Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O.), the strength of runway pavements has been coded by

2. According to I.C.A.O., the recommended length of the airport is decided on

3. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

4. The main purpose of a cavity wall is:

5. Separation of coarse aggregates from mortar during transportation is known as:

6. In brick masonry, the bond produced by laying alternate headers and stretchers in each course is known as:

7. While designing an air-entrained concrete:

8. PERT means:

9. The salient feature of functional organization is:

10. Gantt chart indicates:

11. *In brick laying the tool used for lifting and spreading mortar and for forming joints is

12. Sand has minimum volume when:

13. During burning of dried bricks, the sequence of chemical changes that take place, is as under

14. *Shingle is

15. Title block gives information about:

16. Drawing board is made of:

17. Symbol.....indicates:

18. Volume is measured correct to the nearest:

19. Liquidated damage is directly related to

20. End lap provided in asbestos cements is equal to

21. A road sign indicating 'No Parking' is

22. The concrete pavement is provided when the daily traffic load per lane exceeds

23. The portion of the road just both sides of the carriage way is known as

24. In a venturimeter, the divergent cone is kept

25. For the laminar flow through a circular pipe, the maximum velocity is

26. *To measure very low pressure, we use:

27. Critical depth (he) is given by (where q= rate of flow per unit width of channel)

28. As the coefficient of friction increases, the velocity of water in a canal

29. A wall built along the bank of a river, parallel to the direction of flow for directing fast flow from a sluice or spillway, to prevent eroding banks of a river or canal, is called

30. The uplift pressure on the face of a drainage gallery in a dam is equal to

31. *The maximum bending moment caused by a moving load on a simply supported beam is

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

33. Find the value of thrust, if the member (beam) is subjected to an inclined force having a magnitude of 5 kN and an inclination with the vertical of 30°

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

35. The maximum deflection in a cantilever beam carrying a uniformly distributed load (w) over spans is (Where L is span of beam, W is total load and EI is flexural rigidity)

36. Combined footing is generally used when:

37. Sheet piles are held in position by:

38. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in diameter is known as

39. The bearing capacity of soil depends upon:

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

41. Placing of concrete should preferably be done at a temperature of

42. The maximum spacing between longitudinal bars in a column is

43. The unit weight of RCC is taken as

44. Local attraction at a place may be due to

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

46. The surface perpendicular to the direction of gravity is

47. The factor for the selection of the pumping station site is

48. The main function of a manhole is:

49. An aquiclude is

50. Priming is the process of