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Question
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. Domestic use of water is 50% of total consumption
B. Average consumption of commercial use of water is 25% of total consumption
C. Consumption of water on public use is 10% of total consumption
D. Waste water and leakage is 15% of total consumption
E. all the above.
Correct Answer
all the above.
Water Supply Engineering problems
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1. The factor to be considered for the source of city water supply, is
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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.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
2. The maximum pressure to which a pipe is subjected to during its operation, is known
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A. working pressure
B. design pressure
C. test pressure
D. pipe pressure
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: working pressure
3. 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
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A. 8 litres/sec
B. 10 litres/sec
C. 12 litres/sec
D. 14 litres/sec
E. 16 litres/sec.
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Correct Answer: 16 litres/sec.
4. Normal values of overflow rate for plain sedimentation tank using coagulants, is
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A. 750 to 1000 litres/hr/m
2
B. 1000 to 1250 litres/hr/m
2
C. 1250 to 1500 litres/hr/m
2
D. 1500 litres/hr/m
2
.
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Correct Answer: 1000 to 1250 litres/hr/m
2
5. A slow sand filter is cleaned if its filter head is higher than
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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.
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Correct Answer: 70 cm to 120 cm
6. Dead storage of a reservoir of
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capacity generally provided for silt deposition during its life time, is generally kept
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A. 1/8th
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B. 1/6th
Q
C. 1/5th
Q
D. 1/4th
Q
E. 1/3rd
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.
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Correct Answer: 1/4th
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7. The capability of a soil mass of full width and depth to transmit water, is known
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A. porosity
B. permeability
C. transmissibility
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: permeability
8. Sluice valves in main water supplies
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A. are used to regulate the flow of water in pipes
B. are spaced about 5 km apart
C. are usually placed at the summits
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
9. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. Air lift pumps are generally used for pumping water from deep wells
B. Jet pumps are generally used for pumping water from small wells
C. The hydraulic ram works on the principle of water hammer
D. Rotary pumps are provided cams which rotate in opposite direction
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
10. Non-pathogenic bacterias cause the following water borne disease,
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A. cholera
B. typhoid
C. infections hepatitis
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: none of these.
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