UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Engineering

Q1:

Sewage sickness is a term used for

A persons who become sick after drinking polluted water

B a treatment plant which does not function properly

C a stream where the flora and fauna die due to sewage inflow

D the condition of land where sewage is applied continuously for a long period.

ANS:D - the condition of land where sewage is applied continuously for a long period.

When a seepage is applied long time over a soil. It will get clogged into the voids spaces present in the soil. Where it forms a ANAEROBIC kind of respiration. Which is called as seewage sickness.