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1. As the temperature of the airport increases, the runway length

a) Increases

b) Decreases

c) Constant

d) All of the above

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2. Two single runways may be arranged so as to have

a) L-shape

b) T-shape

c) X-shape

d) All of the above

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3. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) F.I.R. stands for Flight Information Regions

b) F.I.C stands for Flight Information Centre

c) Radius of control area is 160km

d) All of the above

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4. The brick of special shape used in brick masonry is called:

a) bat

b) closer

c) squint

d) templet

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5. The bond filled with 4 bats and 1Γüä2 closer with the regular header and stretcher is known as:

a) raking bond

b) facing bond

c) english bond

d) dutch bond

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6. A retaining wall may be built of:

a) brick masonry

b) stone masonry

c) plain cement concrete

d) all of the above

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7. 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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8. It means the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly or indirectly, anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party:

a) Corrupt practice

b) Fraudulent practice

c) Coercive practice

d) Collusive practice

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9. An example of a parallel activity is:

a) Completing ground floor and starting first floor construction

b) Wall construction and carpentry work of doors and windows

c) Completion of flooring and initiating whitewashing

d) Digging of a well and construction of a septic tank

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10. The time by which the particular activity can be delayed without affecting the preceding and succeeding activities is known as:

a) Interfering float

b) Independent float

c) Total float

d) Free float

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11. Distemper is generally used in:

a) walls

b) wood

c) steel

d) none of the above

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12. The soil used for the manufacture of bricks should preferably not contain the following material

a) alkalies

b) pebbles

c) manganese

d) iron oxide

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13. *Le-Chatelier's apparatus is used to carry out

a) consistency test

b) soundness test

c) compressive strength

d) tensile strength

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14. A piece of sawn timber whose cross-sectional dimensions exceed 5 cm in one direction and 20 cm in the other direction is called a

a) cant

b) deal

c) bauk

d) strip

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15. What is the aspect ratio for the letter shown?

a) 1

b) 2

c) 0.5

d) 3

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16. The angle between two horizontal lines is:

a) 0Â°

b) 180Â°

c) Both (a) and (b) above

d) None of the above

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17. The scale should never be used as a:

a) Set-square

b) Working edge

c) Straight edge

d) None of the above

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18. The minimum number of hinges provided in a door and window shutter should be

a) 2 and 1

b) 2 and 2

c) 2 and 3

d) 3 and 2

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19. The minimum space left from the property line (In Kathmandu valley) for the provision of window/door is

a) 1 m

b) 3 ft

c) 5 ft

d) 7 ft

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20. One metric horsepower is equal to

a) 1.36 kW

b) 0.736 kW

c) 1.736 kW

d) 0.746 kW

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21. The most efficient traffic signal system is

a) simultaneous system

b) alternate system

c) flexible progressive system

d) simple progressive system

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22. At places of heavy rainfall, side drains to be provided on a road should be

a) triangular in section

b) trapezoidal in section

c) rectangular in section

d) circular in section

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23. Calculate the super elevation for the cross-section of the road as shown below

a) 1/15

b) 1/20

c) 1/25

d) 1/30

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24. *Pascal's law states that pressure at a point is equal in all directions

a) in a liquid at rest

b) in a fluid at rest

c) in a laminar flow

d) in a turbulent flow

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25. In the case of leveling by a level pipe, the level is indicated by

a) upper face

b) middle face

c) lower face

d) all of the above

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26. The Manning's formula for flow in an open channel is given by

a) v = n R^2/3 S^1/2

b) none of the above

c) v = 1/n R^2/3 S^1/2

d) v = 1/n R^1/2 S^2/3

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27. *Surface float is used to measure

a) pressure

b) difference in pressure

c) viscosity of flow

d) none of the above

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28. The method for training of rivers is

a) groynes

b) guide bank

c) pitched banks

d) all of the above

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29. A weir, which has a tail water level higher than the weir crest, by which the discharge is affected, is called

a) negative head weir

b) submerged weir

c) flooded weir

d) none of the above

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30. *Lining of an irrigation channel

a) increases the waterlogging area

b) decreases the waterlogging area

c) does not change the waterlogging area

d) none of the above

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31. The phenomenon of slow growth of strain under steady tensile stress, i.e., increasing with time, is called

a) yielding

b) creeping

c) breaking

d) none of the above

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32. *Centre of gravity of a semi-circle is... above the base AB (Dia.)

a) 2r/π

b) 4r/3π

c) r/8

d) r/4

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33. *The law "Stress is proportional to strain within certain limits" is formulated by

a) Thomas Youngs

b) Poisson

c) Mohr

d) Robert Hook

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34. The diagram showing the variation of BM along the span of the beam is called

a) BMD

b) SFD

c) thrust diagram

d) all of the above

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35. A beam simply supported at ends is subjected to load. The maximum bending moment is located where

a) shear force is zero

b) shear force is maximum

c) bending moment is zero

d) axial thrust is zero

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36. Negative skin friction is to be considered when:

a) Fill settles relative to the pile

b) Pile settles relative to the fill

c) Fill and pile settle together

d) Water table rises

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37. A fully saturated soil is called

a) One phase system

b) Two phase system with soil and air

c) Two phase system with soil and water

d) Three phase system

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38. Active earth pressure is

a) Always less than passive earth pressure

b) Always greater than passive earth pressure

c) Sometimes greater than passive earth pressure

d) Equal to passive earth pressure

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39. Cohesive soils are generally/normally

a) Plastic and also compressible

b) Elastic and also compressible

c) Plastic but incompressible

d) None of the above

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40. The percentage voids (n) has a value

a) 0 < n < 100

b) Sr ≤ 0

c) n > 0

d) n ≤ 0

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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. In the working stress design, the allowable bending compressive strain in RCC is

a) 0.003

b) 0.0003

c) 0.002

d) none of the above

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43. The durability of concrete is proportional to

a) sand content

b) water cement ratio

c) aggregate ratio

d) cement aggregate ratio

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44. The accuracy required in precise leveling is of the order of (Where K is the total distance of the level line in KM)

a) ± 4√K mm

b) +8√K mm

c) +12√K mm

d) all of the above

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45. If the intercept on the vertical staff is observed as 1.5mm from a tacheometer, the horizontal distance between the tacheometer and staff station is

a) 100m

b) 150m

c) 300m

d) 75m

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46. The stadia hairs are not used in

a) movable hair method

b) fixed hair method

c) tangential hair method

d) substense hair method

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47. The water supply pipeline should be tested at a specified pressure for

a) one hour

b) two hours

c) three hours

d) four hours

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48. Air inlet valve is provided in water mains at

a) summit of the pipe

b) downstream of the sluice valve

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

d) upstream of the sluice valve

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49. Sewer has to bear:

a) internal pressure of sewage

b) temperature stresses

c) forces due to external loads

d) all of the above

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50. The common pipe used in house plumbing is:

a) PVC

b) HDPE

c) GI

d) CI

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