Practice Test: Question Set - 10
1. Antisyphonage pipe is fitted
- (A) At the end
of septic tanks
- (B) On
manholes
- (C) With a W.C.
trap
- (D) At the
beginning of sewer line
2. In a grit chamber of a sewage treatment plant,
- (A) Flow
velocity 0.15 m to 0.3 m/sec is kept
- (B) Depth of 0.9
m to 1.20 m is kept
- (C) One minute
of detention period is kept
- (D) All the
above
3. The ratio of maximum sewage flow to average sewage flow for mains up to 1 m in diameter, is
- (A) 1.5
- (B) 2.0
- (C) 3.0
- (D) 4.0
4. pH value of sludge during alkaline regression stage, is
- (A) More than 7
- (B) Less than 7
- (C) Less than 6
- (D) More than 6
5. The arrangement made for passing the sewer line below an obstruction below the hydraulic gradient lines called
- (A) Inverted
syphon
- (B) Depressed
sewer
- (C) Sag pipe
- (D) All
of these
6. Pick up the incorrect size of stone ware sewers
- (A) 52.5 cm
- (B) 67.5 cm
- (C) 82.5 cm
- (D) None
of these
7. Chlorination of water is done for the removal of
- (A) Bacterias
- (B) Suspended
solids
- (C) Sediments
- (D) Hardness
8. Sludge banks are formed if sewage is disposed of in
- (A) Rivers
- (B) Seas
- (C) Lakes
- (D) None of
these
9. Assertion (A): A free board of 0.3 m is provided above the top sewage line in septic tanks.
Reason (R):
It helps to accommodate the scum in the septic tank.
- (A) Both A and R
is true and R is the correct explanation of A
- (B) Both A and R
is 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
10. The temperature affects the
- (A) Biological
activity of bacteria in sewage
- (B) Solubility
of gases in sewage
- (C) Viscosity
of sewage
- (D) All
the above
11. The clarigesters are
- (A) Circular
septic tanks
- (B) Rectangular
septic tanks
- (C) Circular
Imhoff double tanks with bottom hoppers
- (D) Circular
Imhoff double storey tanks without bottom hoppers
12. The density of population over 40 hectares is 250/hectare. If water supply demand per day is 200 liters and sewage discharge is 80% of water supply, the sewage flow in sewers of separate system, is
- (A) 0.05552
cumec
- (B) 0.05554
cumec
- (C) 0.05556
cumec
- (D) 0.0556 cumec
13. In a residential colony, sewers of diameters 100 mm, 150 mm and 225 mm were laid with a gradient 1 in 120. Which portion of the sewage system does not choke in due course of time?
- (A) 100 mm dia.
- (B) 150 mm dia.
- (C) 225 mm dia.
- (D) All of these
14. The spacing of bars for perforations in coarse screens used for the treatment of sewage, is
- (A) 20
mm
- (B) 30
mm
- (C) 40
mm
- (D) 50
mm
15. In case of Imhoff tanks,
- (A) The shape is
rectangular
- (B) Detention
period is 2 hours
- (C) The velocity
of flow is restricted to 0.30 m/minute
- (D) All the
above
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