Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following

2. According to ICAO, all markings on the runways are painted white and on the taxiways

3. Holding aprons, run-up pads, or holding bays are placed adjacent to the ends of runways for

4. Strength of concrete with the passage of time:

5. To support a heavy structure in sandy soil, the type of foundation generally used is:

6. When a number of columns are constructed in a row, the type of foundation generally provided is:

7. The bearing capacity of a waterlogged soil may be improved by:

8. Slack time in PERT analysis:

9. Force majeure in a contract is:

10. The amount of money paid to the contractor by the client after the agreement and before the execution of work is known as:

11. *Efflorescence in brick is caused due to an excess of:

12. *Color of granite is

13. *Anti-corrosive paint is ...........in color:

14. The insoluble residues in good cement should be

15. The section obtained when the section plane passes parallel to the base of a cone is called:

16. In orthographic projection, which one has all three views the same:

17. The equipment mainly used to transfer the measurements is:

18. During the excavation of soil, some portion is left without disturbing, which is known as

19. The information that can't be included in drawings is conveyed to the estimator through

20. In the case of unsewered areas, an additional provision for a septic tank is usually

21. Super elevation provided from the center of the road to the outer edge is known as

22. A road sign indicating 'Keep Left' is

23. On the pavement with parabolic camber, the angle of inclination of vehicles will be

24. *Manometers are used to measure

25. *Differential manometers are used to measure

26. For a circular channel, the wetted perimeter is given by (where θ=half the angle subtended by the water at the center and R= radius of circular channel)

27. In the case of a broad-crested weir, the depth of water h at the end of the still is given by

28. With respect to inlet and outlet, which one is correct?

29. The "outlet discharge factor" is the duty at the head of

30. Weirs designed and constructed on Bligh's theory failed due to

31. *The phenomenon of decreased resistance of material due to the reversal of stress is called

32. *The amount of shear force at the maximum bending moment

33. The diagram showing the variation of BM along the span of the beam is called

34. *A simply supported beam as shown in the fig. carries 10 t of load. What will be the reaction at point B ?

35. In a beam, the neutral plane

36. Quick sand is a

37. In the case of a backfill with a sloping surface, the total active pressure on the wall of height H acts at:

38. The structure that derives its stability due to self-weight is:

39. The seepage force in the soil is

40. Plasticity index is obtained as the difference between

41. Singly reinforced beam & doubly reinforced beam are decided based on

42. Inert material of cement concrete mix is

43. The maximum bulking factor for sand is

44. Short offsets are measured with

45. During leveling staff readings are taken 1.0, 0.8 & 0.6 from consecutive horizontal crosshairs, the staff intercept should be

46. The outer spindle attached to the lower plate in a transit theodolite is known as

47. The best sewer material to resist hydrogen sulfide corrosion is:

48. When the limiting non-scouring velocity is 5 m/sec, the type of sewer generally used is:

49. A circular section for a sewer is preferred only up to a diameter of:

50. Which device warns that the liquid is above the pump level?