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  • Question
  • Before constructing a dam, the factor to be considered for controlling sedimentation, is


  • Options
  • A. selection of dam site
  • B. construction of check dams
  • C. providing vegetation screens
  • D. providing under-sluices in the dam
  • E. All the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • All the above. 


  • Water Supply Engineering problems


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    • 1. The permissible amount of nitrites present in potable water, is

    • Options
    • A. 10 ppm
    • B. 15 ppm
    • C. 20 ppm
    • D. 45 ppm
    • E. Nil.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Recuperation test is carried out to determine

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    • A. turbidity of water
    • B. pH value of water
    • C. yield of well
    • D. discharge from a well.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Turbidity of water is expressed

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    • A. in ppm
    • B. in numbers in an arbitrary scale
    • C. by pH value
    • D. by colour code.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Detention period of a settling tank is

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    • A. average theoretical time required for water to flow through the tank
    • B. time required for flow of water to fill the tank fully
    • C. average time for which water is retained in tank
    • D. ratio of volume of basin of a sedimentation tank to the rate of flow
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. If Q is discharge is cubicmetres per sec and D is the economical diameter of the pipe. According to Lea

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    • A. D = 0.67 to 0.87 Q
    • B. D = 0.77 to 0.97 Q
    • C. D = 0.97 to 1.22 Q
    • D. D = 1.22 to 1.33 Q.
    • Discuss
    • 6. A slow sand filter is cleaned if its filter head is higher than

    • Options
    • A. 10 cm to 20 cm
    • B. 20 cm to 40 cm
    • C. 40 cm to 70 cm
    • D. 70 cm to 120 cm
    • E. 120 cm to 150 cm.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Normal values of overflow rate for plain sedimentation tank using coagulants, is

    • Options
    • A. 750 to 1000 litres/hr/m2
    • B. 1000 to 1250 litres/hr/m2
    • C. 1250 to 1500 litres/hr/m2
    • D. 1500 litres/hr/m2.
    • Discuss
    • 8. If the specific capacity of a well is 0.3183 x 10-3 per sec, the discharge from a well of 4 m diameter under a depression head of 4 m, is

    • Options
    • A. 8 litres/sec
    • B. 10 litres/sec
    • C. 12 litres/sec
    • D. 14 litres/sec
    • E. 16 litres/sec.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The maximum pressure to which a pipe is subjected to during its operation, is known

    • Options
    • A. working pressure
    • B. design pressure
    • C. test pressure
    • D. pipe pressure
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The factor to be considered for the source of city water supply, is

    • Options
    • A. quantity and quality of the available water
    • B. elevation of the source of water
    • C. general terrain intervening the area
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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