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1. 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

a) 3210 m

b) 3420 m

c) 3630 m

d) 3840 m

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2. I.C.A.O has classified

a) Runways

b) Lengths

c) Pavement strengths

d) All of the above

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3. The strength of winds is measured with the help of

a) Beaufort scales

b) Wind indicator

c) Barometers

d) None of the above

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4. A roof sloping in four directions but with a break in slopes is called:

a) Hipped roof

b) Gambrel roof

c) Flat roof

d) Mansard roof

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5. 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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6. The fineness of cement is measured in terms of?

a) Surface area in square cm per gram of cement

b) Percentage weight retained on IS sieve number

c) Neither (a) nor (b)

d) Surface area in square meters

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7. The types of foundation used to transfer heavy load are:

a) isolated footing

b) combined footing

c) grillage foundation

d) all of the above

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8. Economic saving of time is obtained by crashing:

a) Cheapest critical activity

b) Cheapest non-critical activity

c) Costliest critical activity

d) Costliest non-critical activity

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9. Higher standard deviations mean:

a) Lower uncertainty

b) Higher uncertainty

c) Medium uncertainty

d) All of the above

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10. The amount of VAT for the purchase of steel having an amount of NRs. 6000/- should be:

a) 300/-

b) 600/-

c) 780/-

d) 960/-

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11. *Soundness test of cement determines

a) quantity of free lime

b) ultimate strength

c) durability

d) initial setting

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12. The type of cement is considered good if

a) it contains C3S in large amounts

b) it contains C2S in large amounts

c) it contains C3A in large amounts

d) all of the above

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13. The trees yielding softwood is

a) sal & teak

b) chir & deodar

c) sisham & sal

d) none of the above

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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 given symbol indicates:

a) Church

b) Temple

c) Mosque

d) Gurudwara

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16. Circle and arcs of circles are drawn by means of a:

a) Lengthening bar

b) Divider

c) Compass

d) T-square

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17. The projection of any feature on the horizontal plane is called:

a) Plan

b) Elevation

c) Map

d) All of the above

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18. Valuation is done for:

a) Present value based on reality

b) Minimum value

c) Market value

d) None of the above

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19. The nominal lead and lift allowed for the earthwork in the excavations of the foundations are

a) 50 m and 2 m

b) 30 m and 2 m

c) 30 m and 1.5 m

d) 20 m and 1.5 m

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20. The unit of measurement for concrete work in R.C.C. is

a) sq m

b) cu m

c) 10 sq m

d) 10 cu m

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21. Bleeding may be reduced by

a) hot metal chips

b) cement

c) clay

d) dust

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22. Camber is provided to the road surface in the transverse direction to:

a) check the speed of the vehicle

b) divide the width of the pavement

c) drain off the water

d) economize the cost of construction

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23. The super elevation in roads is

a) directly proportional to the width of the pavement

b) directly proportional to the square of the velocity of vehicles

c) inversely proportional to the square of the width of the pavement

d) directly proportional to the square of the radius of curvature

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24. Pick up the correct statement from the following

a) total energy gradient is the graphical representation of the total head at any section of a pipeline

b) vertical distance between the total energy line and hydraulic grade line is equal to the velocity head

c) vertical distance between the total energy line and total energy gradient represents the loss of head

d) all of the above

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25. *Surface float is used to measure

a) pressure

b) difference in pressure

c) viscosity of flow

d) none of the above

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26. The term z is known as

a) potential energy

b) pressure energy

c) potential energy per unit weight

d) none of the above

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27. Hydraulic gradient line and total energy line are

a) same

b) different

c) differ by pressure head

d) differ by static head

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28. In a chute spillway, the flow is generally:

a) laminar

b) turbulent

c) critical

d) supercritical

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29. *To avoid an interruption in the field of a siphon, the air vessel is provided

a) at the summit

b) at the inlet

c) at the outlet

d) none of the above

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30. Aggrading river is characterized by

a) losing its bed

b) building up its beds

c) meandering

d) low discharge, low gradient

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31. *BM in a cantilever beam having a span of 1.8m and a uniformly distributed load of 4kg/m

a) 4.48 kg-m

b) 5.48 kg-m

c) 6.48 kg-m

d) none of the above

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32. *Stress in a beam due to simple bending is

a) inversely proportional

b) directly proportional

c) curvilinear related

d) all of the above

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33. The limit of proportionality depends upon

a) area of cross-section

b) types of loading

c) types of material

d) none of the above

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34. *The magnitude of a shear force at a distance of L/4 from either end of a simply supported beam with load P applied at midspan is equal to:

a) P

b) P/2

c) P/4

d) P/8

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35. *The S.I. unit of the modulus of elasticity is

a) N/cm^2

b) N/m^2

c) dyne/cm^2

d) none of the above

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36. A grillage foundation is used under:

a) Heavy load-bearing wall

b) Set of columns

c) Combined footing

d) Heavy loaded situations

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37. If the water content of a fully saturated soil mass is 100%, then the voids will be

a) Less than the specific gravity of soil

b) Equal to the specific gravity of soil

c) Greater than the specific gravity of soil

d) Independent of the specific gravity of soil

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38. The shear strength of a soil

a) Is directly proportional to the depth of the soil

b) Is directly proportional to the angle of repose of the soil

c) Increases with normal stress

d) Decreases with an increase in the normal stress

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39. * When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be:

a) Solid state

b) Liquid state

c) Semi-solid state

d) Plastic state

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40. The bearing capacity of soil depends on:

a) Grain size of the soil

b) Load intensity

c) On the load

d) Rate of loading

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41. The approximate ratio of the direct tensile strength to direct compressive strength test

a) 0.33

b) 0.25

c) 0.10

d) 0.05

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42. The ratio of modulus of elasticity of steel to that of concrete is

a) modular ratio

b) Poisson's ratio

c) elasticity ratio

d) none of the above

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43. Generally, the compressive strength of the cover block is more than the compressive strength of the concrete. The main function of the cover block is

a) maintain cover on the side of steel

b) maintain cover below steel

c) maintain cover above steel

d) maintain cover between steel and formwork

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44. The telescope is said to be normal when the

a) bubble of the telescope is down and the face of the vertical circle is right

b) bubble of the telescope is up and the face of the vertical circle is left

c) bubble of the telescope is up and the face of the vertical circle is right

d) none of the above

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45. The quadrantal system confines the user to measure the bearings from

a) the north point clockwise

b) the north point or south point, whichever is nearer

c) the north point anticlockwise

d) none of the above

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46. The maximum allowable limit up to which a measurement may vary from the true value is known as

a) permissible error

b) residual error

c) expected error

d) systematic error

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47. The maximum amount of copper in domestic water should be

a) up to 3 ppm

b) up to 15 ppm

c) up to 45 ppm

d) all of the above

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48. Sickness of tube well indicates

a) increase in well

b) reduction in yield

c) suffering from waterborne disease

d) all of the above

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49. The sewerage system originates from:

a) main sewers

b) branch sewers

c) lateral sewers

d) house sewers

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50. A structure constructed where self-cleaning velocity is not developed to prevent choking is called:

a) catch basin

b) flushing tank

c) manhole

d) inverted siphon

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