The width of a rectangular sewer is twice its depth while discharging 1.5 m/sec. The width of the sewer is______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The sewage discharge in a detritus tank of a treatment plant is 576 litres/sec with flow velocity of 0.2 m/sec. If the ratio of width to depth is 2, the depth is____________________?

   A. 100 cm
   B. 110 cm
   C. 120 cm
   D. 150 cm

2. The angle subtended by the surface of sewer water with partial flow, at sewer centre is 120°, the depth of sewerage is________________________?

   A. 20 cm
   B. 25 cm
   C. 40 cm
   D. 50 cm

3. weight of water, the hydraulic mean depth of the sewer and the bed slope w is the unit of the sewer, then the tractive force exerted by flowing water, is________________________?

   A. w r S S
   B. w r1/2
   C. w r S
   D. w r2/3

4. If the depth of flow in a circular sewer is 1/4th of its diameter D, the wetted perimeter is______________?

   A. /2
   B. /4
   C. /3
   D. D

5. The dimensions of a rectangular settling tank are: length 24 m, width 6 m and depth 3 m. If 2 hour detention period for tanks is recommended, the rate of flow of sewage per hour, is_____________________?

   A. 204 cu.m
   B. 208 cu.m
   C. 212 cu.m
   D. 216 cu.m

6. If the flame of a miner’s safety lamp in the upper layers of the sewer forms an explosive, the sewer certainly contains_______________?

   A. Hydrogen sulphide
   B. Carbon dioxide
   C. Methane
   D. Oxygen

7. If the discharge of a sewer running half is 628 1.p.s., i = 0.001, and n = 0.010, the diameter of the sewer, is__________________?

   A. 1.39 m
   B. 1.49 m
   C. 1.59 m
   D. 1.69 m

8. The spacing of man holes along a straight portion of a sewer is 300 m, the diameter of the sewer may be__________________?

   A. 0.9 cm
   B. 1.2 m
   C. 1.5 m
   D. > 1.5 m

9. Assertion A.: The minimum self cleansing velocity in the sewer, at least once a day, must be generated. Reason (R): If certain deposition takes place and is not removed, it obstructs free flow and causes further deposition leading to complete blocking of the sewer?

   A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
   B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
   C. A is true but R is false
   D. A is false but R is true

10. You are asked to design sewer pipes of diameters 0.4 m to 0.9 m at maximum flow, you will assume the sewer flow running at___________________?

    A. Full depth
    B. Half full
    C. Two third full
    D. Three fourth full