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1. The air is blowing at a speed of 75 knots in the direction of the aircraft flying at a ground speed of 775 knots. The airspeed of the aircraft is

a) 775 knots

b) 75 knots

c) 850 knots

d) 675 knots

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2. The ICAO has two governing bodies named

a) Parliament & Association

b) Council & Parliament

c) Assembly & Council

d) Association & Assembly

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3. 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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4. Inert material of a cement concrete mix is:

a) Water

b) Cement

c) Aggregate

d) None of the above

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5. The roof sloping in two directions is called:

a) Hipped roof

b) Gambrel roof

c) Flat roof

d) Mansard roof

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6. If the floor height of a building is 2.70 m and the riser is 15 cm, then calculate the number of tread required:

a) 16

b) 17

c) 18

d) 19

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7. The type of aggregate of the same nominal size, which contains fewer voids when compacted, is:

a) rounded aggregate

b) irregular aggregate

c) angular aggregate

d) flaky aggregate

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8. The Force Account or AMANAT, a method of carrying out the construction work is done by:

a) Contractor using his own tools, staff, equipment, etc.

b) Owner using his own tools, staff, equipment, etc.

c) Sub-contractor using his own tools, staff, equipment, etc.

d) None of the above

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9. The most critical stage of construction is the construction of:

a) Foundation

b) Plinth level

c) Beam and slab

d) All of the above

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10. The difference between total float and free float is called interfering float which is nothing but the:

a) Float of the head event

b) Float of the tail event

c) Slack of the head event

d) Slack of the tail event

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11. The maximum percentage of clay content for making good tiles is about

a) 20%

b) 30%

c) 40%

d) 50%

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12. *A brick is a block of ........

a) dusty material

b) organic material

c) ceramic material

d) loamy material

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13. In the briquette test, the seven-day tensile strength of good Portland cement should not be less than

a) 20 kg/cm^2

b) 30 kg/cm^2

c) 25 kg/cm^2

d) 35 kg/cm^2

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14. The paint used for automobiles is

a) distemper

b) emulsion paint

c) oil paint

d) any of the above

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15. The approval of design, drawing before the construction of a building in the city area of Nepal is done by:

a) Village Development Committee

b) District Development Committee

c) Municipality

d) None of the above

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16. To remove unnecessary lines...... is used.

a) Duster

b) Chalk

c) Sand box

d) Eraser

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17. Trench plan of a building shows:

a) Location and dimension of footing in the horizontal plane

b) Location and depth of the foundation

c) Locating footing size and depth of foundation

d) Depth of excavation for the foundation

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18. In the case of laying gullies, intercepting traps, the cost includes:

a) Setting and laying

b) Bed concreting

c) Connection to drains

d) All of the above

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19. Which one information is not found in specification?

a) Nature of works

b) Quality of materials

c) Types of workmanship

d) Dimension

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20. The explosive for blasting is usually expressed in terms of

a) explosive power

b) volume of earthwork that can be blasted

c) kilograms

d) none of the above

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21. The normal height of the driver's eye (NRS 2070) above the road surface is

a) 120 cm above road level

b) 150 cm above road level

c) 180 cm above road level

d) 200 cm above road level

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22. Factors affecting the design of horizontal curves on a highway include

a) design speed of the vehicle

b) allowable friction on the road surface

c) allowable maximum super elevation

d) all of the above

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23. Radius of the transition curve at the junction of circular curve and straight segment is

a) R/2

b) R

c) 2R

d) 0

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24. *The main assumption of Bernoulli's equation is

a) the velocity of energy of liquid particles across any cross-section of a pipe is uniform

b) no external force except gravity acts on the liquid

c) there is no loss of energy of the liquid while flowing

d) all of the above

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25. *The actual velocity through an orifice is........... than the theoretical velocity.

a) more

b) less

c) equal

d) not defined

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26. If the Froude number in open channel flow is less than 1.0, the flow is called

a) critical flow

b) super-critical flow

c) sub-critical flow

d) none of the above

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27. When the pipes are connected in parallel, the total loss of head

a) is equal to the sum of the loss of head in each pipe

b) is the same as in each pipe

c) is equal to the reciprocal of the sum of the loss of head in each pipe

d) none of the above

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28. The proportion of silt, water, and the size of silt particles carried depend upon

a) slope

b) nature of the surface soil

c) rainfall in the catchment area

d) all of the above

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29. A groyne with a curved head is known as

a) Burma groyne

b) Dehny groyne

c) Hockey groyne

d) Meandering groyne

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30. Silt excluders are constructed on the

a) river bed down stream of the head regulator

b) river bed up stream of the head regulator

c) canal bed up stream of the head regulator

d) canal bed down stream of the head regulator

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

a) buckling factor

b) slenderness ratio

c) crippling factor

d) none of the above

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32. *Normal strain is defined as

a) rate of change of length

b) strain that normally occurs

c) strain that is normal to shear strain

d) deformation normal to the force

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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. *Which of the following gives Bulk Modulus?

a) the ratio of linear stress to linear strain

b) the ratio of shear stress to shear strain

c) the ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain

d) the ratio of the normal stress of equal magnitude on all six faces of a solid cube to the volumetric strain

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35. *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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36. If you are asked to classify soils into 3 categories, which of the following categorizations would you prefer?

a) Clayey, Silty, and Sandy

b) Clayey, Sandy, and Granular

c) Clayey, Silty, and Loamy

d) Coarse-grained, fine-grained, and highly organic

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37. Compared to dry backfill, submerged backfill will exert:

a) Same earth pressure

b) Less earth pressure

c) More earth pressure

d) Terzaghi

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38. Mechanical stabilization is done by

a) Cement

b) Lime

c) Bitumen

d) Proper grading

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39. Piping in soils is due to

a) Low exit gradient

b) Erosion of subsoil by high velocity of seepage flow

c) Leakage of water through pipes laid in dams

d) Passage of water through well-connected pores in soil.

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40. The critical exit gradient of the seepage of water in soils

a) Increases with a decrease in the specific gravity

b) Increases with an increase in the specific gravity

c) Decreases with an increase in the liquid limit

d) None of the above

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41. The maximum bulking factor for sand is

a) 1.00

b) 1.10

c) 1.20

d) 1.40

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42. White cement is produced in

a) flyash kiln

b) coal kiln

c) oil-fired kiln

d) electrical form kiln

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43. The minimum vertical spacing of the main bars in an RCC beam should be

a) diameter of the bar or maximum size of the aggregate + 5mm

b) maximum size of the bar

c) maximum size of the bar or 2/3 maximum size of the aggregate

d) none of the above

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44. The theory of probability is applied to

a) cumulative errors

b) compensative errors

c) accidental errors

d) none of the above

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45. If the plane table is not horizontal in a direction at right angles to the alidade, the line of sight is parallel to the fiducial edge only for:

a) horizontal sights

b) inclined sight upwards

c) inclined sight downwards

d) none of the above

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46. If the needle is truly magnetic and is not sluggish

a) it will always be oscillating and never stop

b) when it stops, it will be exactly on the magnetic meridian

c) it will always be free from local attraction

d) all of the above

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47. Turbidity is undesirable because it

a) renders waters unpalatable

b) affects photosynthesis of aquatic life

c) causes milky unite coloration to water

d) causes red and brown stains

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48. The detention time in a septic tank is usually:

a) 1-2 hours

b) 5-6 hours

c) 18-24 hours

d) 22-24 hours

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49. Abbreviation which is correct?

a) TOC (Total Organic Carbon)

b) ThOD (Theoretical Oxygen Demand)

c) TOD (Total Oxygen Demand)

d) all of the above

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50. The rate of flow in an artesian spring is continuous and

a) increases in the rainy season

b) is constant in all conditions

c) increases as the water table rises

d) decreases in the drought season

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