Environmental Pollution Control (S1-18_ETZC362)

Last Date – 30th Oct – 11.59 PM

1) The value of critical dissolved oxygen DOC would increase

Select one:
a. if the temperature of the waste water increases
b.
if the temperature of river stream increases
c.
if the velocity of the river stream decreases
d.
if the velocity of the river stream increases
e.
both b, d
f. both a, c
g.
any other combination

2) The BOD of the waste water is roughly estimated to be 200 mg/L. If 4 mg/L should be the BOD
of the diluted sample in 300 ml BOD bottle, the volume of undiluted sample and dilution factor
are:
Select one:
a. 7 ml and 42.9
b. 20 ml and 10
c. 6 ml and 50
d. 10 ml and 20

3) A waste is being discharged into a river that has a temperature of 10oC. Estimate the fraction of
the maximum oxygen consumption that has occurred in three days if the BOD rate constant
k1 (base e) under standard conditions is 0.120 d-1,

Select one:
a. 0.096
b. 0.196
c. 0.120
d. 0.296
 4) ‘Kjeldahl’ nitrogen in waste water is
Select one:
a.
measure of ammonia content
b.
measure of total organic nitrogen

c. sum of organic nitrogen and ammonia

d.
sum of nitrates and nitrites

5) The BOD constants, k1’ (base 10) and Lu (ultimate BOD) for the following BOD results of a waste
water sample with following data is,

Days 0 1 2 4 6 8
BOD (Y)
mg/L 0 32 57 84 106 111

Select one:
a. 0.39 d-1 and 138 mg/L
b. 0.29 d-1 and 138 mg/L
c. 0.49 d-1 and 104 mg/L
d.
0.29 d-1 and 128 mg/L (As per my calc, I am getting 0.125 d-1 instead of 0.29 d-1 But with 0.125 equating
further I am getting 128 mg/L, which matches) – So I feel this is correct as this is the nearest ones
among all options given.

6) The critical point in a DO sag curve is found to be 10 km downstream from the discharge point of
untreated waste water. If the waste water is now treated and then discharged, the critical point
would be

Select one:
a. greater than 10 km
b. lesser than 10 km
c. will remain in the same place
d. none of the above
 7) The technique that is most suitable to remove finely divided suspended solids, fine fibres and
oily matter from waste water is:
Select one:
a.
Sedimentation
b.
Activated sludge process
c.
Flotation
d.
Flocculation

8) If BOD3 (Y3) of waste is 75 mg/L and standard rate constant k1’ (base 10) 0.150 d-1, the ultimate
BOD in mg/L is
Select one:
a. 116
b. 106
c. 126
d. 96

9) The primary purpose of bar racks in waste water pre-treatment process is

Select one:
a.
to crush or grind large waste objects to smaller ones so that they would eventually be removed by
sedimentation
b. to stream-line waste water and adjust its flowrate
c. to remove large objects that would otherwise damage pumps or valves downstream
d. to remove smaller objects such as pebbles, sand and other such dense materials

10) ‘Biological magnification’ is a

Select one:
a. measure of increase in the concentration of toxic chemicals at successive levels of food
chain
b. measure of bacteriological quality of waste water
c. measure of microbial activity in waste water treatment processes employing biological methods
d. measure of increase in the concentration of toxic chemicals at successive levels of food
chain

a & d are both exactly same??