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Civil Engineering Mcqs

The detention time of a circular tank of diameter d and water depth H, for receiving the sewage Q per hour, is________________?

  • (A)  d² (0.011d + 0.785H)/Q
  • (B)  d (0.022d + 0.085H)/Q
  • (C)  d (0.785d + 0.011H)/Q
  • (D)  d (0.285d + 0.011H)/Q
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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
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Bio-chemical oxygen demand (BOD) for the first 20 days in generally referred to_______________?

  • (A)  Initial demand
  • (B)  First stage demand
  • (C)  Carbonaceous demand
  • (D)  All of these
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For evaporation and measurement of settable solids, the apparatus used, is________________?

  • (A)  A jar
  • (B)  A breaker
  • (C)  A test tube
  • (D)  An Imhoff cone
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For design of sewers, percentage of sewage discharge is assumed_____________________?

  • (A)  65 to 70%
  • (B)  70 to 75%
  • (C)  75 to 80%
  • (D)  85%
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‘Cowl’ is provided at___________________?

  • (A)  Lower end of ventilating column
  • (B)  Upper end of ventilating column
  • (C)  Upper end of the manhole
  • (D)  First step in manhole
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A drop manhole is provided if__________________?

  • (A)  A sewer drops from a height
  • (B)  A branch sewer joins the main sewer at higher level
  • (C)  A lamp is inserted to check obstruction
  • (D)  None of these
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For detecting the nitrates in sewage, the colour may be developed by adding________________?

  • (A)  Potassium permanganate
  • (B)  Sulphuric acid and napthamine
  • (C)  Phenol-di -sulphuric acid and potassium hydroxide
  • (D)  None of these
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