Civil Engineering Online Exam

1. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying does not depend upon

2. To prevent warping of the board,......are cleated at its back:

3. A siphon is an

4. The admixture used in soil stabilization is

5. Concrete mainly consists of:

6. If y is the deflection of the beam, then shear force is

7. The standard mean sea-level temperature is assumed as the temperature gradient equal to 6.5°C per 1000m rise in elevation

8. *When the canal runs below the drain, the cross drainage work provided is called

9. The sensitivity of the bubble tube can be increased by

10. *When water is added to cement, the cement hydrates, and chemical reactions take place while cement is setting, an increase in temperature occurs, and a considerable quantity of heat is generated. This phenomenon is called

11. The thickness of a bed joint and cross joint in the brick masonry is about (in mm):

12. The profile of rising water on the upstream side of the dam is called

13. If the stress produced by a prismatic bar is equal to the working stress, the area of the cross-section of the prismatic bar becomes

14. The minimum net pressure intensity causing shear failure of the soil is called:

15. The minimum lap length at the splice of compression reinforcement in RCC

16. The volume of concrete for a reinforced concrete isolated sloped footing with top and bottom areas equal to A1 and A2 and with a height equal to h is given by:

17. *Available moisture may be defined as the

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

19. Road metal thickness of the layer to be compacted should not exceed

20. Normally which one contract gives the maximum value of the project

21. The effective length of a column effectively held in position and restrained in direction at one end will be

22. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

23. Circles of small radii are drawn by means of a:

24. In a column, the pitch of the ties shall be

25. Line organization is mostly suitable for:

26. For estimating painting area for iron grillwork over a door or window opening, the area measured will be:

27. The length of the runway is increased per 300 m rise above M.S.L.

28. *The loss of ignition in cement should not exceed

29. A structure constructed to remove obstacles in the sewer is known as:

30. The instrument used to reproduce plans to a different scale is called

31. Steel pipes are

32. The square root of the ratio of moment of inertia and cross-section area of the member is known as

33. Detail drawings are used to:

34. The post-operations in CPM are marked:

35. The owner gets assurance of work progress and quality from:

36. The underground structure in the form of a circular or rectangular tank for the purpose of admitting sewerage into it from the intercepting chamber is called:

37. The bacteria which require free oxygen for their survival are called:

38. *The operation, which washes out salts from the upper zone of the soil, is called

39. *Hydraulic gradient line (except siphon)

40. Which of the following statements is not correct?

41. The types of soil, which contain particles of almost the same size

42. Which one is correct sequence with respect to four stages of survey in a highway alignment?

43. Cohesion is defined as:

44. The ratio of the effective length of a column and the minimum radius of gyration of its cross-sectional area is known as

45. The soil having minimum/least bearing capacity is:

46. Widening of the roads on curves in a hilly region is done?

47. The paints with white lead base are suitable for the painting of

48. *Capillary rise is proportional to

49. Sukhi is added to lintel mortar to:

50. The maximum spacing of side-face reinforcement in a beam should be