| Post Name | ASSISTANT ENGINEER (CIVIL) |
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| Department | LOCAL SELF GOVT / PWD / IRRIGATION |
| Question Paper Code | 130/2015 |
| Date of Test | 9 July 2015 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
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aS Stainless steel is an alloy of which among the following? | . |
Answer
A. chromium, nickel and iron
2
| What is determined by conducting an abrasion test?
Answer
C. hardness
3
On which of the following, the support for flat slab is provide?
Answer
B. columns built monolithically with slab :
4
Among which of the following conditions a T-beam becomes identical to a rectangular beam
with width equal to that of flange? |
Answer
D. — none of these :
5
Which among the following is a step used for changing the direction of a stair?
Answer
B. nosing
6
vf | By which of the following tests, fineness of cement can be determined?
Answer
D. compression test
7
‘Among the following, in which type of canal, flow occurs only when there is a rise of flow in
| river? ;
Answer
A. inundation canal
8
What is defined as the ratio of volume of air voids to the total volume of soil mass and is
| expressed as percentage? _ a |
Answer
A. void ratio ;
9
What is the side slope of a Cipoletti weir? es
Answer
C. 4 horizontal to 1 vertical
10
How the temporary hardness of water is removed?
Answer
D. by aeration
11
In which of the following types of concrete beam section, failure will occur all on a sudden?
Answer
A. singly reinforced beam
12
In which condition a doubly reinforced beam is used? SHA |
Answer
D. when depth is more than 1 m ;
13
Ina water supply scheme, for what purpose aeration is carried out? »
Answer
B. for complete elimination of colloidal matter Pee wae
14
What is the disadvantage of centrifugal pump compared with reciprocating pump? |
Answer
A. priming required
15
16:2: What is known as the force per unit area required to penetrate into a soil mass with a
; circular plunger of 50 mm diameter at a rate of 1.25 mm/minute? ;
Answer
A. bearing capacity.
16
What is floor area ratio? :
Answer
C. ratio of ground floor area to plot area
17
What is azimuth? : }
Answer
D. none of these }
18
What is azimuth?
Answer
D. none of these
19
At any point on the magnetic equator what will be the angle of dip?
Answer
A. 100° Say
20
What is the area of building, excluding the area occupied by walls? ?
Answer
B. plinth area .
21
In the case of open channel flow if the flow is laminar, which of the following is correct?
Answer
D. . Reynolds number > 4000
22
Name the ratio of power available at the shaft of a turbine to the power delivered by water to
the runner. \
Answer
A. volumetric efficiency —
23
a 24. What is meant by cambium layer of an exogeneous tree? 3
Answer
C. zone of inner rings surround the pith 7
24
What is the difference between two measured values of same quantity in surveying?
Answer
A. variation
25
A wooden pile is being driven with a drop hammer weighing 18 kN and having a free fall of
1 m. The penetration in the last blow is 5 mm. Determine the load carrying capacity of pile
according to the Engineering News formula: - ;
Answer
B. 90kN
26
A wooden pile is being driven with a drop hammer weighing 18 kN and having a free fall of 1 m. The penetration in the last blow is 5 mm. Determine the load carrying capacity of pile according to the Engineering News formula:
Answer
A. 100 kN
27
Dry density of which sample is expected to be high?
Answer
C. bentonite -
28
Which among the following is the great circle, formed by a plane through the observor’s
* position that is perpendicular to the direction of gravity at that point intercepts the celestial
sphere?
Answer
B. ecliptic
29
What is known as a watertight enclosure made up of sheet pile walls, usually temporary,
built around a working area for the purpose of excluding water during construction?
Answer
D. .box caisson
30
What is meant by Froude’s number?
Answer
A. ratio of inertia force and viscous force
31
Among which of the following conditions, Darcy’ s Law is not applicable to seepage of soils?
Answer
C. the soil is incompressible ‘under stress
32
Which of the following is a field test?
Answer
B. direct shear test
33
For what type of soil unconfined compression test is generally applicable?
Answer
A. saturated clay |
34
For what type of soil is the unconfined compression test generally applicable?
Answer
A. saturated clay
35
Which of the following will have a plasticity index 20?
Answer
C. silt
36
What is a protective barrier constructed to enclose harbours, and to keep the harbour waters
undisturbed by the effect of heavy and strong seas? a
Answer
B. dock |
37
Determine the total pressure on a circular plate of area of cross section 1 m? which is placed
vertically in water in such a way that the centre of the plate is 1 m below the free surface of
! water. } . ,
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Answer
D. 98.1N
38
Among which of the following tests conducted for measurement of shear strength of soil, no
ae eXcess pore pressure is set up at any stage of the test? |
Answer
C. consolidated undrained test
39
Which of the following laws gives the diameter of a sphere which will settle at a specific
| terminal velocity? | .
Answer
A. Darcy’s Law a
40
What-is meant by optimum water content? —
Answer
B. water content corresponding to zero air voids
41
What is the function of a fish plate? a3 a
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Answer
A. for fixing rails to sleepers -_
42
Which among the following is pressure on a fluid below atmospheric pressure?
Answer
D. none of these |
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Which among the following is pressure on a fluid below atmospheric pressure?
Answer
C. vacuum pressure
44
A simply supported beam of span 7 m has a point load of 3 kN at a distance of 2 m from left |
end A and a point load of 2 kN at a distance of 4 m from left end A. What will be the support
~ reaction at B? |
Answer
A. . 3kKN
45
Soils with a value of k
Answer
C. oefficient of permeability) ranging from 10°° mm/sec to 107°? mm/sec
can be classified as : :
46
Which of the following soil samples will have grains of almost same particle size?
Answer
B. good graded |
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47
Which among the following is the term used for change in volume of soil per unit of initial
volume due to a given unit increase in pressure?
Answer
D. swelling index
48
Which of the following values, the voids ratio in soil can have theoretically?
Answer
A.
49
For what purpose stiffeners are used in a plate girder?
Answer
B. . to provide web splice
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50
Which of the following is a clayey soil that has never been subjected to an effective pressure
greater than existing overburden pressure and which is also completely consolidated by the
_ existing overburden pressure?
Answer
C. under — consolidated soil |
51
Which of the following is a clayey soil that has never been subjected to an effective pressure greater than the existing overburden pressure and is also completely consolidated by the existing overburden pressure?
Answer
A. normally consolidated soil
52
By which simple equation the hydrologic cycle may be expressed?
Answer
D. Precipitation = Evaporation + Run off
53
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What is an impermeable formation which contain water but are not capable of transmitting
or supplying a sufficient quantity?
Answer
B. aquifuge
54
Coefficient of permeability is inversely proportional to which of the following?
Answer
D. void ratio
55
If an auditorium has a total surface area of plaster, floor, curtains and seats equal to 160 m2
and volume of auditorium is 5000 m’, what is time of reverberation in seconds according to
Sabin's equation?
Answer
A. 3.2 seconds
56
According to Indian Standards, specific gravity of soil is the ratio of unit weight of solids to
that of water at a temperature of :
Answer
C. 17°C
57
What is the term used for the degree of disturbance of undisturbed clay sample due to
remoulding expressed as ratio of unconfined compression strength in undisturbed state to
that in remoulded state, without change in water content?
Answer
B. | thixotropy
58
Which among the following is also known as rolled steel joist? 3
Answer
A. rolled steel T section .
59
For shallow foundations if P is the load, y is the unit weight of soil and ® is the angle of
repose, which of the following is equal to total depth of foundation according to Rankine’s
formula? | | , :
Answer
C. Ease y. | Ejay
y \1l+sin® y\l-sin®
60
Name the level surface to which the elevations are referred : .
Answer
C. base line
61
- For no tension developed in a gravity dam, where the resultant of all forces on dam should
_ always lie? |
Answer
B. near heel | :
62
For no tension developed in a gravity dam, where the resultant of all forces on dam should always lie?
Answer
D. within the middle third of the section
63
If W, = liquid limit, W,= plastic limit, W, = shrinkage limit then which of the following is
equal to plasticity index (J,)? : §
Answer
D. W,-W,
64
Among the following which equipment is not used in chain survey?
Answer
A. ranging rod
65
Name the end supports of the superstructure of a bridge :
Answer
C. wing walls
66
-A body was thrown vertically down from a tower. What is the distance travelled by the body
in the third second of its fall, if its initial velocity was 5.5 m/sec?
Answer
A. 25m_ | ~
67
Name the structure carrying discharge of a natural stream across a canal intercepting the
stream : . |
Answer
D. Sluice — 3
. 69. Which among the following is torsional rigidity? : ) :
68
Name the structure carrying discharge of a natural stream across a canal intercepting the stream :
Answer
C. Cross drainage work
69
Which among the following is torsional rigidity?
Answer
B. product of rigidity modulus and polar moment of inertia
70
During setting and hardening of cement concrete, hydration of which among the following contributes to the progressive strength of concrete?
Answer
D. C₂S
71
What is the polar moment of inertia of a circle of diameter D?
Answer
B. πD⁴/32
72
What is called, the time in hours taken by rainwater that falls at the farthest point to reach
the outlet of a catchment? .
Answer
C. time of concentration
73
Name the short sections of wood or steel, which are fixed on principal rafter of trusses to
- . support purlins :
Answer
D. cleat |
74
Name the area to be irrigated by a dam : : |
ake
Answer
A. ayacut we
75
Among the following methods for computing average precipitation
Answer
C. Arithmetic average method
76
What is the super elevation (expressed in percentage terms) required for a road curve of
radius 1000 m if the design speed is 100 km/hour? rie
Answer
B. 1000 ,, 7 |
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77
Which of the following is not included in temporary adjustments of a dumpy level? |
Answer
D. centering os
78
Among the following which represents the irrigating capacity of a unit of water :
Answer
C. duty |
79
‘What is the maximum size of the particle of silt? |
Answer
B. 0.002 mm Ra
80
Name the well from which water flows automatically under pressure :
Answer
C. flowing well
81
Which among the following is the back bearing of N30°E? |
Answer
D. . S 30° W 3 eG
82
Among the following, by which method ‘the efficiency of a sedimentation tank can be
increased for a given discharge?
Answer
C. by increasing the area of the tank
83
For a cantilever beam of length L, what bending moment at free end would produce a
deflection equal to that produced by a concentrated load W at free end?
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Answer
B. buckling of concrete product will be the result
84
If buckling of sand is not taken into account for volumetric proportioning of concrete, what
will be the result? |
Answer
D. less quantity of concrete per bag of cement will be produced
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85
In which direction, resultant force will shift by providing a top width for roadway and free
board in elementary profile of a gravity dam, for full reservoir condition?
Answer
C. shift towards heel ~
86
Two simply supported beams A and B of same width have identical loading. What is the ratio strength of beam A/strength of beam B if beam A has depth double that of beam B?
Answer
B. 4
87
What is the least count of a transit theodolite? , |
Answer
D. 20 seconds
88
A steel rod of length 20 m at 30°C is heated upto 40°C. What is the temperature stress developed if the expansion is prevented? Given, α = 12 × 10⁻⁶ per °C, E = 2 × 10⁵ N/mm².
Answer
B. 24 N/mm²
89
What will be the deflection at the centre of a simply supported beam of rectangular cross
‘section if the depthis doubled, for the same load W? | :
Answer
C. : of first case
90
IfKis the bulk modulus, F is the Young's modulus and.N is the shear modulus then, which is
the relation to find out Poisson's ratio (+) ' |
m |
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9KN 3K -2N
Answer
B. an(1+4) —
91
If three coplanar, concurrent forces are acting at a point are in equilibrium, of which two of
them are collinear, then what is the magnitude of third force which is acting at an angle 6
with other two forces?
Answer
A. zero
92
Where is the keystone of an arch being placed? , , |
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Answer
B. crown
93
What is measured using a venturimeter?
Answer
D. discharge 3
94
What will be the elongation of a prismatic bar of length L, cross sectional area A, hanging vertically under its own weight W?
Answer
C. WL/2AE
95
In a hydro electric scheme which of the following is used to carry water from storage
reservoir to the power house?
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Answer
D. penstocks | Pea
96
What is the nominal size of standard brick?
3 ~
Answer
B. 20cmx10cm~x 10cm. |
97
What will be the elementary profile of a gravity dam? |
Answer
D. triangular in section :
98
Where the tension steel is provided in a two way slab? | ; |
Answer
Question Cancelled
99
What is a graph showing variations of discharge with time at a particular point of a stream?
Answer
D. Hydrograph mee
100
For a redundant frame if number of members is m and number of joints is j then which of the
following relations will be satisfied?
Answer
A. m>(2j-3)
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