ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (OBJECTIVE QUESTION Unit - 1)

1)The most common cause of acidity in water is

a)carbon dioxide
b)oxygen
c)hydrogen
d)nitrogen
2)The process in which chlorination is done beyond the break point is
a)pre chlorination
b)post chlorination
c)super cholorination
d)break point cholorination
3)The effective size of sand particles used in slow sand filters is
a)0.25 to .35mm
b)0.35 to 0.60mm
c)0.60 to 1.00mm
d)1.00 to 1.80mm
4)If total hardness of water is greater than its total alkalinity then carbonate hardness will be equal to
a)total alkalinity
b)total hardness
c)total hardness and total alkalinity
d)non carbonate hardness
5)If diameter of the main pipe is taken less than economic diameter then
a)head loss will be high
b)cost of pipe will be less
c)both a and b
d)none of these


6)The correct ratio of the diameter of a circular sewer to the side of a hydraulically equivalent square
section of a sewer is
a)1
b)1.095
c)0.9
d)0.925
7)If period of incubation at 37 degree is 15 days then relative stability is
a)99%
b)99.9%
c)99.99%
d)100%
8)If in a sedimentation tank,volume of tank is 20m*100m*3m and flow rate is 600m
3
/day then detention
time will be
a)4hr
b)6hr
c)3hr
d)2hr
9)For a given discharge efficiency of sedimentation tank can be increased by
a)increasing depth of tank
b)decreasing depth of tank
c)increasing surface area of tank
d)decreasing surface area of tank
10)The overflow rate for plain sedimentation tanks is about
a)500 to 750 litres/hour/m
2

b)1000 to 1250 , , ,
c)1250 to 1500 ,,,,

d)1500 to 2000 ,,,
11)When coefficient of rugosity is increased from 0.01 to 0.02 then gradient of a pipe of a given diameter
to carry the same flow at the same velocity will be
a)increased by 4 times
b)increased by 2 times
c)decreased by 2 times
d)decreased by 4 times
12)A city supply of 1500 cubic metres of water per day is treated with a chlorine dosage of 0.5ppm .For
this purpose requirement of 25% bleaching powder per day would be
a)300kg
b)75kg
c)30kg
d)7.5kg
13)Two reservoirs at different levels are connected by two parallel pipes of diameter 2d and d.The ratio of
the flows in the two pipes
a)2:1
b)1:3
c)4:1
d)1:5
14)If annual average daily draft of water is 270 lpcd and population of the city is 200000 then peak
demand will be
a)35Mld
b)45Mld
c)60Mld
d)70Mld
15)The pop[ulation of a town in three consecutive years are 5000,7000, and 8400 respectively.The
population of the town in the fourth consecutive year according to geometrical increase method is
a)9500
b)9800
c)10100
d)10920
16)The purpose of providing a balancing reservoir in a water supply distribution system
a)equalize distribution system
b)store pressure in the distribution system
c)store adequate quantity of water to meet in case of breakdown in flow
d)take care of fluctuations in the rate of consumption
17)The economical diameter of a pipe through which a discharge of 0.3 cumes is to be passed is
a)1.2m
b)0.8m
c)0.6m
d)0.4m
18)For a reserviour if useful storage surcharge storage and valley storage are 50MI,25MI and 5MI
respectively then effective storage for the flood mitigation will be
a)50MI
b)25MI
c)70MI
d)55MI
19)If in a sedimentation tank volume of tank is 20m*100m*3m and flow rate is 600m
3
/day then detention
time will be
a)4hr
b)6hr
c)3hr
d)2hr
20)A 2.0m diameter concrete sewer laid at a slope of 1 in 1000 develops a velocity of 1m/s when flowing
full.When its flowing half full the velocity of flow through the sewer will be
a)1m/s
b)2m/s
c)3m/s
d)4m/s

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (OBJECTIVE QUESTION Unit - 2)
1)The type of valve ,which is provided on the suction pipe in a tube well is
a)air relief valve
b)reflux valve
c)pressure relief valve
d)sluice valve
2)Most suitable section of sewer in separate sewage system is
a)rectangular section
b)circular section
c)standard form of egg shaped sewer
d)modified egg shaped section
3)The correct relation between theoretical oxygen demand ,Biochemical oxygen demand and chemical
oxygen demand is
a)TOD>BOD>COD
b)TOD>COD>BOD
c)BOD>COD>TOD
d)COD>BOD>TOD
4)The design discharge for the combined sewer system shall be taken as
a)equal to rainfall
b)rainfall+DWF
c)rainfall+2DWF
d)rainfall+6DWF
5)Composting and lagooning are the methods of
a)sludge digestion
b)sludge disposal
c)sedimentation
d)filtration
6)Scour valve are provided
a)at street corners to control the flow of water
b)at every despression and dead ends to drain out the waste water that may collect there
c)at the foot of rising main along to slope to prevent back running of water
d)at every summit of rising mains
7)Specific gravity of sewage is
a)much greater than 1
b)slightly less than 1
c)equal to 1
d)slightly greater than 1
8)Which of the following retards the self purification
a)higher temperature
b)sunlight
c)satisfying oxygen demand
d)none of these
9)The minimum dissolved oxygen which should always be present in water in order to save the aquatic
life is
a)1 ppm
b)4ppm
c)10ppm
d)40ppm
10)For normal sludge the value of sludge index for Indian condition is
a)0 to 50
b)50 to 150
c)150 to 350
d)350 to 500
11)Dissolved oxygen in streams is
a)maximum at noon
b)minimum at noon
c)maximum at midnight
d)same throughout the day
12)chlorine is used in the treatment of sewage to
a)help grease separation
b)aid flocculation
c)increase the biochemical oxygen demand
d)cause bulking of activated sludge
13)Corrosion in concrete sewers is caused by
a)septic conditions
b)dissolved oxygen
c)chlorine
d)nitrogen
14)The primary air pollutants is
a)sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
b)ozone and carbon monoxide
c)sulphur dioxide and ozone
d)nitrogen oxide and ozone
15)Electrostatic precipitator are used as pollution control for the separation of
a)so2

b)No
x

c)hydrocarbon
d)particulate matter
16)The height of chimney required for effective disposal of 27kg/hr of so2 emission is
a)42m
b)30m
c)22m
d)81m
17) The correct ratio of the diameter of a circular sewer to the side of a hydraulically equivalent square
section of a sewer is
a)1
b)1.095
c)0.9
d)0.925
18)If period of incubation at 37 degree is 15 days then relative stability is
a)99%
b)99.9%
c)99.99%
d)100%
19)If in a sedimentation tank,volume of tank is 20m*100m*3m and flow rate is 600m
3
/day then detention
time will be
a)4hr
b)6hr
c)3hr
d)2hr
20)For a given discharge efficiency of sedimentation tank can be increased by
a)increasing depth of tank
b)decreasing depth of tank
c)increasing surface area of tank
d)decreasing surface area of tank

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (OBJECTIVE QUESTION Unit-3)

1)The overflow rate for plain sedimentation tanks is about
a)500 to 750 litres/hour/m
2

b)1000 to 1250 , , ,
c)1250 to 1500 ,,,,

d)1500 to 2000 ,,,
2)When coefficient of rugosity is increased from 0.01 to 0.02 then gradient of a pipe of a given diameter to
carry the same flow at the same velocity will be
a)increased by 4 times
b)increased by 2 times
c)decreased by 2 times
d)decreased by 4 times
3)A city supply of 1500 cubic metres of water per day is treated with a chlorine dosage of 0.5ppm .For this
purpose requirement of 25% bleaching powder per day would be
a)300kg
b)75kg
c)30kg
d)7.5kg
4)The primary pollution caused by incomplete combination of organic matter is
a)ozone
b)carbondioxide
c)sulphurdioxide
d)none of these
5)If actual height of a stack is 150m and plume height is 8m then effective height of the stack is
a)150m
b)142m
c)158m
d)166m
6)Under Indian conditions the average per capita contribution of BOD is
a)10 to 20 gm/d
b)20 to 35gm/d
c)35 to 50gm/d
d)50 to 70gm/d
7)Ringe Imanns scale is used to
a)measure co

b)measure so
2

c)grade automobile exhaust gas
d)grade density of smoke
8) If overland flow from the critical point to the mouth of a drain is 12km and difference in levels between
these points is 1405m then inlet time would be of thr order of
a)2 hours
b)4 hours
c)6 hours
d)8 hours
9) Which of the following are storm water regulators
a)side weir
b) leaping weir
c)syphonic spillway
d)all of these
10) If moisture content of a sludge is reduced from 98% to 90 % then volume of sludge will decrease by
a)2%
b)20%
c)25%
d)50%
11) chlorine is used in the treatment of sewage to
a)help grease separation
b)aid flocculation
c)increase the biochemical oxygen demand
d)cause bulking of activated sludge
12)Corrosion in concrete sewers is caused by
a)septic conditions
b)dissolved oxygen
c)chlorine
d)nitrogen
13)The primary air pollutants is
a)sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
b)ozone and carbon monoxide
c)sulphur dioxide and ozone
d)nitrogen oxide and ozone
14)Electrostatic precipitator are used as pollution control for the separation of
a)so2

b)No
x

c)hydrocarbon
d)particulate matter
15)The height of chimney required for effective disposal of 27kg/hr of so2 emission is
a)42m
b)30m
c)22m
d)81m
16) The correct ratio of the diameter of a circular sewer to the side of a hydraulically equivalent square
section of a sewer is
a)1
b)1.095
c)0.9
d)0.925
17)Fresh sludge has moisture content of 99% after thickening its moisture content is reduced to 96% the
reduction in volume of sludge is
a)3%
b)5%
c)75%
d)97.5%
18)Percent decrease in the discharge because of well interference will be
a)32%
b)36%
c)38%
d)44%
19)If self purification constant of a large stream flowing with low velocity in 2.0 and its reoxygeneration co-
efficient is 0.2 then its deoxygeneration co-efficient will be
a)0.22
b)0.10
c)0.18
d)0.4
20)Coefficient of permeability will be
a)0.021*10-
3
m/min
b)0.31*10-
3
m/min
c)0.41*10-
3
m/min
d)0.51*10-
3
m/min





ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (OBJECTIVE QUESTION Unit - 4)

1)Average flow velocity through the tank will be
a)5.72cm/min
b)6.72cm/min
c)7.72cm/min
d)8.72cm/min
2)The overflow rate
a)626lit/hr/m
2

b)726lit/hr/m
2

c)826lit/hr/m
2

d)926lit/hr/m
2

3)The dosage in milligrams per litre will be
a)0.4
b)0.5
c)0.6
d)0.8
4)Chlorine demand of the water in mg/lit will be
a)0.2
b)0.3
c)0.4
d)0.5
5)Detention time for the tank will be
a)1.24hrs
b)1.68hrs
c)1.78hrs
d)2.26hrs
6)What is the specific capacity of the well
a)56liter/min
b)65liter/min
c)72liter/min
d)82liter/min
7)What is the maximum rate at which water can be
a)2010liter/min
b)2610liter/min
c)3090liter/min
d)3630liter/min
8)Transmissibility of the aquifer will be
a)0.044m/min
b)0.057m/min
c)0.067m/min
d)0.086m/min
9) chlorine is used in the treatment of sewage to
a)help grease separation
b)aid flocculation
c)increase the biochemical oxygen demand
d)cause bulking of activated sludge
10)Corrosion in concrete sewers is caused by
a)septic conditions
b)dissolved oxygen
c)chlorine
d)nitrogen
11)The primary air pollutants is
a)sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
b)ozone and carbon monoxide
c)sulphur dioxide and ozone
d)nitrogen oxide and ozone
12) The correct ratio of the diameter of a circular sewer to the side of a hydraulically equivalent square
section of a sewer is
a)1
b)1.095
c)0.9
d)0.925
13)If period of incubation at 37 degree is 15 days then relative stability is
a)99%
b)99.9%
c)99.99%
d)100%
14)If all the observed points were on the Dupuit curve what was the drawdown in the well during pumping
a)12.6m
b)18.6m
c)22.6m
d)25.6m
15) A city supply of 1500 cubic metres of water per day is treated with a chlorine dosage of 0.5ppm .For
this purpose requirement of 25% bleaching powder per day would be
a)300kg
b)75kg
c)30kg
d)7.5kg
16)The primary pollution caused by incomplete combination of organic matter is
a)ozone
b)carbondioxide
c)sulphurdioxide
d)none of these
17)One litre of sewage when allowed to settle for 30 minutes gives volume of 27cm3.if the dry weight of
this sludge is 3.0 grams,then its sludge volume indux will be
a)9
b)24
c)30
d)81
18)If overflow rate for a continuous flow type rectangular sedimentation tank is kept at 400 lit/m2/hr with a
plan area of 80sqm and a detention period of 2 hours then effective depth of the tank will be
a)1.8m
b)1.0m
c)0.8m
d)1.2m
19) The purpose of providing a balancing reservoir in a water supply distribution system
a)equalize distribution system
b)store pressure in the distribution system
c)store adequate quantity of water to meet in case of breakdown in flow
d)take care of fluctuations in the rate of consumption
20)The economical diameter of a pipe through which a discharge of 0.3 cumes is to be passed is
a)1.2m
b)0.8m
c)0.6m
d)0.4m

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (THEORY QUESTION Unit - 1)
1)Discuss about types of water demand.
2)Discuss about water supply scheme.
3)What are the factors affecting per capita demand.
4)What are the variation in the demand.
5)What are the factor affecting population growth.
6)Explain about population forecasting methods.
7)Discuss about geometrical increase method or uniform increase method.
8)Discuss about Incremental increase method or method of varying increment.
9)Explain about Logistic curve method.
10)What are the classification of source of water.
11)What are the types of precipitations .
12)What are the factors affecting consumption.
13)Discuss about design of lakes and rivers.
14)Discuss about surface sources of water supplies.
15)Discuss about subsurface or underground water source.
16) What are the factor affecting selections of a particular source of water?
17) Discuss about impounding reservoir and canal.
18) What are the types of canal? Explain
19) What are the geological factors governing occurrence of ground water.
20) Discuss about zones of underground water.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (THEORY QUESTION Unit - 2)
1) What are the types of conduits.explain?
2) Discuss about head loss caused by pipeline friction.
3) Explain about Darcy Weisbach,s formula.
4) Explain about Mannings formula.
5) Explain about Hazen-Williams formula.
6) Explain about flows in pipe systems.
7) Discuss about Analysis of complex pipe networks.
8) Discuss about pipe materials.
9) Discuss about forces acting on pressure conduits.
10) What are the types of precipitations?
11) What are the factors affecting consumption.
12) Discuss about water hammer and its control measures.
13) Discuss about quality control of municipal and industrial water supplies.
14) Explain about types of rivers.
15) Explain about English formula and khosla, s formula
16) Discuss about laying and testing of water supply pipe lines.
17)Explain about joints.
18)Explain about Gravity conduits and pressure conduits.
19) Discuss about surface sources of water supplies.
20) Discuss about water supply scheme.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (THEORY QUESTION Unit - 3)
1)Discuss about storage and distribution of water.
2)Explain about methods of distribution.
3)Explain about methods of purification of water.
4)Discuss about pressure distribution system.
5)Explain about reservoirs.
6)What are the general design guidelines for distribution system.
7) Explain about Hardy-cross method.
8) Explain about Newton- Rapson method.
9) Explain about Equivalent pipe method of pipe network analysis.
10) Explain about flows in pipe systems.
11) Discuss about Analysis of complex pipe networks.
12) Discuss about pipe materials.
13) Discuss about rural water supply distribution system.
14) Explain about hot water installation.
15) Discuss about plumbing system in houses and buildings.
16) Explain about procedure of pipe fitting.
17) Classification of water supply schemes.
18) What are the classifications of source of water?
19) What are the types of precipitations?
20) What are the factors affecting consumption.



ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (THEORY QUESTION Unit - 4)
1) Describe about system of sanitation and waste water collection.
2) Explain about variation in waste water flows.
3) Discuss about estimating the peak drainage discharge.
4) Discuss about sewers and types of sewers.
5) Explain the construction of sewers.
6) Explain the construction of joints.
7) Explain the construction of appurtenances.
8) Explain about hydraulic design of sewers and storm water drain sections.
9) What are the hydraulic formula for determining flow velocities in sewers and drains?
10) Explain about maximum and minimum velocities in sewers.
11) What are the hydraulic characteristics of circular sewer section running full or partially full?
12) Discuss about sewer materials.
13) Discuss about sewer appurtenances.
14) Discuss about Analysis of complex pipe networks.
15) Discuss about pipe materials.
16) Explain about small bore sewer systems.
17) Describe about layout and construction of sewer lines.
18) What are the factor affecting selections of a particular source of water?
19) What are the steps for design of sewers?
20)What are the types of treatment units employed in sewage treatment and their functions.