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1. In a bar tapering section, elongation due to self
weight is ____________ (where, W, L, A & E are
weight length, cross-section area and modulus of
elasticity of bar material respectively).
A. WL/ (AE)
B. WL/(2AE)
C. WL/(3AE)
D. None of the above

Answer. B

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2. Temperature stresses induce,______________________.
A. when the structure is determinate and subjected to
temperature variation.
B. in a member, when the member is subjected to temperature
variation and also free to elongate.
C. in a member, when the member is subjected to temperature
variation and also not free to elongate.
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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3. Stresses induce in a structure due to sinking of support,
________________.
A. If the structure is determinate.
B. if the structure is unstable.
C. if the structure is indeterminate.
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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4. If p, E and 1/m are stress, modulus of elasticity
and poison’s ratio respectively, volumetric strain
is______________.
A. p/E (1 + 1/m)
B. p/E (1 – 1/m)
C. p/E (1 + 2/m)
D. p/E (1 – 2/m)

Answer. D

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5. A plane of maximum shearing stress is making an angle
of ______________.
A. 30 degree with a principal plane.
B. 45 degree with a principal plane.
C. 60 degree with a principal plane.
D. None of the above

Answer. B

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6. On a principal plane, ____________.
A. shear stress is maximum.
B. shear stress is minimum.
C. shear stress is zero.
D. None of the above.

Answer. C

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7. In a segment of pile, distance of hooks should be
at ____________ from ends, so that induced
maximum moment due to self weight will be
minimum.
A. 0.202 times of span
B. 0.205 times of span
C. 0.207 times of span
D. None of the above

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8. Moment of inertia of a triangle section is
minimum about its _____________.
A. base
B. top corner
C. centroid
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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9. Shear center of a channel section is
____________.
A. at inter-section of major and minor axes.
B. one minor axis
C. on major axis
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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10. Fixed end of a real beam changes into ____________.
A. hinged end of conjugate beam
B. roller end of conjugate beam
C. free end of conjugate beam
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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11. In a thin cylindrical shell, longitudinal stress is
_____________(if p, d and t are internal pressure,
internal diameter and thickness of the shell
respectively).
A. pd/4t
B. pd/2t
C. pd/(2t)
D. pd/(4t)

Answer. A, D

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12. In a space frame, equations of equilibrium are
__________.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Answer. D

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13. _______________is the most uniform in gradation of all
principal soil types, consisting of 50 to 90 % particles of silt
size.
A. Aeolian deposits
B. Dune sand
C. Loess
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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14. In _____________________ (a clay mineral), water can easily
penetrate between the layers, pushing them apart and
causing very large volume changes within the crystal itself.
A. Kaolinite
B. Montmorillonite
C. Illite
D. None of the above

Answer. B

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15. In case of coarse grained soils, the insitu state of
compaction is expressed in terms of density index,
defined as _________________,where, emax, emin
and e are void ratios of the soil in loose, densest and
natural states.
A. (e - emin) /(emax - emin)
B. (emax - emin) /(e - emin)
C. (emax - emin) /(emax - e)
D. (emax - e) /(emax- emin)

Answer. D

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16. Stoke's law used in Sedimentation analysis is valid
for particle size of range ___________.
A. 0.02 mm to 0.2 mm
B. 0.002 mm to 0.2 mm
C. 0.0002 mm to 0.2 mm
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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17. There is no change in volume of soil, if water content
reduces below __________-.
A. Liquid limit
B. Plastic limit
C. Shrinkage limit
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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18. _____________is used to determine degree of
expansion of soil.
A. Cone penetration test
B. Differential free swell test
C. Liquid limit test
D. None of the above

Answer. B

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19. Falling head permeameter is more suitable for
___________-.
A. Soil of high permeability
B. Soil of low permeability
C. Both the cases as mentioned in A and B.
D. None of the above

Answer. B

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20. If a soil profile consists of a number of strata
having different permeability and thickness, the
equivalent permeability for flow parallel to strata
is always ___________that for flow normal to the
strata.
A. Smaller than
B. Greater than
C. Sometimes smaller otherwise greater
D. no such relationship exists.

Answer. B

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36. Area of a map is measured with the help of
__________.
A. Current meter
B. Pentagraph
C. Planimeter
D. Box Sextant

Answer. C

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37. _________ curves are given to obtain a gradual
change of gradient.
A. Transition
B. Combined
C. Vertical
D. None of the above

Answer. A

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38. A lemniscate is given in __________.
A. Railways
B. Canals
C. Highways
D. None of the above

Answer. A

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39. Horizontal distance between two consecutive
contours is called as ___________.
A. Contour interval
B. Horizontal equivalent
C. contour gap
D. None of the above

Answer. B

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40. When curvature of earth is taken into account, it is called
_______.
A. Plane surveying
B. Hydrography surveying
C. Geodetic surveying
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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41. A watershed has an area of 300 ha. Due to a 10 cm rainfall event
over the watershed a stream flow is generated and at the outlet
of the watershed it lasts for 10 hours. Assuming a runoff/rainfall
ratio of 0.2 for this event, the average stream flow rate at the
outlet in this period of 10 hours is _________.
A. 1.33 m3/s
B. 16.7 m3/s
C. 100 m3/ minute
D. 60,000 m3/s

Answer. C

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42. Rainfall of intensity of 20 mm/h occurred over a watershed of are
100 ha for a duration of 6 hours, measured direct runoff volume
in the stream draining the watershed was found to be 30,000 m3.
The precipitation not available to runoff in this case is _________.
A. 9 cm
B. 3 cm
C. 17.5 cm
D. 5 cm

Answer. A

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43. Orographic precipitation occurs due to air masses being lifting to
higher altitude by __________.
A. the density difference of air masses
B. a frontal action
C. the presence of mountain barriers
D. extra tropical cyclones

Answer. C

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44. When specific information about the density of snowfall is not
available, the water equivalent of snowfall is taken as
__________.
A. 50 %
B. 30 %
C. 10 %
D. 90 %

Answer. C

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45. A canal is 80 km long and has an average surface width of 15 m. If
the evaporation measured in a class A pan is 0.5 cm/day , the
volume of water evaporated in a month of 30 days is
___________m3.
A. 12600
B. 18000
C. 180000
D. 126000

Answer. D

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46. A watershed of 600 ha in area experienced a rainfall of uniform
intensity 2.0 cm/hour for a duration of 8 hours. If the resulting
surface runoff is measured as 0.48 Mm3, the average infiltration
capacity during the storm is
A. 1.5 cm/ hour
B. 0.75 cm/hour
C. 1.0 cm/hour
D. 2.0 cm/hours

Answer. C

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m3/s,
47. In a river carrying a discharge of 201 the stage at a station A
was 3.6 m and the water surface slope was 1 in 6000 . If during a
flood the stage at A is 3.6 m and the water surface slope is 1 in
3000, the flood discharge (in m3/s) is approximately __________.
A. 100
B. 284
C. 71
D. 200

Answer. A

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48. In a triangular channel the top width and depth of flow were 2.0
m and 0.9 m respectively. Velocity measurement on the centre
line at 18 cm and 72 cm below water surface indicated velocities
of 1.2 m/s and 0.8 m/s respectively. The discharge in the channel
(in m3/s) is _________.
A. 0.9
B. 1.80
C. 0.45
D. None of the above

Answer. A

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49. A mean runoff of 1 m3/s from a catchment of area 315.36 km2
represents an effective rainfall of _________.
A. 100 cm
B. 1.0 cm
C. 100 mm
D. 3.17 cm

Answer. C

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50. A hydrograph is a plot of ___________.
A. rainfall intensity against time
B. stream discharge against time
C. cumulative rainfall against time
D. cumulative runoff against time

Answer. B

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51. Base flow separation is performed__________.
A. on a unit hydrograph to get the direct runoff hydrograph
B. the direct runoff hydrograph to obtain the magnitude of
effective rainfall
C. on flood hydrograph to obtain the rainfall hyetograph
D. on hydrograph effluent streams only

Answer. D

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52. A unit hydrograph has one unit of __________.
A. peak discharge
B. rainfall duration
C. direct runoff
D. the time base of direct runoff

Answer. C

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53. The use of unit hydrograph for estimating floods is generally
limited to catchments of size less than ______.
A. 5000 km2
B. 500 km2
C. 106 km2
D. 5000 ha

Answer. A

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54. The probable maximum flood is _____.
A. the standard project flood of an extremely large river
B. flood adopted in the design of all kinds of spilways
C. an extremely large but physically possible flood in the region
D. the maximum possible flood that can occur anywhere in the
country

Answer. C

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55. For stable equilibrium of a submerged body ______
A. centre of gravity should coincide with centre of buoyancy
B. centre of gravity should be below the centre of buoyancy
C. centre of gravity should be above the centre of buoyancy
D. no relationship exists between centre of gravity and centre of
buoyancy

Answer. B

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56. If Cd, Cv and Cc are co-efficient discharge, co-efficient of velocity
and co-efficient of contraction respectively, the following
relationship among them is correct:
A. Cc = Cd × Cv
B. Cv = Cd × Cc
C. Cd = Cc × Cv
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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57. Self cleaning velocity should be developed in sewers at least
______.
A. once in a day
B. once in a week
C. once in a fortnight
D. once in a month

Answer. A

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58. Inverted siphon is a sewer section,______
A. constructed above the adjacent sewer sections
B. it runs partially full
C. where pressure is less than atmospheric pressure
D. it runs full under gravity with pressure greater than
atmospheric pressure

Answer.

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59. Arithmetic increase method is used for forecasting of population
_______.
A. of young city which is expanding at faster rate
B. of smaller design period of old and very large cities with no
industries and reached to their maximum development
C. any of the above case
D. neither in case (A) nor in case (B)

Answer. B

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60. Surface loading of a sedimentation tank, passing a discharge Q
and having length = L, depth = D, width = B, is given by:
A. Q/(B.D)
B. Q/(B.L)
C. Q.B.D
D. Q/(B.D.L.)

Answer. B

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61. The nominal maximum size of coarse aggregate should be as
large as possible, but in no case greater than _______.
A. 1/2 of minimum thickness of the member.
B. 1/3 of minimum thickness of the member
C. 1/4 of minimum thickness of the member
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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62. The pH value of water (which is suitable for concrete mix and its
curing) should not be less than _____
A. 6.0
B. 6.5
C. 7.0
D. 7.5

Answer. A

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63. Average 28 days compressive strength of at least three 150 mm
concrete cubes prepared with water proposed to be used should
not be less than _______ of the average of strength of three
similar concrete cubes prepared with distilled water.
A. 100%
B. 95%
C. 90%
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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64. The concrete to be used in lightly reinforced sections in slabs,
beams, walls and columns should have slump of _____.
A. 100 to 150 mm
B. 75 to 100 mm
C. 50 to 100 mm
D. 25 to 75 mm

Answer. D

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65. Nominal mix can be used for concrete of ______.
A. M20 or lower
B. M25 or lower
C. M30 or lower
D. None of the above

Answer. A

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66. Minimum period before striking of formwork from soffit of slab
(Props to be re-fixed immediately after removal of formwork), is
______.
A. 3 days
B. 5 days
C. 7 days
D. 10 days

Answer. A

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67. During placing of concrete, the maximum permissible free fall of
concrete may be taken as ______
A. 0.9 m
B. 1.2 m
C. 1.5 m
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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68. In case of concrete, where mineral admixtures or blended
cements are used, it is recommended that minimum curing
period should be extended to ______.
A. 7 days
B. 10 days
C. 12 days
D. 14 days

Answer. D

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69. In test result of a concrete sample, individual variation of a
specimen should not be more than _______ of the average value.
A. ± 8%
B. ± 10%
C. ± 12%
D. ± 15%

Answer. D

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70. Concrete in a member represented by a core test shall be

considered acceptable, if the average equivalent cube strength of
core is equal to at least ________ of the cube strength of the
grade of concrete specified for the corresponding age.
A. 85%
B. 90%
C. 95%
D. None of the above

Answer. A

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71. If the main reinforcement of the slab is parallel to the T/L-beam,
transverse reinforcement shall be required, which should not be
less than ________ of the main reinforcement at mid span of the
slab.
A. 80%
B. 70%
C. 60%
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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72. In case of continuous beams, distance between points of zero

moments may be taken as _____ times the effective span.
A. 0.7
B. 0.8
C. 0.85
D. None of the above

Answer. A

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73. For deformed bars conforming to IS: 1786, the bond strength
values of plain bars should be increased by _____
A. 80%
B. 70%
C. 60%
D. None of the above

Answer. C

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