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1. The runway orientation is made so that landing and takeoff are

a) Against the wind direction

b) Along the wind direction

c) Perpendicular to the wind direction

d) None of the above

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2. Holding line marking is provided in

a) Runway

b) Taxiway

c) Shoulder

d) Threshold

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3. Fuselage is parts of the aircraft for the accommodation of

a) fuel

b) cargo, passenger

c) cafe, bathrooms

d) all of the above

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4. A moulding provided under nosing to beautify the elevation of the step is known as:

a) Scotia

b) Nosing

c) Soffit

d) Flier

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5. If the water-cement ratio of concrete is 0.6, then water required for mixing concrete is:

a) 8 kg

b) 10 kg

c) 12 kg

d) 30 kg

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6. The load-bearing cantilever projection from the face of a masonry wall is called:

a) header

b) stretcher

c) corbel

d) cornice

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7. The maximum height of a masonry wall generally done in one day is:

a) 0.5 m

b) 1 m

c) 1.5 m

d) 2 m

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8. Free float is mainly used to:

a) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of preceding activity

b) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of succeeding activity

c) Establish priorities

d) Identify the activities which can be delayed without affecting the total float of either the preceding or succeeding activities

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9. If the completion time for a particular project is 6 weeks and its expected time is 8 weeks, then the slack time for the project is:

a) 2 weeks

b) -2 weeks

c) 0

d) None of the above

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10. A golden rule for the procurement of construction work suggests:

a) 100% at the site

b) 67% at the site and 33% under procurement

c) 50% at the site and 50% under procurement

d) 33% at the site and 67% under procurement

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11. *Water absorption of cement should not be more than

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 20%

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12. The pigment used in paints for corrosion resistance is

a) red lead

b) white lead

c) gypsum

d) ferrous oxide

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13. Pegmatite is an example of

a) sedimentary rock

b) extrusive igneous rock

c) intrusive igneous rock

d) igneous rock

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14. Very strong lime mortar is obtained from

a) quick lime

b) semi-hydraulic lime

c) hydrated lime

d) hydraulic lime

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

a) Left side of paper

b) Right side of paper

c) Upper side of paper

d) Centre of paper

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16. A 100 m long line making 30Â° with the vertical shows its projection on the horizontal:

a) 100 m

b) 50 m

c) 86.6 m

d) 70.71 m

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17. Outlines are also called:

a) Object line

b) Visible line

c) Principle line

d) All of the above

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18. The quantity of work of any item which is the output of a skilled labor in a day is known as

a) Basic work

b) Daily work

c) Target work

d) Task work

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19. The portion which is wrongly excavated by the contractor is to be filled

a) The earth excavated from the same pit

b) the earth excavated from a borrow pit for away from the site

c) concrete as specified

d) brick masonry

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20. In the case of steel rolling shutters, for the estimation of the painted area, the plain area is multiplied by

a) 3-Apr

b) 1

c) 1 1/4

d) 1 1/2

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21. The peak formed by two rising gradients is called

a) peak

b) ridge

c) summit

d) top

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22. Design of flexible pavements involves,

a) wheel loads

b) type and intensity of traffic

c) climate of the region

d) sub-grade conditions

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23. Traffic density is

a) number of vehicles moving in a specific direction per lane per day

b) number of vehicles moving in a specific direction per hour

c) number of vehicles per unit length

d) maximum number of vehicles passing a given point in one hour

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24. *Hydraulic gradient is equal to

a) difference in water surface / total length of the channel

b) total loss due to friction / total length of the channel

c) wetted perimeter / total length of the channel

d) area of cross-section / total length of the channel

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25. A rise or fall of liquid in a glass tube of a very small diameter when dipped is

a) directly proportional to the force per unit length of periphery

b) directly proportional to the sine of the angle of contact

c) directly proportional to the specific weight of the liquid

d) inversely proportional to the diameter of the glass tube

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26. Which of the following quantities are dimensionless?

a) surface tension

b) specific weight

c) angular velocity

d) Mach number

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27. *The discharge passing through the crest having a length of 1.25m, a height of the flow of water 0.25m, and C_d = 0.035 is

a) 0.0116 cm³/sec

b) 0.116 cm³/sec

c) 0.0160 cm³/sec

d) 0.00116 cm³/sec

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28. The effective precipitation for a crop is the water which is equal to

a) water stored in the soil within the root zone of the crop

b) total precipitation during the crop period

c) total precipitation minus the loss due to infiltration

d) none of the above

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29. Pitot tube is used to measure

a) area

b) velocity

c) discharge

d) none of the above

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30. The most commonly adopted method of irrigation for cereal crops is

a) furrow flooding

b) border flooding

c) check flooding

d) free flooding

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31. *A point where SF is zero, BM is

a) maximum

b) minimum

c) either maximum or minimum

d) none of the above

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32. If the elasticity of the material is zero then the material is said to be

a) rigid

b) perfect

c) plastic

d) all 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. *In a simply supported beam subjected to a point load at the center, the maximum bending moment occurs at

a) left end

b) right end

c) center

d) none of the above

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35. The number of reaction components at a hinged end of a general loading is

a) 1

b) 2

c) 3

d) 4

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36. The value of net allowable bearing pressure is:

a) Net safe bearing capacity

b) Net safe settlement pressure

c) Minimum of net safe bearing capacity and net safe settlement pressure

d) Gross safe bearing capacity

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37. If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil mass, then the values of porosity and voids ratio, respectively, are:

a) 1.0 and 0.0

b) 0.0 and 1.0

c) 0.5 and 1.0

d) 1.0 and 0.5

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

a) Direct shear test

b) Triaxial compression test

c) Unconfined compression test

d) All of the above

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40. Stability of slopes can be increased by:

a) Adopting gentle slopes

b) Adopting great heights

c) Storing water on one side

d) Constructing on clay deposits

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41. The shear reinforcement in an RCC beam is provided to resist

a) diagonal tension

b) diagonal compression

c) vertical shear

d) horizontal shear

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42. Shear stress diagram of a homogeneous beam is

a) rectangular

b) triangular

c) parabolic

d) elliptical

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43. The strength of concrete increases with an increase in

a) water cement ratio

b) size of aggregate

c) aggregate cement ratio

d) moisture content

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44. The permissible limits of error in chaining for measurement on rough or hilly ground are

a) 1:2000

b) 1:1000

c) 1:500

d) 1:250

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45. The RL of the benchmark is 1000.0 m, and the back sight reading at the benchmark is 2.555 m. Find the staff reading of IS if the RL of IS is 1000.055 m

a) 2.555 m

b) 2.5 m

c) 3 m

d) 0.0505 m

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46. The strength of fix' is poor when:

a) the station is within the great triangle

b) the station is outside the great circle

c) the station is on the great circle

d) the station is within the great circle but outside the great triangle

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47. What will be the daily per capita water demand for a city of 0.2 million people whose total water requirement per annum is 19,710,000 cubic meters?

a) 250 liters

b) 280 liters

c) 270 liters

d) 260 liters

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48. The sewer pipes:

a) carry sewage as gravity conduits

b) should resist the wear and tear caused due to abrasion

c) are designed for generating self-cleaning velocities at different discharge

d) all of the above

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49. If in the relative stability test on sewage, the period of incubation at 20°C is 15 days, the relative stability is:

a) 95.95%

b) 96.05%

c) 96.86%

d) 100%

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50. 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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