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The sewage in inverted siphon will flow under __________

(a) Air

(b) Vacuum

(c) Pressure

(d) Gravity

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Question is taken from Inverted Siphon, Storm Regulator and Sewage Pumping topic in chapter Construction of Sewers, Sewer Appurtenances and Sewage Pumping of Environmental Engineering

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Right answer is (c) Pressure

For explanation I would say: The sewage in inverted siphon will flow under pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure and it will not flow under gravity.

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