Q.1) Flexibility matrix method is also known as :
A) Displacement method
B) Stiffness method
C) Equilibrium method
D) Compatibility method
Option (D)
Q.2) A steel builtUp column is subjected to an axial force of 2000kN. The lacing system has to be designed for resisting a transverse shear of :
A) 60 kN
B) 50 kN
C) 30 kN
D) 20 kN
Option (B)
Q.3) Name the test conducted on bitumen using the Pensky-Martin closed cup apparatus?
A) Flash and Fire point test
B) Specific Gravity test
C) Viscosity test
D) Softening Point test
Option (A)
Q.4) The major constituent gases produced from a landfill site are :
A) Ammonia and Hydrogen
B) Carbon Monoxide and Nitrogen
C) Hydrogen Sulphide and Oxygen
D) Carbon dioxide and Methane
Option (D)
Q.5) Efflorescence of bricks is due to :
A) A soluble salts present in clay for making bricks
B) High porosity of bricks
C) Excessive burning of bricks
D) High silt content in brick earth
Option (A)
Q.6) Among the different modes of failures given, identify the one which is not applicable to a steel tension member :
A) Block shear
B) Crippling
C) Rupture
D) Yielding
Option (B)
Q.7) Among the different ways of providing reinforcement in reinforced cement concrete beam, identify the one that does not contribute to improve the shear resistance of the beam section –
A) Reinforcement provided in tension zone which extend into the support
B) Vertical or inclined stirrups
C) Bent-up reinforcement
D) Reinforcement provided in compression zone which extend into the support
Option (A)
Q.8) Identify a secondary pollutant from the following :
A) Hydrocarbons
B) Particulate Matter
C) Peroxy Acetyl Nitrate (PAN)
D) Nitrogen Oxides
Option (C)
Q.9) In friction circle method of slope analysis, with R as the radius of the slip circle and φ as angle of shearing resistance, the radius of the friction circle is equal to :
A) R sin φ
B) R cos φ
C) R/cos φ
D) R tan φ
Option (A)
Q.10) In assessing the heating value of municipal solid waste, the preferred range of carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio, in the waste is :
A) 10 – 20
B) 1 – 10
C) 36 – 50
D) 20 – 35
Option (D)
Q.11) For the purpose of highway geometric design, the percentile speed adopted is :
A) 85th percentile speed
B) 90th percentile speed
C) 98th percentile speed
D) 50th percentile speed
Option (C)
Q.12) For a cohesive soil with cohesion c, co-efficient of active earth pressure ka and unit weight of soil Ƴ, the critical depth of vertical cut can be expressed as :
A) 4c/Ƴ√ka
B) c/Ƴ√ka
C) 2c/Ƴ√ka
D) 3c/Ƴ√ka
Option (A)
Q.13) The ratio of rate of discharge of an outlet to rate of change of discharge of the parent channel is stated as :
A) Efficiency of outlet
B) Setting of outlet
C) Flexibility of outlet
D) Drowning ratio of outlet
Option (C)
Q.14) Identify the survey work carried out to generate the desire lines in traffic engineering :
A) Origin and Destination studies
B) Accident studies
C) Spot speed studies
D) Traffic volume survey
Option (A)
Q.15) Lysimeter is used for the measurement of :
A) Evaporation
B) Interception
C) Evapotranspiration
D) Infiltration
Option (C)
Q.16) The intensity of sound wave combined with reception characteristics of ear is known as :
A) Frequency
B) Wave length
C) Loudness
D) Amplitude
Option (C)
Q.17) Which of the following method is NOT used for finding deflection of determinate beams?
A) Moment area method
B) Displacement method
C) Castigliano’s method
D) Macaulay’s method
Option (B)
Q.18) A cantilever beam having a constant depth carries a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length over the whole span. To make the maximum bending stress at all sections of the beam to be the same, the breadth of the section at a distance x from the free end should be proportional to :
A)x
B)x^0.5
C)x^2
D)x^3
Option (C)
Q.19) Optical plummet is used in a total station :
A) For accurate centering over a station
B) For precision setting
C) For accurate levelling at a station
D) For taking observations without a target
Option (A)
Q.20) In a Clarifloculator unit, used for water treatment the processes involved are :
A) Removal of floating matter by sedimentation and filtration
B) Floc formation ad its subsequent removal by sedimentation
C) Floc formation and its subsequent removal by screening
D) Floc formation and its subsequent removal by filtration
Option (B)
