kea.kar.nic.in PGCET Environmental Engineering Question Paper : Karnataka Examinations Authority
Name of the Organisation : Karnataka Examinations Authority
Name of the Exam : Common Entrance Test
Subject: Environmental Engineering
Year : 2015
Document Type : Question Paper
Website : https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/
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PGCET Environmental Engineering Question Paper :
Time: 2 Hours
Max. Marks: 100
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Marks Distribution :
PART —I 50 Questions : 50 x 1 = 50 Marks
PART — H 25 Questions : 25 x 2 = 50 Marks
Total = 100 Marks
1. The volume of fluid per unit weight is
a) Specific gravity
b) Specific weight
c) Specific volume
d) None of these
2. The process of treating water by applying pressure greater than the osmotic pressure solute on one side of a membrane is
a) Reverse Osmosis
b) Electrodialysis
0) Ion Exchange
d) Electrolytic membrane
3. The adsorption capacity of activated carbon is determined by the use of
a) Freundlich Isotherm
b) Langmuir Isotherm
c) BET lsotherrn
d) All of these
4. The oxygen consuming property of the wastewater expressed in terms of oxygen that consumed biologically is
a) BOD
b) COD
c) TOC
d) All of these
5. The absence of fiuorides in drinking water encourages
a) Dental Carries
b) Dental Fluorosis
c) Methemoglobinemia
d) None of these
6. The net primary productivity in plant matter is equal to
a) Gross primary productivity — Plant respiration
b) Gross primary productivity + Plant respiration
0) Gross primary productivity
d) None of these
7. The primary constituent of living matter which move through a gaseous cycle is
a) Hydrogen
b) Carbon
c) Nitrogen
d) All of these i
8. In an ecosystem, the flow of energy is
a) Bi-directional
b) Cyclic
c) Unidirectional
d) Multidirection
9. The primary producers in a forest ecosystem are
a) Chlorophyll containing trees and plants
b) Herbivores
c) Camivores
d) Bacteria and other microorganisms
10. Eutrophication is
a) an improved quality of water in lakes
b) a process in carbon cycle
c) accumulation of plant nutrients in water bodies
d) accumulation of heavy metals in water bodies
11. Fluids which have no viscosity and surface tension and which are incompressible art
a) Ideal fluids
b) Practical fluids
c) Real fluids
d) None of these
12. When a certain pressure is applied at any point in a ?uid at rest, the pressure is equally transmitted in all directions and to every other point in the ?uid is
a) Darcy’s Law
b) Pascal’s Law
c) Newton’s Law
d) Stoke’s law
13. When a main pipeline divides into two or more parallel pipes which again join together is
a) Pipes in parallel
b) Equivalent pipe
c) Pipes in series
d) None of these
14. A centrifugal pump which discharge a unit flow under a unit head at maximum efficiency is
a) Brake Horse Power
b) Specific Speed
c) Hydraulic Ram
d) None of these
15. From the construction point of view, wells with an impervious lining, such as masonry lining and generally resting on a moia layer is
a) Type I
b) Type 11
c) None of these
d) Type III