Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. The least bearing capacity of soil is that of:

2. *Normal strain is defined as

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

4. Which of the following is the reason for the decrease in the use of stones as building material?

5. The number of traverse rows of light in the approach lighting near the threshold (As per Calvert & ICAO) is

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

7. *Orifice-meter is used to measure:

8. The seepage force is proportional to

9. Salt present in water, harmful for cultivation purposes, is

10. The maximum differential settlement in the case of a foundation on clayey soils is:

11. In engineering drawing, auxiliary views are used to show details of:

12. *Head loss increases with

13. If the visibility of the environment is less than 4 KNm then the pilot must follow

14. Maximum daily traffic capacity of bituminous pavement is

15. Bleeding may occur due to

16. After casting, an ordinary cement concrete on drying

17. The survey which is carried out to determine absolute locations and the direction of any line on the surface of the earth by making observations of heavenly bodies is called

18. *Determinate beam can be analyzed with the help of

19. What are the key dates of a standard contracting procedure for a project?

20. The angle of repose of soil is defined as the angle that an inclined plane makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it just sliding is:

21. The difference of the range of water between liquid limit and plastic limit is called

22. CBR (California Bearing Ratio) test is used for finding

23. What will happen if an induction motor pump is run under significantly low voltage continually?

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

25. How many kilo-liters are in one cubic meter?

26. The tender is:

27. The bed of a canal is lowered in the case of

28. *The stone that exhibits more fire-resisting characteristics is

29. For a uniform face appearance, the bond desired in brick masonry is:

30. The rate of change of shear force is called

31. In a rectangular R.C.C beam, the ratio of the maximum shear stress to average shear stress is

32. At an event other than the final event, if no activity emerges, it results in an error called:

33. The open channels supported above the ground over trestles are called

34. The nominal size of modular brick is

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

36. The standard length of the runway of an airport is 3000 m and actual RL is 600 m. Find the design length of the runway

37. A beam is supported over three rollers lying in the same plane. The beam is stable for

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

39. PVC pipes can withstand pressure up to

40. Head loss due to friction in a pipe is given by the Darcy-Weisbach equation

41. *For the construction of highway/railway

42. The line normal to the plumb line is known as

43. *Capillarity of water is

44. The techniques for free-hand sketch to drawing a straight line is:

45. *The law which states that within elastic limits strain produced is proportional to stress producing it is known as:

46. *Which of the following is not a cross drainage work?

47. Most of the shear tests are done in equipment which is:

48. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than

49. The vehicle used in the case of enamel paints is

50. It means the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting, directly or indirectly, anything of value to influence improperly the actions of another party: