Q. Which of the following is a reason for surplus water present in a canal?

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Q. What is the other name for canal escape?

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Q. In case of breaches in the canal, the escape present in the upstream of the breach is opened.

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Q. The canal escapes are safety valves that should be provided at regular intervals.

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Q. What type of escape is preferred these days?

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Q. What is the other name given to weir type escape?

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Q. What is the purpose of the regulator type escape?

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Q. Scouring escapes have become obsolete because of?

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Q. For what purpose is the meter used?

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Q. What is the slope of a throat?

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Q. After the throat the channel is diverged to avoid the loss of head in the flume.

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Q. Metering flumes works on the principle of venturi meter.

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Q. How many types of metering flumes are used?

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Q. What is the main drawback of standing wave flume?

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Q. What is the formula for discharge, when standing wave flume is used?

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Q. What is the main purpose of the canal outlet?

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Q. How many types of outlets are present?

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Q. Which structure in the entire network of canals is a link between the government and the cultivators?

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Q. The outlet should be cheap and with no moving parts.

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Q. The outlet should be simple and free from interference by the cultivators.

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