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1. The height of the pilot's eye above the runway surface is assumed

a) 1 m

b) 3 m

c) 4 m

d) 5 m

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2. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) Tar concrete pavements are suitable if fuel spillage occurs

b) Rubberized tar concrete resists hot blast as well as spillage

c) Epoxy asphalt concrete resists jet fuel and provides a more elastic pavement

d) All of the above

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3. The standard mean sea-level temperature is assumed as the temperature gradient equal to 6.5Â°C per 1000m rise in elevation

a) 10Â°C

b) 15Â°C

c) 20Â°C

d) 30Â°C

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4. An aggregate is said to be flaky if its least dimension is less than:

a) 2/3 mean dimension

b) 3/4 mean dimension

c) 3/5 mean dimension

d) 2/3 mean dimension

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5. The roof used in factories is called:

a) Saw tooth roof

b) North light roof

c) South light roof

d) All of the above

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6. Slump test is a measure of:

a) tensile strength

b) compressive strength

c) impact value

d) consistency

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7. The top diameter, bottom diameter, and the height of a slump mold are:

a) 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm

b) 10 cm, 30 cm, 20 cm

c) 20 cm, 10 cm, 30 cm

d) 20 cm, 30 cm, 10 cm

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8. Which of the following is an activity in a CPM network:

a) Concrete cured

b) Walls plastered

c) Excavation for foundation

d) All of the above

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9. SLACK time refers to:

a) Activity

b) Event

c) Both

d) None of the above

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10. Free float is the:

a) Portion of independent float

b) Portion of positive total float

c) Portion of interfering float

d) All of the above

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11. If rainwater falls on hot bricks, then the shape of the brick gets deformed, this defect is known as

a) efflorescence

b) chuffs

c) bloating

d) nodule

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12. *Bitumen is used for

a) waterproofing

b) damp proofing

c) joint filler

d) all of the above

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13. The pozzolana Portland cement gains strength

a) in the same time as ordinary Portland cement

b) in less time than ordinary Portland cement

c) in more time than ordinary Portland cement

d) difficult to tell

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14. The rocks which are formed due to the cooling of magma at a considerable depth from the earth's surface are called

a) Hypabyssal rocks

b) Volcanic rocks

c) Plutonic rocks

d) Igneous rocks

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15. To draw a very light line, which pencil is used?

a) B

b) HB

c) H

d) 2H

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16. In case of aligned method of dimensioning, they can be read from:

a) Bottoms and right side of the drawing sheet

b) Bottoms and left side of the drawing sheet

c) Bottoms and top side of the drawing sheet

d) All of the above

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17. The angle between two perpendicular lines is:

a) 0Â°

b) 45Â°

c) 90Â°

d) 180Â°

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18. The most reliable estimate is:

a) Preliminary estimate

b) Plinth area estimate

c) Detailed estimate

d) Cube rate estimate

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

a) Scrap value

b) Salvation value

c) Rateable value

d) None of the above

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20. Specifications of any works are required only when the work is carried out by:

a) User's committee

b) Muster roll

c) Contractor

d) All of the above

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21. Surface painting is

a) marking of white and yellow lines on pavement

b) providing a thin bituminous layer over WBM roads

c) application of bitumen concrete layer over WBM road

d) application of a hot mix of bitumen and the stone chips over it

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22. Full amount of extra width of a pavement on the curve is provided at

a) beginning of the transition curve

b) centre of the transition curve

c) beginning of the circular curve

d) centre of the circular curve

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23. At the horizontal curve, the outer edge of the pavement is raised with respect to the inner edge to counteract the effect of centrifugal force, is known as

a) super elevation

b) camber

c) crown

d) shoulder

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24. In an open channels the analysis of a sugar is done by using

a) continuity equation

b) momentum equation

c) energy equation

d) none of the above

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25. *Bernoulli's equation is applied to

a) venturimeter

b) orifice meter

c) pitot tube

d) all of the above

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26. Find the capillary rise/fall in a glass tube when immersed in mercury with the following given data: surface tension, σ = 0.52 gmf/cm, angle of contact, θ = 130°, S.G. of mercury = 13.6, diameter of the pipe = 2.5 mm.

a) 0.393 cm rise

b) 0.393 cm fall

c) neither fall nor rise

d) all of the above

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27. Specific weight of liquid

a) remains constant at every place

b) does not remain constant at every place

c) varies from place to place

d) does not vary on any other planet except earth

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28. The main function of a distributory head regulator is

a) to regulate the supply entering the distributory from the parent channel

b) to control the silt entering into the distributory

c) to serve as a meter for discharge measurement

d) all of the above

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29. The method for training of rivers is

a) groynes

b) guide bank

c) pitched banks

d) all of the above

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30. *The hydraulic jump is the example of

a) gradually varied flow

b) rapidly varied flow

c) spatially varied flow

d) none of the above

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31. *If a cantilever beam of 8m long has a uniformly distributed load of 2KN/m throughout the length and a 10KN point load at the center of the beam, find the moment at the center:

a) 8 KN-m

b) 16 KN-m

c) 32 KN-m

d) 44 KN-m

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32. *The product EI is called

a) flexural rigidity

b) torsional rigidity

c) second moment of area

d) none of the above

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33. A brittle material will

a) fail suddenly

b) fail after giving warning

c) never fail

d) none of the above

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34. A beam fixed at both ends with a central load W in the middle will have zero bending moment

a) at one place

b) at two places

c) at three places

d) none of the above

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35. Which of the following gives Poisson's ratio?

a) ratio of linear stress to linear strain

b) ratio of shear stress to shear strain

c) ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain

d) ratio of the normal stress

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36. Consolidation test of a soil sample is carried out to determine:

a) The void ratio in soil

b) The decrease in the total volume

c) The liquid limit of soil

d) The plastic limit of soil

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37. 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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38. The percentage of the porosity of loose sand is in the range of

a) 5 to 15%

b) 15 to 30%

c) 30 to 40%

d) 40 to 50%

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39. A decrease in water content results in a reduction of the volume of a soil in

a) Liquid state

b) Plastic state

c) Semi-liquid state

d) All of the above

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40. A pycnometer is used to determine

a) Specific gravity and dry density

b) Water content and void ratio

c) Water content and specific gravity

d) Dry density and void ratio

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41. The length of the straight portion of a bar beyond the end of the hook should be at least

a) four times the diameter

b) five times the diameter

c) six times the diameter

d) seven times the diameter

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42. The entrapped air in concrete

a) increases workability

b) decreases workability

c) increases strength

d) none of the above

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43. The ratio of ultimate strength to working stress is

a) distribution factor

b) load factor

c) safety factor

d) shape factor

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44. The advantage of anallatic lens is

a) helps in external focusing

b) protection against moisture

c) computation becomes easy as the additive constant in the distance formula vanishes

d) all of the above

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45. Staff intercept means

a) top reading

b) bottom reading

c) middle reading

d) the difference between top and bottom reading

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46. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying does not depend upon

a) the length of the offset

b) the scale of the plotting

c) the importance of the features

d) the general layout of the chain lines

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47. The characteristics of fresh and septic sewage are:

a) alkaline and acidic

b) acidic and alkaline

c) acidic and acidic

d) alkaline and alkaline

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

a) 1.0

b) 1.2

c) 1.5

d) 2.0

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49. If you have to design a simple water filtration unit for a community water supply system in Biratnagar, which type of filter will you choose in general?

a) slow sand filter

b) rapid sand filter

c) trickling filter

d) pressure filter

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50. The highest non-scouring velocity in a sewer may be allowed in:

a) cast iron sewer

b) glazed brick sewer

c) cement concrete

d) stone ware sewer

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