WorksheetsWastewater Engineering
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is night soil?
Soil containing urea
Human excreta
Animal excreta
Human excreta, animal excreta and urea
Wastewater from different sources like bathrooms, kitchens and wash basins is called
Sewage
Garbage
Sullage
Discharge
Which of the following common unit is used to express the rate of water supply to a city or town?
Litres/capita/second
Litres/capita/day
Millilitres/capita/day
Millilitres/capita/hour
The quantity of water supply is equal to the rate of supply multiplied by the
Population
Quantity of sewage
Area
Net usage
Wet weather flow is _________ than the dry weather flow.
Lower
Higher
Equal to
Not equal to
When only one set of sewers are used to carry both sanitary sewage and storm water, it is called as __________ system.
Partial
Direct
Combined
Separate
A masonry or R.C.C. chamber constructed at suitable intervals along the sewer lines, for providing access into them is called
Inverted siphons
Manhole
Flushing tanks
Clean-outs
Turbidity in water is caused by which of these following?
Total dissolved solids
Ions
Heavy metals
Suspended solids
Which characteristic of water does Calcium contribute to?
Hardness
Suspended solids
pH
Colour
How are many forms of nitrogen present in wastewater?
3
4
2
5
Which one of the following is the basic indicator of river health?
BOD
COD
DO
TON
What is the intermediate zone composed of in aerobic-anaerobic ponds?
Algae
Aerobic bacteria
Facultative bacteria
Organic solids
What is the accumulated layer at the bottom of the tank called as?
Flocs
Sediment
Sludge
Sewage
How many types of sedimentation tanks are there based on the method of operation?
2
4
5
7
What is required to keep the activated sludge suspended?
Carbon-dioxide
Nitrogen
Ammonia
Oxygen
