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1. The landing and takeoff of an aircraft are made against the direction of wind. In no case, the center line of the runway should make an angle with the wind direction exceeding

a) 10Â°

b) 20Â°

c) 30Â°

d) 40Â°

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2. The design thickness of the pavement is decided on the load carried by

a) Main gears

b) Nose wheel

c) Tail wheel

d) All of the above

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3. Lord Ram returned from Lanka to Ayodhya through

a) Indian airlines

b) Dashrath airlines

c) Pushp viman

d) Pushpak viman

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4. A shallow foundation is a foundation that:

a) has a low bearing capacity

b) has a depth of embedment less than its width

c) is resting on the ground surface

d) causes less settlement

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5. Concrete mixer is:

a) Modern technology

b) Traditional technology

c) Manual technology

d) None of the above

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6. The roof sloping in two directions is called:

a) Hipped roof

b) Gambrel roof

c) Flat roof

d) Mansard roof

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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. Choose the most correct statement from the following:

a) Muster Roll is a document showing the payment record of workers

b) Daywork is a means by which a contractor is paid for specifically instructed work-cost of labor, materials, and plant

c) As per PPA/PPR, the bid security shall be 15% if the bid is 33% below.

d) Expression of interest is a call for a financial proposal from contractors

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9. Negative slack occurs:

a) When a deficiency of resources exists

b) When the latest allowable time is greater than the earliest expected time

c) When events stick to their schedule

d) None of the above

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10. Assuming that the cost varies with time, the cost-slope is defined as:

a) Crash cost - Normal cost / Crash time

b) Crash cost - Normal cost / Normal time

c) Crash cost - Normal cost / Normal time - Crash time

d) None of the above

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11. The constituents of cement, which act as a binder are

a) dicalcium silicate and tricalcium silicate

b) tricalcium aluminate, tricalcium silicate, and carbon

c) silica and carbon

d) none of the above

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12. The paint which has high reflective property is:

a) bronze paint

b) enamel paint

c) asbestos paint

d) cellulose paint

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13. Brard's test is done for finding the... of stone

a) frost resistance

b) dirty matter

c) weather resistance

d) all of the above

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14. The dry process of manufacturing cement has become obsolete because, in comparison to the wet process

a) it is slow and costly

b) the quality of cement produced by it is inferior

c) it is difficult to maintain the correct proportions of constituents

d) all of the above

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15. Concept drawing is normally provided for the work of:

a) Tender

b) Construction

c) Revise estimate

d) All of the above

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16. Ground plane is:

a) Horizontal plane

b) Vertical plane

c) Inclined plane

d) None of the above

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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. The tender is:

a) A notice inviting bids

b) A written offer submitted by a contractor to execute works

c) An agreement enforceable by law

d) None of the above

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19. Salvage value of any structure is

a) Less than the scrap value

b) More than the scrap value

c) Equal to the scrap value

d) All of the above

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20. The chairman of the material rate fixation committee in the district is

a) CDO

b) LDO

c) Chairman of DDC

d) SP

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21. The loosening of the top surface of a road by pickaxes is called

a) picking

b) peeling

c) blistering

d) scarifying

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22. The length of the road ahead of the vehicle that is visible to the driver is called

a) sight distance

b) clear distance

c) visible distance

d) safe distance

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23. The total reaction time for an average driver for a normal situation is

a) 5 sec.

b) 2.5 sec.

c) 4 sec.

d) 2 sec.

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24. A siphon is used

a) to connect water reservoirs at different levels intervened by a hill

b) to supply water to a town from a higher level to a lower level

c) to fill up a tank with water at a higher level from a lower level

d) none of the above

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25. A steady uniform flow is through a

a) long pipe at decreasing rate

b) long pipe at constant rate

c) long pipe at increasing rate

d) none of the above

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26. *An orifice is called a large orifice if the water head is

a) two times the diameter of the pipe

b) three times the diameter of the pipe

c) four times the diameter of the pipe

d) five times the diameter of the pipe

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27. Mass density of liquid (p) is given by

a) p = mass/volume

b) p = metric slug/m^2

c) p = kgsec^3/m^4

d) all of the above

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28. If the value of sodium-absorption ratio lies between 10 to 18, it is called

a) low sodium water

b) medium sodium water

c) high sodium water

d) very high sodium water

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29. A hydraulic structure is designed to withstand

a) seepage

b) hydraulic jump

c) hydraulic pressure

d) all of the above

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30. *The river training work is concentrated with

a) discharge of water

b) depth of water

c) amount of sediment

d) all of the above

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31. Rate of change of bending moment is equal to

a) shear force

b) slope

c) deflection

d) none of the above

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32. *The critical bending moment caused in a fixed end beam loaded with a uniformly distributed load (W = wL) throughout is

a) M = WL/4

b) M = WL/8

c) M = WL/12

d) M = WL/16

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33. Centrifugal force acts at a curve

a) along the center line

b) towards the center

c) away from the center

d) all of the above

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34. In a beam, the neutral plane

a) may be at its centre

b) passes through the c.g. of the area of c/s

c) does not change during deformation

d) none of the above

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35. If the value of Young's Modulus of elasticity for a material is zero, it implies that the material is

a) incompressible

b) compressible

c) plastic

d) visco elastic

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36. Cohesive soils are:

a) Good for embankment as they have high shear strength

b) Poor for backfills because of large lateral pressure

c) Good for backfills because of poor shear strength

d) Low lateral pressure

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37. The angle between the maximum shear stress plane and the horizontal plane is equal to

a) 15°

b) 30°

c) 45°

d) 50°

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38. 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of

a) Wind

b) Water

c) Glacier

d) Gravitational force

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39. The reduction factor to the bearing capacity of soil due to the water table at a depth equal to half of the width of the footing below the footing is:

a) 0.25

b) 0.50

c) 0.75

d) 1.00

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40. The shear strength of a soil is

a) Directly proportional to the cohesion of soil

b) Directly proportional to the angle of friction of the soil

c) Directly proportional to the normal stress

d) All of the above

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41. An under-reinforced section means

a) steel is provided at the underside only

b) steel provided is insufficient

c) steel provided on one face only

d) steel will yield first

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42. The durability of concrete is proportional to

a) sand content

b) water cement ratio

c) aggregate ratio

d) cement aggregate ratio

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

a) 15mm or diameter of the bar

b) 25mm or diameter of the bar

c) 25mm size of the aggregate

d) 40 mm or diameter of the bar

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44. The levels to which the earthwork will have to be carried out is known as

a) finish surface level

b) original G.L

c) formation level

d) depth of cutting

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45. The Philadelphia rod is a type of

a) solid staff

b) folding staff

c) telescopic staff

d) none of the above

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46. The surface of zero elevation around the earth, which is slightly irregular and curved, is known as

a) mean sea level

b) geoid surface

c) level surface

d) horizontal surface

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47. Aeration of water is done to

a) remove carbon dioxide and taste in water

b) remove taste and odour in water

c) increase the quantity of oxygen in water

d) all of the above

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48. The velocity of water in water mains of 40 cm diameter is usually kept

a) below 0.5 m/sec

b) below 5 m/sec

c) below 1.8 m/sec

d) below 18 m/sec

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49. Septic tank effluent is:

a) quite clear and sparkling

b) always odorless

c) having fine organic solids with high BOD

d) black tarry liquor with an earthy odor

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50. The sewage in an inverted siphon will flow under what condition?

a) Air

b) Vacuum

c) Pressure

d) Gravity

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