| Post Name | ASSISTANT ENGINEER (HYDROLOGY)/ASSISTANT ENGINEER (CIVIL) |
|---|---|
| Department | GROUND WATER / SIDCO (SR FOR ST ONLY) / KSHB / KSRTC |
| Question Paper Code | 072/2016 |
| Date of Test | 25 May 2016 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Hooke's law is valid:
Answer
B. Only within elastic limit
2
The bending moment on a section is maximum where shear force is :
Answer
C. Changing sign
3
The bending moment diagram for a cantilever carrying uniformly distributed load will be :
Answer
B. A parabola
4
The moment of inertia of a circular section, about its axis, is given by : eas
Answer
A. ae y
5
Aplane which is not subjected to shear stress is known as :
Answer
D. Principal plane
6
The unit of torque in SI units is:
Answer
B. Newton-metre (N m)
7
Inacantilever beam tensile reinforcement is provided :
Answer
A. On top of beam
8
Euler's formula is not valid for mild steel column when slenderness ratio is :
Answer
C. Less than 80
9
‘The thickness of cylindrical shell is designed on the basis of :
Answer
D. Hoop stress
10
The stress at which a material fractures under large number of reversal of stresses is called :
Answer
C. Endurance limit
11
Ina closed coiled helical spring subjected to axial load, other quantities remaining the same,
if the wire diameter is doubled, then the stiffness of the spring when compared to the original
one, will become :
Answer
D. 16 times
12
Answer
A. soil having uniformity coefficient less than 4 is called :
13
The maximum size of clay particle is :
Answer
C. 0.002 mm
14
The ratio between the total volume of voids and the total volume of solids is called :
Answer
A. Void ratio
15
The most accurate method of determining the water content in a sample of soil is :
Answer
B. Calcium carbide method
16
Wet sieve analysis of fine particles is done if nearly all soil particles pass through square
sieve openings of :
:
Answer
A. 0.075 mm
17
The plasticity index is equal to :
Answer
B. Liquid limit — Plastic limit
18
If during a permeability test on a soil sample with a falling head permeameter equal time intervals are noted for drop of head from h₁ to h₂ and again from h₂ to h₃ then which one of the following relation would hold good?
Answer
D. h₂² = h₁h₃
19
The soils most susceptible to liquefaction are :
Answer
B. Saturated fine and medium sands of uniform particle size
20
The angle between the horizontal and the maximum slope that a. soil assumes through
natural process is called :
Answer
C. Angle of repose
21
A saturated clay layer with single drainage face takes 4 years to attain 50% degree of
consolidation. If the clay layer had double drainage, then the time taken to attain 50% degree
of consolidation is :
Answer
A. 1 year
22
Acomparatively sudden reduction in volume of a soil mass under an applied load is called :
Answer
C. Initial consolidation
23
The law that states that laminar flow in a saturated soil, the velocity is directly proportional
to the hydraulic gradient is called :
Answer
D. Darcy's law
24
25
A grillage foundation is essentially a;
Answer
C. Spread foundation
26
Maximum bearing capacity can be expected from :
Answer
D. Granite rocks
27
The type of foundation suitable for under water structures is
Answer
B. Pier foundation
28
The most common sampler used for obtaining a disturbed sample of soil is:
Answer
C. Open drive sampler
29
The ultimate bearing capacity of a surface strip footing on clay, according to Terzaghi's theory is:
Answer
A. 5.7c
30
Negative skin friction on a pile under vertical compressive load acts :
Answer
B. Downwards and reduces the load carrying capacity of the pile
31
An ideal fluid is one which :
Answer
C. Is frictionless and incompressible
32
For a fluid in motion, if pressure at a point is same in all directions, then the fluid is said
to be :
Answer
D. A Newtonian fluid
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33
The point at which the resultant pressure on an immersed surface acts on it is known as :
Answer
B. Centre of depth
34
A flow in which the velocities of liquid particles at all sections of the pipe or channel are
equal is called as:
Answer
A. Uniform flow
35
Bernoulli's theorem deals with the principal of conservation of :
Answer
B. Energy
36
Pitot tube is a device used in the Flowing fluid for measurement of ;
Answer
C. Velocity
37
A bydrograph is a plot of :
Answer
D. Stream flow against time
38
Unit hydrograph method for flood estimation is applied to:
Answer
C. Small and medium sized basin
39
An aquifer that is confined at bottom and top is:
Answer
B. Confined aquifer
40
Weirs constructed on permeable foundation are likely to fail due to:
Answer
A. Piping or uplift
41
Rabi crops pertain to:
Answer
C. Winter season
42
Duty of a canal water is expressed in: |
Answer
D. Ha per cumec
43
_ 43. Elementary profile of a gravity dam is:
Answer
B. Right angled triangle
44
The measure of the amount, to which light is adsorbed or scattered by the suspended
material in water, is called -
Answer
D. Acidity
45
Blue baby disease is caused in infants due to drinking water, containing higher
concentrations of :
Answer
A. Nitrates
46
The commonly used indicator for measuring iron concentration in water is -
Answer
D. 1, 10 phenanthraline
47
The suitable method for distribution system for a city with haphazard growth pattern is :
Answer
C. Tree system
48
The settling of particles in a sedimentation tank depends upon :
Answer
D. Length and width of tank
49
A floatation unit is usually provided to remove :
Answer
B. Oil and grease
50
Acommonly used coagulant is -
Answer
C. Alum
51
From septic tank the effluents are discharged into :
Answer
A. Soak pit
52
The maximum efficiency of BOD removal is achieved in :
Answer
C. Digestion tank
53
Biochemical oxygen demand of wastewater represent :
Answer
D. Concentration of chemically degradable organic matter
54
Bulking-of sludge can be controlled by :
Answer
B. Aeration |
55
An underground passage used by pedestrians, vehicular traffic etc is known as:
Answer
A. Sub-way
56
An ideal horizontal transition curve should be
Answer
D. Parabola
57
Aroad connecting one town with another town is known as:
Answer
B. Highway |
58
The maximum allowable super elevation is:
Answer
C. 1lin18
59
The best example of a rigid pavement is:
Answer
A. Concrete road
60
First operation during the detailed survey of a hill road is :
Answer
D. Fixation of bench marks
61
61.. The maximum design gradient for vertical profile of a road is :
Answer
A. Ruling gradient
62
Bearing plates are used to fix :
Answer
C. Flat footed rails to wooden sleepers
63
Arrangement made to divert trains from one track to another is called :
Answer
B. Turnout
64
Distance between inner faces of the flanges is kept :
Answer
D. Slightly more than gauge distance
65
The place where a railway line and a road cross each other at the same Level :
Answer
C. Level crossing
66
Gauge of a permanent way is:
Answer
A. Minimum distance between running face of rails
67
‘The kind of survey work in which curvature of earth is ignored is called :
Answer
D. Plane survey
68
As per Indian standard specification, the length of one link in 30 metre chain 1s |
Answer
A. 20cm
69
Example for an obstacle that obstructs both chaining and ranging : |
Answer
D. Building |
70
The instrument that is used for measurement of angles : |
Answer
C. Sextant
71
The magnetic bearing of a line is 62° 20’ and the magnetic declination at that place is
2° 50 east, then the true bearing of that line will be : |
Answer
D. 65° 10" |
72
Inaplane table survey the plotting of inaccessible points can be done by : |
Answer
A. Method of intersection
73
Mean sea level MSL is established after analysing the tidal fluctuations over a period of : |
Answer
C. 19 years
74
A star is observed at its upper culmination when it is north of zenith. The latitude of the |
place of observation is 30° N and declination of the star is 50° N. The zenith distance of the
star is :
Answer
B. 20°
75
The method of Jevelling in which the heights of mountains are found by observing the
temperature at which water boils is known as :
Answer
A. hypsometry
76
The length of a line measured with a «0m chain was found to be 634.4 m. If the chain was
5 cm too long throughout the measurement, then the true length of the line is -
Answer
B. 635.986 m
.
77
The vertical distance between any two consecutive contours is known as :
Answer
D. Contour interval
78
Spire test is used in permanent adjustment of a theodolite for -
Answer
B. Adjusting the horizontal axis
79
The highest value of coefficient of refraction occurs during :
Answer
A. Early morning
80
The curve having varying radii and introduced in between a straight and a circular curve is :
Answer
B. Transition curve
81
Who said “give me blood and I will give you freedom"?
|
Answer
B. Subash Chandra Bose
82
Who is the Chairman of the National Farmers Commission in India?
Answer
C. M.S. Swaminathan
83
We have borrowed the concept of “Directive principles of state policy” from the
constitution of :
Answer
D. [reland |
84
Who is the President of France?
Answer
B. Fancois Hollande
85
ryt
he Jallianwala Bagh maseacre took place on:
Answer
C. 18 April 1919
86
The festival ‘Mamankam' was celebrated once in twelve years at the bank of the river :
Answer
B. Bharathapuzha
87
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar had described which of the fundamental right as “the heart and soul” of
the constitution?
Answer
D. Right to constitutional remedies
88
The financial relation between union govt. and states are discussed in the Indian constitution
under article :
Answer
C. 268-281
89
The name associated with “Misrabhojanam” in Kerala :
Answer
A. Sahodaran Ayyappan
90
“If God were to tolerate untouchability I would not recognise him as God at all"—Who said it?
Answer
B. Lokmanya Tilak
91
Who proposed ‘the preamble’ before the Drafting Committee of the constitution of India?
Answer
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
92
“Privy Purse” was abolished by which one of the following constitution Amendment Acts?
Answer
B. 26%
93
The Lokayukta and Upalokyukta Act was first passed in:
Answer
D. Odisha
94
‘The concept of public Interest litigation in India relates to: °
Answer
C. Accountability
95
Who raised the slogan “Do or Die"?
Answer
B. Mahatma Gandhi
96
Who says that “every Judge is an activitst, either on the forward gear or on the reverse”?
Answer
C. Justice Krishna lyer
97
When a non-member of parliament is inducted into the council of ministers he must become a
member of parliament with in?
Answer
B. Six months
98
Who was the first Chief Minister of Thiru-Kochi?
Answer
C. T.K. Narayana Pillai
99
Which of the following committee suggested the inclusion of a seperate chapter on
fundamental duties in the constitution of India?
Answer
B. Swaran Singh Committee
100
“Sadhu Jana Paripalana Yogam” was founded by :
Answer
D. Ayyankali
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