Post name= Assistant executive engineer (Civil)

Department: PWD
Post case number = F4-18/2020-R
Test held on = 04/10/2020
First 20 questions were from subject of English.

1. A _________ is a projecting stone which is usually provided to serve as support

for roof truss? Course, Cornice, Corbel or Frieze, None of these
2. The strength of brick masonry in 1:6 c/s mortar is? 50 tonnes/m2
3. To dam up the water in river, structure provided is? Weir
4. The amount of water in stream is called? Run off, streamflow, discharge, all
5. Water falling in any form is called? Precipitation
6. Barrage is? Gated weir to raise water level
7. Thickened part of flat slab is called? Drop panel
8. Soil pipe
9. Yield of catchment?
10. Waste water from kitchen, sink, shower? Sullage
11. Impact load due to moving vehicle during service period is? Toughness
12. Detention period in plain sedimentation tank? 4-8 hrs
13. Lead time is called?
14. Critical path is longest.
15. Steady flow mass inflow w.r.t time= mass outflow w.r.t. time
16. The type of flow where flow parameters changes w.r.t time? steady flow
17. Bernoulli’s theorem is applicable to? Venturimeter, orificemeter, pitot tube, all
18. The distance travelled by a moving vehicle during perception and brake reaction
times, is? Sight distance, stopping distance, lag time, none
19. Precedence diagram method? Activity on node, Activity on arrow
20. Principal of survey is to work from? Whole to part
21. The imaginary line passing through the intersection of cross hairs and the optical
centre of the objective, is known as? Line of sight, line of collimation, axis of
telescope, none
22. Angle between inclined line of sight and horizontal is called? Direct
angle, vertical angle, horizontal angle, none
23. A line normal to plumb line is? Horizontal line, level line, datum line, vertical line
24. Time required to perform activity is called? Duration
25. Critical path has? Zero float
26. Pit run aggregates?
27. Peat soil is formed by decaying of organic vegetables.
28. Consolidation and compressibility?
29. Consolidation? Reduces water voids
30. Total float? Latest finish time – early finish time or Latest start time – Early
start time
31. TS= TDS+TSS
32. Profit, contingency is? Indirect cost, direct cost, mark up, none
33. Earned value? Budgeted cost of work performed
34. Cost performance index (CPI)? Earned value/ actual cost
35. For decreasing deflection in beam? Increase its depth
36. Equivalent length of fixed columns? 0.5L
37. Maximum deflection in simply supported beam subjected to isolated
load? y=Wl3/48El
38. Bending moment is maximum at? Extreme fibers, compressive at top, both
39. Two columns having unequal load, maximum hogging will occur? Where shear
is 0
40. Ability of soil to pass water through it is called? Permeability
41. Permanent hardness is due to? Chlorides and sulphates of magnesium and
calcium
42. Turbidity is? clarity of water
43. Rigid pavements have? Shallow depths, low modulus of elasticity
44. Manometer is used for? Measuring pressure in pipes and channels
45. Ratio of lateral strain and axial strain is called? Poisson’s ratio
46. Cantilever beam carrying UDL, the bending moment will be? Wl2/2
47. Effective span of simple supported slab? Clear slab dimension+ half the slab
depth on either side
48. If two spans of unequal length and unequal loading combines at support then the
moment will be? Lesser, greater
49. If the end portion of a beam extends beyond the support, then the beam is known
as? overhanging beam.
50. At neutral axis of beam, shear stress is? Maximum
51. Where curvature of bending moment diagram changes sign, it is called? point of
contraflexure
52. Survey? base line
53. Maximum super elevation on hill roads is? 10 %
54. Design of cantilever beam is based on? Fixed end reactions
55. Fine particles diameter is? 0.075 mm
56. Reynold’s number is ratio of inertial forces to? viscous forces
57. Deformed bars are called ss due to? Roughness, high tensile strength
58. To retain earth from slippage on hill side? Breast wall
59. Weight per unit volume at specific temperature and pressure? Specific weight
60. Dams are checked for stability? Overturning, tension at base, sliding, all
61. Maximum eccentricity for non-tension is? B/6
62. Moment of inertia of circular section?
πD4/64
63. Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcement of different sizes,
should not be less than? One diameter of thicker bar
64. In under reinforced beams? Steel will yield first
65. Lapping of steel is done for? Shear
66. In pavement design, the factors considered? Drainage, traffic load, all
67. Constant traffic speed, constant density, both
68. Covering of external walls? Coping
69. The course laid perpendicular to face of wall is called? Header
70. If intermediate sizes are missing, then the gradation is called? Well, gap, poor
71. In deep beams which bars are provided? Skin, modular, lap
72. In sufficient water in concrete causes? Harsh mix, low workability, both
73. Fine soil has following properties? Have more compressibility, have more voids,
may or may not be plastic, all
74. Which one is not correct? Timber is used as bracing in pits, grillage foundation is
shallow, none
75. A body is said to be in equilibrium if? Sum of vertical forces= 0, sum of horizontal
forces = 0, sum of moment = 0, all
76. At the interference of between two immiscible fluids, forces develop in fluid which
the surface has to behave as if it is membrane, this phenomenon is called?
viscosity, capillary, surface tension
77. In transition curve? Radius starts from infinity to simple circular curve
78. The water content where reduction in moisture content will result in no volume
reduction? Shrinkage limit