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Setting out the alignments of sewers may start from
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A. city
B. out-fall
C. tail end
D. any point.
Correct Answer
tail end
Waste Water Engineering problems
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1. In a trickling filter
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A. filtration process is used
B. biological action is used
C. neither (a) nor (b)
D. both (a) and (b).
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Correct Answer: biological action is used
2. Acid regression stage of sludge digestion at a temperature 21°C extends over a period of
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A. 15 days
B. 30 days
C. 60 days
D. 90 days.
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Correct Answer: 90 days.
3. Faculative bacterias survive in
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A. the presence of oxygen
B. the absence of oxygen
C. both cases (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b).
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Correct Answer: both cases (a) and (b)
4. The temperature affects the
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A. biological activity of bacterias in sewage
B. solubility of gases in sewage
C. viscosity of sewage
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
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A. The mixture of water and waste products, is called sewage
B. The treated sewage effluents, are generally used for irrigating the crops
C. The process of collecting, treating and disposing off the sewage, is called sewerage
D. The old convergency system was definitely better than water carried sewerage system
E. None of these.
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Correct Answer: The old convergency system was definitely better than water carried sewerage system
6. The normal value of over flow rates for plain primary sedimentation tanks, ranges between
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A. 25, 000 to 35, 000 litres/sqm/day
B. 40, 000 to 50, 000 litres/sqm/day
C. 50, 000 to 60, 000 litres/sqm/day
D. 80, 000 to 100, 000 litres/sqm/day
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: 40, 000 to 50, 000 litres/sqm/day
7. The asbestos cement sewers are
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A. light in weight
B. not structurally strong to bear large compressive stress
C. susceptible to corrosion by sulphuric acid
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
8. The sewer which collects the discharge from a collecting system and delivers it to a treatment plant, is known
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A. house sewer
B. lateral sewer
C. branch sewer
D. sewer outfall.
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Correct Answer: sewer outfall.
9. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. Small sewers are cleaned by flushing
B. Medium sewers are cleaned by cane rodding
C. Medium sewers may be cleaned by pills
D. Large sewers are cleaned by removing the deposited materials
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
10. The pressure exerted by
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A. the sewage when running full from inside, is called internal pressure
B. the internal pressure if any, causes tensile stress in the pipe material
C. pressure sewers are designed to be safe in tension
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
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