

A. average discharge
B. dominant discharge
C. maximum discharge
D. critical discharge