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Category: Chemical Environmental Engineering
Phenolic water generated in coke ovens & by-product plant of a steel plant are disposed off by_________________?
A. Quenching of hot coke
B. Discharging in the river stream
C. Filtration and recycling for cooling coke oven gas
D. None of these
Which of the following is not a weightless pollutant ?
A. SPM
B. Thermal pollution
C. Radioactive rays
D. Noise pollution
Black smoke coming out of the chimney of a furnace is an indication of the use of ______________ in the furnace?
A. Low amount of excess combustion air
B. Large quantity of excess combustion air
C. Hydrocarbon fuel
D. Pulverised coal as fuel
The progressive warming up of the earth’s surface is mainly due to the___________________?
A. Automobile exhaust
B. Blanketing effect of CO2 in the atmosphere
C. De-forestation
D. Thickening of ozone layer
BOD of raw municipal sewage may be in the range of about _____________ mg/litre?
A. 1-2
B. 5-10
C. 150-300
D. 2000-3000
Pick out the wrong statement?
A. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) is a characteristic and not a constituent of water
B. BOD is a measure of the amount of oxygen which will be demanded & used in 5 days by the
biological decomposition of the organic matter present in water stream present as food for the
living organism
C. BOD is expressed in mg/litre (typically, BOD=2.5 mg/litre for potable water)
D. None of these
Pick out the correct statement ?
A. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is a measure of chemically oxidisable organic matter present
in water
B. COD is determined by oxidising the organic matter present in water with potassium
dichromate in cone, sulphuric acid solution at boiling temperature for specified time
C. COD is related to BOD of a given waste in water but the relationship varies for different
wastes. Typically COD of potable water may be 1-2 mg/litre
D. All A., B. and C.
Very small amount of air pollutants are present in stratosphere also; though most of the atmospheric pollutants are present in the troposphere. Which of the following atmospheric pollutants does not cause the ozone layer depletion in atmosphere at tremendous rate ?
A. CO
B. SO2
C. NOx
D. CFC (chloro fluoro carbons)
Which of the following is an adsorbent used for the removal of SO2 from gas/air ?
A. Bog iron
B. Limestone powder or alkalised alumina
C. Silica gel
D. Active carbon
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