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Disinfection of water results in______________?

  • (A)  removal of turbidity
  • (B)  removal of hardness
  • (C)  killing of disease bacteria
  • (D)  complete sterilisation
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Double filtration is used_______________?

  • (A)  to increase the filtration slow sand filters capacity of
  • (B)  to increase the filtration rapid sand filters capacity of
  • (C)  for isolated buildings like pools, hotels etc swimming
  • (D)  all of the above
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The disinfection efficiency of chlorine increases by_______________?

  • (A)  only (1)
  • (B)  both (1) and (2)
  • (C)  both (1) and (3)
  • (D)  only (3)
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The process in which the chlorination is done beyond the break point is known as_________________?

  • (A)  prechlorination
  • (B)  post chlorination
  • (C)  super chlorination
  • (D)  break point chlorination
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The treatment of water with bleaching powder is known as________________?

  • (A)  prechlorination
  • (B)  super chlorination
  • (C)  dechlorination
  • (D)  hypochlorination
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Which of the following chemical compounds can be used for dechlorination of water ?

  • (A)  carbon dioxide
  • (B)  bleaching powder
  • (C)  sulphur dioxide
  • (D)  chloramines
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In lime-soda process________________?

  • (A)  only carbonate hardness is removed
  • (B)  only non-carbonate hardness is re-moved
  • (C)  lime reduces the carbonate hardness and soda-ash removes the non-carbo¬nate hardness
  • (D)  lime reduces the non-carbonate hard-ness and soda-ash removes the carbo¬nate hardness
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Which of the following compounds is widely used for algae control ?

  • (A)  sodium sulphate
  • (B)  copper sulphate
  • (C)  sodium chloride
  • (D)  calcium chloride
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The overflow rate for plain sedimentation tanks is about__________________?

  • (A)  500 to 750 litres/hour/ m2
  • (B)  1000 to 1250 litres/hour/ m2
  • (C)  1250 to 1500 litres/hour/m2
  • (D)  1500 to 2000 litres/hour/m2
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