Question

The crossing arrangement preferably made at the junction of a huge canal and a river stream carrying a short-lived high flood discharge at almost equal bed levels is a __________

(a) super passage

(b) aqueduct

(c) level crossing

(d) canal syphon

This question was posed to me by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

I'd like to ask this question from Types of Cross Drainage Work topic in division Cross Drainage Work of Irrigation Engineering

Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) level crossing

For explanation: This is a type of cross-drainage works in which the canal water and the drain get intermixed. The arrangement is generally adopted when a huge canal crosses a large torrent carrying a high short-lived flood.