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Q.No: 4 In which of the following solvents bitumen dissolves?
1. Carbon disulphide
2. Carbon tetrachloride
3. Benzene
4. Naphtha
A 2 and 3
B 1 and 4
C 3 and 4
D 1 and 2
Q.No: 5 A large highway interchange fill was built over a 15m thick soil structure. The initial void ratio was 0.78. After 70% settlement, the void rat
would be the total anticipated settlement?
A 0.757 m
B 0.91 m
C 1.32 m
D 1.096m
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D none of these.
A uniform flow
B two-dimensional flow
C one-dimensional flow
D developed flow
Q.No: 10 A simply supported beam (span = L; flexural rigidity = EI) carries a unit point load at its center. The strain energy stored in the beam due
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Q.No: 11 In biological wastewater treatment process, which option matches List I with List II correctly from the given codes?
Q.No: 12 The lime which has high calcium oxide content and which sets only in the presence of carbon dioxide is called
A hydraulic lime
B fat lime
C magnesium lime
D lean lime.
Q.No: 13
A 8.29 m3/m/day
B 0.691 m3/m/day
C 4.80 m3/m/day
D 1.38 m3/m/day
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Q.No: 14 A 6-hour unit hydrograph is having triangular shape with peak ordinate of 30m3/sec and base width of 64 hours. The equilibrium discharg
obtained by using this 6-hour unit hydrograph is
A 185 m3/sec
B 175 m3/sec
C 200m3/sec
D 160 m3/sec
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A igneous rocks
B volcanic rocks
C sedimentary rocks
D metamorphic rocks
Q.No: 16 When chlorine is added beyond the break-point, the process of treating the water is known as
A post-chlorination
B plain chlorination
C super-chlorination
D dechlorination
Q.No: 18 For the sewers of diameter less than 600 mm, the type of joint preferred is may be
A mechanical joint
B spigot and socket joint.
C bandage joint
D collar joint
Q.No: 19 On a hill road a ruling gradient of 5% is provided and has a radius of horizontal curve of 50 m. Design speed on the road is 50 kmph. The
gradient of the curve is _________ %.
A 3%
B 3.5 %
C 4%
D 4.5 %
Q.No: 20 Which of the following industry consumes maximum water per tonne of finished product
A paper manufacturing
B petroleum refining
C Steel Manufacturing
D sugar manufacturing.
Q.No: 21 If an unconfined compressive strength of 3 kg/cm2 in the natural state of clay reduces by 3 times in the remoulded state, then its sensitiv
A 3
B 9
C 6
D 4
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Q.No: 22 The reduction co-efficient applied to long columns designed by ultimate strength design as compared to that designed by working stress d
A Less
B same
C more
D no relation at all
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Q.No: 23 The tank of liquid (glycerin at 20°C with its density of 1260 kg/m3) in the adjacent figure, accelerates to the right with the fluid in rigid-bo
acceleration in m/s2 would be
A 2.75 m/sec2
B 1.28 m/sec2
C 1.47 m/sec2
D 9.81 m/sec2
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Q.No: 24 The speed density (u – k) relationship on a single lane road with unidirectional flow is u = 65 – 0.8 K where u is in km/hr and K is in Vehic
capacity of the road is ___________ vehicles/hr.
A 1410
B 1350
C 1450
D 1320
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Q.No: 25 A new design of a valve is to be tested. Which of the following parameters is the most important if liquid benzene flows through the valve
A Reynolds number
B Euler number
C Mach number
D Froude number
Q.No: 26 In a soil specimen, 51% of particles are passing through 4.75 mm IS sieve and 4% of particles are passing through 75 microns IS sieve.
coefficient is 8 and coefficient of curvature is 2. As per IS classification, this soil is classified as
A GW
B SP
C GP
D SW
Q.No: 27 The 12-hr unit hydrograph of a catchment is triangular in shape with a base width of 144 hours and a peak discharge value of 23 m3/s. T
refers to a catchment of area
A 596km2
B 1000 km2
C 25km2
D 756 km2
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Q.No: 28 When the length of a pile is up to 34 times their least width, then the area of the steel should not be less than
A 2.0% of gross cross-sectional area of pile
Q.No: 29 A propped cantilever beam AB is fixed at A and a pin support is provided at B. For the analysis of this beam using force method, which of
cannot be considered as redundant force
A vertical reaction at A
B Horizontal reaction at A
C Moment at A,
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D vertical reaction at B
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Q.No: 30
A 3 and 4
B 1, 2 and 3
C 2, 3 and 4
D 1 and 3
Q.No: 31 Which option matches List I (Pollutants) with List II (Sources) correctly from the given codes?
Q.No: 32 The design speed of a highway is 80 km/hr and the radius of circular curve is 150 m in plain topography. Which of the following is the min
transition curve?
A 120 m
B 142 m
C 174 m
D 85 m
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Q.No: 33 A lighthouse is visible just above the horizon at a certain station at the sea level. The distance between the station and the lighthouse is 5
A 168.25 m
B 33.65 m
C 179.35 m
D 287.50 m
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Q.No: 34 The combined correction due to curvature and refraction (in m) for distance of 1 km on the surface of the earth is _________.
A 0.763
B 0.673
C 7.63
D 0.0673
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Q.No: 35 The window in which the shutters can rotate either horizontally or vertically about pivots is called
A rotating window
B pivoted window.
C flexible window
D revolving window
Q.No: 37 A 90 km2 catchment has the 4-h unit hydrograph which can be approximated as a triangle. If the peak ordinate of this unit hydrograph is
base is
A 120 h
B 64 h
C 50 h
D none of these.
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Q.No: 38 Consider the following surveys involved in the selection of alignment of a road:
1. Map study
2. Preliminary survey
3. Reconnaissance
4. Detailed survey
Q.No: 39 A one day rainfall of 18 hours at station ‘S’ was found to have a return period of 50-years. The probability that a one day rainfall of this or
will not occur at station ‘S’ during next 50-years is
A 0.020
B 0.395
C 0.636
D 0.364
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Q.No: 40 Water flows in a 2.4-m-wide, rectangular, finished concrete channel (Manning’s rugosity coefficient, n = 0.012) at a depth of 80 cm. If the
the flow rate is nearest
A 2.4 m3/s
B 3.4 m3/s
C 4.4 m3/s
D 6.0 m3/s
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Q.No: 41 A simply supported reinforced concrete beam of effective span 4 m and section 200 mm wide and 400 mm overall depth is subjected to a
distributed service live load of 6 kN/m. For the Limit state design, the design bending moment will be
A 16 kNm
B 12 kNm
C 24 kNm
D 4 kNm
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Q.No: 42 A vehicle moving at 60 kmph on an ascending gradient of a highway has to come to stop position to avoid collision with a stationary objec
to brake distance is 6:5. Considering total reaction time of the driver as 2.5 seconds and coefficient of longitudinal friction as 0.36, the va
gradient (%) if
A 3.3
B 6.8
C 4.8
D 5.3
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Q.No: 43 A viscometer constructed of two 30-cm-long concentric cylinders is used to measure the viscosity of a fluid. The outer diameter of the inn
and the gap between the two cylinders is 0.18 cm. The inner cylinder is rotated at 250 rpm, and the torque is measured to be 1.4 N.m. T
fluid is
A 0.062 N.s/m2
B 0.0084 N.s/m2
C 0.56 N.s/m2
D 0.0049 N.s/m2
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Q.No: 45 Rapid sand filter can remove turbidity from water to an extent of
A 35 to 40 ppm
B 40 to 50 ppm.
C 20 to 25 ppm
D 15 to 20 ppm
Q.No: 46 If a radius of a circular curve is 100 m, deflection angle is 90°, the length of long chord is ___________.
A Zero
B 100 m
C infinity
D 141.42 m
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Q.No: 47 The minimum height of a typical mezzanine floor is __________ as per National Building of India.
A 3.5 m
B 0.8 m
C 1.5 m
D 2.2 m
Q.No: 48 Vortices are shed from a 2-cm-diameter cylinder due to a 4 m/s air stream. How far apart would you expect the vortices to be downstream
Strouhal number is 0.21 in this case?
A 9.5 cm
B 19 cm
C 10.5 cm
D 44 cm
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Q.No: 49 If the maximum depth of a 50 years – 15 h-rainfall depth at Bhubaneshwar is 260 mm, the 50 year-3 h-maximum rainfall depth at the sa
A inadequate data of conclude anything.
B Equal to 260 mm
C Less than 260 mm
D More than 260 mm
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Q.No: 51 The spacing of manholes along a straight portion of a sewer is 300 m. The diameter of sewer may be
A more than 1.5 m.
B 1.0 m
C 1.5 m
D 0.75 m
Q.No: 52 The drag on a 10-m-diameter spherical water storage tank in an 80 km/h wind (with air density of 1.23 kg/m3) and coefficient of drag of
approximately:
A 4770 N
B 2385 N
C 6361 N
D 3181 N
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Q.No: 53 In a cantilever retaining wall of height ‘H’, the horizontal pressure of earth will act at a distance of
A H/4 from the base
B H/3 from the top
Q.No: 55 As per Terzaghi’s equation, the bearing capacity of strip footing resting on cohesive soil (c = 10kN/m2) for unit depth and unit width (assu
A 77 kN/m2
B 57 kN/m2
C 67 kN/m2
D 47 kN/m2
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Q.No: 56 The critical combination of stresses for corner region in cement concrete roads is
A Load stress + warping stress + frictional stress
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C Load stress + warping stress frictional stress
D Load stress + warping stress
Q.No: 57 If the wind velocity at a height of 2 m above ground is 5.0 km/h, its value at a height of 9 m above ground can be expected to be in km/h
A 10.6
B 9.0
C 2.3
D 6.2
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Q.No: 58 The maximum strain in the tension reinforcement in the section (designed as per limit state method) at failure shall not be less than
Q.No: 59 The purpose of proportional weir at the effluent end of a channel type grit removal unit is to?
A Provide easy passage of solid particles
Q.No: 60 Flat roof is the one which is either horizontal, or practically horizontal with slope less than ______.
A 200
B 50
C 200
D 150
Q.No: 61 The minimum depth of exploration below a square isolated footing shall be
A equal to width of footing
B three times the width of footing
Q.No: 62 The rainfall on five successive days on a catchment was 2, 6, 9, 5 and 3 cm. If the for the storm can be assumed to be 3 cm/da
runoff from the catchment is
A 10 cm
B 22 cm
C 20 cm
D 11 cm
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Q.No: 63 How many treads would be there in a dog-legged stair connecting two floor with a height difference of 3.6 m? The rise of the steps in 15 c
A 25
B 24
C 23
D 26
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Q.No: 64 Air (R=0.287 kJ/kg.K) flows through an 8-cm-diameter pipe with an average velocity of 70 m/s with a temperature of 20°C and a pressur
mass flux is nearest:
A 2.37 kg/s
B 3.70 kg/s
C 0.84 kg/s
D 1.26 kg/s
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Q.No: 66 Drainage is not permitted during application of cell pressure (before application of deviator stress) in
of these statement(s)
Q.No: 67 The ratio of the yield of water from a rapid sand filter to that from a slow sand filter is
A 5
B 10
C 30
D 15
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Q.No: 68 For a catchment of area A an S-curve has been derived by using the D-hour unit hydrograph which has a time base T. In this S-curve
A The time at which the S-curve attains its maximum value is equal to D
B The time at which the S-curve attains its maximum value is equal to T
C The equilibrium discharge is independent of A
D The equilibrium discharge is independent of D
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Q.No: 69 In a river, the discharge was 173 m3/s, the water surface slope was 1 in 6000 and the stage at the station X was 10.00 m. If during a floo
station X was 10.00 and the water surface slope was 1/2000, the flood discharge was approximately
A 519 m3/s
B 371 m3/s
C 100 m3/s
D 300 m3/s
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Q.No: 70 A coarse aggregate passes through 7.5mm sieve and retained on 60mm sieve. It will be termed flaky if its minimum dimension is less tha
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A 20.5mm
B 40.5mm
C 50.5mm
D 67.5mm
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C to warp
D brittle on burning
Q.No: 73 A 3.5 m wide slab is having thickness of 25 cm and friction factor (f ) is 1.5. The length of slab is 4.5 m and has unit weight of 2400 kg/m
stress developed due to seasonal variation is ________ N/mm2.
A 0.06
B 0.08
C 0.05
D 0.07
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Q.No: 74 For a given stream, the rating curve applicable to a section is available. To determine the discharge in this stream, the following-data are
A Surface velocity at various sections.
B Current meter readings at various verticals at the section
C Stage at the section
D Slope of the water surface at the section
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Q.No: 75 The method to be adopted for the determination of height of tall object without need of the measurement of horizontal angle is ______.
A single plane method
B Double plane method
C Square method
D double theodolite method
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Q.No: 76 Flow around an underwater structural component is to be studied in a 20 oC-wind tunnel with a 10:1 scale model. What speed should be s
tunnel to simulate an actual 10 oC water speed of 5.0 m/s? Take kinematic viscosity of water as 1.31x10-6 m2/sec and 1.51x10-5 m2/sec
oC respectively.
A 576.3 m/s
B 57.63 m/s
C 5.76 m/s
D 50.0 m/s
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Q.No: 77 A three hinged parabolic arch ABC is symmetric about crown B and hinged at A and B. If this arch is subjected to uniformly distributed loa
following will remain zero throughout the length of arch
A shear force only
B axial thrust only
C bending moment only
D axial thrust and bending moment both
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Q.No: 78 Which option matches List I with List II correctly from the given codes?
Q.No: 79 Which option matches List I with List II correctly from the given codes?
Q.No: 80 liquid limit and plastic limit of a soil are 65% and 31%, respectively. The natural water content is 25%. It can be inferred that the soil is in
A liquid state
B very soft state
C plastic state
D very stiff state
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Q.No: 81 Of the following, which crop has the largest area brought under the high Yielding Varieties Programme in Himachal Pradesh in the year 20
A Paddy.
B Soyabean.
C Wheat.
D Maize.
Q.No: 82 Which of the following are the correct provisional estimates of the 10th Agriculture Census, 2015-16, about the small and marginal land h
Q.No: 84 Which of the following are the three Divisions of Himachal Pradesh?
A Kangra, Shimla and Mandi.
Q.No: 85 From where did the NASA launch the planet – hunting telescope, Kepler in 2009?
A Bikonur Space Center.
B Kennedy Space Center.
C Cape Caneveral Air Force Station.
D Washington Space Center.
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Q.No: 86 Which is true about the largest number of Regional Co-operative Marketing Societies in the following district of Himachal Pradesh in the ye
(i) Kangra.
(ii) Shimla.
(iii) Mandi.
A (iii) Mandi only.
B (ii) Shimla only.
C (i) Kangra only.
D (iii) Mandi & (i) Kangra.
Q.No: 87 Identify the correct number of total Panchayat Samitis upto 2019-20 in Himachal Pradesh from the following:
A 82.
B 73.
C 78.
D 69.
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Q.No: 88 Which of the following Passes are matched correctly with their districts in Himachal Pradesh?
D Washington.
Q.No: 90 Of the following, which is true about the Jugga Movement of 1884?
(i) It was started by the Rajputs in Mahasu area whose surplus lands were confiscated by the State.
(iii) The movement demanded withdrawal of criminal cases against the political leaders in all the Shimla States.
(iv) A brahmana protest against the resumption of their land grants in the State of Bilaspur.
A (iii) & (i).
B (ii) only.
C (ii) & (iv).
D (iv) only.
D Sirmaur.
Q.No: 92 Identify the location of three branches of the Bombay (Mumbai) High Court correctly:
A Nagpur; Aurangabad & Pune.
B Panaji; Nagpur & Aurangabad.
C Pune; Panaji & Nagpur.
D Aurangabad; Pune & Nasik.
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Q.No: 93 The Noble Prize- 2018 in Physics was awarded to the Scientists for:
A The invention of ‘Chipped optical pulses’.
Q.No: 94 Which of the following is the correct option of the places of U.S.A., which were attacked by the terrorists in September, 2001?
A New York City; Pennsylvania; and Washington DC
B New York City; Washington DC; and Ithaca.
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C New York City; Los Angles; and Ithaca.
D New York City; California; and Washington DC
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Q.No: 95 Which of the following districts of Himachal Pradesh has the largest Scheduled Tribes population as per the Census of 2001?
A Kinnaur.
B Kullu.
C Chamba.
Q.No: 96 Which of the following is correct about the Hali people of Himachal Pradesh?
(i) The Halis are mostly in Chamba district and are either farm labourers or tenants.
Q.No: 97 Find out the correct match of the following eminent women of India with their respective offices:
(i) Asima Chatterjee - (a) First Woman Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.
(ii) Leila Seth - (b) First Woman President, Indian Science Congress.
(iii) Amrita Pritam - (c) First woman Awardee of Sahitya Academy Award in Punjabi Literature.
Q.No: 98 Identify the following painter, who has made the painting entitled: “Mother and Child”:
A Amrita Sher-Gil.
B Jaimini Roy.
C M.F. Husain.
D Satish Gujral.
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Q.No: 99 Which of the following districts of Himachal Pradesh had the low sex ratio of women against the State average as per the Census- 2011?
A Shimla; Sirmaur; Solan and Kullu.
B Kullu; Una; Chamba and Shimla.
C Sirmaur; Una; Solan and Mandi.
D Kullu; Chamba; Kangra and Bilaspur.
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Q.No: 100 Of the following, the longest serving Prime Minister of Japan is:
A Yamakaba Hitashi.
B Taro Katsura.
C Shinzo Abe.
D Yoshihide Suga.
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