| Post Name | Overseer (civil) ; Overseer Gr II/Draftsman Gr.II; Draftsman Gr I/ Overseer Gr I (civil) - LSGD ; KLDB; KLDC; PWD/Irigation |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 101/2021 |
| Category Code | 127/2020, 213/2020, 347/2020 |
| Date of Test | 12 October 2021 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Geologically marble is known as
Answer
B. metamorphic rock
2
The function of gypsum in cement is to
Answer
A. retard initial setting time
3
The frog of brick is normally laid on its
Answer
A. top face
4
linseed oil is used in paint as
Answer
B. vehicle
5
Brass is an alloy of
Answer
A. copper and zinc
6
The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of the wall is known as
Answer
B. header
7
Flemish bond is a type of bond in which the masonry contains
Answer
A. headers and stretchers are laid alternately in the same course
8
The under surface of an arch is called
Answer
D. soffit
9
The highest line of sloping roof where two opposite slopes meet is known as
Answer
A. ridge
10
Each question is provided with four choices
Answer
A. ,
11
A well conditioned triangle does not have any angle less than
Answer
A. 30 degree
12
An imaginary line joining points of equal elevation on the surface of the earth
represents
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D. contour line
13
The zero of the graduated circle of a prismatic compass is located at
Answer
B. south end
14
A clinometers is used for
Answer
C. measuring angle of slope
15
The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously
is called
Answer
A. plane table survey
16
Pantagraph is used for
Answer
D. enlarging or reducing plans
17
The centre of gravity of a plane lamina will not be at its geometrical centre if it is a
Answer
A. right angled triangle
18
The moment of inertia of a triangular section with base b, height h about centroidal
axis parallel to base is
Answer
B. bh3/36
19
Every material obeys the Hooke’s law within its
Answer
B. elastic limit
20
Strain energy is the energy
Answer
A. energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limit
21
The bending equation is
Answer
A. M/I = F/y = E/R
22
When a cantilever beam is loaded at its free end, the maximum compressive stress
develop at
Answer
A. bottom fibre
23
The shear force at the free end of a cantilever beam of length l carrying a uniformly
distributed load of w/unit length is
Answer
C. zero
24
Point of contraflexure occurs in
Answer
Question Cancelled
25
The maximum shear stress developed in a beam of rectangular section is
Answer
D. 1.5 times average shear stress
26
differential manometers are used to measure
Answer
B. difference in pressure at two points
27
If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure
above the bottom is
Answer
B. H/3
28
An ideal fluid
Answer
A. is frictionless and incompressible
29
Critical depth h of a channel is
Answer
B. h = v²/g
30
A piezometer tube is used only for measuring
Answer
Question Cancelled
31
Symon’s rain gauge is
Answer
D. non recording gauge
32
The rainfall cycle period in India is taken as
Answer
D. 35 years
33
The fall of moisture from atmosphere to the earth surface in any form is called
Answer
A. precipitation
34
A canal aligned nearly parallel to the contours of a country is known as
Answer
C. contour canal
35
A solid construction put across the river to raise its water level and divert into the
canal is known as
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B. weir
36
Permanent hardness of water can be removed by
Answer
D. zeolite process
37
The maximum permissible chloride content in treated water of public water supplies
should not exceed
Answer
C. 250 ppm
38
In rapid sand filter air binding is caused due to excessive
Answer
A. negative pressure
39
The gas which may cause explosion in sewers is,
Answer
B. methane
40
Removal of oil and grease from sewage is known as
Answer
B. skimming
41
Surge tanks are used to
Answer
D. to guard against water hammer
42
The level of underground water is called
Answer
B. water table
43
Talus is the soil transported by
Answer
C. gravitational force
44
minimum size of the particles of silt soil is
Answer
A. 0.002 mm
45
The portion of road surface used for vehicular traffic only is known as
Answer
B. carriage way
46
The rate of rise or fall of a road surface along its alignment is called
Answer
A. gradient
47
The width of top portion of flat footed rail is
Answer
A. 66.67 mm
48
The track from which train divert is known as
Answer
B. main line
49
Which one of the following is used to fix flat footed rails on wooden sleepers ?
Answer
C. bearing plate
50
A camber consisting of two straight slopes joining at the centre is called
Answer
D. sloped camber
51
The diameter of longitudinal bars in a column should not be less than
Answer
D. 12 mm
52
In a doubly reinforced beam, steel reinforcement is provided in
Answer
D. none of the above
53
CPm is
Answer
A. activity oriented
54
A bar chart is drawn by
Answer
A. time versus activity
55
Bulk density of a soil is defined as the ratio of
Answer
A. Total mass of soil to the total volume of soil
56
If w is the water content and y is the unit weight of soil mass, then total unit weight
of dry soil yd is equal to
Answer
C. y/(1 + w)
57
The section in which concrete is not fully stressed to its permissible value when stress
in steel reaches its maximum value is called
Answer
C. under reinforced section
58
The longitudinal shearing stress acting on the surface between the steel and concrete
are called
Answer
C. bond stresses
59
The spacing of vertical stirrups in a rectangular beam is
Answer
Question Cancelled
60
The section of a beam having greater width at the top in comparison to the width
below neutral axis is known as
Answer
B. T section
61
The most reliable estimate is
Answer
A. detailed estimate
62
According to ISI method of measurement the order is in the sequence
Answer
A. length, breadth, height
63
The minimum width of septic tank is taken as
Answer
B. 75 cm
64
The height of sink of wash basin above floor level kept
Answer
C. 75 to 80 cm
65
Pick up the sedimentary rock from the following.
Answer
D. limestone
66
In living trees the growth is due to
Answer
D. sapwood
67
The percentage of silica in the composition of Portland cement is
Answer
B. 22
68
The external corner of wall surface is known as
Answer
D. quoin
69
line ranger is used for
Answer
D. fixing intermediate points on the chain line
70
If the degree of a curve is 4.5, the radius of the curve is
Answer
C. 382 m
71
The vertical distance between total energy line and hydraulic gradient line
represents
Answer
B. velocity head
72
Which is the rigid pavement from the following ?
Answer
D. cement concrete pavement
73
The artificial barrier constructed in sea for making the enclosed area safe for the
anchorage of ships
Answer
B. Break water
74
lime obtained from stones containing high percentage of aluminium silicate is
called
Answer
A. eminently hydraulic lime
75
The material which possesses elastic properties in all directions at any point is
called
Answer
D. Isotropic material
76
At the equator the amount of dip in degrees
Answer
A. zero
77
The lines passing through the points of equal magnetic declination
Answer
A. isogonic line
78
The vertical wells provided along the banks of a river to draw ground water in dry
season are called
Answer
D. infiltration well
79
As per Indian standards water consumption per capita per day for domestic purpose is
Answer
C. 135 litres
80
In a shunting signal if the red band is horizontal it indicates
Answer
A. stop
81
A track assembly used for diverting train from one track to another is known as
Answer
A. turn out
82
A defined area of the airport to accommodate aircrafts for loading and unloading of
cargo and passengers, parking, refueling etc. are known as
Answer
C. apron
83
The intermediate supports for the superstructure of a multi span bridge are known as
Answer
B. piers
84
A small bridge having total length of 6 m or less between the faces of the abutment
is known as
Answer
A. culvert
85
The granular material spread on the formation of a railway track for the sleeper to
rest upon is known as
Answer
C. ballast
86
Road alignment is
Answer
A. position occupied by the centre line of a road
87
The vertical side member of a shutter frame is called
Answer
A. style
88
Couple roof is used for spans
Answer
A. 3.5 m or less
89
In chain surveying a tie line is provided
Answer
C. to avoid long offset from chain line
90
Two contour lines having the same elevation
Answer
Question Cancelled
91
For most economical rectangular section of a channel the depth is kept
Answer
C. half the width
92
If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure
above the bottom is
Answer
A. H/3
93
Absolute humidity in air
Answer
A. decreases at higher altitudes
94
Dicken’s formula for high flood estimate is useful only for the catchment in
Answer
B. Northern India
95
The detention period for plain sedimentation water tank is usually
Answer
A. 4 to 8 hours
96
The soil which contain finest grain particles
Answer
D. clay
97
Reynold’s number is the ratio of inertia force to
Answer
A. viscous force
98
The theodolite is an instrument for measuring
Answer
D. horizontal and vertical angle
99
The anti-siphonage pipe is not required in
Answer
C. single stack system
100
The construction of a temporary structure required to support an unsafe structure is
called
Answer
C. shoring
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