Civil Engineering Online Exam

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

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

3. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal was established in

4. If the fineness modulus of sand is 2.5, it is graded as:

5. The approximate ratio of strength of cement concrete at 6 months to that at 28 days of curing is:

6. Slump test is a measure of:

7. As compared to the stretcher course, the thickness of joints in the header course should be:

8. The amount of money paid to the contractor by the client after the agreement and before the execution of work is known as:

9. Critical path connecting the start and end events timewise is:

10. The probability of completion of any activity within its expected time in PERT is:

11. Excess of silica in brick earth causes

12. *Softest rock is

13. The consistency test is performed to find

14. *Hollow bricks are used for

15. Drawing pins/cello tapes are used to:

16. ...... is used for setting short equal distances.

17. A 100 m long line making 30° with the vertical shows its projection on the horizontal:

18. The unit of measurement for beading provided in door and window frame, rafters, etc., is

19. The area of the segmental portion of an arch with span I and rise r is approximately given by

20. The annual periodic payments made for the repayment of the capital invested are known as

21. The types of curves generally provided on highways are

22. Longitudinal ruts are formed because of

23. In the full grouted method of construction of bituminous roads, rolling is done with:

24. If the Froude number in open channel flow is more than 1.0, the flow is called

25. At the vena contracta, the jet has the minimum cross-sectional area, and so the velocity of the liquid at this section will be

26. *An independent mass of a fluid does not possess

27. *The wetted perimeter of a channel is given by

28. As compared to the crest of the normal portion of the weir, the crest of the undersluice portion of the weir is kept at

29. *The main function of the diversion headworks of a canal from a river is

30. Gibb's module is a type of

31. *Load required to produce unit deflection is called

32. The maximum bending moment caused by a large number of equally spaced identical loads on a simply supported beam is (W = wL)

33. *The amount of shear force at the maximum bending moment

34. *Fatigue is the failure of a material under:

35. Centrifugal force acts at a curve

36. Stability analysis shall be made considering:

37. Quick sand is a

38. The coefficient of earth pressure for loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is:

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:

40. The ratio of the difference between the void ratio of the soil in its loosest and its natural state and fully dense state is termed as

41. An air entraining agent when added in concrete improves

42. For a reinforced concrete section, the shape of shear stress diagram is

43. The effective span of a simply supported slab is

44. 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

45. A diagonal eyepiece is provided with a

46. If the staff is held vertical and the angle of elevation and depression are kept the same, then the horizontal distance between the instrument and staff station computed by observation will be

47. Dyspepsia (Indigestion) is caused due to

48. The slope of the hydraulic grade line is always towards the well due to pumping. This line of depressed water table is called

49. The relation between porosity, specific yield, and specific retention is given by

50. Mass action' during sedimentation is the property of: