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  • Which of the following gases is having the widest explosion limit (about 2 to 81% gas in gas-air mixture), rendering it the property of the most explosive gas?


  • Options
  • A. Hydrogen
  • B. Acetylene
  • C. Carbon monoxide
  • D. Ammonia

  • Correct Answer
  • Acetylene 


  • Environmental Engineering problems


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    • 1. The earth's atmosphere is an envelope of gases present upto a height of about __________ kms.

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 200
    • C. 1000
    • D. 2000
    • Discuss
    • 2. Fresh sewage is __________ in nature.

    • Options
    • A. acidic
    • B. neutral
    • C. alkaline
    • D. highly acidic
    • Discuss
    • 3. The main industrial source of emission of hydrogen sulphide air pollutant is

    • Options
    • A. petroleum refineries.
    • B. coal based thermal power plants.
    • C. pulp and paper plant.
    • D. metallurgical roasting & smelting plant.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Iron & manganese present in the polluted water is removed by

    • Options
    • A. simple filtration.
    • B. oxidation followed by settling & filtration.
    • C. chemical coagulation.
    • D. chlorination only.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Bacterial aerobic oxidation of polluted water in biological oxidation ponds is done to purify it. Presence of bacteria helps in

    • Options
    • A. coagulation and flocculation of colloids.
    • B. oxidation of carbonaceous matter to CO2.
    • C. nitrification or oxidation of ammonia derived from breakdown of nitrogeneous organic matter to the nitrite and eventually to the nitrate.
    • D. all (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 6. A standard test for determination of hardness in water is termed as __________ test.

    • Options
    • A. EDTA
    • B. electometric
    • C. total count
    • D. presumptive
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is not a weightless pollutant?

    • Options
    • A. SPM
    • B. Thermal pollution
    • C. Radioactive rays
    • D. Noise pollution
    • Discuss
    • 8. Aerosols present in atmospheric air may be

    • Options
    • A. positively charged.
    • B. negatively charged.
    • C. neutral.
    • D. combination of all (a), (b) & (c).
    • Discuss
    • 9. Phenolic water generated in coke ovens & by-product plant of a steel plant are disposed off by

    • Options
    • A. quenching of hot coke.
    • B. discharging in the river stream.
    • C. filtration and recycling for cooling coke oven gas.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. For existence of aquatic life in water, the dissolved oxygen content in it, should not be less than __________ ppm.

    • Options
    • A. 10000
    • B. 5
    • C. 500
    • D. 1000
    • Discuss


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