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Civil Engineering || MCQ – 12 || 20 MCQs

Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 By Civil Vedant

Q.1) The quantity of drier is limited to……..in paints.

A) 4%

B) 16%

C) 8%

D) 12%

Answer

Option (C)

Q.2) Glacier deposited soils are known as :

A) Alluvial

B) Residual

C) Till

D) Aeolian

Answer

Option (C)

Q.3) The discharge of a turbine, working under a unit head, is given by :

A) Q/20

B) Q/H^3/2

C) Q/H

D) Q/√H

Answer

Option (D)

Q.4) In vane shear test, the torque rod is rotated at a uniform speed of :

A) 1 deg per second

B) 1 deg per minute

C) 1 deg per hour

D) 1 deg per millisecond

Answer

Option (B)

Q.5) Which of the following is NOT a type of loss from precipitation?

A) Watershed leakage

B) Interception

C) Infiltration

D) Evapo-transpiration

Answer

Option (D)

Q.6) Which of the following is NOT a necessity of canal lining?

A) Reducing the evaporation of water

B) Retarding the growth of weeds

C) Reducing maintenance of canal

D) Minimising the seepage loss

Answer

Option (A)

Q.7) Before painting on metal surfaces, grease is removed by using :

A) Hot alkaline solution

B) Acids

C) Sand bath

D) Water jet

Answer

Option (A)

Q.8) ……….percentage of water by weight of cement is required to complete the process of hydration.

A) 15%

B) 23%

C) 38%

D) 50%

Answer

Option (B)

Q.9) Soil that has never been subjected to an effective pressure greater than the existing overburden pressure is called :

A) Under-consolidated

B) Normally consolidated

C) Pre-consolidated

D) Over-consolidated

Answer

Option (B)

Q.10) Which of the following boards is made up of wood cellulose?

A) Ply wood

B) Batten board

C) Lamin board

D) Particle board

Answer

Option (D)

Q.11) The condition that arise, when image formed by the objective is not in the plane of cross hairs is called as :

A) Refraction error

B) Personal error

C) Collimation error

D) Parallax

Answer

Option (D)

Q.12) The process of determining the elevations of points at short measured intervals along a fixed line such as centre line of railway, highway, canal etc..is known as :

A) Differential levelling

B) Invert levelling

C) Reciprocal levelling

D) Profile levelling

Answer

Option (D)

Q.13) Irrigation frequency depends upon :

A) Soil, crop and climate

B) Soil, crop but not climate

C) Soil, crop and fertiliser

D) Soil and crop only

Answer

Option (A)

Q.14) Which of the following is mechanical property of the wood?

A) Heat conductivity

B) Sound conductivity

C) Moisture movement

D) Hardness

Answer

Option (D)

Q.15) For row crops, the most commonly adopted method of surface irrigation is :

A) Base flooding

B) Free flooding

C) Check flooding

D) Furrow and Corrugation irrigation

Answer

Option (D)

Q.16) The time duration (in days) for a crop from the instant of sowing till that of harvesting is called as :

A) Harvesting period

B) Crop period

C) Kor watering

D) Base period

Answer

Option (B)

Q.17) In a closed traverse, the algebraic sum of departure and latitude must be equal to :

A)360 deg

B)90 deg

C)0 deg

D)180 deg

Answer

Option (C)

Q.18) Which of the following is NOT a part of venturimeter?

A) Convergent

B) Valve

C) Throat

D) Divergent

Answer

Option (B)

Q.19) The process involving decrease in water content of a saturated soil without replacement of water by air is called as :

A) Consolidation

B) Compaction

C) Stabilisation

D) Vibration

Answer

Option (A)

Q.20) Which of the following is also called as reaction turbine?

A) Derize turbine

B) Pelton wheel turbine

C) Francis turbine

D) Delaval turbine

Answer

Option (C)

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