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  • Question
  • Setting out the alignments of sewers may start from


  • Options
  • A. city
  • B. out-fall
  • C. tail end
  • D. any point.

  • Correct Answer
  • tail end 


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    • 1. In a trickling filter

    • Options
    • A. filtration process is used
    • B. biological action is used
    • C. neither (a) nor (b)
    • D. both (a) and (b).
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Faculative bacterias survive in

    • Options
    • A. the presence of oxygen
    • B. the absence of oxygen
    • C. both cases (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 4. The temperature affects the

    • Options
    • A. biological activity of bacterias in sewage
    • B. solubility of gases in sewage
    • C. viscosity of sewage
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The sewer which collects the discharge from a collecting system and delivers it to a treatment plant, is known

    • Options
    • A. house sewer
    • B. lateral sewer
    • C. branch sewer
    • D. sewer outfall.
    • Discuss
    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The pressure exerted by

    • Options
    • 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.
    • Discuss


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