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1. The runway of Tribhuvan International Airport is one way where landing occurs

a) North to south

b) South to north

c) East to west

d) West to east

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2. Classification of Airport by ICAO is based on

a) Runway length

b) Wheel load

c) Both of the above

d) None of the above

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3. The runway orientation is made so that landing and takeoff are

a) Against the wind direction

b) Along the wind direction

c) Perpendicular to the wind direction

d) None of the above

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4. 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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5. Sukhi is added to lintel mortar to:

a) Prevent shrinkage

b) Impact hydraulicity

c) Increase bulk

d) Decrease setting time

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6. Warehouse pack of cement means:

a) Full capacity of the warehouse

b) Pressure exertion of the bags of upper layers

c) Pressure compaction of the bags on lower layers

d) Packing the ware house

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7. Carpet area of a building does not include the area of:

a) The walls along with doors and other opening

b) Verandah, corridor, and passage

c) Bathroom and lavatory kitchen and pantry

d) All of the above

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8. An EPC contract means:

a) End of planning and construction

b) Evaluation, planning, and construction

c) Engineering, planning, and construction

d) Engineering, procurement, and construction

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9. Muster rolls are used for:

a) To pay wages of workers employed on a daily basis

b) To record the daily construction activities

c) To evaluate the construction activities

d) To evaluate the performance of workers

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10. The time corresponding to the minimum total project cost is:

a) Normal time

b) Crash time

c) Optimistic time

d) Between normal and crash time

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11. Timber can be made reasonably fire-resistant

a) by soaking it in ammonium sulfate

b) by applying tar paint

c) by pumping creosote oil into timber under high pressure

d) none of the above

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12. Which of the following is not a softwood

a) deodar

b) walnut

c) shisham

d) kali

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13. The function of the base of an oil paint is

a) to form the body of the paint

b) to reduce the shrinkage cracks

c) to reinforce the film of the paint after drying

d) to prevent the penetration of paint to lower surfaces

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14. The most economical methods of sawing wood is

a) radial sawing

b) tangential sawing

c) quarter sawing

d) flat sawing

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15. In isometric view, a circle is seen as:

a) A parabola

b) A hyperbola

c) A cone

d) An ellipse

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16. Set squares are used for drawing:

a) Vertical lines

b) Inclined lines

c) Parallel lines

d) All of the above

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17. Measurements from scale to the drawing are transferred with the aid of:

a) Scale

b) Compass

c) Divider

d) Plumbing fork

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18. During the calculation of RCC, the amount of steel deducted is

a) 3% of the total steel

b) 5% of the total steel

c) 10% of the total steel

d) 0% of the total steel

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19. Tender does not contain

a) Notice

b) Item of work

c) Estimated cost

d) Item rate

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20. Estimate is

a) the actual cost of construction of a structure

b) the probable cost arrived at before the commencement of the structure

c) a random guess of the cost of the structure

d) none of the above

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21. Road metal thickness of the layer to be compacted should not exceed

a) 5 cm

b) 10 cm

c) 15 cm

d) 30 cm

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22. Green color of a colored light traffic signal indicates

a) go

b) stop

c) be ready to go

d) clearance time

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23. In the premix method of bitumen road construction, aggregate is also heated

a) for easy workability

b) for easy spreading

c) to get a homogeneous mix

d) to economize the quantity of bitumen

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24. Chazy's formula is used to determine

a) head loss due to friction in pipes

b) velocity of flow in pipe

c) velocity of flow in channels

d) none of the above

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25. *The upper surface of the notch over which water flows is known as

a) vein

b) nappe

c) sill

d) none of the above

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26. The phenomenon of rising of a liquid surface in a tube of small diameter relative to the adjacent normal level of the liquid is known as

a) capillary rise

b) capillary fall

c) rising

d) none of the above

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

a) barometers

b) piezometers

c) monometers

d) differential manometers

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28. *Diversion headwork is constructed to

a) lower water level in the river

b) regulate the intake of water into the canal

c) regulate silt entry into the canal

d) all of the above

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29. *The consumptive use of water for a crop

a) is measured as the volume of water per unit area

b) is measured as the depth of water on the irrigated area

c) may be supplied partly by precipitation and partly by irrigation

d) all of the above

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30. The fall, with the crest usually at or near the bed level, without a glacis, is called

a) rapid fall

b) notch fall

c) natural fall

d) regulated fall

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31. A body having similar properties throughout

a) homogeneous

b) isomorphic

c) isotropic

d) anisotropy

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32. The value of Poisson's ratio always remains

a) greater than one

b) lesser than one

c) equal to one

d) none of these

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33. *The unit failure stress is taken as :

a) rupture stress

b) ultimate stress

c) failure stress

d) fracture stress

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34. The difference between BM values at any two sections will be equal to

a) the area of SF diagram between those two sections

b) the area of loading diagram between the two sections

c) the area of loading diagram

d) the area of bending moment between the two sections

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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. A foundation may be classified as continuous foundation if:

a) Depth to width ratio is more than 2

b) Length to width ratio is more than 2

c) Depth to width ratio is equal to 2

d) Length to width ratio is less than 2

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37. The functional equation for specific gravity (G), water content (w), void ratio (e), and degree of saturation (Sr) is

a) w = SrG / e

b) e = Srw / G

c) e = wG / Sr

d) G = Swr / e

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38. The factor of safety of embankments shall be:

a) At least 1.0

b) At least 1.5

c) At least 2.0

d) At least 2.5

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39. Specific gravity of soil is

a) Same for clays and sands

b) Determined by hydrometer

c) Less than 2.0 for most soils

d) More than 2.5 for most soils

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40. The shearing strength of a cohesionless soil depends upon:

a) Dry density

b) Rate of loading

c) Confining pressure

d) Nature of loading

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41. 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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42. For a continuous slab of 3m x 3.5m size, the minimum overall depth of the slab to satisfy vertical deflection limit is

a) 5cm

b) 7.5cm

c) 9cm

d) 12cm

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43. The types of failure in which stress in concrete and steel reaches its permissible value at a time is called balance failure. At this stage, the location of the neutral axis is

a) above the critical neutral axis

b) matches with the critical neutral axis

c) below the critical neutral axis

d) all of the above

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44. In tacheometric survey, the method which provides easy reading of the staff is

a) three hair method

b) height of instrument method

c) even angle method

d) none of the above

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45. The chain length which is not the standard metric chain length is

a) 10m

b) 20m

c) 25m

d) 30m

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46. The benchmark of a station A is 500 m, and the back sight reading at the point A is 2 m & foresight reading of station B is 3 m. Find the RL of station B

a) 502 m

b) 503 m

c) 499 m

d) 505 m

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47. Which traps have perpendicular legs?

a) P-Trap

b) Q-Trap

c) gully trap

d) S-Trap

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48. Most common sources of water in hill and terai in our country are...respectively.

a) surface and ground

b) ground and surface

c) surface and surface

d) ground and ground

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49. The main pipes must be designed to carry

a) 3 times the average demand

b) 4 times the average demand

c) 1 times the average demand

d) 2 times the average demand

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50. For an insignificant effect on the water table, the tube wells are spaced as one in every

a) 0.5 sq km

b) 1.0 sq km

c) 1.5 sq km

d) 2.0 sq km

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