Agriculture Mcqs – MCQs

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1.What is the name of the enclosed pipe or channel that delivers water at high pressure to a turbine for electricity generation?

2.What is the ideal angle between a head regulator and the canal entrance to ensure smooth water flow into the canal?

3.What is the term used to describe the water flow condition, at a given discharge, where the total energy (sum of potential, kinetic, and pressure energies) is at its minimum?

4.What is the typical depth of the root zone for a rice plant?

5.Hail consists of ice pellets or lumps that are larger than what diameter, created through repeated cycles of freezing and melting?

6.What is the name of the device, typically a small pipe attached to the side of a conduit, used to measure pressure head?

7.What type of precipitation results from frontal activity associated with the progression of a low-pressure system?

8.Which factor primarily counteracts the forces acting on a gravity dam?

9.What is the term for the final section of a river just before it empties into the ocean?

10.At what depth in a wide canal or channel should the velocity be measured with a current meter to obtain the average flow velocity?

11.What is the primary cause of cavitation?

12.Which statement correctly describes the behavior of a fluid under shear force?

13.Which formula is applied to determine the maximum flood discharge in hilly regions?

14.What type of dam resists overturning primarily through its own weight and the lateral or vertical uplift pressure exerted by water?

15.What is the term for the vertical distance between the crest of an embankment and the usual water level in a canal, dam, or reservoir that prevents overflow caused by minor waves?

16.What is the term for the lowest moisture level at which a water droplet placed on a smooth soil surface remains without being absorbed right away?

17.What are the lines called that represent points of equal hydraulic head and pressure within the soil beneath a retaining wall?

18.Which law states that the flow of groundwater through soil is directly proportional to the hydraulic head loss and the cross-sectional area, and inversely proportional to the length of the soil sample?

19.What is the term for farming conducted on small, flat platforms cut into steep slopes?

20.What is the term for a line on a contour map that is drawn on the terrain between specific points of equal slope?