Exam Details

Subject Basics of Hydrology
Paper
Exam / Course Certificate in Water Harvesting and Management
Department School of Agriculture (SOA)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

What is hydrologic cycle, discuss it in details with the help of neat diagram.

Define rainfall intensity and classify it.

Define infiltration. Discuss how it is measured.

Discuss the factors influencing infiltration

Define water budget. Discuss it's different components.

What do you mean by tropical cyclone Write down it's characteristics.

What is point rainfall, how it can be measured? Name the commonly used non­-recording rain gauge.

Discuss in detail the normal ratio method for estimation of missing rainfall data.

Explain the rational method of runoff estimation. Write its assumption also.

What is runoff coefficient?

Compute mean rainfall, if rainfall recorded in a watershed catchment at 10 rain gauges on 14 September, 2014 was 84, 101, 76, 129, 48,80,65, 112, 55 and 70 mm, respectively.

Discuss in detail the sources of surface water pollution.

Calculate the total solids per unit volume for a 50 mL river water sample. The weight of empty porcelain dish was 129 g and weight of porcelain dish after evaporation was 127.6 g.

Explain conventional water treatment plant with the help of flow diagram.

Write short notes on the following:

Drinking water quality

Time of concentration

Define the following

Terminal velocity

Consumptive use


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Basics of Hydrology
  • Introduction to Water Harvesting
  • Water Harvesting, Conservation and Utilization