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1. The width of the taxiway is kept about

a) 1/3rd of the runway width

b) 1/4th of the runway width

c) 1/2 of the runway width

d) Equal to the runway width

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2. Apron is used for loading/unloading of passengers while taxiway is

a) To carry traffic

b) Fueling of aircraft

c) Maintenance of aircraft

d) None of the above

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3. 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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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 operation of finishing the mortar joints after the completion of a masonry wall is known as:

a) toothing

b) pointing

c) racking back

d) jointing

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6. The minimum percentage of the chemical ingredient of cement is that of:

a) Magnesium oxide

b) Iron oxide

c) Aluminum

d) Lime

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7. High temperature:

a) Increases the strength of concrete

b) Decreases the strength of concrete

c) No effect on the strength of concrete

d) None of the above

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8. Crash project duration is obtained by adding the:

a) Crash durations for all the activities

b) Normal duration for all the activities

c) Normal duration for all the activities along the critical path

d) Crash durations for all the activities along the critical path

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9. A dummy activity in CPM:

a) Has no tail event but has only a head event

b) Has only a head event but no tail event

c) Does not require any resources or any time

d) Has no sequence and can be fitted anywhere

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10. The mean coincides with the node if the frequency distribution curve is:

a) Normal

b) None of the above

c) Symmetrical

d) Unsymmetrical

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11. Excess of silica in brick earth causes

a) loss of cohesion

b) impermeable

c) cracking and warping on drying

d) brittleness

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12. *The percentage of carbon in cast iron is:

a) 0.70%

b) 1.2 to 1.7%

c) 1.20%

d) 2 to 4.5%

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13. Loss on ignition in cement should not exceed

a) 1%

b) 4%

c) 8%

d) 12%

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14. *Bitumen is generally obtained from

a) organic material

b) petroleum product

c) synthetic material

d) coal

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15. In case of orthographic projection, the number of views generally used is:

a) 2

b) 4

c) 6

d) 8

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16. Free-hand sketching can be done only if one has:

a) Proper proficiency

b) Good practice

c) Good intuition

d) All of the above

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

a) B

b) HB

c) H

d) 2H

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18. Rate analysis prepared by the ministry of transport and work includes

a) Labour & material

b) Labour, material & equipment

c) Labour, material & supervision

d) All of the above

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19. Which of the following is not considered while preparing the item rate estimate?

a) Inflation on material and wage of manpower

b) The unit rate of materials

c) The wage of manpower

d) The charge of equipment and tools

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20. The unit of measurement for woodwork in door and window frame, rafters, beams, roof trusses, etc., is

a) metre

b) cm

c) quintal

d) cu m

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21. An endoscope is used to determine

a) average speed

b) spot speed

c) space mean speed

d) time mean speed

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22. Best road suitable for pneumatic & iron-wheeled vehicles is

a) earth road

b) WBM road

c) bituminous road

d) concrete road

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23. The provision of wind guy cable in a suspension bridge is

a) to take live load

b) to take dead load

c) to fix walkway

d) to provide lateral stability

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24. For a long pipe, the head loss

a) at the entrance is ignored

b) at the outlet is ignored

c) at the entrance and outlet both are ignored

d) due to friction is ignored

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25. In a flowing liquid, a particle may possess

a) potential energy

b) kinetic energy

c) pressure energy

d) all of the above

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26. If the specific gravity of oil is 0.7, then find the density of oil

a) 1000 kg/cm^3

b) 900 kg/cm^3

c) 800 kg/cm^3

d) 700 kg/cm^3

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

a) critical flow

b) streaming flow

c) shooting flow

d) none of the above

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28. The ratio of the quantity of water stored in the root zone of the crops to the quantity of water actually delivered in the field is known as

a) water conveyance efficiency

b) water application efficiency

c) water use efficiency

d) any of the above

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29. For a flood control reservoir, the effective storage is equal to

a) useful storage - valley storage + surcharge storage

b) useful storage + valley storage + surcharge storage

c) useful storage + surcharge storage

d) useful storage - valley storage

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30. *Diversion headwork is constructed to

a) lower water level in the river

b) regulate the intake of water into the canal

c) regulate silt entry into the canal

d) all of the above

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31. *Centrifugal force is given by

a) v^2/R

b) mv^2/R

c) mxa

d) all of the above

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32. Euler's formula for a column of length 1, with one end fixed and other hinged is

a) P= 2π^2EI/l^2

b) P = π^2EI/4l^2

c) P= 4π^2EI/l^2

d) none of the above

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33. *In the case of a fixed beam loaded at a point at its center, the number of points at which BM is zero

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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34. "When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely the maximum compressive stress is developed on the :

a) top layer

b) bottom layer

c) neutral axis

d) every cross section

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35. *The simple bending equation is

a) M/y = σ/I = E/R

b) M/I = σ/y = E/R

c) M/R = σ/y = E/R

d) none of the above

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36. A foundation may be classified as shallow if:

a) Depth is less than 6 m

b) Depth is less than its width

c) Depth is less than 1 m

d) None of the above

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37. A foundation may be classified as spread foundation if:

a) Depth to width ratio is more than 2

b) Depth to width ratio is less than 2

c) Length to width ratio is more than 2

d) Length to width ratio is between 1 and 2

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38. The base width of the retaining wall is B. What is the maximum permissible eccentricity if the wall should not fail in tension?

a) B/3

b) 2B/3

c) B/6

d) B/2

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39. The admixture used in soil stabilization is

a) Cement

b) Lime

c) Bitumen

d) Any of the above

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40. The most suitable method for increasing the bearing capacity of black cotton soil is:

a) Watering the surface of the soil

b) Compacting the soil

c) Replacement of black cotton soil by sand

d) Increasing the depth

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41. In a singly reinforced beam

a) compression is borne entirely by concrete

b) steel possesses initial stresses when embedded in concrete

c) plane sections transverse to the center line of the beam before bending remain plane sections after bending

d) elastic modulii for concrete and steel have different values within the limits of deformation of the beam

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42. A T-beam behaves like a rectangular beam of width equal to its flange if its neutral axis

a) remains within the flange

b) remains within the web

c) coincides with the geometrical center of the beam

d) none of the above

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43. The lap length of a direct tension reinforcement bar in an RCC beam should be more than

a) 30 times the diameter of the bar

b) 48 times the diameter of the bar

c) 24 times the diameter of the bar

d) twice the development length or 30 times the diameter of the bar

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44. The contour interval depends upon

a) nature of the ground

b) scale of the map

c) purpose and extent of the survey

d) all of the above

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45. The inclination of the needle to the horizontal towards the pole is called

a) dip

b) declination

c) azimuth

d) bearing

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46. Limiting the length of offset depends upon

a) accuracy desired

b) scale of plotting

c) nature of the ground

d) all of the above

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47. Most suitable section of sewer in a separate sewage system is:

a) circular section

b) rectangular section

c) egg-shaped section

d) modified egg-shaped section

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48. Septic tank is provided for:

a) To eliminate the sewer system

b) Tank for sedimentation cum disposal under aerobic conditions

c) Oxygen-free sedimentation cum disposal under anaerobic conditions

d) None of the above

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49. Break pressure tank in a water supply system is incorporated to:

a) Store water under pressure

b) Treat water by adequate pressure

c) Release the pressure generated in the pipe

d) Break the pressure

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50. Grit is:

a) inert matter of specific gravity > 2.65

b) organic matter of specific gravity nearer to 1

c) organic and inert matter combined

d) colloidal matter of heavy specific gravity

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