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1. The purpose of the apron in an aircraft is

a) Parking & fueling

b) All of the above

c) Loading & unloading of passengers

d) Loading & unloading of cargo

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2. In the premix asphalt concrete of airport pavement construction, the aggregate is also heated

a) For easy work ability

b) For easy spreading

c) To generate a homogeneous mix

d) All of the above

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3. The depressions and undulations in the pavement of the runway are caused due to

a) Impact of heavy wheel loads

b) Punching effect

c) Failure of subgrade

d) All of the above

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4. In made-up ground having a low value of bearing power, heavy concentrated load is generally supported by:

a) Combined footing

b) Strap footing

c) Raft footing

d) All of the above

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5. When D.P.C. is to be laid over large areas, the material preferred is:

a) cement concrete

b) mastic asphalt

c) bitumen felt

d) strips of lead

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6. Cement used for resisting acid is:

a) portland pozzolana cement

b) ordinary Portland cement

c) rapid-hardening Portland cement

d) high alumina cement

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7. The bond in which all courses are laid as stretcher is known as:

a) stretcher bond

b) header bond

c) english bond

d) flemish bond

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8. Aggregate planning is planning for:

a) Single activity

b) Double activities

c) Whole project

d) Events

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9. Crashing of the project means:

a) Reducing the completion time by expending more resources

b) Reducing the project cost by delaying the completion time

c) Reducing the project size to save resources

d) Reducing the project cost by reducing the completion time

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10. Inspection of construction works for quality control is carried out and covers:

a) Sampling, examination, and field testing of materials

b) Testing specimens in the laboratory

c) Observation of construction equipment and plant

d) All of the above

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11. Inner part of the timber log as touching the pitch is called

a) sapwood

b) cambium layer

c) heartwood

d) bark

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12. The soil good for making bricks is

a) clay soil (silica & alumina)

b) alluvial

c) silt

d) sand and silt

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13. The argillaceous rocks have their principal constituents as

a) lime

b) clay

c) sand

d) none of the above

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14. *If the molten magma forces itself into an already existing rock in the earth's crust and solidifies there, such a rock is known as

a) metamorphic rock

b) extrusive rock

c) intrusive rock

d) igneous rock

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15. Drawing board is made of:

a) Well-seasoned softwood

b) Well-seasoned hardwood

c) Moistened softwood

d) Moistened hardwood

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16. A plane other than horizontal and vertical, placed at any angle to the principal planes is:

a) Reference plane

b) Profile plane

c) Auxiliary plane

d) Defragmented plane

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17. Axonometric drawing is a drawing like:

a) Parallel to the plane

b) Perpendicular to the plane

c) Inclined to the plane

d) All of the above

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18. The types of work done by the use of labor but not material, equipment, etc., are known as:

a) Day work

b) Minor work

c) Petty work

d) Casual work

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19. 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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20. In the specification of earthwork in foundation trenches, drains, etc. lift ordinarily specified is

a) 30 m

b) 1.5 m

c) 5 m

d) 3 m

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21. A higher value of super elevation is highly undesirable for:

a) fast-moving vehicles

b) slow-moving vehicles

c) mixed traffic

d) non-snow falling area

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22. Stopping sight distance is always

a) less than overtaking sight distance

b) more than overtaking sight distance

c) equal to overtaking sight distance

d) none of the above

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23. The portion of the road just both sides of the carriage way is known as

a) width of formation

b) right of way

c) carriage way

d) shoulders

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24. When the pipes are connected in series, the total rate of flow

a) is equal to the sum of the rate of flow in each pipe

b) is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the rate of flow in each pipe

c) is the same as flowing through each pipe

d) none of the above

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25. *To measure very low pressure, we use:

a) barometers

b) piezometers

c) monometers

d) differential manometers

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26. *The width of a weir with end contraction is

a) equal to the width of the channel

b) less than the width of the channel

c) half the width of the channel

d) none of the above

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27. *Water cushion is used to

a) sit in the house

b) destroy the energy

c) produce energy

d) none of the above

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28. *In a stone masonry-lined canal, the permissible velocity of water is

a) 1 m/sec

b) 2 m/sec

c) 3 m/sec

d) 4 m/sec

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29. Top of the weir is,

a) ridgecrest

b) crest

c) head

d) peak

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30. 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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31. *Which of the following gives Bulk Modulus?

a) the ratio of linear stress to linear strain

b) the ratio of shear stress to shear strain

c) the ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain

d) the ratio of the normal stress of equal magnitude on all six faces of a solid cube to the volumetric strain

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32. For keeping the stress wholly permissible, the load may be applied to a circular column anywhere within a concentric circle of diameter

a) d/2

b) d/3

c) d/4

d) d/5

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33. *Mathematically, strain may be defined as

a) the deformation per unit volume

b) the deformation per unit area

c) the deformation per unit length

d) all of the above

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34. If the value of Young's Modulus of elasticity for a material is zero, it implies that the material is

a) incompressible

b) compressible

c) plastic

d) visco elastic

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35. Shear force diagram for a cantilever carrying a UDL over its whole length is

a) rectangle

b) triangle

c) parabola

d) cubic parabola

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36. The permissible settlement in the case of an isolated foundation on clayey soils is:

a) 25 mm

b) 45 mm

c) 65 mm

d) 85 mm

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37. Saturated soil is concerned with

a) Two-phase system

b) Three-phase system

c) One-phase system

d) All of the above

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38. The pressure-void ratio curve will be

a) Linear when plotted on ordinary paper

b) Linear when plotted on semi-log paper

c) Linear when plotted on log-log paper

d) None of the above

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39. If the resultant force at the bottom of the retaining wall lies outside the middle third, the failure will be due to:

a) Crushing

b) Sliding

c) Upthrust

d) Overturing

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40. Compression of soils occurs rapidly if voids are occupied by

a) Air

b) Water

c) Partly air and partly water

d) None of the above

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41. The safe bond stress between concrete and steel is determined by

a) tensile test

b) compressive test

c) shear test

d) pull-out test

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42. Buckling occurs in a column

a) great

b) short

c) too great

d) none of the above

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43. The maximum bulking factor for sand is

a) 1.00

b) 1.10

c) 1.20

d) 1.40

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44. The three-point problem can be solved by:

a) tracing paper method

b) graphical method

c) trial and error method

d) all of the above

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45. Different grades are joined together by a

a) transition curve

b) vertical curve

c) compound curve

d) reverse curve

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46. Ranging is the process of

a) marking some intermediate points in a straight line, joining the two endpoints in the field

b) fixing ranging rods on the extremities of the area

c) taking offsets from a chain line

d) none of the above

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47. Surface water is obtained from

a) well

b) spring

c) artesian well

d) rain

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

a) flexible joint

b) expansion joint

c) flanged joint

d) socket and spigot joint

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50. The minimum height of a flushing cistern is:

a) 1 m

b) 2 m

c) 3 m

d) 5 m

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