Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. The two parts of T-square are......and......

2. Which type of tender generally prefers the schedule of rate?

3. Turbidity is measured by the

4. Effective length of column fixed at one end and hinged at the other end is

5. *Distemper is used on

6. The thickness of slabs and beams must be measured to the nearest

7. The space covered by a drawing on a paper after changing the scale from 1:100 to 1:50 will:

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

9. The contour interval depends upon

10. A wall constructed to retain the earth from slippage on the hillside of the roadway is called:

11. The loosening of a wearing surface under the action of traffic or weather, associated with the failure of the binding agent to keep the surface consolidated is called

12. Excess of iron oxide in brick earth causes

13. The property of material by which it can be beaten or rolled into plates is called

14. A wall built along the bank of a river, parallel to the direction of flow for directing fast flow from a sluice or spillway, to prevent eroding banks of a river or canal, is called

15. The life of teak wood doors and windows is usually taken to be

16. *Borrow pits are preferably located in the field

17. Different types of bonds used in brick masonry work due to:

18. *If a pitot tube is placed with its nose facing sideways, the liquid

19. A traverse survey can be plotted

20. The strength of concrete increases with an increase in

21. *Compression members always tend to buckle in the direction of the

22. Steel pipes are

23. The vane shear test is used for the in-situ determination of the undrained strength of the intact fully saturated

24. Talus' is the soil transported by

25. *Normal strain is defined as

26. In a gravity dam, tailwater causes

27. In an inclined pipe, the pressure difference at its two ends is due to

28. If W is the weight of the chain, L is the span, and P is the tension or pull, the sag correction for the chain will be

29. The top flow line in the case of seepage flow through an earthen dam has the shape of

30. Stability of slopes can be increased by:

31. Apron is used for loading/unloading of passengers while taxiway is

32. In one plane drawing, which one does not fall under:

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

34. *What is the essential constituent of varnish paint?

35. The Manning's formula for flow in an open channel is given by

36. The line joining the points to which the liquid rises in vertical piezometer tubes fitted at different cross-sections of a conduit is known as

37. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following

38. Runway of the airport is designed by

39. Strength of concrete with the passage of time:

40. Specification is the

41. An RCC roof slab is designed as a two-way slab if

42. Low porosity brick has

43. At a horizontal curve, the super elevation is provided to counteract the effect of

44. Negative slack occurs:

45. The process of proper and accurate measurement of concrete ingredients for the uniformity of proportion is:

46. Absolutely soft waters are required for

47. If the cross slope of a country is up to 10%, the terrain is classified as

48. Select the most correct statement.

49. The pipe joint commonly used in a pumping station is

50. *As per the elastic theory of design, the factor of safety is the ratio of