Exam Details
| Subject | Soil And Water Conservation | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | DIPLOMA IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT (DIWM) | |
| Department | School of Agriculture (SOA) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Explain why accelerated erosion is more harmful as compared to geological erosion.
Differentiate between stream bank and landslide erosion.
Write Universal Soil Loss Equation(USLE) and define its various terms.
Calculate the annual soil loss in tones per ha using Universal Soil Loss Equation from a watershed with the following data:
Rainfall erosivity factor 600;
Soil erodibility factor 0.40;
Crop Management factor 0.55;
Conservation practice factor 1.0;
Topographical factor 0.3
Discuss in detail how surface roughness and vegetative cover affect wind erosion.
What do you understand by mulching Discuss its advantages.
What do you understand by graded bunding and discuss its limitations.
What is Contour Trenching? Explain its functions.
What is drop spillway? Enumerate its advantages and limitations.
What do you mean by permanent soil and water conservation structures? List various types of permanent soil and water conservation structures.
What is in situ water harvesting? List four techniques of in situ water harvesting.
How will you estimate the amount of rainwater harvested from a roof top
What are laboratory wind tunnels Enumerate the advantages of open-circuit type over closed-circuit type tunnels?
Discuss different methods of artificial groundwater recharge with the help of a neat diagram.
Differentiate between stream bank and landslide erosion.
Write Universal Soil Loss Equation(USLE) and define its various terms.
Calculate the annual soil loss in tones per ha using Universal Soil Loss Equation from a watershed with the following data:
Rainfall erosivity factor 600;
Soil erodibility factor 0.40;
Crop Management factor 0.55;
Conservation practice factor 1.0;
Topographical factor 0.3
Discuss in detail how surface roughness and vegetative cover affect wind erosion.
What do you understand by mulching Discuss its advantages.
What do you understand by graded bunding and discuss its limitations.
What is Contour Trenching? Explain its functions.
What is drop spillway? Enumerate its advantages and limitations.
What do you mean by permanent soil and water conservation structures? List various types of permanent soil and water conservation structures.
What is in situ water harvesting? List four techniques of in situ water harvesting.
How will you estimate the amount of rainwater harvested from a roof top
What are laboratory wind tunnels Enumerate the advantages of open-circuit type over closed-circuit type tunnels?
Discuss different methods of artificial groundwater recharge with the help of a neat diagram.
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- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
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Subjects
- Elements Of Hydrology
- Fundamentals Of Watershed Management
- Funding, Monitoring, Evaluation And Capacity Building
- Horticulture And Agroforestry System
- Livestock And Pasture Management
- Rainfed Farming
- Soil And Water Conservation