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  • Question
  • If discharge of a pump is 0.16 cumecs, the economic diameter of pipe, is


  • Options
  • A. 0.488 m
  • B. 4.88 cm
  • C. 48.8 cm
  • D. 4.88 m
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • 0.488 m 


  • Water Supply Engineering problems


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    • 1. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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    • A. The amount of rainfall in 24 hours, is known as daily rainfall
    • B. The amount of rainfall in one year, is known as annual rainfall
    • C. The rain cycle period in India is taken as 35 years
    • D. The ratio of the actual rainfall in the year to the normal rainfall at a place, is called index of the wetness
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. If d is the diameter of the pipe, p is the total internal pressure, f is the permissible tensile stress and n is the effective of the joint, the thickness t of metal pipe, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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    • A. A hydrograph is a plot of discharge versus time
    • B. A mass curve is a plot of accumulated flow versus time
    • C. The mass curve continuously rises
    • D. The slope of the mass curve at any time is a measure of the inflow rate at that time
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The main disadvantage of hard water, is

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    • A. greater soap consumption
    • B. scaling of boilers
    • C. corrosion and incrustation of pipes
    • D. making food tasteless
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The best quality of filter material is obtained from quartzite if it does not loose weight when placed in hydro-chloric acid for 24 hours, more than

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    • A. 5%
    • B. 8%
    • C. 10%
    • D. 12%
    • E. 15%.
    • Discuss
    • 6. At the socket and spigot joint,

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    • A. enlarged end of the pipe is called socket
    • B. normal end of the pipe is called spigot
    • C. spigot is fitted into the socket
    • D. molten lead is used for water proofing
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Normal values of overflow rate for plain sedimentation tank, is

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    • A. 250 to 500 litres/hr/m2
    • B. 500 to 750 litres/hr/m2
    • C. 750 to 1000 litres/hr/m2
    • D. 1000 to 1250 litres/hr/m2.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Check valves are installed

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    • A. on the delivery side of the pumping set
    • B. at the interconnections between polluted water system and a potable water system
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 9. An area is declared drought affected if its mean rainfall is less than

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    • A. 50%
    • B. 60%
    • C. 75%
    • D. 80%
    • E. 85%.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The standard B.O.D. at 20&Deg;C, is taken for the consumption in

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    • A. one day
    • B. 2 days
    • C. 3 days
    • D. 4 days
    • E. 5 days.
    • Discuss


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