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Q 1.

Specific capacity or yield of wells, is generally expressed, as

A)  m³/sec
B)  m³/hour
C)  m³/hour/m²
D)  m³/hour/m²/m
Answer & Explanation Answer: m³/hour/m²/m

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Q 2.

Disinfection of drinking water, is done to remove

A)  odour
B)  bacteria's
C)  turbidity
D)  colour
Answer & Explanation Answer: bacteria's

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Q 3.

Aeration of water is done to remove

A)  odour
B)  colour
C)  bacteria's
D)  hardness
Answer & Explanation Answer: odour

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Q 4.

For determining the velocity of flow of underground water, the most commonly used non-empirical formula is

A)  Darcy’s formula
B)  Slichter’s formula
C)  Hazen’s formula
D)  Lacy’s formula
Answer & Explanation Answer: Darcy’s formula

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Q 5.

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.) of safe drinking water must be

A)  nil
B)  5
C)  10
D)  15
Answer & Explanation Answer: nil

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Q 6.

Surge tanks are used

A)  for storage water
B)  to increase the velocity in a pipeline
C)  as overflow valves
D)  to guard against water hammer
Answer & Explanation Answer: to guard against water hammer

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Q 7.

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

A)  Water with hardness up to 75 ppm is considered soft
B)  Water with hardness more than 200 ppm is considered hard
C)  Water needed for laundries should contain hardness less than 75 ppm
D)  All the above
Answer & Explanation Answer: All the above

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Q 8.

Surcharge storage zone of a reservoir, is

A)  Below dead storage
B)  Between dead storage and useful storage
C)  Above useful storage
D)  Also known as valley storage
Answer & Explanation Answer: Above useful storage

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Q 9.

The process of passing water through beds of granular materials, is called

A)  Screening
B)  Sedimentation
C)  Filtration
D)  None of these
Answer & Explanation Answer: Filtration

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Q 10.

To pump water from a water reservoir 3 m deep and maximum water level at 135 m, a pump is installed to lift water up to R.L. 175 m at a constant rate of 36,00,000 litres per hour. If the length of the pipe is 1506 m and f = 0.01, ignoring other minor losses and assuming the economical diameter from Lea’s formula D = 1.2 √Q, the water horse power of the pump is

A)  400
B)  450
C)  500
D)  600
Answer & Explanation Answer: 600

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