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GATE Soil and Water Conservation Engineering: Watershed Management – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Watershed Management (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering, Agricultural Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2021 AG Q17 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – In assessing agricultural drought, a negative aridity-index value classifies the area as .
  2. GATE 2023 AG Q60 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A 10 m concrete pipe in a drop-inlet spillway carries1 m³/s with 4 m head. Entrance-loss coefficient.5 and friction coefficient.02;g=9.81 m/s². Find…
  3. GATE 2025 AG Q50 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A stable drop structure has base length 5.7 m. Downward vertical forces excluding uplift total 92.5 kN; uplift totals 72.5 kN. The sum of moments of…
  4. GATE 2026 AG Q24 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which natural colloidal clay absorbs water and swells to 8–15 times its dry size, and is used to seal farm ponds?