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Waste Water Engineering problems


  • 1. The coagulant widely used for sewage treatment, is

  • Options
  • A. alum
  • B. ferric chloride
  • C. ferric sulphate
  • D. chlorinated copperas.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The gas which may cause explosion in sewers, is

  • Options
  • A. carbondioxide
  • B. methane
  • C. ammonia
  • D. carbon monoxide.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Assertion (A) : Discharging the effluents from the oxidation ponds just up stream of lakes or reservoirs is undesirable.

    Reason (R) : The discharged algae get settled in the reservoirs and cause anaerobic decomposition and other water qualities.


  • Options
  • A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
  • C. A is true but R is false
  • D. A is false but R is true.
  • Discuss
  • 4. In a fully mechanised composting plant, involves

  • Options
  • A. mechanized receipt
  • B. mechanized segregation
  • C. mechanized pulverising of refuse
  • D. all of these.
  • Discuss
  • 5. In primary sedimentation, the 0.2 mm inorganic solids get separated if specific gravity is

  • Options
  • A. 2.25
  • B. 2.50
  • C. 2.55
  • D. 2.65
  • E. 2.75
  • Discuss
  • 6. For non-scouring velocity 5 m/sec, the type of sewers generally preferred to, is

  • Options
  • A. cast iron sewers
  • B. cement concrete sewers
  • C. glazed bricks sewers
  • D. stone ware sewers.
  • Discuss
  • 7. If D is the diameter of upper circular portion, the overall depth of a standard egg shaped section, is

  • Options
  • A. D
  • B. 1.25 D
  • C. 1.5 D
  • D. 1.75 D
  • E. 2 D.
  • Discuss
  • 8. When drainage to sewage ratio is 20, the peak dry weather flow is

  • Options
  • A. 20% of the design discharge
  • B. slightly less than 5% of the design discharge
  • C. slightly more than 5% of the design discharge
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 9. A rain sanitary sewer is constructed to carry

  • Options
  • A. sanitary sewage
  • B. storm sewage
  • C. surface water
  • D. ground water
  • E. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 10. For the COD test of sewage, organic matter is oxidised by K2Cr207 in the presence of

  • Options
  • A. H2SO4
  • B. HNO3
  • C. HCl
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss

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