Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcements of different sizes should not be less than

2. A column that fails primarily due to direct stress is called

3. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O.), the strength of runway pavements has been coded by

4. A dry powder obtained on treating quick lime with just enough water to satisfy its chemical affinity for water under the condition of its hydration is called

5. The average discharge of a tube-well is about

6. Terracotta is used in building for

7. The unit of payment for excavation trenches for pipes, cables, etc., up to 1.5 m depth in ordinary rock/hard rock is

8. For testing a saturated clay for shear strength, the test recommended is

9. Liquids or fluids

10. The angle between two horizontal lines is:

11. The section modulus of a rectangular section is proportional to

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

13. An offset more than 15m in length is known as

14. For a cantilever of effective depth of 50cm, the maximum span to satisfy vertical deflection limit is

15. In a continuous beam, the point where bending moment changes sign is called

16. The stopping sight distance depends upon

17. Guide banks for training a river at the site of a bridge or weir are called

18. Theodolite traverse is plotted more accurately by

19. Water horsepower of a pump is given by

20. The minimum number of piles needed to support a column is:

21. *If the velocity, pressure, density, etc., do not change at a point with respect to time, the flow is called

22. Highly colored waters are

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

24. The cement becomes useless if its absorbed moisture content exceeds:

25. Very strong lime mortar is obtained from

26. The property of fresh concrete, in which while placing and compaction is known as

27. The roof covering preferred for a large span is:

28. *The difference between the total energy gradient line and the total energy line is

29. Which of the following is not true about highway drainage?

30. The types of survey used to fix property lines are

31. Bearing capacity of soils depends on:

32. In a reservoir, which type of storage is normally used?

33. When only one drawing is to be made, then its position should be:

34. The ratio of the effective length of a column and the minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area is known as

35. Higher standard deviations mean:

36. In resource leveling, the main constraint would be:

37. The type of bond provided in brick masonry for carrying heavy loads is:

38. If the Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.25, the ratio of Modulus of Rigidity to the Young's Modulus is

39. Plasticity index is obtained as the difference between

40. A stone is rejected if the water absorption is more than

41. The dimension line is generally:

42. The ratio of maximum to average sewage flow for mains up to 1 m in diameter is usually:

43. The nominal lead and lift allowed for the earthwork in the excavations of the foundations are

44. Contractor tax

45. Total cost of the project is:

46. Negative skin friction:

47. For class A airport, the difference of reduced levels of the higher and lower edges of the conical surface is

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

49. The overflow of a spillway in the shape of a double or s-curve, which is convex at the top and concave at the bottom, is called

50. The name of the first plane that landed on the old golf course, which makes the present location of Tribhuvan International Airport is