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  • Stone ware pipes are


  • Options
  • A. highly resistant to sulphide corrosion
  • B. highly impervious
  • C. hydraulically efficient because of their smooth interior surface
  • D. specially suited to pressure pipes
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • specially suited to pressure pipes 


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    • 1. With self cleansing velocity in sewers

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    • A. silting occurs at bottom
    • B. scouring occurs at bottom
    • C. both silting and scouring occur at bottom
    • D. neither silting nor scouring occurs at bottom.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Assertion (A) : The determination of pH value of sewerage is important.

      Reason (R) : The efficiency of certain treatment methods depends upon the availability of pH value.


    • 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
    • 3. In detritus tanks,

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    • A. flow velocity is kept 0.09 m/sec
    • B. detention period is kept 3 to 4 minutes
    • C. organic and inorganic materials are separated
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. To test chemical oxygen demand (C.O.D.) of sewage, organic matter is oxidised by pottassium dichromate in the presence of

    • Options
    • A. Hydrochloric acid
    • B. Sulphuric acid
    • C. Nitric acid
    • D. Citric acid.
    • Discuss
    • 5. A safety lamp when inserted in the upper portion of a manhole causes flames. It indicates the presence of

    • Options
    • A. Carbondioxide gas
    • B. Hydrogen sulphide gas
    • C. Methane gas
    • D. Petrol vapours.
    • Discuss
    • 6. If ?w is the unit weight of water, r the hydraulic mean depth of the sewer and S the bed slope of the sewer, then the tractive force exerted by flowing water, is

    • Options
    • A. ?w . r . S
    • B. ?w r1/2 . S
    • C. ?w r S
    • D. ?w r2/3 S
    • Discuss
    • 7. Skimming tanks are

    • Options
    • A. used to remove the grease and oil
    • B. those from which sludge is skimmed out
    • C. tanks provided with self-cleansing screens
    • D. improved version of grit chambers.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The sewage treatment in septic tanks is due to

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    • A. anaerobic decomposition
    • B. aerobic decomposition
    • C. parasitic decomposition
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The width of a settling tank with 2 hour detention period for treating sewage 378 cu m per hour, is

    • Options
    • A. 5 m
    • B. 5.5 m
    • C. 6 m
    • D. 6.5 m
    • E. 7 m.
    • Discuss
    • 10. D is the diameter of a circular sewer and ? is the side of a square section sewer. If both are hydraulically equivalent, the relationship which holds good, is

    • Options
    • A. ?D8/3 = 4 b8/3
    • B. ?D3/8 = 4 b3/8
    • C. ?D2/3 = 4 b2/3
    • D. ?D3/2 = 4 b3/2
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss


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