AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Paper-I :
1. Soil and Water Conservation :
Definition and scope of soil conservation; Mechanical and types of erosion their causes. Hydrologic cycle, rainfall and runoff-factors affecting them and their measurements, stream gauging-Evaluation of runoff from rainfall, Erosion control measures-Biological and Engineering.
Basic open channel hydraulics. Designs of soil conservation structures-terraces, bunds, outlets and grassed waterways. Principles of flood control. Flood routing. Design of farm ponds and earth dams. Stream bank erosion and its control, Wind erosion and its control. Principles of watershed management.
Investigation and planning in River Valley Projects.
2. Irrigation and drainage :
Soil-Water-plant relationships. Sources and types of Irrigations. Planning and design of minor irrigation pro jects, Techniques of measuring soil moisture.
Duty of water-consumptive use. Water requirement of crops. Measurement and cost of irrigation water. Measuring devices-flow through orifices, wires and flumes. Levelling and layout of irrigation systems, design and construction of channels, field channels, pipe lines, head gates, diversion boxes structures and road crossing. Occurance of ground water, Hydraulic of wells, Types of wells, their construction, drilling methods. Well development. Testing of wells.
Drainage-Definition-causes of water logging. Methods of drainage. Drainage of irrigated lands. Design of surface and subsurface systems.
Paper-II :
1. Building materials :
Kinds of building materials-their properties. Timber, Brick work and R.C. construction. Design of columns, beams, roof trusses, joints, Layout of farmstead. Design of farm houses, animals shelters and storage structures. Rural water supply and sanitation.
2. Farm power and machinery :
Construction of different types of internal combustion engines, Ignition, fuel, lubricating, Cooling and governing system of IC engines. Different type of tractors, chassis, transmission and stearing. Farm machinery for primary and secondary tillage, seeding machinery, interculture tools and machinery. Plant producting equipment. Harvesting and threshing equipment. Machinery for land development. Pumps and pumping machinery.
3. Electricity and rural electrification power generation and transmission :
Distribution of electricity for rural electrification; A.C.& D.C. circuits. Uses of electric energy on the farm. Electric motors used in agriculture-types, selection, installation and maintenance.