Water Supply and Sanitary

251) For health, presence of traces of the following elements is a must in drinking water

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fluorides and iodine

252) Besides Ca and Mg, the other metallic ions responsible for hardness are

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Fe and Mn

253) An advantage of COD test over BOD test is

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it is relatively a quick process

254) BOD test is not well suited to industrial wastes because

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toxic chemicals produce wrong results

255) BOD represents

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pollutional strength of bio-degradable organic fraction of wastes

256) The effluent of a biological treatment unit should have a BOD less than

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30 mg/l

257) BOD test is standardised at

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20°C and 5 day

258) For any waste

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COD is always greater than BOD

259) Time taken for COD test is about

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3 hrs

260) Result of COD is generally higher than that of BOD because

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the strong oxidising conditions in the test

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