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CE-802 (A) RGPV B.Tech

Engineering Hydrology (EH)

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-802 (A)

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Hydrological Cycle, Water Budget and Precipitation Analysis 18 topics
  • Hydrological cycle
  • Water budget
  • Practical applications of Hydrology
  • Hydrometeorology and airmasses
  • Formation of precipitation
  • Types of precipitation
  • Meteorological observations
  • Probability and random variables
  • Regression analysis
  • Catchment types and importance
  • Measurement of precipitation
  • Rain gauges and their location
  • Interpretation and analysis of rainfall data
  • Calculation of average rainfall
  • Hyetograph
  • Intensity‑duration curves
  • Frequency curves
  • Mass curve
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Stream‑flow Measurement and Discharge Relations 8 topics
  • Stream‑flow measurement methods
  • Stage‑discharge relationships
  • Rating curve and extensions
  • Stream gauge networking
  • Stage and discharge hydrographs
  • Evaporation and evapotranspiration calculation
  • Factors affecting measurement
  • Techniques for reducing evaporation
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Infiltration and Ground‑water Fundamentals 9 topics
  • Infiltration processes
  • Factors affecting infiltration
  • Measurement of infiltration
  • Infiltration equations and indices
  • Occurrence of ground water
  • Darcy’s law
  • Flow in wells (steady and unsteady)
  • Ground‑water exploration
  • Well yield determination
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Runoff, Unit Hydrograph Theory and Applications 15 topics
  • Runoff components
  • Factors affecting runoff
  • Basin yield
  • Rainfall‑runoff relationships
  • Flow‑duration curve
  • Flow‑mass curve
  • Hydrograph and separation of hydrograph
  • Unit hydrograph theory and applications
  • Derivation of unit hydrograph convolution equation
  • Unit hydrograph for complex storms
  • Synthetic unit hydrograph
  • S‑curve hydrograph
  • Distribution graph of hydrographs
  • Use and applications of unit hydrograph
  • Dimensionless unit hydrograph
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph, Flood Routing and Design Floods 13 topics
  • Instantaneous unit hydrograph (IUH)
  • Derivation of IUH
  • Flood routing methods
  • Reservoir routing techniques
  • Storage‑discharge relationship
  • ISD (Inflow‑Storage‑Discharge) method
  • Pulse method
  • Channel routing – Muskingum method
  • Design flood estimation – empirical and rational formulas
  • Frequency analysis
  • Gumbel’s distribution
  • Reservoir sedimentation causes
  • Factors affecting reservoir sedimentation and control measures
Unit 5 notes
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Exam insights

Counted from 3 past CE-802 (A) papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 UNIT I 21 marks
  • Unit 2 UNIT II 9 marks
  • Unit 3 UNIT III 28 marks
  • Unit 4 UNIT IV 21 marks
  • Unit 5 UNIT V 28 marks

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Asked again and again

  1. Route a flood hydrograph through a river reach using the Muskingum method with $K=8$ hours and $x=0.25$ given initial outflow discharge.

    Asked 2 times: 2026, 2025

  2. What is stream flow? Explain the various methods of stream flow measurement, their principles, and applications.

    Asked 2 times: 2026, 2024

  3. Define evapotranspiration, explain factors affecting evapotranspiration, and describe methods for estimating evapotranspiration from water bodies.

    Asked 2 times: 2026, 2024

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