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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE - SEMESTER– VII (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:2170609 Date:29/11/2021
Subject Name:Irrigation Engineering
Time:02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

MARKS
Q.1 (a) Define irrigation. What is the necessity of irrigation? 03
(b) 5 cumec of water is supplied to a filed having an area of 21 hectares 04
for 6 hours. It is found that 30 cm of water depth has been stored
in the root zone of the crop. Determine the water application
efficiency.
(c) Explain the salient features of the sprinkler irrigation system. Give 07
advantages and limitations of sprinkler irrigation.

Q.2 (a) Explain following terms: (i) Crop period (ii) Base period 03
(iii) Paleo
(b) Describe various forms of soil moisture with the help of sketch. 04
Which of these moistures is mainly available for utilization by the
plants?
(c) Write a short note on: Natural sub surface irrigation 07
OR
(c) Sketch the layout of a typical diversion headworks and describe 07
briefly the functions of the various components of diversion
headworks.

Q.3 (a) Distinguish clearly between a weir and a barrage. 03

(b) Define with neat sketch: (i) Dam (ii) Axis of gravity dam (iii) 04
Hydraulic height of dam (iv) Structural height of dam.
(c) Define spillway. What is the purpose to provide it? What are 07
essential requirements? Where the spillway is located?
OR
Q.3 (a) Define ‘energy dissipators’. What are needs to provide it? 03
(b) Write a short note on: Rockfill Dams 04
(c) Design a lined concrete channel, trapezoidal in a section to carry a 07
discharge of 200 cumec at a slope of 30 cm/km. The Manning’s N
=0.017, and side slope are 1.5:1. The limiting velocity in the
channel is 2 m/s.
Q.4 (a) Explain following terms for canal cross section 03
(i) Berm (ii) Free board
(b) Write short note on: Exit gradient and its importance. 04
(c) Describe Kennedy’s theory for the design of irrigation channel in 07
alluvial soil.
OR
Q.4 (a) What is contour canal? Where it is located? 03
(b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of lining of canals? 04
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 (c) What are the ill effects of waterlogging? How would you prevent 07
water waterlogging?
Q.5 (a) Discuss the various silt control devices used for sediment control 03
in the offtaking channel
(b) Write short note on : (i) Notch fall (ii) Glacis fall 04
(c) Describe with the help of neat sketches the various types of cross 07
drainage woks.
OR
Q.5 (a) Discuss: Surplus canal escape is the safety valve in a canal system 03
(b) Write short note on: Land reclamation. 04
(c) What is an escape? What are different types of escape? Explain the 07
working of each type of escape.

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