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BUILDING TECH.CONSTRU, STRUCTURE & SERVICES

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1. The demand of hospital for more than 100 beds including laundry is ___________
350 LPCD per bed.
2. Average Indian requirement of water demand is ________________
270 LPCD.
3. In any Indian cities average domestic water demands __________
135 Lpcd.
4. __________
rubbish means all non decomposing organic waste but excluding ashes.
5. Fine suspended impurities such as silt; clay etc can be removed from the water using the _______________
sendimantation

process.
6. Decomposing organic waste resulting from the growing, handling, cooking or consumption of food products
are known as __________.
garbage
7. __________
screening method is used to remove floating matters as leaves, dead animals etc.
8. __________
filtration method is used to remove micro organisms and colloidal matters.
9. Human excreta as well as discharge from kitchens, baths, lavatories etc. are known as __________waste.
domestic
10. Waste from bath, kitchens, sinks as well as w.c and urinals are discharge into a vertical pipe, that vertical pipe
is known as solid
__________
and waste pipe
11. intercepting
__________ traps are used to prevent foul gases entering from public sewer to house drainage system.
12. In wall mounted w.c __________trap
p type is used.
13. The depth of water seal in traps in practice varies from __________
25-75 mm .
14. Infiltration galleries are __________
ground water sources.
15. Quality of stored rain water is __________
soft and__________.
clean
16. The distance between manholes varies usually between __________.
45-90 mm
17. The minimum size of manhole cover is __________
50 cm meter in diameter.
18. The water seal required for W/C trap is __________________
19. WC is an abbreviation for _______________
water closet
20. W.C. having ______________
p type type of trap can be hung on the wall
21. Domestic sewer line is connected to municipal sewer line through __________trap.
intercepting

22. _________
interceptingtraps are used to segregate the private drainage line from public drainage.

23. The distribution of water from the water treatment Plant by way of Dead end or tree type
branching is appropriate for ________________type
old of cities.
24. In two pipe plumbing system for waste disposal, one pipe collects ____________
foil soul and wc and the other
Collects ____________
kitchen, bathroom, household,... etc
Define:

1. Sanitation
2. Sewage
3. Storm water
4. Sewer
5. Sewerage
6. Refuse
7. Garbage
8. Rubbish
9. Ashes
10. Reduction
11. Sanitary landfill
12. traps

Answer in Detail
1. Enlists the ground water sources and surface water sources.
2. Discuss ground water sources.
3. Discuss surface water sources.
4. What is a trap? General requirement of good trap.
5. Enlist the type of traps according to their use. Explain any one in detail with sketch.
6. Enlist the type of traps according to their shape. Explain any one in detail with sketch.
7. What is water demand? Discuss the various types of demands.
8. Enlist the methods of distribution of water (town level). Discuss any one with sketch.
9. Enlist the layouts of water distribution system. Discuss any one in detail.
10. Explain with sketches- Dead End and Grid-Iron system of water distribution.
11. Dry or conservancy system
12. Drop man-holes
13. Curb inlets
14. Single stack system
15. One pipe system
16. One pipe system versus two pipe system of drainage.
17. Discuss single stack system with its advantage and disadvantages.
18. Draw a sketch of over head water tank with all components.
19. Draw a sketch of underground water tank with all its components.
20. What are soak pits? Discuss the components with the help of a neat sketch.
21. What are septic tanks and where are they used. Discuss with the help of a neat sketch.
22. What are manholes? Discuss the components with the help of a neat sketch
23. What is water demand? Discuss the various types of demands.
24. Draw a toilet layout of 5’x7’in size showing all the plumbing and sanitary fixtures and fittings.
25. Explain sources of water in detail.
26. Types of traps in detail.
27. For a residence of two BHK, bathroom attached to Master Bedroom, measuring 2.25 x 2.5 meters, having
European commode, design the appropriate layout and show the fixtures in plan as well as section passing
through the WC along with dimensions.