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Municipal Solid Wastes - Environmental Engineering - Civil Engineering Previous Year Questions

Practice Municipal Solid Wastes - Environmental Engineering - Civil Engineering previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

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9Years
13Questions
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Municipal Solid Wastes question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Municipal Solid Wastes. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 9 69.2%
Medium 4 30.8%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 5 38.5%
MCQ 5 38.5%
MSQ 3 23.1%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Civil Engineering
13 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Environmental Engineering
13 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Municipal Solid Wastes
13 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
4 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
1 Qs

Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]20251View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]20251View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]20241View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]20224View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]20201View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]20191View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]20171View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]20151View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201020101View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 200820081View paper

All Municipal Solid Wastes previous year questions

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2015 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
A landfill is to be designed to serve a population of 200000 for a period of 25 years. The solid waste (SW) generation is 2 kg/person/day. The density of the un-compacted SW is 100 kg/m³ and a compaction ratio of 4 is suggested. The ratio of compacted fill (i.e., SW + cover) to compacted SW is 1.5. The landfill volume (in million m³) required is __________.
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2017 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2017 [Session 2]
The composition of a municipal solid waste sample is given below:
ComponentPercent by MassMoisture Content (%)Energy Content (kJ/kg, on as-discarded basis)
Food Waste20702500
Paper10410000
Cardboard1048000
Plastics10114000
Garden Trimmings40603500
Wood52014000
Tin Cans52100

The difference between the energy content of the waste sample calculated on dry basis and as-discarded basis (in kJ/kg) would be __________
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2019 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
Raw municipal solid waste (MSW) collected from a city contains 70% decomposable material that can be converted to methane. The water content of the decomposable material is 35%. An elemental analysis of the decomposable material yields the following mass percent.
C : H : O : N : other = 44 : 6 : 43 : 0.8 : 6.2
The methane production of the decomposable material is governed by the following stoichiometric relation
\[ C_a H_b O_c N_d + nH_2O \rightarrow mCH_4 + sCO_2 + dNH_3 \]
Given atomic weights: C = 12, H = 1, O = 16, N = 14. The mass of methane produced (in grams, round off to 1 decimal place) per kg of raw MSW will be ______
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2020 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]

A waste to energy plant burns dry solid waste of composition: Carbon = 35%, Oxygen = 26%, Hydrogen = 10%, Sulphur = 6%, Nitrogen = 3% and Inerts = 20%. Burning rate is 1000 tonnes/d. Oxygen in air by weight is 23%. Assume complete conversion of Carbon to CO2, Hydrogen to H2O, Sulphur to SO2 and Nitrogen to NO2.

Given Atomic weights: H = 1, C = 12, N = 14, O = 16, S = 32

The stoichiometric (theoretical) amount of air (in tonnes/d, round off to the nearest integer) required for complete burning of this waste, is __________.

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2022 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]

In a solid waste handling facility, the moisture contents (MC) of food waste, paper waste, and glass waste were found to be MCF, MCP, and MCG, respectively. Similarly, the energy contents (EC) of plastic waste, food waste, and glass waste were found to be ECPP, ECF, and ECG, respectively. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

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2022 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]

To design an optimum municipal solid waste collection route, which of the following is/are NOT desired:

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2022 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
In a city, the chemical formula of biodegradable fraction of municipal solid waste (MSW) is \(C_{100}H_{250}O_{80}N\). The waste has to be treated by forced-aeration composting process for which air requirement has to be estimated.
Assume oxygen in air (by weight) = 23 %, and density of air = 1.3 kg/m³. Atomic mass: C = 12, H = 1, O = 16, N = 14.
C and H are oxidized completely whereas N is converted only into \(NH_3\) during oxidation.
For oxidative degradation of 1 tonne of the waste, the required theoretical volume of air (in m³/tonne) will be (round off to the nearest integer)
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2022 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
At a municipal waste handling facility, 30 metric ton mixture of food waste, yard waste, and paper waste was available. The moisture content of this mixture was found to be 10%. The ideal moisture content for composting this mixture is 50%. The amount of water to be added to this mixture to bring its moisture content to the ideal condition is __________ metric ton. (in integer)
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2024 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 1]

The following table gives various components of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and a list of treatment/separation techniques.

Component of MSWTreatment/separation technique
P - Ferrous metalsi - Incineration
Q - Aluminum and copperii - Rapid composting
R - Food wasteiii - Eddy current separator
S - Cardboardiv - Magnetic separator
The CORRECT match is
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2025 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
Organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) with bulk density of 315 kg/m³ and water content of 30% is mixed with municipal sludge of bulk density 700 kg/m³ and water content of 70%, such that the water content of the mixture is 40%. The amount (in kg) of sludge to be mixed per kg of OFMSW (rounded off to 2 decimal places) and the density of the mixture (in kg/m³) (rounded off to the nearest integer) are calculated. Which of the following options is/are true:

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2025 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]

Identify the treatment technology/technologies NOT recommended for highly biodegradable organic solid wastes.

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2008 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
Two biodegradable components of municipal solid waste are
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2010 · Civil Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Municipal Solid Wastes
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
A coastal city produces municipal solid waste (MSW) with high moisture content, high organic materials, low calorific value and low inorganic materials. The most effective and sustainable option for MSW management in that city is
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