Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. Beaufort scale measures the velocity (km/h) of the wind at a height of

2. ACN refers to

3. Nose hanger is used normally for the accommodation of

4. A small window in which shutters are allowed to swing around pivots fixed to the window frame is:

5. An excess of flaky particles in concrete aggregates:

6. The bearing capacity of a soil depends on:

7. Higher load-carrying capacity of a strut depends on:

8. Critical path connecting the start and end events timewise is:

9. The activity which neither takes time nor cost for its completion but is logically required to start the succeeding activity is known as:

10. When the times of earliest finish and the latest finish are equal in an operation, the operation is called:

11. *Distemper is used on

12. Which of the following is the reason for the decrease in the use of stones as building material?

13. *In a well-seasoned timber, the moisture content will be in the range of

14. In arches, stratified stones are placed so that their planes are

15. In case of third angle projection, the plan is kept at:

16. A 100 m long line making 30° with the vertical shows its projection on the horizontal:

17. In engineering drawing, auxiliary views are used to show details of:

18. A layer of dry bricks put below the foundation concrete, in the case of soft soils, is called

19. In the case of steel rolling shutters, for the estimation of the painted area, the plain area is multiplied by

20. Specification is the

21. Wood beam is suitable only for a span of

22. Design of flexible pavements is based on

23. The ability of a driver to stop the vehicle moving with the designed speed depends upon

24. Which of the following quantities are dimensionless?

25. *If the velocity, pressure, density, etc., change at a point with respect to time, the flow is called

26. *A stepped notch is a combination of

27. When the pipes are connected in series, the total rate of flow

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

29. The water stored in the reservoir below the minimum pool level is called

30. A spoil bank is formed when

31. The maximum shear stress will always occur at

32. A beam fixed at both ends with a central load W in the middle will have zero bending moment

33. *Which of the following sections is the most efficient in carrying bending moments

34. In the case of a simply supported beam subjected to UDL, the maximum shear force occurs at a point

35. The slenderness ratio of a vertical column of square cross-section of 10 cm side and 500 cm long is

36. In an undrained plastic clay, the shear strength is due to

37. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

38. For the same soil, an increase in compaction effort

39. The ratio of volume of air voids to the total volume of the given soil mass is known as

40. The bearing capacity of a soil depends upon:

41. Shear reinforcement in an RCC beam is used for

42. The compressive strength of concrete determined from a 150mm × 150mm cylinder as compared to that determined from a 150mm cube is

43. In an RCC beam, if the amount of steel increases, the depth of N.A.

44. Local attraction at a place may be due to

45. The principle of surveying to prevent the accumulation of errors is

46. The purpose of triangulation in a chain survey is

47. Groundwater is generally free from

48. Abyssinian tube well is a special type of

49. Which one is correct?

50. A pressure conduit laid underground may not be subjected to