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Discussion Forum : GATE Exam Questions - Section 4 (Q.No. 5)
5.
In a BOD test, 5 ml of waste is added to 295 ml of aerated pure water. Initial dissolved oxygen (D.O) content of the diluted sample is 7.8 mg/l. After 5 days of incubation at 20°C, the D.O. content of the sample is reduced to 4.4 mg/l. The BOD of the waste water is :
196 mg/l
200 m/l
204 mg/l
208 mg/l
Answer: Option
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Keshav Kaushik said:   7 years ago
Dilution Factor = volume of wastewater sample/(volume of wastewater sample + dilution sample).

B.O.D = Initial D.O - Final D.O / dilution factor = 204mg/l.

Abhishek thakur said:   4 years ago
The volume of dilution sample over the undiluted raw sample is a formula not aerated water over an undiluted raw sample.

204 is the right answer.
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Abhishek thakur said:   4 years ago
The volume of dilution sample over the undiluted raw sample is a formula not aerated water over an undiluted raw sample.

204 is the right answer.
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Erick said:   8 years ago
The first initial DO of the mixture is required.

DO = 7.8 x (295/300) = 7.67,
BOD = (7.67-4.4)/(5/300) = 196.2 mg/L.

Lencho Edeto said:   3 years ago
BOD = [DO( initial) -DO final)] * Dilution factor.
= (7.8-4.4)mg/lit * (295/5).
= 200.6 mg/lit.

Himanshu said:   8 years ago
BOD = (initial D.O - Final D.O.)/ Dilution factor.
= (7.8 - 4.4)/(5/300).
= 204 mg/l.
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Divya Vishnoi said:   9 years ago
BOD = (initial D.O - Final D.O.)* Dilution factor.
= (7.8 - 4.4)*300/5.
= 204 mg/l.
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Nayan Kulkarni said:   1 decade ago
BOD = (DO initial -DO final)*Dilution factor.
= (7.8-4.4)*(295/5).
= 200.6 mg/lit

Jay Shah said:   1 decade ago
BOD = (INITIAL-FINAL)*300/ML.

= (7.8-4.4)*300/5 = 204 MG/L.
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Sharath Manohar said:   4 years ago
295/5 * (7.8-4.4) = 200 mg/l is the actual right answer.


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