Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. Concrete gains strength due to:

2. A balanced design of a beam is a condition where the ..... stresses occurring are equal to the permissible stress.

3. The ideal shape of a transition curve is

4. The strength of concrete is directly proportional to

5. Gravity water supply system starts from

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

7. The beam strongest in flexure will have the maximum

8. The method of tacheometry in which the stadia hair intercept is fixed is known as

9. Mouthpieces are used to measure

10. A 30m chain was found to be 20cm too long after chaining 1500m. The correct length of the total distance chained will be

11. Which method is known as the minimum cost or maximum time schedule method:

12. *Chazy's formula is given by

13. Plinth area of a building does not include:

14. Sheet pile walls are used as:

15. If in the relative stability test on sewage, the period of incubation at 20°C is 15 days, the relative stability is:

16. Maximum difference in elevation between the highest and lowest point of the runway divided by the total length of the runway is known as

17. As the elevation & temperature of the airport increases, the density of air

18. An aggregate is known as a cyclopean aggregate if the size is more than:

19. The critical height in the stability of the soil is the:

20. 9H pencil is...... than the 7H pencil.

21. The value of the dismantled material less the cost of dismantling is called

22. Longitudinal joints in concrete roads are provided if the width exceeds

23. The difference between the total float and the free float is termed as:

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

25. *Distemper is used on

26. The equivalent length of column fixed at one end and free at the other end is

27. Texture of sandstone is

28. *Plastic bitumen is generally used for

29. *The meandering river is always

30. The assumption of Rankine's theory of earth pressure is:

31. Which pencil is used for a thinner line?

32. *Cipolleti weir is a

33. Abbreviation which is correct?

34. If the sand in situ is in the densest state, then its relative density is

35. The length of the runway under standard atmospheric conditions at the site is 1800m. The design length of the runway is, if the actual RL of the site is 1200m

36. When a static load is applied, the consolidation is fast in the case of

37. Hydrodynamic pressure due to an earthquake acts at a height of

38. *Losses are more in

39. Curing period is minimum for concrete using:

40. The section obtained when the section plane is inclined to the axis of the cone but parallel to one of the generators of a cone is called:

41. Bar chart is used for minor projects, CPM is used for repetitive work while PERT is used for:

42. The gradual accumulation of amounts by way of annual periodic deposits, which is meant for the replacement of the structure at the end of its useful life period, is known as

43. The fall, which can be used as a meter fall, is

44. The maximum spacing of side-face reinforcement in a beam should be

45. *Stress in a beam due to simple bending is

46. Which type of foundation is likely to be adopted for a 3 floors high RCC framed residential building?

47. Goitre is due to

48. The small areas on the painted surface enclosed by hairline cracks are called

49. The radius of gyration of a rectangular section is not proportional to

50. A member that is subjected to reversible tensile or compressible stress may fail at a stress lower than the ultimate stress of the material. The property of the metal is called