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  • Question

  • The external load per unit length of


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  • A. a pipe laid on, or projecting above the undisturbed ground and covered with fills, is proportional to the square of the external diameter of the pipe
  • B. a flexible pipe burried in narrow trenches and thoroughly compacted side fills, is proportional to the product of the width of the trench and diameter of the pipe
  • C. a rigid pipe burried in a narrow trenches and thoroughly compacted side fills, is proportional to the square of the width of the trench
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 

    • Water Supply Engineering problems

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    • 1. The chloride content of treated water for public supplies should not exceed

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    • A. 100 ppm
    • B. 150 ppm
    • C. 200 ppm
    • D. 250 ppm
    • E. 300 ppm.
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    • 2. Property of earth to allow water to pass through it, is known as

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    • A. perviousness
    • B. porosity
    • C. permeability
    • D. transmissibility.
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    • 3. Rapid gravity filters

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    • A. were developed by G.W. Fullar
    • B. make use of coarser sand with effective size as 0.5 mm
    • C. yield as high as 30 times the yield of slow sand filters
    • D. are fed with coagulation treated water
    • E. all the above.
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    • 4. A centrifugal pump is required to be primed before starting if it is located

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    • A. at higher level than water level of reservoir
    • B. at lower level than water level of reservoir
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
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    • 5. Water losses in water supply, is assumed as

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    • A. 5%
    • B. 7.5%
    • C. 10%
    • D. 22.5%
    • E. 15%.
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    • 6. Disinfection of drinking water is done to remove

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    • A. turbidity
    • B. odour
    • C. colour
    • D. bacterias
    • E. all the above.
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    • 7. The formula for the head loss in conduits is generally known as

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    • A. Hazen-William's formula
    • B. Manning's formula
    • C. Darcy-Weisbach formula
    • D. Nikuradse formula.
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    • 8. In a reservoir the average volume of sediment deposition is 0.15 million cubic per year. If the dead storage and total capacity of the reservoir are 8 million cubic metres and 36 million cubic metres respectively,

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    • A. the reservoir will theoretically be silted in 240 years
    • B. the reservoir will start reducing after 60 years
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
      • Discuss
    • 9. Derivation of Thiem's formula
      is based on the assumption

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    • A. the aquifer is homogeneous, isotropic and of infinite depth and area
    • B. the well is sunk through the full depth of the aquifer
    • C. the flow lines are radial and horizontal, and the flow is laminar
    • D. for hydraulic gradient in Darcy's equation, tangent value is used for sine value
    • E. all the above.
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    • 10. Water is supplied from the source to the treatment plant under gravity in

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    • A. Calcutta
    • B. Delhi
    • C. Madras
    • D. Bombay.
      • Discuss

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