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1. 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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2. Annex 14 published by ICAO contains

a) Specification of airport

b) Specification of aircraft

c) Construction of runway

d) All of the above

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3. Airport elevation is the reduced level above M.S.L. of

a) Control tower

b) Highest point of the landing area

c) Lowest point of the landing area

d) None of the above

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4. Percentage of pozzolanic material containing clay up to 80% used for the manufacture of pozzolana cement is:

a) 30%

b) 40%

c) 50%

d) 60%

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5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

a) in properly graded aggregates, bulk density is more

b) in single size aggregates, bulk density is least

c) in single size aggregates, bulk density is maximum

d) none of the above

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6. The joint preferred in a single brick wall to save facing bricks is:

a) english bond

b) flemish bond

c) double bond

d) garden wall bond

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7. Water-cement ratio is:

a) volume of water to that of cement

b) weight of water to that of cement

c) volume of concrete to that of water

d) both (a) and (b) of the above

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8. For the execution of work in time, a work plan is prepared by:

a) Contractor

b) Consultant

c) Petty contractor

d) Financial institution

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9. The main disadvantage of line organization is:

a) Monopoly at the top level

b) Rigid structure

c) Delay in communications

d) All of the above

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10. An event is indicated on the network by a number enclosed in:

a) A circle

b) A square

c) A triangle

d) All of the above

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11. The trees yielding hard wood is

a) shisham

b) chir

c) deodar

d) pine

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12. The trees yielding softwood is

a) sal & teak

b) chir & deodar

c) sisham & sal

d) none of the above

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

a) steel and R.C.C. are less bulky and more durable

b) strength of stones cannot be rationally analyzed

c) stones are not conveniently available in plains

d) all of the above

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14. The fire clay contains pure

a) Lime

b) oxide of iron

c) hydrated aluminium silicate

d) mangesium

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15. The locus of the center of curvature is known as:

a) Space

b) Evolute

c) Point

d) Centre

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16. All the axonometric projections are a single-plane... projection.

a) Orthographic

b) Perspective

c) Isometric

d) Oblique

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17. The drawing for municipality is done at scale:

a) 1" = 8'

b) 1:50

c) 0.11111111111111

d) Both (a) and (c)

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18. The unit of PVC pipe used in water supply pipeline is

a) Quintel

b) Cum

c) Meter

d) None of the above

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19. For electric wiring such as a fan, light, plug, etc., the estimate is made in terms of

a) type of point

b) number of points

c) total load at the main in kW

d) total length of wiring in meters

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20. The technique of finding the fair price of an existing building or property is known as

a) Estimation

b) Valuation

c) Pricing

d) Costing

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21. The types of curves generally provided on highways are

a) circular curve

b) transitional curve

c) vertical curve

d) all of the above

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22. A road gradient at which a vehicle does not require any tractive force to maintain the specific speed is called

a) natural gradient

b) floating gradient

c) ruling gradient

d) pushing gradient

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23. In side drains, the free board should remain at least

a) 10 cm below the road surface

b) 25 cm below the road surface

c) 50 cm high from the road surface

d) 25 cm high from the sub-soil water level

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24. *Viscosity of a liquid

a) drops with temperature

b) rises with temperature

c) does not vary with temperature

d) remains constant up to a certain temperature

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25. Cavitations in flowing fluid occurs when

a) the total energy suddenly increases

b) the total energy suddenly decreases

c) the total energy is constant

d) none of the above

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26. *Cipolleti weir is a

a) rectangular weir whose length is kept 3 times the height of the water above the sill

b) triangular weir, whose notch angle is 90°

c) trapezoidal weir, whose sides slope 1 horizontal to 4 verticals

d) a combination of rectangular and triangular weirs

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27. "Maximum efficiency of power transmission through a pipe is

a) 50%

b) 60%

c) 66%

d) 76%

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28. A canal used to drain off water from waterlogged areas is

a) ditch canal

b) drain canal

c) perennial canal

d) none of the above

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29. *The measure to remove waterlogging of land is

a) to reduce percolation from canals and watercourses

b) to increase outflow from the groundwater reservoir

c) both (a) and (b)

d) none of the above

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30. As the salinity of water increases, electrical conductivity

a) remains the same

b) none of the above

c) increases

d) decreases

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31. What is strain energy?

a) stress x strain

b) volume x stress x strain

c) energy that is spent for straining a body

d) energy stored in a body because of being strained

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32. The number of reaction components at a hinged end of a general loading is

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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33. Strain energy of a member may be defined as work done on it

a) to deform it

b) to resist elongation

c) to resist shortening

d) all of the above

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34. Shape of the bending moment diagram for a simply supported beam having a point load at the center is

a) parabolic

b) square

c) rectangular

d) triangular

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35. A viscoelastic material

a) is an elastic material

b) has a small plastic zone

c) has a time-dependent stress-strain relation

d) has a viscous surface

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36. If the failure of a finite slope occurs through the toe, it is known as:

a) Slope failure

b) Base failure

c) Face failure

d) Toe failure

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37. Electrical analogy method is used to

a) Find electrical conductivity of soil

b) Draw flow net

c) Find the depth to the water table

d) Find the water content in a soil

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38. The minimum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of the soil is called:

a) Safe bearing capacity

b) Net ultimate bearing capacity

c) Net bearing capacity

d) Ultimate bearing capacity

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39. According to Terzaghi's theory, the ultimate B.C., at ground surface for a purely cohesive soil and for a smooth base of a strip footing is:

a) 2.57c

b) 5.14c

c) 10.28c

d) 12.0c

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40. The thickness of adsorbed layers of soil is measured in

a) Angstroms

b) cm

c) mm

d) Micron

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41. If A is the fineness modulus of coarse aggregate, B of combined aggregates, and C of fine aggregates, then P the proportion of fine to combined aggregates, is given by

a) P = (A-B/B-C)x100

b) P = (A-B/C-B)x100

c) P = (C-B/A-B)x100

d) P = (B-C/A-B)x100

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42. The factor of safety for steel as compared to concrete is

a) same

b) lower

c) higher

d) constant

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43. The entrapped air in concrete

a) increases workability

b) decreases workability

c) increases strength

d) none of the above

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44. The inclination of the needle to the horizontal towards the pole is called

a) dip

b) declination

c) azimuth

d) bearing

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45. Negative errors are caused in the chain when its length is

a) less than the standard length

b) equal to the standard length

c) any of the above

d) more than the standard length

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46. The distance between terminal points computed from a subsidiary traverse run between them is known as

a) traverse base

b) transverse base

c) corrected base

d) traverse length

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47. Pump efficiency is 85%, motor efficiency is 94% then the combined efficiency of the two is

a) 90%

b) 80%

c) 70%

d) 85%

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48. The minimum size of a fire hydrant is:

a) 5 cm

b) 10 cm

c) 15 cm

d) 50 cm

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49. Priming is the process of

a) removing the trapped air from the pump

b) removing the trapped water from the pump

c) removing the debris waste from the pump

d) all of the above

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50. Methemoglobinemia (Blue babies) is due to

a) oxidation of hemoglobin

b) nitrates replacing oxygen in hemoglobin

c) nitrites replacing oxygen in hemoglobin

d) carbon monoxide replacing oxygen in hemoglobin

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