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  • Question
  • If D is the diameter of a circular sewer and D' is the top horizontal diameter of an equivalent egg shaped section, the relationship which holds good, is


  • Options
  • A. D' = 0.64 D
  • B. D' = 0.74 D
  • C. D' = 0.84 D
  • D. D' = 0.94 D.

  • Correct Answer
  • D' = 0.84 D 


  • Waste Water Engineering problems


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    • 1. Assertion (A) : A free board of 0.3 m is provided above the top sewage line in septic tanks.

      Reason (R) : It helps to accommodate the scum in the septic tank.


    • Options
    • A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
    • B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
    • C. A is true but R is false
    • D. A is false but R is true.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Traps

    • Options
    • A. are water seals which prevent the entry of foul gases
    • B. are used to trap the rats entering sewers
    • C. dissolve the foul gases
    • D. create syphonic action to increase the quick disposal of sewerage.
    • Discuss
    • 3. In sewers the velocity of flow should not be

    • Options
    • A. more than the self-cleansing velocity
    • B. less than the self-cleansing velocity
    • C. less than 10 m/sec
    • D. more than 20 m/sec.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Kjedahl nitrogen is a mixture of

    • Options
    • A. ammonia and nitrogen
    • B. nitrogen and organic nitrogen
    • C. organic nitrogen and ammonia
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. The circular section of sewers provides maximum hydraulic mean depth
    • B. The circular sewers are provided for separate sewerage system
    • C. The circular sewers work efficiently if the sections run at least half full
    • D. Two sewers of different shapes are said to be hydraulically equivalent if they discharge at the same rate while running full on the same grade
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The reduced levels of the string at the consecutive sight rails A and B are 203.575 m, 203.475 m respectively. If the difference of their R.D.s is 10 m, the gradient of the sewer line is

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 100 upward
    • B. 1 in 500 upward
    • C. 1 in 100 downward
    • D. 1 in 503 upward.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The maximum depth of sedimentation tanks, is kept

    • Options
    • A. 3 m
    • B. 3.5 m
    • C. 4 m
    • D. 4.5 m.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The detention time (t) of a settling tank, may be defined as the time required for

    • Options
    • A. a particle to travel along its length
    • B. a particle to travel from top surface to bottom sludge zone
    • C. the flow of sewage to fill the tank
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The most effective arrangement for diverting excess storm water into a natural drainage, is

    • Options
    • A. leaping weir
    • B. overflow weir
    • C. siphon spill way
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. For estimating the peak run off the rational formula Q = 0.0278 KpA was evolved by

    • Options
    • A. Kinchling
    • B. Lloyd Davis
    • C. Frubling
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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