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1. *The broken portion of brick is called

a) brick

b) bat

c) sill

d) all of the above

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2. The last reading of leveling is always at

a) back sight

b) fore sight

c) intermediate sight

d) any of the above

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3. The effective span of a simply supported slab is

a) clear span plus the effective depth of the slab

b) span between outer faces of two walls

c) distance between the center of bearing

d) none of the above

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4. The safe bearing capacity of a soil can be defined as:

a) ultimate load on the bearing area

b) safe load on the bearing area

c) load intensity beyond which the soil should not be loaded

d) load intensity at which the soil fails

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5. The percentage voids (n) has a value

a) 0 < n < 100

b) Sr ≤ 0

c) n > 0

d) n ≤ 0

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6. Insurance provision in GCC is applicable for:

a) Loss of damaged material, plants

b) Loss of damaged equipment

c) Personal death or injury

d) All of the above

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7. A source of colour in water is due to

a) silt

b) clay

c) organic debris

d) inorganic inert matter

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8. The lines which are drawn to represent visible edges and surface boundaries of objects are called......

a) Outlines

b) Principle lines

c) Both (a) and (b) above

d) None of the above

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9. If H is the height of the liquid above the sill, the effect of end contraction on each side, according to Francis' formula, is

a) 0.1H

b) 0.2H

c) 0.3H

d) 0.4H

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10. The length of the perpendicular offset from a tangent to the junction of a transition curve and circular curve is equal to

a) shift

b) 2 x shift

c) 3 x shift

d) 4 x shift

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11. Which test is a must for a house sewer?

a) water test

b) air test

c) compaction test

d) smoke test

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12. Find the actual length of the runway if RL of the airport is 100 m and the basic length of the runway is 600m

a) 614 m

b) 610 m

c) 605 m

d) 615 m

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13. In detailed measurement, the sequence of dimensions is written:

a) L x B x H

b) B x H x L

c) H x L x B

d) B x L x H

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14. The amount of money paid to the contractor by the client after the agreement and before the execution of work is known as:

a) Advance

b) Mobilization

c) Security money

d) 1st bill payment

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15. If you are asked to classify soils into 3 categories, which of the following categorizations would you prefer?

a) Clayey, Silty, and Sandy

b) Clayey, Sandy, and Granular

c) Clayey, Silty, and Loamy

d) Coarse-grained, fine-grained, and highly organic

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16. The compaction of concrete improves:

a) Density

b) Strength

c) Durability

d) All of the above

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17. The factor for the selection of the pumping station site is

a) distance of the source of contamination or pollution

b) height above the H.F.L. of the river

c) future expansion

d) all of the above

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18. Large circle or curvatures are drawn by means of a:

a) Straight bar

b) Bow compass

c) Divider

d) Beam compass

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19. The amount of reinforcement for main bars in a slab is based on

a) minimum shear force

b) maximum shear force

c) minimum bending moment

d) maximum bending moment

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20. Boron concentration in water for irrigation should be limited to

a) 2 ppm

b) 20 ppm

c) 200 ppm

d) 500 ppm

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21. If the fluid particles move in straight lines and all the lines are parallel to the surface, the flow is called

a) steady

b) uniform

c) compressible

d) laminar

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22. A land is called waterlogged

a) when the permanent wilting point is reached

b) when gravity drainage has ceased

c) capillary fringe reaches the root zone of plants

d) all of the above

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23. The removal of material from the surface of the road by grinding or rubbing action is called

a) descaling

b) abrasion

c) grinding

d) none of the above

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24. If the length of a simply supported beam carrying a concentrated load at the center is doubled, the deflection at the center will become

a) two times

b) four times

c) eight times

d) sixteen times

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25. Hygroscopic water can be removed by

a) Gravity flow

b) Free flow

c) Heating

d) All of the above

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26. The approximate weight of one cubic meter of mild steel is

a) 1000 kg

b) 2400 kg

c) 1400 kg

d) 7850 kg

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27. Seal coat provides

a) desired grade

b) camber

c) an impervious layer

d) all the above

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28. A column that fails primarily due to direct stress is called

a) long column

b) short column

c) weak column

d) none of the above

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29. The phreatic line is

a) The u/s face of the earth dam

b) The d/s face of the earth dam

c) The top flow line

d) None of the above

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30. The load-bearing cantilever projection from the face of a masonry wall is called:

a) header

b) stretcher

c) corbel

d) cornice

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31. Flight time refers to

a) Departure time of an aircraft

b) Arrival time of an aircraft

c) Time taken between departure time (first move) to arrival time (to rest at the end of the flight) of an aircraft

d) All of the above

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32. Weber number is the ratio of inertia force to

a) surface tension

b) gravitational force

c) elasticity

d) viscosity

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33. Strength of cement, with storage

a) increases

b) decreases

c) same

d) difficult to tell

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34. *The over ground continuous kiln is

a) bull's trench kiln

b) hoffman's kiln

c) tunnel kiln

d) all of the above

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35. The types of hanger used for parking a large-size aircraft are called

a) Mouth hanger

b) Nose hanger

c) Eye hanger

d) Ear hanger

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36. Horizontal curves on highways are provided

a) to break the monotony of driving

b) to discourage the tendency to increase speed

c) to decrease the mental tension on drivers

d) all of the above

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37. The flash set of ordinary Portland cement paste is:

a) Premature hardening

b) Surface hardening only

c) Hardening without the development of heat of hydration

d) All of the above

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38. Manhole is said to be shallow if its depth is less than:

a) 0.7-0.9 m

b) 1.0-1.2 m

c) 0.8 m

d) 0.7 m

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39. In bricks masonry, the frog of the brick is generally kept on

a) top face

b) bottom face

c) exposed face

d) interior face

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40. In CPM, the actual performance of a task is called:

a) An event

b) An activity

c) A duration

d) Critical task

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41. *After entering the canal, sediments are removed by the

a) silt ejector

b) silt excluder

c) silt regulator

d) none of the above

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42. *The phenomenon of decreased resistance of material due to the reversal of stress is called

a) creep

b) fatigue

c) elasticity

d) plasticity

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43. Hatching line is a line which makes an angle of 45Â° with:

a) Horizontal

b) Vertical

c) Main line of the section

d) All of the above

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44. Axis method of traverse correction is used when

a) the angles are measured very accurately

b) the lengths are measured very accurately

c) both (a) and (b) are not measured very accurately

d) any of the above

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45. A cantilever beam of span 4m and carrying a point load of 10 kN located at 3m from the fixed end. Find the BM at the fixed and free end

a) 30 kN-m, 0

b) 30 kN-m, 10 kN-m

c) 10 kN-m, 30 kN-m

d) none of the above

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46. If the Froude number in open channel flow is more than 1.0, the flow is called

a) critical flow

b) streaming flow

c) shooting flow

d) none of the above

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47. The minimum overall depth kept at the edge of R.C. footings is

a) 50 cm

b) 25 cm

c) 15 cm

d) 10 cm

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48. Soil having more cohesion than sand

a) Silt

b) Gravel

c) Clay

d) None of the above

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

a) numeral

b) alphabetical

c) both of the above

d) none of the above

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50. Shear strain is defined as

a) change in the angle between planes at right angles

b) distortion of fiber

c) change in angle between two angles

d) strain that normally occurs

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