Civil Engineering Online Exam

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

2. The minimum cover to the main bars in an RCC beam should be

3. The camber of the road should be approximately equal to

4. The maximum ratio of span to depth ratio of a slab simply supported and spanning in two directions is

5. In Rankine's earth pressure theory, the following assumption is made:

6. *Drop structures in the canal are provided for

7. A cut in the frame of a door to receive the shutter is known as:

8. A vessel having a depth of 30 cm is filled with water up to a depth of 10 cm from the top level. Find the pressure exerted at a depth of 5 cm and 15 cm from the top of the vessel respectively

9. Orientation is the operation of keeping the table at successive stations such that:

10. Clean out is provided in the underground......sewer in place of manhole.

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

12. When the water level on the downstream side of a weir is above the top surface of a weir, the weir is known as:

13. The line joining the points to which the liquid rises in vertical piezometer tubes fitted at different cross-sections of a conduit is known as

14. If the cross slope of a country is up to 10%, the terrain is classified as

15. Measurements from scale to the drawing are transferred with the aid of:

16. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following

17. The ratio of the unit weight of soil solids to that of water is called:

18. A piece of sawn timber whose cross-sectional dimensions exceed 5 cm in one direction and 20 cm in the other direction is called a

19. For ensuring quality of concrete, use:

20. *After entering the canal, sediments are removed by the

21. Distemper is generally used in:

22. Steel pipes are

23. Which of the following is not an essential part of the general specification of public works?

24. Turbidity of water is measured in

25. The portion of the reservoir normally not utilized is:

26. Plasticity index is obtained as the difference between

27. Which vehicle has the highest equivalent pcu

28. If the payment of annuity begins after some years in future, it is known as

29. Suitable stone for a gravity retaining wall is

30. One horsepower is equal to

31. When the times of earliest finish and the latest finish are equal in an operation, the operation is called:

32. The percentage of the porosity of loose sand is in the range of

33. In time cost optimization using CPM, the crashing of activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having:

34. The chain length which is not the standard metric chain length is

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

36. Horizontal construction joints in concrete walls are generally provided at:

37. Self-purification of natural streams is caused due to

38. Isometric projection is:

39. The angle between the longitudinal axis of the fuselage and an inclined plane below which the views of the pilots are blocked by some part of the aircraft is known as

40. In three-coat plastering, the third coat is known as:

41. If fine sand or ash is sprinkled on the inner surface of the mould, the bricks are known as

42. A slender column is a

43. An orthotropic material has

44. Which one information is found through specification?

45. The shear center may be defined as

46. The point of contraflexure occurs in a beam

47. In rectangular column having cross section b X h, the core is

48. To draw or measure angles...... is used.

49. Windrose diagram of Tribhuvan International Airport indicates that the runway is oriented as

50. Negative slack indicates: