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1. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) The center line of the approach area coincides with that of the runway

b) Approach areas are measured in horizontal surfaces

c) The imaginary inclined plane which is directly above the approach area is called the approach surface

d) All of the above

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2. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) Landing speed is directly proportional to the wing loading

b) Wing loading remaining constant, the takeoff distance is directly proportional to the power loading

c) Neither (a) nor (b) of the above

d) Both (a) and (b) of above

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3. The marking of the taxiway is yellow while on the apron is

a) White and black

b) Red and white

c) Orange and white

d) All of the above

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4. D.P.C. stands for:

a) double plastered column

b) double pinned cleat

c) damp proof course

d) design Portland cement

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5. The fineness of cement is measured in terms of?

a) Surface area in square cm per gram of cement

b) Percentage weight retained on IS sieve number

c) Neither (a) nor (b)

d) Surface area in square meters

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6. The bond in which all courses are laid as stretcher is known as:

a) stretcher bond

b) header bond

c) english bond

d) flemish bond

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7. The process of hand compaction of concrete is:

a) Same as machine compaction

b) Better than machine compaction

c) Inferior to machine compaction

d) All of the above

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8. Jobs going ahead of schedule are conveniently shown in:

a) Gantt chart

b) Milestone chart

c) Pi chart

d) None of the above

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9. A construction schedule is prepared after collecting:

a) Number of operations

b) Output of labor and machinery

c) Quantity of various items

d) All of the above

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10. Gantt chart indicates:

a) Balance of work to be done

b) Comparison of actual progress with the scheduled progress

c) Efficiency progress

d) Progressive cost of the project

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11. *The size of bull's trench kiln is

a) circular

b) parabolic

c) elliptical

d) all of the above

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12. Brard's test is done for finding the... of stone

a) frost resistance

b) dirty matter

c) weather resistance

d) all of the above

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13. Smith test is performed on stones for determining

a) specific gravity

b) hardness

c) water absorption

d) soluble and clayey water

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14. The solution of salts from the soil absorbed by the trees, which becomes a viscous solution due to the loss of moisture and action of carbon dioxide is known as

a) pith

b) cambium

c) bark

d) sap

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15. In case of aligned method of dimensioning, they can be read from:

a) Bottoms and right side of the drawing sheet

b) Bottoms and left side of the drawing sheet

c) Bottoms and top side of the drawing sheet

d) All of the above

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16. Drawing board is made of:

a) Well-seasoned softwood

b) Well-seasoned hardwood

c) Moistened softwood

d) Moistened hardwood

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17. Uses of the T-square, set squares, scale, and protractor are combined in the:

a) Set-square

b) Drafting machine

c) Compass

d) None of the above

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18. In the case of a roof truss made of steel, rivets, bolts, nuts, etc., normally account for

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 20%

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19. The necessary elements of the estimate are:

a) Drawing

b) Specification

c) Rates

d) All of the above

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20. The number of corrugations in an asbestos cement sheet is usually

a) 5

b) 7

c) 10

d) 12

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21. Transition curve is provided in horizontal alignment

a) to increase the radius of transition curvature

b) to facilitate the application of super-elevation

c) to counteract the centrifugal force developed

d) to prevent vehicles from skidding laterally

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22. Which pavement is better for highway lighting?

a) Black top surface

b) Cement concrete

c) WBM (Water Bound Macadam)

d) Gravel roads

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23. On the pavement with parabolic camber, the angle of inclination of vehicles will be

a) more at the edges

b) less at the edges

c) more at the crown

d) all of the above

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24. *Losses are more in

a) laminar flow

b) critical flow

c) turbulent flow

d) transition flow

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25. In an inclined position, a venturimeter records

a) less reading

b) same reading

c) more reading

d) none of the above

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26. If the fluid particles move in a zig-zag way, the flow is called

a) unsteady

b) non-uniform

c) turbulent

d) incompressible

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27. The ratio of the percentage error in the discharge and the percentage error in the measurement of head over a triangular notch is

a) 2/3

b) 3/2

c) 2/5

d) 5/2

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28. *To avoid an interruption in the field of a siphon, the air vessel is provided

a) at the summit

b) at the inlet

c) at the outlet

d) none of the above

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29. In rice, the depth of the root zone is generally,

a) 30 cm

b) 60 cm

c) 90 cm

d) 120 cm

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30. Siltation of a reservoir can be reduced by

a) land management

b) providing sluice gates at different levels

c) providing gully plugging check dams and contour bunds in the catchment area

d) all of the above

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31. Find the maximum BM induced in a simply supported beam if the beam is subjected to a point load of 4 KN at the center of the beam and the span of the beam is 4 m

a) 8 KN-m

b) 4 KN-m

c) 2 KN-m

d) 1 KN-m

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32. Longitudinal cracks observed in timber beams are due to

a) high bending stresses

b) application of concentrated loads over the beam

c) shear failure between the layers

d) timber not being in compression

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33. A beam of uniform strength will have at every cross-section the same

a) deflection

b) stiffness

c) BM

d) bending stress

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34. *If a beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress develops on

a) top fiber

b) neutral axis

c) bottom fiber

d) every cross-section

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35. Find the maximum SF induced in S.S beam if the beam is subjected to a point load of 4 KN at the center of the beam and the span of the beam is 4 m

a) 1 KN

b) 2 KN

c) 4 KN

d) 8 KN-m

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36. Peat is composed of

a) Clay and sand

b) Decayed vegetable matter

c) Inorganic silt and silty clay

d) Synthetic chemicals

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37. The types of compaction suitable in a congested area for cohesive as well as cohesionless soil are

a) Roller

b) Rammer

c) Vibrator

d) Vibrofloatation

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38. The percentage voids (n) has a value

a) 0 < n < 100

b) Sr ≤ 0

c) n > 0

d) n ≤ 0

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39. The assumption of Coulomb's theory is:

a) Backfill is dry, homogeneous, isotropic, and cohesionless

b) Rupture plane is linear and passes through the toe of the wall

c) Sliding wedge acts as a rigid body, and the value of earth pressure is obtained by considering the equilibrium of the wedge

d) All of the above

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40. Standard Proctor test is used for determining

a) Optimum moisture content (OMC)

b) Void ratio

c) Coefficient of consolidation

d) Pavement thickness

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41. In R.C.C. beams, the tension reinforcement can be cut off at a point when it is no longer needed if

a) enough bond length is available

b) shear at the cut-off point does not exceed two-thirds of permissible at that section

c) bending moment is zero

d) none of the above

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42. In a beam section, if the steel reinforcement is of such a magnitude that the permissible stresses in concrete and steel are developed simultaneously, the section is known as

a) balanced section

b) critical section

c) economical section

d) any one of the above

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43. A continuous beam shall be deemed to be a deep beam if the ratio of effective span to overall depth is

a) 2

b) 2.5

c) 3

d) 3.5

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44. If the observed reading of a level staff is 3.83m, and at the point sighted the staff is 0.15m off from the vertical through the bottom, the correct reading will be

a) 3.827m

b) 3.83m

c) 3.834m

d) 3.384m

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45. Methods adopted for traversing are

a) chain traversing and loose needle method

b) chain angle method and fast needle method

c) all of the above

d) none of the above

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46. If Θ is the angle of the slope, L is the length of the slope, and H is the difference in elevation between the two ends of the link, then the slope correction will be

a) L sin Θ

b) 2Lsin^2 Θ/2

c) L sin Θ/2

d) 2L sin 2Θ

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47. A circular section for a sewer is preferred only up to a diameter of:

a) 10 cm

b) 20 cm

c) 30 cm

d) 60 cm

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48. Water demand of a city includes

a) domestic water demand

b) commercial and industrial demand

c) fire and public-use demand

d) all of the above

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49. Total quantity of reservoir is the sum of the following

a) breakdown reserve

b) fire reserve

c) all of the above

d) balancing reserve

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50. Dug wells or open wells

a) have a diameter between 1 to 4m

b) are suitable for a small discharge of about 20cum/hour

c) are cheap in construction

d) all of the above

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