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  • Question
  • Clogging of sewers, is caused due to


  • Options
  • 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

    • Options
    • A. 6
    • B. 7
    • C. 5
    • D. 6.5
    • Discuss
    • 2. For treating the sewage of a large city, you will recommend

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) for the first 20 days in generally referred to

    • Options
    • A. initial demand
    • B. first stage demand
    • C. carbonaceous demand
    • D. all of these.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick up the in-correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The non-clog pump which permits solid matter to pass out with the liquid sewage, is

    • Options
    • A. centrifugal pump
    • B. reciprocating pump
    • C. pneumatic ejector
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Removal of oil and grease from sewage, is known

    • Options
    • A. screening
    • B. skimming
    • C. filtration
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Self-cleansing velocity is

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Flocculated particles do not change their

    • Options
    • A. size
    • B. shape
    • C. weight
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. If the side of a square sewer is 1000 mm, the diameter of a hydraulically equivalent circular section, is

    • Options
    • A. 1045 mm
    • B. 1065 mm
    • C. 1075 mm
    • D. 1095 mm.
    • Discuss


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