1. For healthy growth moisture content must not fall below 25%.

How much
irrigation water required it outlet of the field, if the application efficiency is
75%.
2. The field capacity of soil is 40%, Permanent wilting point is 20%, Density of soil
is 1.2gm/cc, effective root depth is 90 cm. ET crop is 10 mm/day. Calculate the
irrigation interval (IR) if the readily available moisture (RAM) is 75% of
available soil moisture capacity and show AMC, RAM and irrigation interval on
graph of Available moisture and time.
3. How do you calculate the frequency of irrigation on the basis of soil moisture?
Water is released at the rate of 16 cumecs at the head sluice. lf the duty at the
field is 80 ha/cumecs and loss of water in transit 20%. Find the area of the land
that can be irrigated.
4. Calculate spacing of tile drains for an area that receives 1,500 mm of rainfall in
a year, if 1% is to be drained in 24 hours. Consider height of drain (center-line)
above an impervious stratum is 7 m and the height of the highest position of
water table from the impervious stratum is 8m. Take permeability of aquifer
layer as 0.003 cm/sec. 1
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5. A minor commands 400 ha of irrigable area. It is proposed to
consider wheat crop in the whole command area. The kor period
for the wheat is considered 3 weeks. The kor depth has been
assessed to be 10 cm. In this period 2.75 cm of rain fall is normally
expected with such an intensity that 50% of this could be taken as
superfluous (surface runoff). Considering 10% conveyance loss find
out (a) duty of the canal water at the field head and (b) discharge of
the minor at upstream head.
6. For the data given in the following table in a canal command area,
determine the reservoir capacity if the culturable commands area is
4,500 hectares, canal losses are 25% and reservoir losses are 15%.
Crop (Season) Base period (days) Duty at field Intensity of
(hec/cumee) Irrigation (%)
Wheat (Rabi) 120 1800 20
Sugarcan (All) 360 1700 20
Cotton (Kharif) 180 1400 10
Rice (Kharif) 120 800 15
Vegetable (Rabi) 120 700 15 2
7. The field capacity of soil is 60%, permanent wilting point is 25%,
Density of soil is 1.2 gm/cc, effective root depth is 120cm, ET
crop is 9mm/day. Calculate the irrigation interval if the readily
available moisture is 85% of available soil moisture capacity.
8. Design concrete lined canal to carry a discharge of 45 cumec. The
bed slope of canal is assumed to be 1 in 7000. Take side slope of
canal as 450 and manning coefficient is 0.015.
9. Design a canal using Lacey's Theory carrying a discharge of 20
cumec, silt factor = 1.5 and side slope is 0.5:1(H:V)
10. Design a canal using Kennedy's formula with the following data:
Q = 40 m3/s, manning's roughness coefficient (n) =0.018, bed
slope(s) = 0.00020, m = 1.0 and side slope = 0.5:1 (H:V)
11. Design an irrigation channel with side slope 0.5H: 1V to carry a
discharge of 50 m3/s at a slope of 1 in 5000. Take kutter's n =
0.0225 and C.V.R (m) = 0.9.
12. Design an irrigation canal to carry 40 cumecs of discharge with
B/D ratio as 2.5. The critical velocity ratio is 1. Assume kutter's
rugosity coefficient as 0.023.
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13. Design crest elements, cistern elements and draw HGL line of a designed
glacis fall on a canal waterway with the following data:
Full supply discharge = 118 cumec
Full supply level of canal (U/S) = 209.7 m
Full supply level of canal (D/S) = 208.2 m
Safe exit gradient of canal material = 1/6
Canal bed level(U/S) = 207.5 m
Canal bed level (D/S) = 206.0 m
Canal bed width (U/S & D/S) = 62 m
Fluming ratio = 75%
14. Sketch the hydraulic gradient line for the weir profile, shown below,
considering the case of no flow at pond level. Slope correlation for the
slope (2:1) is 6.5 percent. Also compute the value of the exit gradient.

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15. Design a 1.5 m Sarda Type fall for a canal carrying a discharge of 40
cumecs with the following data.
Bed level of u/s = 105.0 m
Bed level of d/s = 103.5 m
Side slope of channel = 1:1
Full supply level u/s = 106.8 m
Full supply level d/s = 105.3 m
Bed width u/s and d/s = 30 m
Safe exit gradient for Khosla's Theory = 1/5
16. For the impervious floor shown in the figure below, determine the
uplift pressure at point E₂ and check the exit gradient of the
structure (GE= 1/6)

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17. Neatly sketch a guide bund and design the following components of guide
bund for river discharge of 4000 cumec of flood height 5.0 m and silt
factor 1.1.
Length of guide bund, thickness of pitching, Width of launching
apron Depth of launching apron
18. Neatly sketch a guide bund and design the following components of a
guide bund for a river discharge of 4000 m3/s and silt factor 1.1. (i) length
of guide bund (ii) thickness of pitching (iii)width of launching apron (iv)
depth of launching apron.
19. Following hydraulic data near a proposed bridge site are obtained.
Maximum discharge : 4000 m3/s; Highest flood level = 205.0m
River bed level : 200.0m, Average diameter of river bed material = 0.1 mm
Design the following components of a guide bund and neatly sketch it. (i)
Length of guide bund (ii) Thickness of pitching of the slope (iii) Length of
launching apron (iv) thickness of launching apron.
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20. Design a guide bank with sketch, required for a bridge on a river
having the following particulars: Design flood discharge = 50,000
m³/s, Silt factor = 1.0, Bed level of river=1130.00 masl, High flood
level = 1140.00 masl.
21. A cross-drainage work is to be designed with the following data:
Canal: discharge = 30 m³/s; Bed width = 20 m; Depth = 1.5 m;
Bed level = 150.00 masl, manning's n=0.02, Side slope 1.5H: 1V,
Drain: High flood discharge = 400 m³/s; High flood level = 150.50
masl, Bed level = 148 masl; Natural ground level = 155.0
masl,
Design the following:
(i) Drainage waterway (ii) Canal waterway
(iii) Bed level at different section of canal
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22. Design a siphon for the data given below:
Canal: Discharge (m3/s) = 18.0; Bed level (m) 100.0; Side slope (V:H) =
1:1.5; Bed width (m) = 6.0; FSL/high flood level (m); 103.0 ; Drainage:
Discharge (m3/s) = 60; Bed level (m) = 101.5; FSL/high flood level (m) =
103.5
23. Design the following components of a suitable C/D work for the following
data- Discharge of canal=50 m3/s , Bed width of canal=30m,Depth of
water in canal=1.5m, Bed level of canal=100.0m,High flood discharge of
drain=450 m3/s, High flood level of drainage=100.50m, Bed level of
drainage=98.8m, General ground level=100.0m (i) Design of drainage
water- way (ii) Design of canal water way (iii) Design of transition and (iv)
Uplift pressure on the roof.
24. Design an aqueduct (Drainage water way, Canal water way, Bed levels and
Transitions) if the following data at the crossing of canal and drainage are
given. Discharge of canal : 50 cumecs . Bed width of canal = 32m Full
supply depth of canal = 1.80m; Canal bed level = 200.0m; Side slopes of
canal: (1.5H:1V); High flood discharge of drainage = 400 cumecs . High
flood level of drainage = 200.60m. Bed level of drainage: 198.0m; General
ground level = 200.20m
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