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1. The cheapest mode of transport is

a) air

b) water

c) railway

d) roadway

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2. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) The speed of the aircraft relative to the ground is called cruising speed

b) The speed of the aircraft relative to wind is called airspeed

c) When the wind is blowing in the direction of the flight, airspeed is more than cruising speed

d) All of the above

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3. The capacity of an airport depends upon:

a) Maximum acceptable delay for departing aircraft

b) Number of taxiways available

c) Both of the above

d) None of the above

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4. In brick masonry, lintels are preferred to arches because arches:

a) are difficult to construct

b) require strong abutments to withstand arch thrust

c) require more headroom to span the opening

d) all of the above

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5. When a number of columns are constructed in a row, the type of foundation generally provided is:

a) raft foundation

b) pile foundation

c) grillage foundation

d) strip foundation

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6. The fineness of cement is measured in terms of?

a) Surface area in square cm per gram of cement

b) Percentage weight retained on IS sieve number

c) Neither (a) nor (b)

d) Surface area in square meters

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7. The following compound that helps in obtaining early strength of cement concrete is:

a) tricalcium silicate

b) dicalcium silicate

c) tri aluminate

d) gypsum aluminate

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8. On a bar chart, the various activities of a project are shown by:

a) Shaded area

b) Horizontal lines

c) Vertical lines

d) Dot marks

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9. In a CPM/PERT network, the number of events is:

a) Less than the number of activities

b) More than the number of activities

c) Equal to the number of activities

d) All of the above

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10. Gantt chart is drawn for:

a) Time versus activity

b) Activity versus activity

c) Resources versus progress

d) Progress versus time

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11. Material generally not used as an extender in paints is

a) powdered silica

b) gypsums

c) talc

d) zinc white

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12. *Types of rock used for lightweight aggregate is

a) shale

b) pumice

c) conglomerate

d) slate

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13. Dormant period (2-5hr) is concerned with

a) hydration of cement

b) fineness of cement

c) soundness of cement

d) workability of cement

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14. When a bitumen is graded by 75/15, the figure 75 represents

a) viscosity in centipoises

b) softening point in ┬░C

c) fire point in ┬░C

d) flash point in ┬░C

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15. Working/drawing space on the paper is determined by:

a) Working line

b) Drawing line

c) Border line

d) Deader line

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16. The main purpose of the leader line is:

a) Show dimension

b) Connect a note with the feature

c) To show beauty

d) To show hatch

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

a) Vertical and horizontal edge

b) Straight and slant edge

c) Stock and blade

d) Blade and batten

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

a) 80 years

b) 60 years

c) 40 years

d) 20 years

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19. Working out the exact quantities of various items of work is known as

a) Estimating

b) Mensuration

c) Quantity surveying

d) Valuation

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20. The useful part of the livable area of a building is also known as

a) Carpet area

b) Circulation area

c) Horizontal circulation area

d) Plinth area

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21. The minimum number of abutments in a bridge should be

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

d) 5

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22. Highway facilities are designed for

a) annual average hourly volume

b) thirtieth highest hourly volume

c) annual average daily traffic

d) peak hourly volume of the year

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23. The minimum thickness of the base course should be

a) 10 cm

b) 15 cm

c) 20 cm

d) 30 cm

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24. One horsepower is equal to

a) 1 kW

b) 0.746 kW

c) 0.836 kW

d) 0.756 kW

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25. Water belongs to

a) compressible fluids

b) none of the above

c) Newtonian fluids

d) non-Newtonian fluids

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26. Specific energy of a flowing fluid per unit weight is equal to

a) (v^2/2g) + h

b) (h^2/2g) + v

c) (v^2/2h) + g

d) (v^2/3g) + h

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27. *The magnitude of water hammer depends upon

a) the length of the pipeline

b) elastic properties of liquid

c) elastic properties of the pipe material

d) diameter of the pipeline

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28. In a gravity canal, F.S.L is always

a) at the ground level

b) below the ground level

c) a few cm above the ground level

d) 4 to 5 meters above the ground level

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29. The fall using a parabolic glacis for energy dissipation is

a) vertical drop fall

b) glacis fall

c) inglis fall

d) montague fall

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30. Waterlogging may result from

a) over-irrigation

b) inadequate drainage

c) seepage from adjoining reservoirs, etc.

d) all of the above

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31. *Moment of inertia of an object having rectangular section of 'b' as width and 'd' as depth is given by:

a) bd^3/12

b) bd^2/24

c) b^2d^2/12

d) db^3/24

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32. Load carrying capacity of fixed beam is

a) lesser than simply supported beam

b) lesser than the cantilever beam

c) greater than simply supported beam and cantilever beam

d) all of the above

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33. 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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34. *When the equal and opposite forces are applied to a body, tending to elongate it, then the stress produced is called

a) compressive stress

b) tensile stress

c) shear stress

d) longitudinal stress

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35. The diagram showing the variation of BM along the span of the beam is called

a) BMD

b) SFD

c) thrust diagram

d) all of the above

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36. Particle size range is measured by

a) Effective size

b) Uniformity coefficient

c) Coefficient of curvature

d) None of the above

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37. In a sand stratum of 1.5m thickness, specific gravity 2.67, and voids ratio 0.67, the head required for the quick condition is equal to

a) 2.5m

b) 2.0m

c) 1.5m

d) 3.0m

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38. In the case of retaining walls, surcharge is:

a) Excess moisture in wall

b) Extra load on the wall

c) Additional load carrying capacity of wall

d) Extra load on the horizontal backfill

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39. Cohesive soils are generally/normally

a) Plastic and also compressible

b) Elastic and also compressible

c) Plastic but incompressible

d) None of the above

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40. The ultimate B.C. of a soil can be defined as:

a) Ultimate load on the bearing area

b) Safe load on the bearing area

c) Load at which the soil fails

d) Load beyond which the soil should not be loaded

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41. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams

a) tension is resisted by tension steel

b) compression is resisted by compression steel

c) stress in tension steel equals the stress in compression steel

d) all of the above

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42. Steel beam theory is used for

a) design of a simple steel beam

b) steel beam encased in concrete

c) a beam if shear exceeds 4 times allowable shear stress

d) doubly reinforced beams ignoring compressive stress in concrete

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43. Strength of concrete increases with

a) increase in water cement ratio

b) increase in fineness of cement

c) decrease in size of aggregate

d) decrease in curing time

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44. In the stadia method, if k is the multiplying factor, s is the staff intercept, c is the additive constant of the instrument, then the distance equation is given by the expression

a) D = k+cs

b) D=ks+c

c) D=k/s +c

d) none of the above

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45. The fix of the table is good when:

a) the station is within the great triangle

b) the middle station is farther than the other two stations

c) the angle subtended between two stations is not very small

d) all of the above

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46. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying does not depend upon

a) the length of the offset

b) the scale of the plotting

c) the importance of the features

d) the general layout of the chain lines

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47. HGL should always be...... above the GL

a) 5 m

b) 10 m

c) 15 m

d) 20 m

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48. The sewerage system originates from:

a) main sewers

b) branch sewers

c) lateral sewers

d) house sewers

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49. To compensate for losses, thefts, and wastage of water, an allowance made of (as per NWSC)

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 35%

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50. Gastrointestinal irritation is produced because of excess of the following in water

a) chlorides

b) sulphates

c) nitrates

d) phosphates

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