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Waste Water Management - 2

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What is produced during treatment of waste water which is used as a source of energy?

  1. LPG

  2. Sludge

  3. Clarified water

  4. Biogas


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Biogas is produced during treatment of waste water which is used as a source of energy.

Waste water after treated with skimmers in the treatment plant is called

  1. clarified water

  2. ground water

  3. pure water

  4. chlorinated water


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Waste water after treated with skimmers in the treatment plant is called clarified water.

What is the connecting link between sludge and biogas production?

  1. Aerobic bacteria

  2. Viruses

  3. Anaerobic bacteria

  4. Activated sludge


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Anaerobic bacteria is the connecting link between sludge and biogas production.

Which of the following diseases is not a waterborne disease?

  1. Dysentery

  2. Cholera

  3. Malaria

  4. Typhoid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Malaria is not a waterborne disease.

All of the following are inorganic impurities present in waste water, except

  1. fruit and vegetable waste

  2. nitrates

  3. phosphates

  4. metals


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fruit and vegetable waste is an organic impurity present in waste water.

Which type of sewage is produced by kitchen activities?

  1. Sullage water

  2. Trade waste

  3. Foul waste

  4. Solid and inorganic waste


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sullage water is produced by kitchen activities.

Sea provides us

  1. wind energy and water energy

  2. tidal energy and water energy

  3. tidal energy and wave energy

  4. water energy and tidal energy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We get tidal energy and wave energy from the sea.

Which of the following is not an advantage of nuclear energy?

  1. Nuclear fuel can be used for a long time.

  2. It can cause very serious health problems in case of an accident.

  3. Even a small amount of nuclear fuel has the ability to generate very high amount of energy.

  4. It helps to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Accidents involving nuclear power plants are disastrous and have very grave consequences.

Which of the following factors decides the rainfall patterns?

  1. Prevailing wind patterns

  2. Mass of water over land

  3. Soil conditions

  4. Presence of suspended particles in the air


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is an example of underground water?

  1. Well

  2. Sea

  3. Lake

  4. River


Correct Option: A

A city’s sewage was disposed into a water body. It was noticed that the aquatic animals in the body started dying. What effect of sewage led to the death of aquatic life?

  1. Utilisation of oxygen from water body

  2. Utilisation of CO2 from water

  3. Increasing temperature of water body

  4. Increasing metal content in water body


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sewage is an oxygen-consuming material. It decreases the oxygen content of the water body and thus, the amount of oxygen available for aquatic organisms decreases.

Which of the following diseases occur due to contaminated drinking water?

  1. Dysentery and tuberculosis

  2. Hepatitis and typhoid

  3. Cholera and influenza

  4. Polio and mumps


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cholera, typhoid, polio, meningitis, hepatitis and dysentery are waterborne diseases.

Which of the following methods of irrigation can minimise the wastage of water?

  1. Irrigation by pipes

  2. Irrigation by tube wells

  3. Irrigation by channels

  4. Irrigation by drops


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Irrigation by drops is one of the irrigation methods which can minimise the wastage of water.

Which of the following is not the effect of water scarcity?

  1. Drying up of ponds and lakes

  2. Failure of crops

  3. Rapid industrialisation

  4. Poor health of living organisms


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Water scarcity results in drying up of ponds, lakes, failure of crops and poor health of living organisms. But, rapid industrialisation is not an effect of water scarcity.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

  1. Many lakes are recharged by ground water.

  2. Drought results in increase in food and fodder production.

  3. Minerals are transported by water in plants.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option (2) is incorrect.

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