Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
Environmental Engineering MCQ’s – Chemical Characteristics of Waste Water
1 - Question
The temperature of sewage increases. What will be the effect on the dissolved oxygen in sewage?
a) Remains constant
b) Increase
c) Decrease
d) No effect
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Answer: c
Explanation: The temperature and dissolved oxygen are inversely proportional to each other.
2 - Question
What is the minimum quantity of dissolved oxygen that should be present in the treated sewage?
a) 6ppm
b) 4ppm
c) 1ppm
d) 10ppm
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Answer: b
Explanation: At least, 4ppm of dissolved oxygen should be present in treating sewage otherwise, fishes will die due to lack of dissolved oxygen.
3 - Question
The presence of which of the following in sewage indicates nitrogen content before decomposition of sewage?
a) Nitrites
b) Nitrates
c) Free ammonia
d) Albuminoid nitrogenAnswer: d
Explanation: The presence of Albuminoid nitrogen in water indicates the decomposition of sewage has not taken place.It nitrogen is also called as organic nitrogen.
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Answer: d
Explanation: The presence of Albuminoid nitrogen in water indicates the decomposition of sewage has not taken place.It nitrogen is also called as organic nitrogen.
4 - Question
The presence of free ammonia in sewage represents ____________
a) Air pollution
b) Old pollution
c) Recent pollution
d) Water pollution
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Answer: c
Explanation: The presence of free ammonia in sewage represents recent pollution. Which can be removed from wastewater by the nitrification process.
5 - Question
Which chemical is used for the titration of waste water for finding its chloride content?
a) Potassium chloride
b) Sodium chloride
c) Potassium chromate
d) Potassium dichromate
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Answer: c
Explanation: Potassium chromate is used for the titration of waste water with silver nitrate solution for finding the chloride content.
6 - Question
The type of solids which floats in sewage is __________
a) Suspended solids
b) Settleable solids
c) Dissolved solids
d) Total solids
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Answer: a
Explanation: The suspended solids float in sewage. 1000kg of sewage contain 0.112 kg of suspended solids.
7 - Question
The presence of which of the following indicates old pollution?
a) Nitrates
b) Nitrites
c) H2S
d) Sulfates
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Answer: d
Explanation: The presence of nitrates indicates the old pollution. It also means that the nitrogen is fully oxidized in sewage.
8 - Question
________ is used to find the D.O content of sewage.
a) Winkler method
b) Chromatography
c) Kjeldahl method
d) Olfactometer
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Answer: b
Explanation: Wrinkler method is used to find the D.O content of sewage where the D.O content is proportional to the titration of iodine with S2O32- solution.
9 - Question
The permissible dose of chloride in domestic sewage is __________
a) 120ppm
b) 10ppm
c) 1ppm
d) 250ppm
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Answer: a
Explanation: Domestic sewage includes waste from kitchen, laundry, toilet, bathroom, etc., which contain higher amount of chloride content, so the permissible dose of 120ppm is kept for domestic sewage.
10 - Question
Imhoff cone is used to measure the _______
a) Suspended solids
b) Settleable solids
c) Dissolved solids
d) Total solids
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Answer: b
Explanation: Imhoff cone is used to measure the settleable solids where wastewater is allowed to stand for a specific time, solids get settled down and the readings are taken through the graduations on the cone.
11 - Question
The decomposition of sewage takes place, causing a pungent smell. Which of the following causes the pungent smell?
a) CO2
b) H2SO4
c) HCL
d) H2S
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Answer: d
Explanation: The decomposition of sewage leads to the formation of sulfur compound like H2S which produces a pungent smell.
12 - Question
Which of the following disease is caused due to lack of nitrates?
a) Diphtheria
b) Methemoglobinemia
c) Tuberculosis
d) Meningitis
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Answer: b
Explanation: Methemoglobinemia is a disease caused due to lack of nitrates in the body where the concentration of methemoglobin in red blood cells becomes greater than 1%.
13 - Question
The maximum quantity of dissolved oxygen present in wastewater is called __________
a) Saturated dissolved oxygen
b) Maximum dissolved oxygen
c) Optimal dissolved oxygen
d) Peak dissolved oxygen
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Answer: a
Explanation: At a given temperature, the maximum quantity of dissolved oxygen in sewage in wastewater is called saturated dissolved oxygen.
14 - Question
Identify the odd one of the following.
a) Fatty acids
b) Chlorides
c) Cellulose
d) Fats
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Answer: b
Explanation: Chlorides are inorganic matter, whereas Fatty acids, Cellulose and Fats are organic matter.
15 - Question
The fresh sewage is acidic in nature.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: The fresh sewage is alkaline, but after sometime, the production of acid takes place and the pH of sewage decreases.