Farmland irrigated by the border flooding method is divided into a number of strips. For a strip of 0.05 hectares, the water for irrigation is supplied from a tube-well with a discharge of 0.025 cumecs. The infiltration capacity of the soil is considered to be 0.05 m/hour, the time required to irrigate this specific strip if the average depth of flow on the field is 10 cm is
1
6.50 minutes
2
14.97 minutes
3
39.00 minutes
4
89.82 minutes