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pH

GATE Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering - Water Quality · 2000-2026

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2026 Q63

The analysis of major cations and anions in a water sample collected from a city's water supply is given below. Ions present in minor concentrations are not given. Anions Cl- SO4^2...

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2025 Q34

Free residual chlorine concentration in water was measured to be 2 mg/l (as Cl2). The pH of water is 8.5. By using the chemical equation given below, the HOCl concentration (in μmo...

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2025 Q45

A facultative pond system is employed for wastewater treatment. Which of the following statements is/are true:

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2025 PYQ

Free residual chlorine concentration in water was measured to be $2 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{l}$ (as $\mathrm{Cl}_2$ ). The pH of water is 8.5. By using the chemical equation given be...

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2022 Q42

A 100 mg of HNO3 (strong acid) is added to water, bringing the final volume to 1.0 liter. Consider the atomic weights of H, N, and O, as 1 g/mol, 14 g/mol, and 16 g/mol, respective...

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2022 PYQ

A 100 mg of HNO 3 (strong acid) is added to water, bringing the final volume to 1.0 liter. Consider the atomic weights of H, N, and O, as 1 g/mol. 14 g mol. and 16 g/mol, respectiv...

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2021 Q34

Ammonia nitrogen is present in a given wastewater sample as the ammonium ion (NH4+) and ammonia (NH3). If pH is the only deciding factor for the proportion of these two constituent...

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2020 Q17

An amount of 35.67 mg HCl is added to distilled water and the total solution volume is made to one litre. The atomic weights of H and Cl are 1 and 35.5, respectively. Neglecting th...

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2016 PYQ

Effluent from an industry 'A' has a pH of 4.2. The effluent from another industry 'B' has double the hydroxyl (OH - ) ion concentration than the effluent from industry 'A'. pH of e...

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2012 PYQ

A water sample has a pH of 9.25. The concentration of hydroxyl ions in the water sample is

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2008 PYQ

A wastewater sample contains $$10^{-5.6}$$ mol/l of OH - ions at $$25^o$$ C. The pH of this sample is

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2005 PYQ

If tomato juice is having a pH of 4.1, the hydrogen ion concentration will be

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2000 PYQ

Two Samples of Water A and B have pH values of a 4.4 and 6.4 respectively. How many times more acidic sample A is than sample B

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