Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. Beaufort scale used for measuring the strength of the wind is indicated by 13 numerals. They are...

2. The bearing of the longest line of a wind rose is S 45°E. The bearing of the runway will be numbered

3. The old name of TIA was

4. The approximate ratio of the strength of cement concrete at 7 days to that at 28 days:

5. Geologic cycle for the formation of the soil is:

6. Proper proportioning of concrete ensures:

7. Minimum number of test specimens required for finding the compressive strength of concrete is:

8. For the execution of work in time, a work plan is prepared by:

9. A contractor can start the construction works following the receipt of:

10. The minimum number of critical paths in a network should be:

11. *A heavy stone is suitable for:

12. *The minerals found in rocks are

13. The radiator of vehicles is painted with

14. The volume of one bag of cement weighing 50 kg is

15. Dashed (dotted) line is used for indication:

16. Angles in multiples of 15° are constructed by the combined use of:

17. The equipment used to draft vertical and angular lines is?

18. End lap provided in asbestos cements is equal to

19. Demolition means

20. The unit rate of items written by the contractor in BOQ is in numeral as well as alphabetical form. Which one is preferred?

21. In side drains, the free board should remain at least

22. The initial application of a binder to an absorbent highway surface, prior to the construction of a wearing coat is called

23. The type of transition curve generally provided on hill traces is

24. If fluid or flow parameters at any given instant remain the same at every point in space, it is called:

25. A substance which deforms continuously under the action of shear stress is called

26. Liquids or fluids

27. A rise or fall of liquid in a glass tube of a very small diameter when dipped is

28. For a flood control reservoir, the effective storage is equal to

29. *Silt-carrying capacity of water in a canal depends on

30. Critical flow is

31. The property of material by which it can be drawn, due to tension, to a smaller section, is called

32. In a beam where shear force is maximum, the bending moment will be

33. The method of increasing fatigue resistance by overstressing the metal by successively increasing the loading is known as

34. The crippling load for column of length 1, with one end fixed and the other end free is

35. At the point of application of concentrated load on a beam, there is

36. Cohesive soils:

37. Allowable bearing pressure for a foundation depends on:

38. To what category do the gravel and sand belong?

39. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter is known as

40. The quantity of water seeping through a soil is

41. A slender column is a

42. In the case of the foundation of rigid base, the distribution pressure on the soil is

43. The initial and final setting times for ordinary Portland cement are approximately related by (where T & t are the final and initial setting times)

44. Find the length of curve if R=500 m, Intersection angle= 120°

45. The angle which the true meridian makes with the magnetic meridian is called

46. The resection by a two-point problem as compared to the three-point problem:

47. If the diameter of a sewer is 150 mm, the gradient required for generating a self-cleaning velocity is:

48. Dengue is termed as which type of disease?

49. The clarigesters are:

50. The detention time in a septic tank is usually: