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  • Question
  • The sewage treatment in septic tanks is due to


  • Options
  • A. anaerobic decomposition
  • B. aerobic decomposition
  • C. parasitic decomposition
  • D. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • anaerobic decomposition 


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    • 1. Skimming tanks are

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    • 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
    • 2. 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

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    • A. ?w . r . S
    • B. ?w r1/2 . S
    • C. ?w r S
    • D. ?w r2/3 S
    • Discuss
    • 3. Stone ware pipes are

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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. The width of a settling tank with 2 hour detention period for treating sewage 378 cu m per hour, is

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    • A. 5 m
    • B. 5.5 m
    • C. 6 m
    • D. 6.5 m
    • E. 7 m.
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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
    • 8. Boussinesq's equation for ascertaining unit pressure at a depth H on sewers due to traffic loads, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Before discharging the foul sewage into rivers, it is generally treated by

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    • A. screening
    • B. sedimentation
    • C. oxidation
    • D. sludge digestion and disinfection
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Oxidation process results in the formation of

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    • A. carbon dioxide
    • B. nitrates
    • C. sulphates
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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