Semester :S6

Name : ................
Branch: CIVIL
Roll No... .........

KMEA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

First Series Examination March 2014
Subject: CE 010606 - WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING - SET A
Time : 2.00hrs
Max. Marks: 60

Note: Answer all questions from Part-A and Part-B and 3 questions
from Part-C. Questions in Part-A carries 3 marks each, questions in
Part-B carries 5 marks each and questions in Part-C carries 12 marks
each. Only non-programmable calculators and permitted tables are allowed

inside the examination hall. Malpractices of any kind are strictly

disallowed and will be severely dealt with.
PART A (3 x 3Marks)
1. Explain irrigation and necessities of irrigation
2. Explain three types of hydrographs
3. explain about soil water plant relation

PART B (3 x 5Marks)
4. The root zone of an irrigation soil has dry weight of 15kN/m3 and a field
capacity of 30%. The root zone depth of a certain crop having permanent
wilting percentage of 8% is 0.8 m.Determine a)depth of moisture in
rootzone at field capacity per metre depth of soil b) depth of moisture in
rootzone at permanent wilting point per metre depth of soil c)depth of
water available
5. List out and Explain the factors affecting runoff
6. Explain about the crop seasons and important crops in India

PART C (3 x 12 Marks)
7. Define a) Crop period and Base period b)Duty c)Delta d)Base period

OR

8. Explain Hydrologic cycle and its components

9. Explain different types of Raingauges

OR

10.The ordinates of a 3 hr unit hydrograph are given below.construct a 6 hr

unit hydrograph and compute the ordinates of s-curve and draw
s-hydrograph

Time(hr)
Ordinates
of unit hydograph

0,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42
0,9,20,35,49,43,35,28,22,17,12,9,6,3,0

11.What you mean by duty? Explain factors affecting duty

OR

12.Find the ordinates of a storm hydrograph resulting from a 3 hr stormwith

rainfall of 2,6.75and 3.75 cm during subsequent 3 hrs intervals. The
ordinates of 3 hr unit hydrograph are given below.Assume an initial loss of
5 mm ,infiltration index of 2.5mm/hr ,and constant base flow of 10 cumecs
Time(hrs)

3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24

ordinates
0,110,365,500,390,310,250,235,175,130,95,65,40,22,10,0
of unit hydrograph