Environmental Engineering (3160611) MCQs

MCQs of Sewage : Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal

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1.

Turbidity of raw water is a measure of

(a)

suspended solids

(b)

acidity of water

(c)

B.O.D.

(d)

none of these.

Answer:

Option (a)

2.

Aerobic bacterias

(a)

flourish in the presence of free oxygen

(b)

consume organic matter as their food

(c)

oxidise organic matter in sewage

(d)

All the above.

Answer:

Option (d)

3.

If 2% solution of a sewage sample is incubated for 5 days at 20°C and depletion of oxygen was found to be 5 ppm, B.O.D. of the sewage is

(a)

200 ppm

(b)

225 ppm

(c)

250 ppm

(d)

None of these

Answer:

Option (c)

4.

If the diameter of sewer is 225 mm, the gradient required for generating self cleansing velocity, is

(a)

1 in 60

(b)

1 in 100

(c)

1 in 120

(d)

none of these.

Answer:

Option (c)

5.

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.

(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.

Answer:

Option (a)

6.

The width of a rectangular sewer is twice its depth while discharging 1.5 m/sec. The width of the sewer is

(a)

0.68 m

(b)

0.88 m

(c)

1.36 m

(d)

1.76 m

Answer:

Option (c)

7.

Pick up the correct statement from the following :

(a)

In treated sewage, 4 PPm of D.O. is essential

(b)

Only very fresh sewage contains some dissolved oxygen

(c)

The solubility of oxygen in sewage is 95% that is in distilled water

(d)

All the above

Answer:

Option (d)

8.

In olden days the type of section adopted in trunk and out fall sewers was

(a)

parabolic shaped

(b)

horse shoe shaped

(c)

egg shaped

(d)

circular shaped.

Answer:

Option (b)

9.

For the survival of fish in a river stream, the minimum dissolved oxygen is prescribed

(a)

3 ppm

(b)

4 ppm

(c)

6 ppm

(d)

8 ppm

Answer:

Option (b)

10.

Self-cleansing velocity is

(a)

velocity at dry weather flow

(b)

velocity of water at flushing

(c)

velocity at which no accumulation remains in the drains

(d)

velocity of water in a pressure filter.

Answer:

Option (c)

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