GTU Civil Engineering (Semester 5)
Environmental Engineering
December 2016
Total marks: --
Total time: --
INSTRUCTIONS
(1) Assume appropriate data and state your reasons
(2) Marks are given to the right of every question
(3) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary


1(10) Plasma pyrolysis is used for which types of wastes
1 M
1(11) What is Abscission?
1 M
1(12) What is fume?
1 M
1(13) What is the range of calorific value of Indian solid watse?
1 M
1(14) At what PSI value air quality is considered "good"
1 M
1(2) Give the chemical formulate for a bacterial cell
1 M
1(3) Name the microbe causes Amoebric Dysentery
1 M
1(4) What is basic characteristic of E-coli?
1 M
1(5) At what value JTU is equal to NTU
1 M
1(6) What causes disease "Mathemoglobinemia"?
1 M
1(7) At what level of DO fishes die in water bodies
1 M
1(8) What is Sullage?
1 M
1(9) What is the purpose of Antisiphonage pipe in trap
1 M
Short Questions
1(a) Short Questions
What is energy and carbon source for Photoautrophs?
1 M

2(a) State the types of impurities found in water
3 M
2(b) Differentiate quality wise surface water and gound water sources.
4 M
Solve any one question.Q2(c) &Q2(d)
2(c) Describe four phases of the microbial growth and draw microbial growth curve for mass and number.
7 M
2(d) Define BOD and COD. Derive the equation for first stage BOD.
7 M

solve any one question Q.3(a,b,c) &Q4(a,b,c)
3(a) Define
i) MPN
ii) dBA
iii) TDS
3 M
3(b) Why BOD is determined for 5 days at 20°C?
4 M
3(c) Differentiate temporary and permanent hardness and find out total hardness, carbonate hardness and non-carbonate hardness for water analysis-Ca=65mg/l,
Mg=51mg/L,
Na=101mg/L,
K=21mg/L and HCO3=248mg/L
7 M

4(a) What cause Alkalinity in water?
3 M
4(b) Discuss the effects of noise pollution in human beings
4 M
4(c) How pH is determined int the laboratory? Find out average pH of pH8 and pH10 and state how basic is pH 10 compared to pH 8
7 M

solve any one question Q.5(a,b,c) &Q6(a,b,c)
5(a) What is the need of Equalization and Neutralization in industrial wastewater?
3 M
5(b) Calculate 5 day BOD at 20°C if 2 day BOD at 35°C is 150mg/L and KD at 20°C is 0.1.
4 M
5(c) What are principle of house drainage? Desribe schematically one pipe and two pipe system of plumbing.
7 M

6(a) Disuss different chemical characteristics of solid waste
3 M
6(b) Differentiate Nahani trap and Gully trap showing sketch
4 M
6(c) Discuss different natural forces of self-purification in running water bodies and calculate DO and COD of mix, when two industrial streams of DO of 0.5mg/L and 0.0mg/L and COD of 200mg/L and 400mg/L and flow of 10 cumes and 150 cumes respectively are disposed in river of of flow 500 cumes. Initial DO and COD of river was 9.0mg/L and 30mg/L respectively..
7 M

solve any one question Q.7(a,b,c) &Q8(a,b,c)
7(a) Explain salient features of house drainage plan
3 M
7(b) Define
i) Rubbish
ii) Garbage
iii) Soot
iv) Aerosol
4 M
7(c) Enumerate different methods of solid waste disposal and describe in detail the method of mechanical composing
7 M

8(a) What are sources of CO? State its effect on humans
3 M
8(b) What are the objectives of water (prevention and control of pollution) act 1974.Define pollution as per this act.
4 M
8(c) Differentiate primary and secondary air pollutants and discuss the working of electrostatic precipitatior.
7 M



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