Civil Engineering Online Exam

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

2. The depressions and undulations in the pavement of the runway are caused due to

3. For the flow of liquid from an open-ended tube (nozzle) leading to the formation of a spray of liquid drops, the number generally is

4. The most effective method for compacting sand is by using

5. The peak water consumption hours as recommended by the Department of Water Supply and Sewerage (DWSS) is.... hours.

6. The D.P.C. should be:

7. The upstream face of an earthen dam is

8. In a theodolite, staff readings for upper, middle, and lower crosshairs are 1.4, 0.9 & 0.4, respectively. If the height of the tower is 100m, then find the horizontal distance between the instrument station and the base of the tower

9. Plywood is obtained by gluing wooden sheets at a specification of

10. Axonometric drawing is a drawing like:

11. Diurnal variation depends upon

12. Which type of distribution system will you follow if the reduced level of the source of water is 100 m while the reduced level of the town is 50 m?

13. Strength of concrete increases with

14. Slack time in PERT analysis:

15. In FY 2072/73, various accidents occurred, and there was a heavy loss of lives in Nepal. Among the various airports, which of the following is the most dangerous in Nepal?

16. The maximum size of the aggregate used in a damp proof course is about:

17. All the axonometric projections are a single-plane... projection.

18. According to Terzaghi's theory, the ultimate B.C., at ground surface for a purely cohesive soil and for a smooth base of a strip footing is:

19. A drawing view in which all vertical planes are represented by the horizontal lines radiated from a far-situated point, on each side of the plane, is:

20. In the analysis of rates, what percentage of total cost is provided towards water charges?

21. The value of super elevation is more when:

22. In a beam, the spacing of shear reinforcement is kept... at the center as compared to the end

23. An advantage of a traffic signal is

24. The shear center in the case of a T-beam section is

25. The full width of land acquired before finalizing a highway is known as

26. Honeycombed structure is found in

27. Sand has minimum volume when:

28. A circular gravity aqueduct is preferred because of

29. Demolition means

30. *If the molten magma forces itself into an already existing rock in the earth's crust and solidifies there, such a rock is known as

31. *Pressure head is given by

32. The flow-mass curve is a graphical representation of

33. The imaginary line drawn such that the tangents at its all points indicate the direction of the velocity of the fluid particle at each point is called

34. The closing error is given by

35. Goaty water refers to...

36. The percentage of the aggregate of F.M. 2.6 to be combined with coarse aggregate of F.M. 6.8 for obtaining the aggregates of F.M. 5.4 is:

37. The water content of soils is defined as the ratio of

38. The time corresponding to the minimum total project cost is:

39. *Piezometers are used to measure

40. Good quality building stones should not contain soluble salts more than

41. For small residential buildings, the cost installation and electrification are made as:

42. The normal thickness of an expansion joint in masonry walls must be more than:

43. Well foundation in sandy soils derive their bearing capacity from:

44. *The critical bending moment caused in a fixed end beam loaded with a uniformly distributed load (W = wL) throughout is

45. *A facing of dry stone pitching or other material laid on a sloping face of earth to maintain the slope in position or to protect it from erosion is called

46. The independent float affects only:

47. *A beam is said to be of uniform strength if

48. Singly reinforced beam & doubly reinforced beam are decided based on

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

50. The relation between deflection (y) and bending moment (M) is