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1. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) Tar concrete pavements are suitable if fuel spillage occurs

b) Rubberized tar concrete resists hot blast as well as spillage

c) Epoxy asphalt concrete resists jet fuel and provides a more elastic pavement

d) All of the above

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2. The minimum basic runway length of class 'A' type airport is

a) 600 m

b) 2100 m

c) 750 m

d) 1500 m

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3. The width of the taxiway is kept about

a) 1/3rd of the runway width

b) 1/4th of the runway width

c) 1/2 of the runway width

d) Equal to the runway width

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4. The final operation of finishing floors is known as:

a) Floating

b) Screeding

c) Troweling

d) None of the above

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5. The strength gained by concrete at the age of three days should be:

a) 40%

b) 60%

c) 90%

d) 100%

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6. Geologic cycle for the formation of the soil is:

a) weathering-transportation-deposition-upheaval

b) upheaval-transportation-deposition-weathering

c) transportation-deposition-weathering-upheaval

d) deposition-weathering-upheaval-transportation

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7. The expansion of Portland cement is indicated by its soundness. It can be tested by:

a) Le Chatelier's apparatus

b) Vicat's needle

c) Specific surface air permeability method

d) Normal consistency

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8. The estimated time required to complete an activity is termed as:

a) Event

b) Duration

c) Active time

d) Float

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9. In PERT analysis, the time estimates of activities and the probability of their occurrence follow:

a) Normal distribution curve

b) Beta distribution curve

c) Poisson distribution curve

d) Binomial distribution curve

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10. If the completion time for a particular project is 6 weeks and its expected time is 8 weeks, then the slack time for the project is:

a) 2 weeks

b) -2 weeks

c) 0

d) None of the above

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11. *The defect in painting over a smooth and glossy surface due to which paint does not stick to the surface, is known as

a) scaling

b) blistering

c) sagging

d) wrinkling

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12. Gypsum is added to cement for reducing the fast reacting property of

a) dicalcium silicate

b) tricalcium silicate

c) tricalcium aluminate

d) tetra calcium alumino ferrite

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13. The timber having maximum resistance against white rots is obtained from

a) chir

b) shisham

c) sal

d) teak

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14. The explosive not used for blasting the rocks underwater is

a) gun powder

b) gun cotton

c) dynamite

d) cordite

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15. The width of the standard A-series drawing paper such as A4, A3, A2 .... is:

a) 1/3 times the length of the paper

b) 1/âˆš2 times the length of the paper

c) 1/2 times the length of the paper

d) 1/âˆš3 times the length of the paper

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16. Drawing board is made of:

a) Well-seasoned softwood

b) Well-seasoned hardwood

c) Moistened softwood

d) Moistened hardwood

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17. The given symbol indicates:

a) Temple

b) Mosque

c) Church

d) Museum

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18. Which of the following is the most correct estimate

a) plinth area estimate

b) cube rate estimate

c) detailed estimate

d) building cost index estimate

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19. 1 He=......Ropani.

a) 19

b) 24

c) 29

d) 34

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20. Which of the following is not a common size of reinforcement bars?

a) 16 mm

b) 20 mm

c) 25 mm

d) 32 mm

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21. A deep and big depression on a road is called

a) longitudinal rut

b) cross rut

c) pot hole

d) crack

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22. Design of flexible pavements involves,

a) wheel loads

b) type and intensity of traffic

c) climate of the region

d) sub-grade conditions

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23. Siddhartha highway connects

a) Belahiya-Pokhara

b) Kathmandu-Pokhara

c) Birgunj-Pokhara

d) none of the above

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24. *Rotameter is used for measuring

a) density of fluids

b) value of fluids in a pipe

c) discharge of fluids

d) pressure in fluids

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25. *The discharge through a rectangular channel is maximum when

a) m = d/2

b) d=b/2

c) m=2d

d) both (a) and (b) above

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26. *Hydraulic gradient is equal to

a) difference in water surface / total length of the channel

b) total loss due to friction / total length of the channel

c) wetted perimeter / total length of the channel

d) area of cross-section / total length of the channel

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27. Total head of a particle in motion is the sum of

a) potential head and kinetic head

b) kinetic head and pressure head

c) potential head and pressure head

d) potential head, kinetic head, and pressure head

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28. The effective precipitation for a crop is the water which is equal to

a) water stored in the soil within the root zone of the crop

b) total precipitation during the crop period

c) total precipitation minus the loss due to infiltration

d) none of the above

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29. *The dead storage in a reservoir is provided to

a) accumulate the soil trapped in the reservoir

b) mitigate the flood

c) increase the useful life period

d) all of the above

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30. The top of the capillary zone

a) lies below the water table at every point

b) lies above the water table at every point

c) coincides with the water table at every point

d) none of the above

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31. *If the shear force along a section of a beam is zero, the bending moment at the section is:

a) zero

b) maximum

c) minimum

d) average of maximum-minimum

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32. *The product EI is called

a) flexural rigidity

b) torsional rigidity

c) second moment of area

d) none of the above

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33. 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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34. *The Young's Modulus of elasticity is defined as the ratio of stress & strain within the

a) plastic limit

b) all of the above

c) yield limit

d) elastic limit

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35. In simple bending theory, the assumption that a plane section before bending remains plane after bending implies that

a) stress is proportional to strain at all sections

b) strain is proportional to the distance from the neutral axis

c) stress is uniform in the cross-section

d) none of the above

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36. Which is the correct definition of soil in the geotechnical engineer's point of view?

a) Soil is the top surface of the earth where plants can grow.

b) Soil is the unconsolidated material consisting of particles produced by the disintegration of rock, which may or may not contain organic matter.

c) Soil is the relatively thin surface zone that can contain moisture.

d) None of the above.

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37. Terzaghi's theory of one-dimensional consolidation assumes:

a) Soil is homogeneous and fully saturated

b) Water and soil particles are incompressible

c) Deformation of the soil is entirely due to a change in volume

d) All of the above

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38. If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids will be

a) Less than the specific gravity of soil

b) Equal to the specific gravity of soil

c) Greater than the specific gravity of soil

d) Independent of the specific gravity of soil

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39. The saturated density of soil can be expressed as

a) Weight of soil in water to its volume

b) Weight of soil minus weight of equivalent water to volume of soil

c) Weight of soil less weight of water in voids to the volume of solids plus voids in the soil

d) Unit weight of saturated soil

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40. In Rankine's earth pressure theory, the following assumption is made:

a) Wall face is rough and vertical

b) Backfill is cohesive soil

c) Wall face is smooth and vertical

d) Elastic equilibrium is satisfied

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41. For bars in tension, a standard hook has an anchorage value equivalent to a straight length of

a) 8θ

b) 12θ

c) 16θ

d) 20θ

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42. A doubly reinforced beam is economical as compared to a singly reinforced beam because

a) the size of the section is small

b) the depth of the section is small

c) compressive steel is under-stressed

d) concrete is not stressed to its full value

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43. In case of RCC building, the expansion joint is normally provided if the length of the building exceeds

a) 20 m

b) 30 m

c) 45 m

d) 50 m

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44. The order of accuracy of the elevation of points obtained from a contour map is equal to

a) contour interval

b) 1/2 x control interval

c) 1/4 x contour interval

d) none of the above

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45. The area of the earth's surface is taken into account only if the extent of the survey is more than

a) 60 sq km

b) 160 sq km

c) 260 sq km

d) 500 sq km

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46. Resection is the method employed for:

a) plotting the details

b) locating the instrument station

c) surveying mountainous country

d) all of the above

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47. Velocity of flow through a grit chamber is:

a) 30 to 60 cm/sec

b) 30 to 60 cm/min

c) 15 to 45 cm/sec

d) 15 to 45 cm/min

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48. "Puits developee" is generally provided in case of

a) well

b) tube well

c) reservoir

d) none of the above

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49. Iron in water causes

a) stains on clothes

b) eutrophication

c) rust

d) corrosion

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50. Imhoff tank is a:

a) one-storey sedimentation tank

b) two-storey sedimentation tank

c) three-storey sedimentation tank

d) four-storey sedimentation tank

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