GATE CE · 2020 · CE
Question 36: Irrigation
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Question 36
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Crops are grown in a field having soil, which has field capacity of 30% and permanent wilting point of 13%. The effective depth of root zone is 80 cm. Irrigation water is supplied when the average soil moisture drops to 20%. Consider density of the soil as 1500 kg/m³ and density of water as 1000 kg/m³. If the daily consumptive use of water for the crops is 2 mm, the frequency of irrigating the crops (in days), is
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GATE CE 2020 · Paper 2
Civil Engineering · Original paper archive
- Section
- Civil Engineering
- Question type
- Multiple choice (MCQ)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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