Civil Engineering Mcqs

The settling velocity of a spherical particle of diameter less than 0.1 mm as per Stock’s law, is__________________?

(A) Vs = 418 (Gs – Gw) d [(3T + 70)/100]

(B) Vs = 418 (Gs – Gw)d² [(3T + 70)/100]

(C) Vs = 218 (Gs – Gw)d² [(3T + 70)/100]

(D) Vs = 218 (Gs – Gw)d [(3T + 70)/100]

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In the activated sludge process__________________?

(A) Aeration is continued till stability

(B) Aeration is done with an admixture of previously aerated sludge

(C) Sludge is activated by constant stirring

(D) Water is removed by centrifugal action

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running partially full with central angle , For a circular sewer of diameter__________________?

(A) d/D = ½ (1 – –

(B) a/A

(C) r/R = [1 –

(D) All the above

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Sludge banks are formed if sewage is disposed of in____________________ ?

(A) Rivers

(B) Seas

(C) Lakes

(D) None of these

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Chlorination of water is done for the removal of____________________?

(A) Bacterias

(B) Suspended solids

(C) Sediments

(D) Hardness

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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

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Lead acetate test in sewer manhole is done to test the presence of ____________________?

(A) Methane gas

(B) Hydrogen sulphide

(C) Carbondioxide gas

(D) Diesel vapours

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