Q. What is the approximate value of side slope of the bund for smaller tanks with water depths not exceeding 2.5 m in favorable soils such as red and white gravel, red and black loams?

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Q. The most adopted earthen section for tank bunds is of the type ___________________

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Q. If A₁ and A₂ represent the areas enclosed between two successive contours, then the cubic content between these contours is roughly taken as _________________

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Q. The usual arrangement made in a tank-bund scheme to spill the surplus excess water is known as ________________________

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Q. The top-level of a tank weir in a tank bund scheme is kept at ________

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Q. If A₁ represents the area of a tank bed at bottom and A₂ is the area of the tank at F.T.L, then the storage capacity of the tank of height H is given as ________________________

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Q. The cubic meters of water that can be stored in an irrigation tank between full tank level and sill level of the lowest supply sluice is known as __________________

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Q. The provision of suitable breaching sections becomes more important in irrigation tanks which are isolated.

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Q. The storage created on the upstream side of a smaller stream by the construction of low earthen bunds is technically known as _________________

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Q. The depth of water stored in an irrigation tank rarely exceeds ______________

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Q. The fuel consumption in water transport decreases as the depth of water between the bottom of the ship and the bottom of the river increases.

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Q. Which of the following dredger is not suitable for rocky or boulder river reaches?

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Q. The rivers carrying huge sediment load can be corrected with the help of sal-balli spurs.

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Q. The alignment of the waterway should be________________

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Q. Ships or steamers can pay to carry cargo in Indian waterways extending to about ____________________

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Q. What is the oldest and cheapest mode of transporting cargo?

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Q. Timber is generally transported in our country through ________________

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Q. Lock and dams constructions for creation of a series of slack-water pools along a river for promoting its navigability is adopted only when ________________________

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Q. The dredger which excavates sand deposits of a river and discharges the excavated material with water over long distances is called a _________________

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Q. The belt conveyor forming an essential part of a ladder dredger used for excavating river sand deposits is used for _______________________

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