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Post NameII Grade Draftsman (Architectural) (NCA - E/T/B & V)
DepartmentPWD (Architectural Wing)
Question Paper Code086/2015
Date of Test6 May 2015
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
A member subjected to tensile stresses is known as: :
Answer
C. c) Tie
2
Leneth of a revenue chain 1s :
Answer
D. 33 it
3
Photographs of any object taken with the help of camera 1s :
Answer
A. perspective view of the object
4
The load of furniture luggage etc comes :
Answer
D. Live load
5
Which of the following consist of maximum quantity of carbon? ;
Answer
D. Cast iron
6
§. The minimum depth of ballast provided in a railway track is :
Answer
A. . 20cm
7
Rivets used in steel structure are made of:
Answer
D. Mild steel
8
Poisson’s ratio is the ratio between :
Answer
C. Lateral strain and longitudinal strain
9
Lines with thin chain thick at ends are used to show : ;
Answer
B. Cutting planes
10
The cut point of the major axis on the curve of an ellipse are called :
Answer
D. Vertex
11
Local attraction is an error in survey is:
Answer
B. Compass
12
Vertical distance between two consecutive Contours are :
Answer
A. Contour interval
13
What will be the shape of the velocity triangle at the exit of a radial bladed centrifugal impeller taking in to account the alip?
Answer
B. One angle greater than 90°
14
Projecting stone usually provided to serve as support for roof truss, beam, weather shed etc:
Answer
B. Corbel
15
Horizontal course provided to strengthen a wall of irregular small stones :
Answer
C. Lacing course
16
Exposed vertical surface at a right angles to the doors or window frames : |
Answer
B. Reveals
17
Appliance used for lifting the stones :
Answer
D. ) Lewis | 86/2015 4 A
18
The modulus of elasticity (E) and bulk modulus (K) are related by : mE mE
Answer
A. K=——=
19
A brick moulded with a double bullnose end is called:
Answer
A. Cownose
20
Facing and backing of a wall constructed with different classes of masonry is :
Answer
C. Composite masonry
21
In technical drawing pencil are selected according to their :
Answer
C. Grade
22
Head work is provided in: ;
Answer
A. Permanent canal
23
The most favorable gradient for alignment of a road is:
Answer
B. Rulling gradient
24
Acinema house is an example :
Answer
A. Business building
25
Back bearing of a line is: ; |
Answer
D. FB+180° A 5 86/2015 [P.T.O.]
26
Force is a quantity of ;
Answer
A. Vector
27
The easy with which concerete can be mixed and placed is known as:
Answer
B. Workability
28
Specific gravity of aluminium is:
Answer
D. 2.7
29
At constant efficiency, the horse power of a fan is:
Answer
A. proportional to (rpm}"
30
Instrument used for Irregular curves :-
Answer
A. French curves
31
The portion of a road used by vehicle traffic is called :
Answer
C. Carriage way
32
Longest survey line which divides the area into two halves, survey line passing through the centre of area is :
Answer
C. Base line
33
Which tape is made of all alloy of steel 64% and nickel 36%?
Answer
A. Invar tape
34
GT road stands for :
Answer
A. Grand trunk roads
35
Temporary water tight structure used for excluding water from a given area is called :
Answer
C. Coffer dam
36
The bearing of a line taken in the direction of progress of survey line is known as :
Answer
D. For bearing
37
A pitched roof which slops in all the four directions is called :
Answer
B. Hipped roof
38
The crack starting from out side and moving towards the pith is :
Answer
A. Star shakes
39
An instrument is used for setting out perpendiculars :
Answer
D. Cross staff
40
The maximum value of measurement in whole circle bearing system is :
Answer
B. 360°
41
The amount of deviation of the needle from its normal position :
Answer
D. Local attraction
42
Commonly used in Indian water closet trap is :
Answer
B. P trap
43
If a beam is supported on more than two supports, it is called a :
Answer
A. Continuous beam
44
The stress due to suddenly applied load as compared to the stress due to the same load gradually applied to the same rod is :
Answer
C. Double
45
The tensile force at a distance(Y) from support in a vertical hanging bar of length (l) which carries a load (P) at the bottom is equal to :
Answer
D. p + w(l-y)
46
FAR is the :
Answer
A. (Total covered area of all floors × 100) / Area of the plot
47
Mezzanine floor means :
Answer
C. Constructed between two floors
48
Door frames are secured to side wall with :
Answer
B. Horn
49
Brick partition walls will have a thickness of :
Answer
D. Half
50
Wall constructed for a backing portion of a road on the down hill side is :
Answer
C. Retaining wall
51
A Cantilever of length (l) carries a uniformly distributed load wN per unit length for the whole length. The shear force at the free end will be :
Answer
A. 0
52
Direct ranging is possible only when the stations are :
Answer
B. Visible
53
The usual proportion of cement concrete adopted for RCC roof slab is :
Answer
B. 1:2:4
54
The sloping member which supports the steps in a stair is:
Answer
A. String
55
Seepage in earthdam is prevented by constructing a core is «
Answer
C. Puddle
56
1 square kilometer of hectares is :
Answer
A. 100
57
The instrument used for enlarging or reducing the figure is :
Answer
B. Pentagraph
58
SI unit of pressure is:
Answer
C. Pascal
59
The property of virtue of which a metal can be beaten into plates is called :
Answer
A. Malleability é
60
A ten side polygon is:
Answer
B. Decagon
61
A stone lying on the top a roof has:
Answer
C. Potential energy
62
The end support of a bridge is:
Answer
D. Abutment
63
Ifa member is subjected to an axial tensile load the plane normal to the axis of the loading carries :
Answer
A. Maximum normal stress
64
Ina simply supported beam of span (1) carries a point load (w) at the centre of the beam , the shear force diagram will be :
Answer
D. Two equal and opposite rectangles
65
Ina prisum square the angle between the reflecting face :
Answer
A. 45°
66
Le-chatelier apparatus is used to:
Answer
C. Soundness test
67
‘The most accurate instrument for measuring the horizontal and vertical angle is:
Answer
D. Theodolite
68
When a fast moving vehicle negotiates with a curve of force acts on it -
Answer
C. Centrifugal force
69
Kankine’s formula is: aay w[desin ey |
Answer
C. w| 1+sin A S ) iw | 1+sin |
70
The masonry work unfinished in a day is ended stepped manner :
Answer
B. Racking back
71
The vertical members of timbering directly resist pressure from the side of a trench is:
Answer
A. ‘Sheathing
72
The external corner of a wall is:
Answer
D. Quoin
73
Horizontal member of scaffolding is called :
Answer
C. Ledgers
74
Kankar is impure lime stone of :
Answer
C. Sedimentry
75
The formation of soap patches on the painted surface is termed :
Answer
C. Saponification
76
Additional vertical member used to divide the shutter frame in the pannels of door is called :
Answer
A. Mullion
77
i. Asmall opening provided over a door or window is called -
Answer
A. Fan light
78
Form work should be removes beams by using ordinary Portland cement is after :
Answer
A. 28 days
79
The line joining places of equal declination are known as:
Answer
B. ITsogonic lines
80
Sensitiveness is also designated by the level tube is :
Answer
C. Radius of curvature
81
The window provided at the gable end of a pitched roof is: :
Answer
D. Gable
82
The Scale used to measure three units is:
Answer
C. Diagonal |
83
The highest point on the road surface is :
Answer
D. Crown
84
What is the maximum bearing capacity of black cotton soil?
Answer
B. 15 t/m?
85
The back slope of abutment of in a bridge is :
Answer
B. y Pato 2:2
86
What is the pH value of pure water is?
Answer
B. 7
87
The unit of strain is:
Answer
D. Unit less
88
Floor trap is also known as: |
Answer
A. Nahani trap
89
Expand ERH: |
Answer
B. Effective rain fall hyetograph
90
Vent way means:
Answer
C. Aculvert with total length less than one meter
91
A milling machine is used : |
Answer
C. For removing metals from the job
92
The force of resistance per unit area, offered by a body against deformation is known as: |
Answer
C. Stress
93
The safe permissible loads on ordinary brickwork in c.m:
Answer
A. 44 to 65
94
The minimum floor areas of pantry is :
Answer
B. 4.5 m2
95
The WCB and RB of a line differ by an angele of : f(
Answer
B. 90°
96
A depression provide on the top of a brick is :
Answer
A. Frog
97
The bending moment on a section is maximum where shearing force is :
Answer
C. Changing sign
98
The permissible error in prismatic compass survey is :
Answer
B. 1in 340
99
Every cross-section of a shaft which is subjected to a twisting moment is under :
Answer
C. Shear stress
100
A short column of a rectangular section carries a point load (w) acting with an eccentricity (e), the shape of kernel area would he :
Answer
A. Rhombus

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