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HSBTE Syllabus for Irrigation Engineering
| S.no  | Topics | Sub Topics |
| 1 | Introduction | Â |
| Â | Â | Definition of irrigation |
| Â | Â | Necessity of irrigation |
| Â | Â | History of development of irrigation in India |
| Â | Â | Major, medium, and minor irrigation projects |
| 2 | Water Requirement of Crops | Â |
| Â | Â | Principal crops in India and their water requirements |
|  |  | Crop seasons – Kharif and Rabi |
| Â | Â | Soil water, soil crop and water relationships, duty, delta and base period, their relationship |
| Â | Â | Gross commanded area (GCA), culturable commanded area (CCA), the intensity of irrigation, irrigable area |
| 3 | Hydrological Cycle Catchment Area and Run-off | Â |
|  |  | Rainfall, definition rain-gauges – automatic and non-automatic |
| Â | Â | Methods of estimating average rainfall (Arithmetic system); |
| Â | Â | Catchment area runoff, factors affecting runoff, hydrograph, the basic concept of the unit hydrograph. |
| 4 | Tube Well Irrigation | Â |
| Â | Â | Introduction, the occurrence of groundwater, location and command, advantages and disadvantages, comparison with canal irrigation |
| Â | Â | Tube wells, explanation of terms: water table, the radius of influence, depression head, cone of depression, confined and unconfined aquifers. The yield of a well and methods of determining the yield of well |
| Â | Â | Types of tube wells, cavity, strainer, and slotted type; |
| Â | Â | Method of boring, installation of well assembly, development of well, pump selection and installation and maintenance |
| Â | Â | Water Harvesting Techniques: Need and requirement of various methods, Run-off from roof top and ground surface, construction of recharge pits and recharge wells and their maintenance. |
| 5 | Dams | Â |
|  |  | Classification of dams; earthen dams – types, causes of failure; cross-section of zoned earthen dams, method of construction, gravity dams – types, cross-sections of a dam, method of construction |
| Â | Â | Concept of small and micro dams |
| Â | Â | Concept of spillways and energy dissipators |
| 6 | Canals | Â |
| Â | Â | Classification, appurtenance of a canal and their functions, sketches of different canal cross-sections (unlined) |
| Â | Â | Various types of canal lining – their related advantages and disadvantages, sketches of different lined canal x-sections |
| Â | Â | Breaches and their control |
| Â | Â | Maintenance of lined and unlined canals |
| 7 | Methods of Irrigation | Â |
| Â | Â | Flow irrigation – its advantages and limitations |
|  |  | Lift Irrigation – Tube well and open well irrigation, their advantages, and disadvantages |
|  |  | Sprinkler irrigation conditions favorable and essential requirements for sprinkler irrigation, sprinkler system – classification, and component parts |
| Â | Â | Drip irrigation, suitability of drip irrigation, layout, component parts, advantages |
| 8 | Canal Head Works and Regulatory Works | Â |
| Â | Â | Definition, object, general layout, functions of different parts of head works. |
| Â | Â | Difference between weir and barrage |
| 9 | Cross Drainage Works | Â |
| Â | Â | Functions and necessity of the following types: aqueduct, super passage, level crossing, inlet and outlet, pipe crossing |
| Â | Â | Sketches of the above cross drainage works |
| 10 | Definitions of following Hydraulic Structures with Sketches | Â |
| Â | Â | Falls |
| Â | Â | Cross and head regulators |
| Â | Â | Outlets |
| Â | Â | Canal Escapes |
| 11 | River Training Work | Â |
| Â | Â | Methods of river training, guide banks, retired (levees) embankments, groynes and spurs, pitched island, cut-off |
| 12 | Water Logging and Drainage and Ground Water Re-charge | Â |
|  |  | Definition of water logging – its causes and effects, detection, prevention, and remedies |
| Â | Â | Reclamation of soil |
| Â | Â | Surface and sub-surface drains and their layout |
| Â | Â | Concept and various techniques used for groundwater recharge |
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