Civil Engineering Online Exam

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

2. Strength of runway pavement is expressed as

3. The types of hanger used for parking a large-size aircraft are called

4. The high strength of rapid hardening cement at an early stage is due to its:

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

6. The normal thickness of an expansion joint in masonry walls must be more than:

7. The stepped structure provided to provide lateral support for a structure is known as:

8. Type of organization used in the construction industry is:

9. Which of the following is an event in a CPM network:

10. A golden rule for the procurement of construction work suggests:

11. *The commonly used drying oil for oil paints is

12. *Softest rock is

13. *Stainless steel resists corrosion due to

14. *The lime suitable for making mortar is

15. The polyhedra having a plane figure for its base and an equal number of isosceles triangular faces meeting at a point is called a:

16. In engineering drawing, auxiliary views are used to show details of:

17. For drawing large-size circles...... is attached to the compass (>150mm).

18. The unit rate of items written by the contractor in BOQ is in numeral as well as alphabetical form. Which one is preferred?

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

20. Which of the following is not a common size of reinforcement bars?

21. The advantage of a rotary is

22. Binder used in bituminous road is

23. If the path traveled along the road surface by the wheels due to rotation results in

24. *The atmospheric pressure varies with

25. *In flow, the liquid particles may possess

26. The section of the Jet leaving an orifice, having the minimum cross-section area, is called

27. "Maximum efficiency of power transmission through a pipe is

28. Pitot tube is used to measure

29. The numerical value of the base period is

30. Tortuosity of a meandering river is the ratio of

31. Normally, the numerical value of Poisson's is

32. The maximum shear stress will always occur at

33. *The property of a material by which a body returns to its original shape after removal of the force is called

34. The maximum number of transverse shear forces possible at one end of an element of a plane frame are

35. A column that fails primarily due to buckling is known as

36. A foundation may be classified as spread foundation if:

37. The shear strength of a soil is

38. "If Nf, Nd, and H are the total flow channels, the total number of potential drops and total hydraulic head difference, respectively, the discharge, q, through the complete flow is given by

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

40. Contribution due to skin friction is maximum in:

41. If the effective length of a 32 cm diameter column is 4.40 mts slenderness ratio is

42. In cold weather, concrete curing should be continued for... days

43. An under-reinforced section means

44. The maximum number of omitted measurements that can be calculated from latitudes and departures of a closed traverse is

45. Cubic parabola is a type of

46. Handles of chains are made of

47. The types of formwork provided for ferrocement tank in rural water supply schemes are

48. During the water test of sewer, 2 lit/cm of dia/km of sewer line may be allowed for a period of:

49. Mass curve is used for the determination of

50. Water of zero hardness is obtained by