IMPORTANT CIVIL ENGINEERING QUESTION

1. use soil moisture for plant growth, is
a) capillary water
b) gravity water
c) hygroscopic water
d) chemical water
e) all of the above.

2. A drawing of a structure that indicates its form as well as means of its support and loading conditions is called

A) Bending moment diagram.
B) shearforce diagram.
C) Influence line diagram.
D) space diagram.
E) all of the above.

3. Which of the following is /are not correct?

A) In simple theory of bending stress assumes within plastic limit.
B) In simple theory of bending young modulus is same only in compression.
C) In simple theory of bending the materials assume homogeneous but not isotropic 
D)In simple bending theory of bending the radius of curvature is small compared to depth of beam.
E) none of the above correct.

4. The shape of a suspended cable under its own weight, is

A) parabolic
B) catenary
C) circular
D) elliptical
E) none of the above.

5. The motion of a bicycle wheel is

A) translatory.
B) rotary.
C) translatory and rotary.
D) curvilinear and translatory.
E) none of the above.

6. One half of a vibration of a body, is called

A) period time.
B) oscillation.
C) beat.
D) amplitude.
E) none of the above.

7. A heavy ladder resting on a floor and against a vertical wall may not be in equilibrium, if

A) floor is smooth and the wall is rough.
B) floor is rough and the wall is smooth.
C) floor and wall both are smooth surfaces.
D) floor and wall both are rough surfaces.
E) none of the above.

8. Which of the following joint/s is placed in longitudinal direction?

A) warping joint & construction joint.
B) construction joint & contraction joint.
C) warping joint & contraction joint.
D) expansion joint only.
E) none of the above.

9. Which of the following timbers is / are suitable for making sports good?

A) mulberry
B) mahogini
C) sal
D) segun
E) all of the above

10. Spalling hammer is used for

A) driving wooden headed chisels.
B) rough dressing of stones.
C) carving of stones.
D) breaking small projection of stones.
E) none of the above.

11. Bricks are laid not to be subjected to

A) tensile stress.
B) compressive stress.
C) shear stress.
D) all of the above.
E) none of the above.

12. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

A. Fish plates fit the underside of the rail head
B. Fish plates fit the top of the rail foot
C. Fish plates fit the web of the rail section
D. Cross sectional area of fish plates, is normally the same as that of the rail section.
E.None of the above.

13. Which of the following determination are NOT necessary for raw water from a lake for use as source of supply of water for boiler-feed ?

1. Turbidity
2. Bacterial count
3. Iron
4. Hardness.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 2, 3 and 4
E. None of the above

14. The change of moisture content of soils, changes the
A. Value of angle of repose
B. Amount of compaction required
C. Cohesive strength of soil
D. All of the above.

15. Which one of the following related to domestic potable water quality is correct?
A. Turbidity (on Silica scale) is 15-20 ppm or mg/lit.
B. Colour (on Cobalt scale) is 15-25 ppm or mg/lit.
C. Hardness (expressed as Ca CO3 equivalent) is 75-115 ppm or mg/lit
D. BOD is 20 ppm or mg/lit

16. The distance measured along one rivet line from the center of a rivet to the center of adjoining rivet on an adjacent parallel rivet line is called _____.
पार􀃗प􀈯रक समांतर 􀈯रवेट रेखा म􀆶 संल􀂹न 􀈯रवेट के क􀆶 􀄏 से एक 􀈯रवेट के क􀆶 􀄏 क􀉡 􀈯रवेट रेखा क􀉡 􀆠री _____ कहलाती है।
Options:
1) pitch of rivet
􀈯रवेट क􀉡 􀈱पच
2) gauge distance of rivet
􀈯रवेट का गेज 􀆠री
3) staggered pitch
सांत􀈯रत (􀃗टेगड􀂵) 􀈱पच
4) All options are correct
सभी 􀈱वक􀃒 प सही ह􀆹।

17. What are leaping weirs ?
A. sewage flow measuring devices
B. storm regulators
C. velocity control devices
D. sewer out falls
E. None of the above

18. In the case of a three-pinned parabolic arch carrying a uniformly distributed load on the entire span, then bending moment will be
A. equal to that of a simply supported beam loaded in the same manner
B. maximum at quarter span
C. zero only at the centre
D. zero throughout the span
E. None of the above

19. Pumice is

A) light weight rocks of volcanic origin.
B) heavy weight rocks of surface origin.
C) light weight rock of metamorphic origin.
D) heavy weight but not durable rocks of volcanic origin.
E) none of the above.

20. Which of the following are /is natural pozzolans/s?

A) fly ash
B) slurry fume
C) metakaolin
D)alcofine
E) all of the above

21. In an admixture preparation bottle, at first quantity of water used in gm is 1200gm. After some doses of admixture water reduces to 69.16% of original water. The efficiency of admixture is

A) 30.8
B) 40.8
C) 20.8
D) 33.9
E) can not determined

22. "Ciment metallurgique sursulfate" is known as

A) sulphate resisting cement in India 

B) super sulphated cement in Belgium

C) High alumina cement in Belgium and mosque.
D) low heat cement in USA
E) none of the above

23. To make certain that the backfill material is more pervious than the soil to be drained, the relationship used in

A. (D15)Filter ≤ 5 (D85)Protected soil
B. (D15)Filter ≥ 5 (D85)Protected soil
C. (D15)Filter ≥ 5 (D15)Protected soil
D. (D15)Filter ≤ 5 (D15)Protected soil
E. None of the above

24. A retarding force on a body does not

A. change the motion of the body
B. retard the motion of the body
C. introduce the motion of the body
D. none of these.

25. To prevent buckling in compression members specifically we use

A) Stitch bolt
B) Tacking bolt
C) staggered bold
D) chain bolt
E) all of the above

26. Limit of Proportionality depends upon

A. Area of cross section 
B. Type of material
C. Type of loading
D. All of the above

27. A flat slab is supported _____.

एक समतल खंड़ (􀃌लेट 􀃗लेब), _____ पर सम􀉋थ􀉞त है।
Options:
1) on beams
बीम पर
2) on columns
􀃗त􀃏भ पर
3) on both beams and columns
बीम और 􀃗तंभ दोन􀇂 पर
4) on columns monolithically built with slab
􀃗लेब के साथ अखंड बने 􀃗त􀃏भ

28. A material is said to be perfectly elastic if _____.

कोई पदाथ􀂵 पूण􀂵त: 􀄒􀃆या􀃗थ कहलाता है, य􀈰द _____
Options:
1) It regains its original shape on removal of the load
य􀈰द भार को हटाने के प􀈆ात यह अपने वा􀃗त􀈱वक आकार को पुनः 􀄒ा􀃋त कर लेता है।
2) It regains its original shape partially on removal of the load
य􀈰द भार को हटाने के प􀈆ात यह अपने वा􀃗त􀈱वक आकार को आं􀈳शक 􀄒ा􀃋त कर लेता है।
3) It does not regain its original shape at all
यह अपने वा􀃗त􀈱वक आकार को 􀈱ब􀃒कुल 􀄒ा􀃋त नह􀆭 कर पाता ।
4) None of these
इनम􀆶 से कोई नह􀆭।

29. Which of the following meters is not associated with viscosity _____.

􀈱न􀃏न􀈳ल􀈶खत म􀆶 से कौन सा मीटर 􀃕यानता से संब􀈹􀃊धत नह􀆭 है?
Options:
1) Red wood
रेड वुड
2) Say bolt
से बो􀃒ट
3) Engler
एंगलेर
4) Orsat
ओरसेट

30.  Lime saturation factor not greater than and less than respectively are

A) 1.02, 0.66
B) 0.66, 1.02
C) 1.29, 0.78
D) 0.78, 1.23
E) can not say.

31. In magnel blaton method, the type of wedges used are

A) cones
B) but and bolts
C) plate wedges
D) none of the above
E) all of a), b) &c).

32. The mass production of railway sleepers can be done with

A) Hoyer system
B) magnel system
C) Gifford udal system
D) freyssinet system
E) no system uses

33. At the time of initial tensoning, the maximum tensile stress immediately behind the anchorage should not exceed which are of the following?

a) 0.50 times ultimate tensile stress
b) 0.69 times ultimate tensile stress
C) 0.70 times ultimate tensile stress
D) 0.80 times ultimate tensile stress
E) none of the above

34. The elements that are normally subjected to conbined bending and axial force are

A) struts in RCC members
B) space truss members
C) the members in long span bridges
D) columns in framed structure
E) all of the above

35. The refractive index of the ocean water:

A. increases with salinity
B. increases with temperature
C. decreases with salinity
D. decreases with temperature
E. None of the above

36. BOD is preferred to COD as an index of sewage concentration because

A. BOD represents both carbonaceous and nitrogenous organic matter while COD may indicate carbonaceous matter only

B. BOD test is easier to perform and gives more reliable result

C. BOD relates specifically to putrescible organic matter which is the most objectionable sewage constituent

D. COD relates to the impurities which can only removed by chemical treatment which is expensive

E. None of the above

37. Which one of the following pairs in not correctly matched ?

A. Lame's constant : Thick cylinder
B. Macaulay's method : Deflection of beams
C. Euler's method : Theory of columns
D. Eddy's theorem : Torsion of shafts
E. None of the above.

39. Going to next question today:-

A clay soil sample is test in a tri axial apparatus in CD( consolidated drained) conditions at a cell pressure of 100kn/m2. What will be the pore water pressure at deviator stress of 40kn/m2?

A) 20kn/m2
B) 40kn/m2
C) 60kn/m2
D) 10kn/m2
E) none of the above

40. The principles of plane table survey, compass survey and chain survey respectively are

A) parallelism, triangulation, traversing.
B) traversing, triangulation, parallelism.
C) triangulation, traversing, parallelism.
D) parallelism, traversing, triangulation.
E) none of the above.

41. Chaining is completely eliminated in

A) Traverse survey.
B) Plane table survey.
C) Levelling.
D) Tacheometry survey.
E) none of the above.

42. The variation of bending moment in the portion of a bean carrying linearly varying load is

A) linear.
B) parabolic.
C) cubic.
D) constant.
E) none of the above.

43. Under the same conditions, which of the following shapes of water surface will give the highest rate of evaporation?

A) flat water surface.
B) concave water surface.
C) convex water surface.
D) independent of shape of water surface.
E) none of the above.

44. correction due to submergence of soil is required when a strata is

A) cohesive and saturated, has N value of SPT> 15.
B) saturated silt fine and N value of SPT<10 after overburden correction.
C) saturated silt fine and N value of SPT>15 after overburden correction.
D) coarse sand under dry condition and N value of SPT <15
E) none of the above

45. A smooth retaining wall moves causing the backfill material to fail. The backfill material is homogeneous and isotropic and ones the Mohr Coulomb failure criterian. The major principle stress is

A) normal to the wall surface.
B) parallel to the wall face and acting downwards.
C) oblique to the wall face acting downwards.
D) oblique to the wall face acting upwards.
E) none of the above.

46. The phenomenon of replacement of cations is called

A) Order of exchange.
B) ion exchange.
C) exchange capacity.
D) base exchange.
E) none of the above.

47. The bond in which headers and streatchers are laid in alternate courses and every stretcher course is started with a three fourth brick bat, is known as

A) Flemish bond
B) monk bond
C) rat trap bond
D) Dutch bond
E) none of the above

48. The additional line/s which are measured to show the correctness of the chain survey is/are called

A) tie line
B) check line
C) proof line
D) only option a) and option b)
E) all of the options a), b) , c)

49. What are leaping weirs ?

A. sewage flow measuring devices
B. storm regulators
C. velocity control devices
D. sewer out falls
E. None of the above

50. An under reinforced section means

A) steel will yield first.
B) steel provided is insufficient.
C) steel is provided at the under side only.
D) steel provided on one face only.
E) none of the above.

51. The diagonal tension which results in ultimate failure due to development of diagonal tension cracks , depends on

A) shear span.
B) effective depth.
C) both a) and b).
D) neutral axis.
E) all of A) ,B) and D).