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  1. The total irrigation depth of water, required by a certain crop in its entire growing period (150 days), is 25.92 cm. The culturable command area for a distributary channel is 100,000 hectares. The distributary channel shall be designed for a discharge.
    1. less than 2 cumecs
    2. 2 cumecs
    3. 20 cumecs
    4. more than 20 cumecs
Correct Option: D

Duty, D =
8.64 × B
=
8.64 × 150
= 5000 ha/cumec
Δ0.2592

Discharge, Q =
A
=
100,00
= 20 cumec
D5000

cumec Canal is designed for more than 20 cumec to account for capanty factor and time factor.



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