The fire demand of a city may be worked out by
A. Kuichling’s formula
B. Freeman formula
C. Bustan’s formula
D. All the above
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Mathamoglobinemia or blue baby disease is caused due to
A. Chlorides
B. Nitrites
C. Nitrates
D. Sulphides
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Acidity in water is caused due to
A. Mineral acids
B. Free CO2
C. Aluminium sulphate
D. All the above
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The specific retention is least in case of
A. Clay
B. Sand
C. Silt
D. Coarse gravel.
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Time of concentration
A. is the time taken, for precipitation
B. duration of rainfall.
C. time taken for all the ran off to reach the drain
D. time taken for the storm water to travel from the most remote point to the drain.
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The R.L. of ground water table on the sides of a valley is 1505 m whereas R.L. of the stream water is 1475 m. If 60° slope consists of pervious soil between R.L. 1485 m to 1500 m, the gravity spring may be expected at the point of reduced level
A. 1500 m
B. 1505 m
C. 1475 m
D. 1485 m
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Average annual rainfall at any station is the average of annual rainfall over a period of
A. 14 years
B. 21 years
C. 28 years
D. 35 years
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While determining the yield of open wells by the pumping test
A. Velocity of recharging water, increases with depression head
B. Depression head resulting at critical velocity, is called critical depression head
C. Working head is generally limited to ?rd of the critical depression head
D. Maximum safe yield of an open well, is expected at critical depression head
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According to IS : 1172-1963, a minimum of 135 litres of water capita per day, is required for
A. Boarding schools
B. Nurses home and medical quarters
C. hostels
D. all the above
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If four fires break out in a city of population 40 lakhs and if each hydrant has three streams and duration of each fire is four hours, the total quantity of water required, is
A. 1880 kilo litres
B. 2880 kilo litres
C. 3880 kilo litres
D. 4880 kilo litres
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For the prediction of future population of a city, the factor to be considered, is
A. Births
B. Deaths
C. Migrants
D. All the above
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The factor affecting per capita demand, is
A. size of the city
B. climatic conditions
C. cost of water
D. all the above
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By boiling water, hardness can be removed if it is due to
A. calcium sulphate
B. magnesium sulphate
C. calcium nitrate
D. calcium bicarbonate
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In slow sland filters, the turbidity of raw water can be removed only up to
A. 60 mg/litre
B. 75 mg/litre
C. 100 gm/litre
D. 150 mg/litre
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When the reduced level of the water source is higher than the reduced level of the consumer's place, water is generally supplied
A. By pumping system
B. By gravitational system
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. All the above
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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
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The process of passing water through beds of granular materials, is called
A. Screening
B. Sedimentation
C. Filtration
D. None of these
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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
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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
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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
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