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1. Ramp is a

a) wheeled staircase

b) sloped road

c) both sides of the runway

d) all of the above

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2. Pick up the component not applicable to airplanes

a) wings

b) fuselage

c) air screw

d) none of the above

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3. The meteorological condition that influences the size and location of an airport is

a) Air density

b) Topographic plan

c) Reduced level

d) All of the above

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4. A gate (door) without importance is:

a) Battened & ledged door

b) Battened, ledged & braced door

c) Battened, ledged & framed door

d) None of the above

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5. The top diameter, bottom diameter, and the height of a slump mold are:

a) 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm

b) 10 cm, 30 cm, 20 cm

c) 20 cm, 10 cm, 30 cm

d) 20 cm, 30 cm, 10 cm

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6. A guard wall of small height exposed to the weather is called:

a) parapet

b) buttress

c) load-bearing

d) none of the above

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7. For hearthing of thick walls, the brick used is:

a) headers

b) stretchers

c) bats

d) closer

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8. Restraint is a restriction having:

a) Both (a) and (b) above

b) Zero duration

c) Positive duration

d) Negative duration

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9. According to Fulkerson's, the correct event numbers corresponding to events A, B, C, D, E of the network shown in figure 1 are:

a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively

b) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively

c) 1, 3, 2, 5, 6, 4 and 6, respectively

d) None of the above

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10. Critical path is:

a) Shortest path for the earliest completion of the project

b) Longest path of the network from the first event to the last event

c) Ideal path by preceding along which the project can be completed as per the schedule.

d) The path that takes into account the completion of all the parallel activities

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11. *In a well-seasoned timber, the moisture content will be in the range of

a) 20-25%

b) 15-20%

c) 10-12%

d) 5-7%

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12. *The solidification of molten magma when it reaches the surface of earth results in the formation of

a) sedimentary rocks

b) metamorphic rocks

c) basalts and traps

d) granite and pegmatite

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13. *Shingle is

a) decomposed laterite

b) crushed granite

c) water-bound pebbles

d) air weathered rock

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14. *What type of paint do you recommend in doors on the exterior wall of a building?

a) oil distemper

b) French polish

c) varnish (Interior)

d) enamel paint

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15. Picture plane is:

a) Horizontal plane

b) Vertical plane

c) Inclined plane

d) None of the above

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16. The locus of points for which the sum of the distance from each point to two fixed points is equal is called:

a) A hyperbola

b) An ellipse

c) A cone

d) A parabola

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17. The art of representation of an object by systemic lines on a paper is known as:

a) Drawing

b) Art

c) Dimensioning

d) Profession

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18. The types of work done by the use of labor but not material, equipment, etc., are known as:

a) Day work

b) Minor work

c) Petty work

d) Casual work

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19. The most reliable estimate is:

a) Preliminary estimate

b) Plinth area estimate

c) Detailed estimate

d) Cube rate estimate

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20. In CGI sheet roofing, the overlap along the length of the sheet should not be less than?

a) One corrugation

b) One and a half corrugation

c) Two corrugation

d) None of the above

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21. While performing attrition and Los Angeles abrasion tests, the minimum weight of stones to be used should be

a) 5 kg

b) 2 kg

c) 8 kg

d) 7.5 kg

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22. Bituminous road is

a) fair weather road

b) all-weather road

c) rigid pavement

d) all of the above

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23. The road connecting the headquarters of the zone is called

a) national highway

b) local road

c) zonal road

d) feeder road

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24. *The magnitude of capillary rise is more in:

a) silts

b) sands

c) clays

d) gravels

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25. Mouthpieces are used to measure

a) velocity

b) pressure

c) head

d) rate of flow

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26. The total energy of a liquid in motion is equal to:

a) pressure energy + kinetic energy + potential energy

b) pressure energy - (kinetic energy + potential energy)

c) potential energy - (pressure energy + kinetic energy)

d) kinetic energy - (pressure energy + potential energy)

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27. To ensure that water does not rise more than 100 cm above the crest, for a discharge of 5.00 m^3/sec, the length of the weir will be (Cd = 0.62)

a) 2.48 m

b) 2.73 m

c) 2.50 m

d) 2.51 m

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28. *Meandering of rivers is caused by

a) excessive discharge during the floods, when turbulence is developed

b) increase in width

c) heavy deposition

d) all of the above

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29. When the base period of the crop is 100 days, the delta for the crop will be if the duty of the crop is 432 he/cumec.

a) 432 cm

b) 200 cm

c) 864 cm

d) 100 cm

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30. *Lime concrete lining is used

a) when the velocity of flow is below 2 m/sec

b) in irrigation channels with capacities up to 200 cumecs

c) where economy is required

d) all of the above

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31. *Which of the following gives Bulk Modulus?

a) the ratio of linear stress to linear strain

b) the ratio of shear stress to shear strain

c) the ratio of lateral strain to longitudinal strain

d) the ratio of the normal stress of equal magnitude on all six faces of a solid cube to the volumetric strain

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32. Effective length of column fixed at one end and hinged at the other end is

a) 1/2

b) 1/√2

c) 1l

d) 1.25l

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33. The maximum bending moment in a simply supported beam loaded with a UDL of w/m having span l is

a) wl^2/2

b) wl^2/4

c) wl^2/8

d) wl^2/16

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34. The safe value of stress below which the material will not fail when subjected to a reversal of stress is known as

a) endurance limit

b) fatigue stress

c) tolerance limit

d) elastic limit

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35. What is strain energy?

a) stress x strain

b) volume x stress x strain

c) energy that is spent for straining a body

d) energy stored in a body because of being strained

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36. The ratio of settlement at any time t, to the final settlement is called

a) Percentage settlement

b) Partial settlement

c) Degree of consolidation

d) Residual consolidation

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37. A soil sample contains a degree of saturation of 30%, find the percentage of air voids

a) 70%

b) 30%

c) 60%

d) 50%

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38. The ratio of plasticity index to clay fraction is known as

a) Activity ratio or number

b) Flow index

c) Liquidity index

d) Toughness index

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39. The factor of safety of slopes is defined as:

a) FS= Total stress / Effective stress

b) FS= Shear strength / Shear stress

c) FS= Overturning moment / Resisting moment

d) FS= Shear stress / Normal stress

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40. Void ratio, e, of a soil can

a) Never be greater than one

b) Be equal to zero

c) Be greater than zero

d) Be between 0 and 1

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41. If a beam fails in bond, then

a) increase the depth of the beam

b) use thicker but fewer numbers of bars

c) use thinner but more numbers of bars

d) providing vertical stirrups

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42. The spacing of transverse reinforcement of a column is decided by the following consideration

a) the least lateral dimension of the column

b) sixteen times the diameter of the smallest longitudinal reinforcing rod in the column

c) forty-eight times the diameter of transverse reinforcement

d) all of the above

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43. The approximate ratio of the direct tensile strength to flexural strength is

a) 0.25

b) 0.33

c) 0.5

d) 0.90

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44. The errors due to bad ranging are

a) cumulative positive

b) cumulative negative

c) compensating

d) cumulative positive or negative

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45. The levelling head of a transit theodolite consists of

a) parallel plates

b) a tribarch plate

c) leveling screws

d) all of the above

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46. The angle which the true meridian makes with the magnetic meridian is called

a) magnetic declination or declination

b) true declination

c) dip

d) azimuth

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47. The specific gravity of sewage is:

a) equal to 1

b) slightly less than 1

c) slightly more than 1

d) none of the above

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48. To compensate for losses, thefts, and wastage of water, an allowance made of (as per NWSC)

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 35%

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49. Grit chamber has a detention period of:

a) 45 sec to 90 sec

b) 2 min to 5 min

c) 20 min to 30 min

d) 2 hours to 4 hours

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50. The types of diseases caused due to the lack of water are known as

a) waterborne

b) water-washed

c) water-based

d) water vector

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