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Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Options
A. If ports are closed, the dry intake towers will not have any water
B. Even if ports are closed, the wet intake tower will have water filled up to reservoir level
C. The dry intake towers are generally constructed with heavier construction to resist buoyant forces
D. No buoyant force acts on wet intake towers
E. All the above.
Correct Answer
All the above.
Water Supply Engineering problems
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1. Velocity of flow of water in plain sedimentation water tank, is normally kept
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A. 3 cm/minute
B. 10 cm/minute
C. 20 cm/minute
D. 30 cm/minute
E. 40 cm/minute.
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Correct Answer: 30 cm/minute
2. The type of joint generally used in cast iron pipes, is
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A. socket and spigot joint
B. flanged joint
C. dresser coupling joint
D. flexible joint
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
3. 135 litres of water per person per day, is provided in
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A. nurses homes
B. hostels
C. residential schools
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
4. Surface water may
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A. contain large amount of impurities
B. be contaminated by impurities
C. contain disease producing bacterias
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
5. In a rapid gravity filter
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A. raw water from the source is supplied
B. disinfected raw water is supplied
C. raw water passed through coagulation tank is supplied
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: raw water passed through coagulation tank is supplied
6. Detention time for plain sedimentation tank usually ranges from
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A. 2 to 4 hours
B. 4 to 8 hours
C. 6 to 10 hours
D. 8 to 12 hours
E. 12 to 16 hours.
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Correct Answer: 4 to 8 hours
7. The rate of silting in a reservoir
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A. is less in the beginning
B. remains constant throughout
C. is more in the beginning
D. is more in the beginning and reduces in the end
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: is more in the beginning and reduces in the end
8. Shales are
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A. porous
B. permeable
C. porous and permeable
D. porous but not permeable
E. neither porous nor permeable.
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Correct Answer: porous but not permeable
9. Manholes are less common in
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A. cast iron pipes
B. steel pipes
C. hume steel pipes
D. R.C.C. pipes.
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Correct Answer: cast iron pipes
10. Pipes are laid parallel
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A. to increase the capacity of the water supply
B. to provide a means of repairing without closing water supply
C. to meet the requirement of excessive supply
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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