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    The document is a syllabus for a written test for recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Agri-Irrigation) in West Bengal. It outlines 9 topics to be covered in the 3 hour, 200 point exam: 1) hydrology, 2) soil and water conservation, 3) water requirements, 4) irrigation practices, 5) surveying and leveling, 6) buildings, 7) soil mechanics, 8) pumps, and 9) hydraulics and fluid mechanics. The exam will be held on June 21, 2015 from 11am to 2pm and is a conventional test for the advertised position under the Water Resources Investigation & Development Department.

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    The document is a syllabus for a written test for recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Agri-Irrigation) in West Bengal. It outlines 9 topics to be covered in the 3 hour, 200 point exam: 1) hydrology, 2) soil and water conservation, 3) water requirements, 4) irrigation practices, 5) surveying and leveling, 6) buildings, 7) soil mechanics, 8) pumps, and 9) hydraulics and fluid mechanics. The exam will be held on June 21, 2015 from 11am to 2pm and is a conventional test for the advertised position under the Water Resources Investigation & Development Department.

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    The document is a syllabus for a written test for recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Agri-Irrigation) in West Bengal. It outlines 9 topics to be covered in the 3 hour, 200 point exam: 1) hydrology, 2) soil and water conservation, 3) water requirements, 4) irrigation practices, 5) surveying and leveling, 6) buildings, 7) soil mechanics, 8) pumps, and 9) hydraulics and fluid mechanics. The exam will be held on June 21, 2015 from 11am to 2pm and is a conventional test for the advertised position under the Water Resources Investigation & Development Department.

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    Syllabus for Written Test for recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Agri-Irrigation)

    in the West Bengal Services of Agricultural Engineers


    ________________

    1. HYDROLOGY:
    Hydrologic cycle: Measurement & analysis of rainfall; Different methods of measuring velocity and discharge; infiltration, factors
    affecting infiltration; Run-off factors affecting, measurement and estimation. Hydrograph components, base flow separation.
    Unit hydrograph, synthetic unit hydrograph,
    Occurrence and movement of ground water; Darcys Law, Co-efficient of permeability, types of wells, hydraulics of wells,
    determination of aquifer properties, Theis method, Jacobs method, construction and development of tube wells, testing
    of tube wells.
    2. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION:
    Modern concepts of soil conservation, causes and effects of soil erosion, erosion control measures. Mechanics of soil erosion,
    estimation of soil loss, wind erosion and its control, biological control of erosion, stream bank erosion. Design of grassed
    waterway, graded and contour bunds, terraces. Permanent gully control structures drop, drop inlet and chute spillways,
    Principles of watershed management.
    3. WATER REQUIREMENTS:
    Consumptive use and its estimation, evapotranspiration estimation and measurement, Duty and Delta of water requirement;
    Losses and efficiencies in irrigation, field capacity, wilting point and available water.
    4. IRRIGATION PRACTICES:
    Soil-water-plant relationship. Irrigation water requirements. Irrigation scheduling. Measurement of irrigation water: weirs, flumes,
    orifices and other methods. Design of field channels. Methods of irrigation: traditional, border, basin and furrow methods of
    Irrigation. Design of sprinkler and drip irrigation systems. Drainage materials. Design of surface and sub-surface drainage
    systems. Water logging causes and remedial measures; Drainage of irrigated lands surface and sub-surface.
    5. SURVEYING AND LEVELING:
    Principles and methods of chain surveying, compass surveying, plane table surveying. Care in handling and adjustment of
    instruments. Levelling, contouring. Calculation of area and volume. Traversing and adjustment of errors.
    6. BUILDINGS:
    Kinds of building materials their properties: timber, brick and steel. Design of singly and doubly reinforced concrete beams,
    R.C.C. columns and slabs. Footings, Roof and Trusses.
    7. SOIL MECHANICS:
    Index properties of soil-void ratio, porosity, densities, water content, particle size distribution, consistency limits and permeability.
    Shear strength of soil. Earth pressure and retaining wall.
    8. PUMPS:
    Water lifting devices, classification of pumps, centrifugal pump and its characteristics, specific speed, NPSH and cavitation,
    selection of pumps.
    9. HYDRAULICS AND FLUID MECHANICS:
    Definition and properties of fluids. Units of measurement, kinematics of fluid flow, Bernoullis equation and Eulers equation of
    motion. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Laminar and turbulent flow. General equation for head loss in pipes. Flow through
    pipes; open channel flow, hydraulic jump; Measurement of discharge in pipes and open channels.

    Scheme of Examination

    Commissions Advertisement no.: 14(2) / 2014.

    Name

    of

    the

    examination:

    Written

    Test

    for

    recruitment

    to

    the

    posts

    of

    Assistant Engineer (Agri-Irrigation) in West Bengal Service of Agricultural Engineers under the
    Water Resources Investigation & Development Deptt.

    Date of examination: The 21st June, 2015 (Sunday).

    Full marks: 200


    Type of test: Conventional
    Duration of examination: 3 hours; 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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