Department of Mechanical Engineering

First Mid-Term Examination, April- 2021

B.Tech, II semester
Basic Civil Engineering & Mechanics (BT-204)
Time: 1 Hr. 30 min. Max. Marks: 20
Note: -Attempt all Questions
Q.No Questions Marks CO BL PI
1.a Differentiate between plane surveying and geodetic surveying. 1 CO1 L3 1.1.2

b Illustrate the system of forces. 1 CO1 L3 1.1.1

c Define the conditions of equilibrium 1 CO1 L2 1.1.1
d Enlist the various instruments that one should carry before 1 CO2 L3 1.2.1
Proceeding for Chain Surveying.

e Why cloth and Metallic tapes are not used for field surveying. 1 CO3 L3 1.1.1

2.a Show that resultant of two forces can be found by parallelogram 2 C02 L2 2.1.1
law of forces.
b Enlist the various methods of Direct Linear measurements and 2 CO2 L2 2.1.2
explain any two in Details.
c What is metric chain? Write down its parts and state the suitability 2 CO1 L2 1.3.1
of chain surveying.
3. Write down the indirect methods of Chaining in detail with 3 CO1 L2 2.1.2
suitable figures. OR

How will you measure distance between two points which are not 3 CO3 L3 2.1.2
inter-visible?

4.a Write a Detailed note on Classification of Surveying. 2 CO2 L2 2.2.3

b What are the various Fundamental Laws of Mechanics? 4 C03 L2 2.1.2
OR

a Following reading of distance were carried out, 0.305, 0.365, 0.396, 2 CO4 L4 2.1.2
1.205. Calculate: Probable error for single observation, Probable
b error of mean, and Precision.
Find the magnitude of two forces, such that if they act at right angle
their resultant is √18 N. But if they act at 45 degree their resultant 4 C02 L3 2.1.2
is √28 N.