| Post Name | ASSISTANT ENGINEER (CIVIL)- LSGD/ASSISTANT MANAGER (CIVIL) 234/24 |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 080/2025 |
| Category Code | 234/2024, 480/2024, 573/2024, 722/2024 |
| Date of Test | 8 July 2025 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
The maximum bending moment for the simply supported beam shown in Fig. below, is
equal to :
Answer
C. (PL/2) + (Pa/2)
2
The ratio of critical buckling load for a column with fixed ends to that of a column with
same cross-section and material, but with pinned ends is :
Answer
D. 4.0
3
Two beams of the same span, one with circular cross-section and other of square
cross-section when subjected to a bending moment M, develops the same peak bending
stress. The ratio of the weight of beam with circular section to that with square
section is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
4
The angle between major principal plane and minor principal plane for a strained
body is :
Answer
D. 90°
5
If the depth of a simply supported beam carrying a central concentrated load, is doubled,
the mid-span deflection will :
Answer
D. become one-eighth
A 3
6
The ratio of maximum shear stress to average shear stress for a circular cross-section is :
Answer
C. 4/3
7
The conjugate beam has the same span as the real beam and is loaded with the
––––––––––– diagram.
Answer
D. M/EI
8
The force in the member BC of the simply supported truss loaded as shown in Fig.
below, is :
Answer
A. 0
9
Influence line for bending moment represents the :
Answer
B. Bending moment at a specified section of beam for different positions of load
10
Clapeyron’s three moments equation is applicable only when :
Answer
C. there is no discontinuity such as hinges within a span
11
A plane area in the form of a right angled triangle of height 3 m and base 2 m is
immersed vertically in water with its vertex at the water surface. Considering the
density of water and acceleration due to gravity to be 1000 kg/m3 and 9.81 m/s2, the
hydrostatic force (in kN) exerted on one side of the triangular plate is :
Answer
C. 58.86
12
If the stream function ψ = 2x 2 − 2 y 2 , the velocity at a point (1, 2) is :
Answer
B. 4 5
13
In a turbine having a flow of 2.0 m3/s, the net head is 40 m and the efficiency of the
turbine is 75%. Considering the density of water and acceleration due to gravity to be
1000 kg/m3 and 9.81 m/s2 the shaft power developed in kW is :
Answer
D. 588.6
14
In a boundary layer on a flat plate the laminar sublayer exists :
Answer
D. In all turbulent boundary layers
15
If v is the velocity of flow and y is the depth of water, the equation for Froude’s number for a triangular channel with side slope 2 horizontal : 1 vertical is:
Answer
B. v/√(gy/2)
16
A well-drained soil’s ability to retain moisture against gravity drainage through surface
tension between soil particles and water droplets is known as :
Answer
Question Cancelled
17
If the capacity factor and time factor are 0.8 and 0.5, respectively, and the discharge
needed for various crops cultivated in a field is 0.8 cumecs, the design discharge for the
distributary will be :
Answer
B. 2 cumecs
18
When a new dam is constructed, the river reach upstream of the dam may act as :
Answer
A. Aggrading River
19
The piezometric surface in the case of a flowing well is always :
Answer
A. Above the ground level
20
Over time, the reservoir’s capacity decreases, and the trap efficiency :
Answer
A. Decreases
21
Which of the following cause errors in theodolite work?
Answer
D. All of the above
22
The spire test is done as a permanent adjustment for theodolite surveying for :
Answer
A. Adjustment of horizontal axis
23
The degree of precision in the measurement of areas can be increased by :
Answer
C. Increasing the number of ordinates
24
The first remote sensing weather satellite was :
Answer
C. TIROS-1
25
A person needs to recoup total amount of Rs. 10 lakh at the end of 60 years life of a
building at 4% rate of compound interest. How much amount should he set aside every
year as sinking fund for this purpose :
Answer
B. Rs. 4,200
26
How much is the CPOH percentage provisions of DSR 2021?
Answer
C. 15%
27
How much is the extra length to be provided for a reinforcement bar with one 45°
bend-up
Answer
B. 0.42d’
28
As per IS1200 - “Method of measurement of building and Civil Engineering works”, all
work shall be measured net in decimal system nearest to :
Answer
A. 0.01
29
Excavation exceeding 1.5 m in width as well as 10 m2 on plan but not exceeding 300 mm
in depth shall be described as :
Answer
D. Surface excavation
30
Which estimate is least accurate?
Answer
B. Plinth area estimate
31
Refractory bricks can be :
Answer
D. All of the above
32
The rate of hydration and hydrolysis of cement depends upon its :
Answer
B. Fineness
33
The following statements about slump loss in concrete is true :
Answer
D. All of the above
34
The percentage of nickel in invar steel is :
Answer
B. 36
35
A stair with treads cantilevered from a central column is :
Answer
C. Spiral Stair
36
The intermediate vertical member of a window frame is called
Answer
A. Mullion
37
A project network has four paths of duration 32, 34, 20 and 25 days. What is the
minimum duration of project completion?
Answer
B. 34
38
The following term is associated with fire-rated doors and windows :
Answer
B. Fire protection rating
39
The term AR used in conjunction with GFRC panels refer to :
Answer
B. Alkali-resistant
40
The following is not a process related to claim management :
Answer
D. Claim conciliation
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41
One of the following is not an inventory control technique :
Answer
D. PQR
42
Large voids are present in the following foundation :
Answer
D. Pile Foundation
43
Structural frame of a building is subject to stresses due to settlement of foundations
when :
Answer
D. Settlement is non uniform over the foundation area
44
The function of a stirrup in a reinforced concrete beam is to :
Answer
C. Increase the strength of the beam in shear
45
A sound knot is one which is :
Answer
A. free from decay
46
An engineer of high ethical values does not exhibit this professional character trait :
Answer
D. Desire for career growth
47
The material which forms an arch is primarily under :
Answer
A. Compression
48
While calculating the cost of accidents, payment of work not performed is
Answer
B. Direct cost for employer
49
In quality management, non-conformance cost consists of :
Answer
A. Internal and external failure costs
50
Fatigue behaviour of materials is highly sensitive to :
Answer
D. All of the above
51
Dechlorination of water is achieved by adding :
Answer
A. Sodium thiosulphate
52
The efficiency of a sedimentation tank does not depend up on :
Answer
B. depth of the tank
53
Consider the following statements with respect to slow sand filters :
(i) Quality wise they are more efficient than rapid sand filters
(ii) They need periodic back washing
(iii) Their flow rate is much smaller than that of pressure filters
Answer
D. (i) and (iii) are correct
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54
The population figures in a growing town are as follows :
Year Population
1970 40000
1980 46000
1990 53000
2000 58000
The predicted population in 2010 by Arithmetic increase method is
Answer
C. 64000
55
Which of the following method is used to remove chlorides from water?
Answer
A. Reverse osmosis
56
If 10 ml of raw sewage is diluted to 250 ml and the dissolved oxygen content of the
diluted sample changes from 9 mg/L to 5 mg/L after incubation at 20°C for 5 days, BOD5
of raw sewage in mg/L is :
Answer
D. 100
57
Under natural conditions of flow, an unpolluted river would contain :
Answer
B. less dissolved oxygen in summer than in winter
58
In the design of storm sewers, time of concentration is relevant to determine the :
Answer
A. rainfall intensity
59
The two main gases liberated from an anaerobic sludge digestion tank would include :
Answer
B. Carbon dioxide and methane
60
Carbon monoxide is hazardous to health because :
Answer
C. it reduces oxygen carrying capacity of blood
61
The strength of the column with helical reinforcement shall be ––––––––––– times the
strength of similar column with lateral ties.
Answer
B. 1.05
62
As per IS 456-2000 for the design of reinforced concrete beam, the maximum allowable
shear stress (τc max) depends on the :
Answer
D. Grade of concrete only
63
In a plate girder, the web plate is connected to the flange plates by fillet welding. The
size of the fillet weld is designed to safely resist :
Answer
A. The horizontal shear force between the flanges and the web plate
64
For the design of a simply supported T-beam the ratio of effective span to overall depth
of the beam is limited to :
Answer
C. 20
65
As per ISI, rolled steel beam sections are classified into :
Answer
D. five series
66
When a load is transferred through one surface to another surface in contact, the stress
is known as
Answer
Question Cancelled
67
If L is the unsupported length, the effective length of a column effectively held in
position and restrained against rotation in both ends, is :
Answer
Question Cancelled
68
In a singly reinforced beam, if the permissible stress in concrete reaches earlier than
that in steel, the beam section is called :
Answer
C. Over reinforced section
69
Spacing of stirrups in a simply supported rectangular beam, is :
Answer
B. Increased at the centre of the beam
70
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following : Tensile reinforcement bars of a
rectangular beam :
Answer
A. Are bent down at suitable places to serve as shear reinforcement
71
In a simply supported slab, alternate bars are curtailed at :
Answer
D. 1/7th of the span
72
The loss of prestress due to elastic shortening of concrete is least in :
Answer
B. One wire post-tensioned beam
73
A concrete beam having a rectangular cross-section of 200 mm × 400 mm is prestressed
with a force of 400 kN at an eccentricity of 100 mm. The maximum compressive stress in
the concrete is :
Answer
A. 12.5 N/mm2
74
Rivet value is defined as :
Answer
C. lesser of the bearing strength of the rivet and the shearing strength of the
rivet
75
If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing
generally adopted, is :
Answer
B. Rectangular
76
Total pressure on the vertical face of a retaining wall of height H acts parallel to free
surface and from the base at a distance of :
Answer
A. H/3
77
A R.C.C. column is treated as long, if its slenderness ratio is greater than :
Answer
B. 12
78
Side face reinforcement shall be provided in a horizontally curved beam when the depth
of web in the beam exceeds ––––––––––– mm.
Answer
A. 750
79
In doubly reinforced beam, tension reinforcement is designed for a stress of 0.87 fy and
in compression reinforcement the stress is taken as :
Answer
Question Cancelled
80
An ISMB 500 is used as a beam in a multi-storey construction. From the viewpoint of
structural design, it can be considered as ‘laterally restrained’ when :
Answer
C. The compression flange is laterally restrained
81
The relative compaction of a sandy road base in the field is 90%. The maximum and
minimum dry unit weights of the sand are γ dmax = 20 kN/m 3 and γ dmin = 10 kN/m 3 .
Determine the dry unit weight in the field.
Answer
B. 18 kN/m3
82
Calculate the active total thrust on a vertical wall 5 m high, retaining a sand of unit
weight 20 kN/m3 for which φ ' = 30°, the surface of the sand is horizontal and the water
table is below the bottom of the wall :
Answer
Question Cancelled
83
A canal and a river run parallel on an average of 100 m apart. The elevation of the water
surface in the canal is at +300 m and in the river at +200 m. A stratum of sand intersects
both the river and canal below their water levels. The sand is 2 m thick and sandwiched
between strata of impervious clay. Compute the seepage loss q from the canal per m run,
if permeability of sand is 6 × 10–4m/s :
Answer
A. 1.2 × 10–3 m3/s
84
Find the stress at the point A shown below, at a depth of 3m below the edge of the
footing. The load coming on the footing is 900 kN. The plan of the square footing has
been plotted on top of the Newmark graph to a scale of AB = 3 m and placed in such a
way that point A falls directly over the center of the chart. (Influence value = 0.005)
Influence chart for vertical pressure
Answer
D. 22.5 kN/m2
85
A soil with liquidity index < 0 indicates which of the following?
Answer
A. Semi-solid state, high strength, brittle (sudden) fracture is expected
86
As per the Indian standard soil classification system, a sample of silty clay with liquid
limit of 45% and plasticity index of 29% is classified as :
Answer
B. CI
87
For a saturated sand deposit, the void ratio and specific gravity of solids are 0.6 and
2.67 respectively. The critical (upward) hydraulic gradient for the deposit would be :
Answer
B. 1.04
88
A soil is composed of solid spherical grains of identical specific gravity and diameter
between 0.075 mm and 0.0075 mm. If the terminal velocity of the largest particle falling
through water without flocculation is 0.5 mm/s, that for the smallest particle would be :
Answer
A. 0.005 mm/s
89
A 30 cm square bearing plate settles by 9 mm in the plate load test on cohesionless soil
when the intensity of loading is 200 kN/m2. The settlement of a square shallow
foundation of 1.5 m side under the same intensity of loading will be nearly :
Answer
B. 25 mm
90
For a clay slope of height 20 m, stability number 0.05, bulk density 20 kN/m3 and
cohesion 30 kN/m2, the critical height of the slope would be :
Answer
C. 30 m
91
What is the braking distance required in meters to stop a vehicle moving at a design
speed of 54 kmph, if the coefficient of friction is 0.30 and acceleration due to gravity is
10 m/s2?
Answer
D. 37.5
92
Which of the following factors does not affect the Flash Point of bitumen?
Answer
B. Ambient temperature
93
A CBR test is conducted on a compacted subgrade soil sample, and the following data is
obtained :
• Load at 2.5 mm penetration : 900 kg
• Load at 5.0 mm penetration : 800 kg
The standard loads are 1370 kg and 2055 kg for 2.5 mm and 5.0 mm respectively. What
is the CBR value of the subgrade?
Answer
C. 66%
94
Which of the following parameters is most important in determining the width of a
taxiway?
Answer
D. Aircraft wingspan
95
For the design of a runway, the primary purpose of a blast fence is to :
Answer
C. Protect nearby structures from jet blast
96
If the mean of the maximum daily temperature is 55.55 °C and mean of the average
daily temperature is 25.25 °C for the hottest month of the year, what is the Airport
Reference Temperature?
Answer
A. 35.35 °C
97
What is the equilibrium cant in cm required for a 4° curve Meter Gauge track, if the
maximum speed permitted is 100 kmph?
Answer
B. 18
98
Which of the following methods is commonly used to prevent flooding of a tunnel
during construction?
Answer
A. Grouting
99
A city is being planned with a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) of 1.5 for a plot of size 2000 m2.
What is the maximum permissible built-up area?
Answer
C. 3000 m2
100
In the fundamental diagram of traffic flow, what is the relationship between flow (q) and
density (k) at maximum flow?
Answer
A. Density is half the jam density
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