Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. The length of the runway under standard atmospheric conditions at the site is 1800m. The design length of the runway is, if the actual RL of the site is 1200m

2. The width of the taxiway is kept about

3. Pick up the correct abbreviation from the following:

4. With the rise in the temperature of atmospheric air, the setting time of cement:

5. A cavity wall:

6. The settlement of a soil is directly proportional to:

7. The stepped structure provided to provide lateral support for a structure is known as:

8. Henry Gantt developed the bar chart technique in:

9. PERT means:

10. An example of a parallel activity is:

11. *The painting work is generally specified by

12. The cracks in the painted surface extending throughout the thickness of the paint are caused due to

13. *The minimum compressive strength of a 2nd class bricks should be

14. In quick-setting cement the compound added is

15. A plane other than horizontal and vertical, placed at any angle to the principal planes is:

16. The art of representation of an object by systemic lines on a paper is known as:

17. Structural working drawing illustrates:

18. The standard width of the galvanized iron sheet is

19. The number of corrugations in a galvanized corrugated sheet is usually

20. The unit of measurement for earthwork in excavation in ordinary soils, earthwork in mixed soil with kankar, bajri, etc., when the depth of excavation does not exceed 30 cm, is

21. At the horizontal curve, the outer edge of the pavement is raised with respect to the inner edge to counteract the effect of centrifugal force, is known as

22. Maximum number of vehicles can be parked with

23. Any gradient on a road is said to be an exceptional gradient if it is

24. *The types of instrument used to measure low pressure with accuracy is

25. *Molecules of fluids get attracted due to

26. *If a pitot tube is placed with its nose facing downstream, the liquid

27. *A stepped notch is a combination of

28. *A silt regulator located at the head of a channel is called

29. *The difference in level between the top of a bank and full supply level in a canal is known as

30. For the maximum velocity occurring in a canal, the hydraulic mean depth is

31. Centrifugal force acts away from the center of the path while centripetal force

32. The safe value of stress below which the material will not fail when subjected to a reversal of stress is known as

33. *Load required to produce unit deflection is called

34. *The magnitude of a shear force at a distance of L/4 from either end of a simply supported beam with load P applied at midspan is equal to:

35. The zone between the elastic limit and proportional limit on the elastic curve of an elastic material is known as

36. The ratio of plasticity index to clay fraction is known as

37. Negative skin friction:

38. A pycnometer is used to determine

39. Void ratio, e, of a soil can

40. If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil, then the values of porosity and voids ratio respectively are

41. The minimum cover in a slab is neither less than the diameter of the bar nor less than

42. A beam curved in plan is designed for

43. The size of fine aggregates does not exceed

44. A bearing noted N45° E represents

45. The instrument used for centering the plane table accurately is:

46. In the case of a telescopic alidade, the adjustment done is

47. To determine the velocity of the flow of underground water, the most commonly used non-empirical formula is....formula:

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

49. Harmful bacteria are called:

50. Copper pipes are