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  • Question
  • The coefficient of permeability of soils, is generally expressed in


  • Options
  • A. cm/sec
  • B. cm/minute
  • C. cm2/sec
  • D. cm2/minute.

  • Correct Answer
  • cm/sec 


  • Water Supply Engineering problems


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    • 1. 'Shrouding' is essentially provided in

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    • A. strainer type wells
    • B. cavity type wells
    • C. slotted type well
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Demand for public uses in a city, does not include water required for

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    • A. watering of public parks
    • B. watering of public gardens
    • C. sprickling on roads
    • D. drinking purposes.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Q is the discharge from an unconfined tube well with depression head S through a pipe of radius rw. If the radius of influence is R, the minimum required length of the strainer, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 4. In a rapid sand filter, air binding is caused due to excessive

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    • A. negative pressure
    • B. pressure
    • C. turbidity
    • D. water pressure
    • E. all the above.
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    • 5. Chemical coagulation of drinking water, is done

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    • A. to settle suspended materials
    • B. to increase rate of settlement of suspended materials
    • C. to remove the bacterias
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Normal values of overflow rate for plain sedimentation tanks in litres/hr/m2, generally range between

    • Options
    • A. 100 to 250
    • B. 250 to 500
    • C. 500 to 750
    • D. 750 to 1000
    • Discuss
    • 7. Standard unit of turbidity of water is in one litre of distilled water, one milligram of finely divided

    • Options
    • A. silica
    • B. mud
    • C. clay
    • D. organic matter.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Slow sand filter is used if maximum turbidity of raw water is less than

    • Options
    • A. 10 gm/litre
    • B. 20 gm/litre
    • C. 30 gm/litre
    • D. 40 gm/litre
    • E. 50 gm/litre.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The temporary hardness of water can be removed by

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    • A. boiling
    • B. adding lime
    • C. adding alum
    • D. filtration
    • E. sedimentation.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Water losses in water supply, is assumed as

    • Options
    • A. 5%
    • B. 7.5%
    • C. 10%
    • D. 22.5%
    • E. 15%.
    • Discuss


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