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  1. Design period of 40 to 50 years is adopted for

  2. A.

     Branch sewers

    B.

     Main sewers

    C.

     Trunk sewers

    D.

     All the above


  3. Setting out the alignments of sewers may start from

  4. A.

     City

    B.

     Out-fall

    C.

     Tail end

    D.

     Any point


  5. The rate of accumulation of sludge per person per year, is

  6. A.

     10 litres

    B.

     15 litres

    C.

     20 litres

    D.

     25 litres


  7. The sewage discharge in a detritus tank of a treatment plant is 576 litres/sec with flow velocity of 0.2 m/sec. If the ratio of width to depth is 2, the depth is

  8. A.

     100 cm

    B.

     110 cm

    C.

     120 cm

    D.

     150 cm


  9. To maintain aerobic biological activity, the moisture content of the compost mass should be about

  10. A.

     45 %

    B.

     50 %

    C.

     55 %

    D.

     60 %


  11. A safety lamp when inserted in the upper portion of a manhole causes flames. It indicates the presence of

  12. A.

     Carbondioxide gas

    B.

     Hydrogen sulphide gas

    C.

     Methane gas

    D.

     Petrol vapours


  13. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following for allowing workers to enter sewers

  14. A.

     The particular manhole and one manhole on upstream and one manhole on downstream should remain open for 30 minutes

    B.

     Proper tests for the presence of poisonous gases must be carried out

    C.

     The men entering the manhole should be advised to smoke in the sewer

    D.

     Warning signals should be erected


  15. Imhoff cone is used to measure

  16. A.

     Total organic solids

    B.

     Total solids

    C.

     Total in organic solids

    D.

     Settleable solids


  17. The normal values of over flow rates for secondary sedimentation tanks, ranges between

  18. A.

     25,000 to 35,000 litres/sqm/day

    B.

     40,000 to 50,000 litres/sqm/day

    C.

     50,000 to 60,000 litres/sqm/day

    D.

     80,000 to 10,000 litres/sqm/day


  19. The normal value of over flow rates for plain primary sedimentation tanks, ranges between

  20. A.

     25,000 to 35,000 litres/sqm/day

    B.

     40,000 to 50,000 litres/sqm/day

    C.

     50,000 to 60,000 litres/sqm/day

    D.

     80,000 to 100,000 litres/sqm/day