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Clogging of sewers, is caused due to
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A. silting
B. low discharge
C. greasy and oily matters
D. domestic wastes thrown in manholes
E. all the above.
Correct Answer
all the above.
Waste Water Engineering problems
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1. A rainfall may be classified as acidic if its pH value is less or equal to
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A. 6
B. 7
C. 5
D. 6.5
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Correct Answer: 5
2. For treating the sewage of a large city, you will recommend
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A. a sedimentation tank and an activated sludge treatment plant
B. a plant consisting of Imhoff tanks with low rate trickling filters
C. sedimentation tanks with high rate trickling filters
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: a sedimentation tank and an activated sludge treatment plant
3. Bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) for the first 20 days in generally referred to
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A. initial demand
B. first stage demand
C. carbonaceous demand
D. all of these.
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Correct Answer: all of these.
4. Pick up the in-correct statement from the following :
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A. Manholes are provided in sewer pipes at suitable intervals
B. Catch basins are generally provided in sewers for carrying drainage discharge
C. Inlets are generally provided in all sewers
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: Inlets are generally provided in all sewers
5. The non-clog pump which permits solid matter to pass out with the liquid sewage, is
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A. centrifugal pump
B. reciprocating pump
C. pneumatic ejector
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: centrifugal pump
6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. In treated sewage, 4 PPm of D.O. is essential
B. Only very fresh sewage contains some dissolved oxygen
C. The solubility of oxygen in sewage is 95% that is in distilled water
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
7. Removal of oil and grease from sewage, is known
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A. screening
B. skimming
C. filtration
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: skimming
8. Self-cleansing velocity is
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A. velocity at dry weather flow
B. velocity of water at flushing
C. velocity at which no accumulation remains in the drains
D. velocity of water in a pressure filter.
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Correct Answer: velocity at which no accumulation remains in the drains
9. Flocculated particles do not change their
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A. size
B. shape
C. weight
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: none of these.
10. If the side of a square sewer is 1000 mm, the diameter of a hydraulically equivalent circular section, is
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A. 1045 mm
B. 1065 mm
C. 1075 mm
D. 1095 mm.
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Correct Answer: 1095 mm.
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