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1. The maximum amount of dust which may be as _____.

permitted in aggregates is _____.
(a) Real fluid
(a) 5% of the total aggregates for low (b) Newtonian fluid
workability with a coarse grading (c) Ideal fluid
(b) 10% of the total aggregates for low (d) Non-Newtonian fluid
workability with a fine grading Ans. (b)
(c) 20% of the total aggregates for a mix
having high workability with fine
aggregates
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)

2. Left swing is not much favoured in theodolite 5. The assumption made in the theory of
survey, because _____. reinforced cement concrete beam is that ______.

(a) Most of surveyors are accustomed to (a) All the tensile stresses are taken up by
right hand the steel reinforcement only
(b) It is inconvenient to turn the telescope (b) The steel and concrete are stressed
anticlockwise within its elastic limit
(c) The readings increase clockwise (c) There is sufficient bond between steel
(d) Vertical scale comes to an inconvenient and concrete
position to be read (d) All options are correct
Ans. (c) Ans. (d)

6. Rankine's theory for active earth pressure is

based on the assumption that _____.

(a) The retained material is homogeneous

and cohesionless
(b) The frictional resistance between the
3. Portion of an embankment having a uniform
retaining wall and the retained material
up gradient 1 in 500 is circular with radius 1000
is neglected
m of the centre line. It subtends 180° at the
(c) The failure of the retained material takes
centre. If the height of the bank is 1 m at the
place along a plane called rapture plane
lower end and side slopes 2 : 1, the earthwork
(d) All options are correct
involved _____.
Ans. (d)
(a) 26,000 m³
(b) 26,500 m³ 7. If the bearing of AB = N 40° W, bearing of BC
(c) 27,000 m³ = S 70° E, then the value of ∠ABC is _____.
(d) 27,500 m³
(a) 30 degree
Ans. (d)
(b) 70 degree
(c) 100 degree
4. A fluid whose viscosity does not change with
(d) None of the above
the rate of deformation or shear strain is known

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Ans. (a) surface of the water level of a still lake?

8. The telescope of a Dumpy level _____. (a) Level surface

(b) Contour surface
(a) Is rigidly fixed to the leveling head (c) Horizontal surface
(b) Can be titled in a vertical plane (d) None of the above
(c) Can be taken out of its supports and Ans. (a)
reversed
(d) Permits the interchange of eyepiece and 13. Which of the following levelling is carried
object glass out to determine the elevation difference
Ans. (a) between two points on the surface of the earth?

(a) Reciprocal levelling

(b) Simple levelling
(c) Longitudinal levelling
(d) Differential levelling
Ans. (d)
9. The representation of general topography of
very flat terrain is possible only by _____. 14. In case of laying gullies, siphons, intercepting
traps, the cost includes _____.
(a) Drawing contours at large interval
(b) Drawing contours at a small interval (a) Setting and laying
(c) Giving spot levels at large interval (b) Bed concreting
(d) Giving spot levels to salient features at (c) Connection to drains
close interval (d) All options are correct
Ans. (d) Ans. (d)

10. Which of the following are the required

corrections for runway length?

(a) Correction for elevation

(b) Correction for gradient
(c) Correction for temperature
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)
11. A contour canal is _____.
(a) Irrigates only on one side
(b) Does not need a bank on the higher side
(c) Is generally aligned parallel to the
contour of the area
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)
12. Which of the following would represent the
15. Pick up the correct statement in case of
water supply.
1. Pipes laid in trenches and pipes fixed to
walls are measured separately
2. Cutting through walls and floors are
included with the item
3. Pipes are classified according to their
sizes and quality
4. In laying pipes, the method of joining and
fixing is specifically specified
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2

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(c) Only 3 Ans. (b)

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d) 20. Shear stress distribution of a beam of
rectangular cross-section, subjected to
16. Brick walls are measured in square meter if transverse loading will be _____.
the thickness of the wall is _____.

(a) 10 cm
(b) 15 cm
(c) 20 cm
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) (a) (b)

17. The brickwork is measured in a square

meter, in case of _____.

(a) Honeycomb brickwork

(b) Brick flat soling
(c) Half brick walls or the partition (c) (d)
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)
Ans. (d)
21. To obtain cement dry powder, limestone and
shales or their slurry is burnt in a rotary kiln at a
temperature between _____.

(a) 1100°C to 1200°C

(b) 1200°C to 1300°C
18. The maximum frictional force, which comes (c) 1300°C to 1400°C
into play, when a body just begins to slide over (d) 1400°C to 1500°C
the surface of the other body, is known as _____. Ans. (d)
(a) Static friction
(b) Limiting friction
(c) Dynamic friction
(d) Coefficient of friction
Ans. (b)
22. Hydration of cement is due to the chemical
19. If the stress in each cross-section of a pillar
action of water with _____.
is just equal to its working stress, its form is
called _____. (a) Tricalcium silicate and dicalcium silicate
(b) Dicalcium silicate and tricalcium
(a) Form of equal stress
aluminate
(b) Form of equal strength
(c) Tricalcium aluminate and tricalcium
(c) Form of equal section
alumino ferrite
(d) None of the above
(d) All options are correct

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Ans. (d) (b) 2 kN-m

(c) 1 kN-m
23. The mixture of different ingredients of (d) None of the above
cement is burnt at _____. Ans. (d)

(a) 1000°C 27. Viscous force is the _____ of shear stress due
(b) 1200°C to viscosity and cross-sectional area of flow.
(c) 1400°C
(d) 1600°C (a) Sum
Ans. (c) (b) Product
(c) Difference
(d) Ratio
Ans. (b)

28. The specific speed of a turbine is the speed

of an imaginary turbine, identical with the given
24. If 1500 g of cement is required to have 1875 turbine, which _____.
g cement paste of normal consistency, the
percentage of water is _____. (a) Delivers unit discharge under unit head
(b) Delivers unit discharge under the unit
(a) 20% speed
(b) 25% (c) Develops unit horsepower under unit
(c) 30% head
(d) 35% (d) Develops unit horsepower under unit
Ans. (b) speed
Ans. (c)
25. For quality control of Portland cement, the
test essentially is done is _____.

(a) Setting time

(b) Soundness
(c) Tensile strength
(d) All options are correct 29. Which of the following statements is
Ans. (d) incorrect?

26. A lever is supported on two hinges at A and (a) The reaction turbines are used for low
C. It carries a force of 3 kN as shown in the figure head and high discharge
below. The bending moment B will be _____. (b) The angle of taper on the draft tube is less
than 8
(c) A Francis turbine is an impulse turbine
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

30. Pick up the correct statement from the

following
(a) 3 kN-m

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(a) The bent up bars at support resist the which of the following source?
negative bending moment
(b) The bent up bars at support resist the (a) Riverbed
shearing force (b) Nala
(c) The bending of bars near supports is (c) Sea
generally at 45 degree (d) Gravel powder
(d) All options are correct Ans. (b)
Ans. (d)

31. Pick up the item of work not included in the

plinth area estimate _____.

(a) Wall thickness

(b) Room area 35. Shingle is _____.
(c) Verandah area
(d) Courtyard area (a) Water bound pebbles
(b) Disintegrated laterite
Ans. (d)
(c) Crushed granite
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)

36. The solution of salts from the soil absorbed

by the trees which becomes a viscous solution
32. The expected outturn of 2.5 cm cement due to loss of moisture and action of carbon
concrete floor per mason per day _____. dioxide is known as _____.

(a) 2.5 square meter (a) Pith

(b) 5.0 square meter (b) Cambium
(c) 7.5 square meter (c) Bark
(d) 10 square meter (d) Sap
Ans. (c) Ans. (d)

33. Pick up the excavation where measurements 37. The aggregate is called fine aggregate if it is
are made in square meters for payment. completely retained on _____.

(a) 0.15 mm sieve

1. Ordinary cutting up to 1 m
(b) 0.30 mm sieve
2. Surface dressing up to 15 cm depths
(c) 4.75 mm sieve
3. Surface excavation up to 30 cm depths
(d) None of the above
Ans. (d)
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
38. Which constituent of the cement, upon
(c) Only 3
addition of water sets and hardens first?
(d) Both 2 and 3
Ans. (d) (a) Tricalcium silicate
(b) Tricalcium aluminate
34. Good quality sand is never obtained from

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(c) Dicalcium silicate 43. Which of the following is the reason for the
(d) Free lime decrease in the use of stones as building
Ans. (b) material?

39. When a brick is cut into two halves (a) Steel and R.C.C. are less bulky and more
longitudinally, one part is called _____. durable
(b) Strength of stones cannot be rationally
(a) King closer analyzed
(b) Cornice brick (c) Stones are not conveniently available in
(c) Queen closer plains
(d) Voussoir (d) All options are correct
Ans. (c) Ans. (d)

40. The argillaceous rocks have their principal

constituents as _____.

(a) Lime
(b) Clay
(c) Sand
44. The lining of a canal is necessary
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) 1. To minimize the seepage losses in a canal
2. To prevent erosion of bed and slopes due
41. The solidification of molten magma when it
to high velocity
reaches the surface of earth results in the
3. To increase the discharge in canal section
formation of _____.
by an increment of velocity
(a) Sedimentary rocks
(b) Metamorphic rocks (a) Only 1
(c) Basalts and traps (b) Only 2
(d) Granite (c) 1 and 3
Ans. (c) (d) 1, 2 and 3
Ans. (d)

45. Which of the following mineral is

responsible for the red colour in bricks?

(a) Iron oxide

(b) Lime
42. In a centrifugal pump casing, the flow of
(c) Magnesia
water leaving the impeller is _____.
(d) Silica
(a) Radial Ans. (a)
(b) Centrifugal
(c) Rectilinear 46. The bulk density of aggregates does not
(d) Free vortex depend upon _____.
Ans. (d) (a) Size and shape of aggregate
(b) Specific gravity of aggregates

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(c) Grading of aggregates 51. When Mach number is more than 6, the flow
(d) Size and shape of container is called _____.
Ans. (d)
(a) Subsonic flow
(b) Supersonic flow
(c) Sonic flow
(d) Hypersonic flow
Ans. (d)

47. An aggregate is said to be flaky if its least
dimension is less than _____.
(a) 1/5th of the mean dimension
(b) 2/5th of the mean dimension
(c) 3/5th of the mean dimension
(d) 4/5th of the mean dimension
Ans. (c)
48. Curing is done for _____.
52. Under normal conditions using ordinary
cement, the period of removal of the form work,
is _____.
(a) 7 days for beam soffits
(b) 14 days for bottom slabs of spans 4.6 m
and more
(c) 21 days for bottom beams over 6 m spans
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)

(a) Reduces the shrinkage of concrete 53. For given water content, workability
(b) Preserves the properties of concrete decreases if the concrete aggregates contain an
(c) Prevents the loss of water by evaporation excess of _____.
(d) All option are correct
Ans. (d) (a) Thin particles
(b) Flat particles
49. The angle of inclination of the plane at which (c) Elongated particles
the body begins to move down the plane under (d) All options are correct
its own weight is called _____. Ans. (d)

(a) Angle of friction

(b) Angle of projection
(c) Angle of repose
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
54. For ensuring quality of concrete, use _____.
50. The phenomenon of slow extension of
materials, i.e. increasing with time having no (a) Single sized aggregates
constant load, is called _____. (b) Two sized aggregate
(c) Graded aggregates
(a) Creeping (d) Coarse aggregates
(b) Breaking Ans. (c)
(c) Yielding
(d) None of the above 55. According to IS : 456, the number of grades
Ans. (c) of concrete mixes is _____.

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(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
Ans. (d)

56. The risk of segregation is more for _____.

(a) Wetter mix

(b) Larger proportion of maximum size
aggregate Ans. (a)
(c) Coarser grading
(d) All options are correct 60. The figure (all dimensions are in mm) below
Ans. (d) shows an I-section of the beam. The shear stress
at point P (very close to the bottom of the flange)
is 12 MPa. The stress at point Q in the web (very
close to the flange) is ______. (Width of the web is
20 mm)

57. After casting, an ordinary cement concrete

on drying _____.

(a) Expands
(b) Mix
(c) Shrinks
(d) None of the above
(a) Indeterminable due to incomplete data
Ans. (c)
(b) 60 MPa
58. Proper proportioning of concrete ensures (c) 18 MPa
(d) 12 MPa
(a) Desired strength and workability Ans. (b)
(b) Desired durability
(c) Water tightness of the structure
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)

59. Bending moment distribution in a built beam

is shown in the figure below. The shear force 61. In Kaplan turbine runner, the number of
distribution in the beam is represented by _____. blades is generally of the order ____.

(a) 2 – 4
(b) 4 – 8
(c) 8 – 16
(d) 16 – 24

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Ans. (b) Ans. (b)

62. A short column of symmetric cross-section

made of brittle material is subjected to an
eccentric vertical load 'P' at an eccentricity 'e'.
To avoid tensile stress in short column, the
eccentricity 'e' should be less than or equal to
65. The transverse fillet welds are designed for

(a) Tensile strength

(b) Shear strength
(c) Compressive strength
(d) Bending strength
Ans. (b)

66. The stress at which extension of a material

takes place more quickly as compared to the
(a) h/12
increase in load is called _____.
(b) h/6
(c) h/3 (a) Elastic point
(d) h/2 (b) Plastic point
Ans. (b) (c) Breaking point
(d) Yielding point
63. In compression test, the fracture in cast iron Ans. (d)
specimen would ____.
67. Two persons of equal weights are hanging by
(a) Occur along the axis of load their hands from the ends of a rope hung over a
(b) Occur along an oblique plane
frictionless pulley. They begin to climb. One
(c) Occur at right angles to the axis of
person can climb twice the speed of other, who
specimen
gets to the top first?
(d) Not occur
Ans. (b) (a) Slower climber
(b) Both get there together
(c) Faster climber
(d) Cannot climb at all
Ans. (b)

68. A horizontal beam carrying uniformly

64. In case of eccentrically loaded struts _____ is distributed load is supported with equal
preferred. overhangs is shown in the figure below. The
resultant bending moment at the mid-span shall
(a) Solid section will be zero if (a/b) is _____.
(b) Hollow section
(c) Composite section
(d) Reinforced section

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(a) 0.75 (c) Figure shown as 'c'

(b) 0.66 (d) Figure shows as 'd'
(c) 0.50 Ans. (c)
(d) 0.33
Ans. (c) 72. A circular shaft fixed at A has diameter D for
half of its length and diameter D/2 over the
other half. What is the rotation of C relative to B
if the operation of B relative to A is 0.1 radians?

69. The body is said to move with Simple

Harmonic Motion if its acceleration is _____.

(a) Always directed away from the centre, at (a) 0.4 radians
the point of reference (b) 0.8 radians
(b) Proportional to square of the distance (c) 1.6 radians
from the point of reference (d) 3.2 radians
(c) Proportional to the distance from the Ans. (c)
point of reference and directed towards it
(d) None of the above 73. The moment of inertia of a circular section
Ans. (c) about its diameter D, is _____.

70. The centre of gravity of an equilateral (a) (πD²)/64

triangle, with each side 'a' is ______ from any of (b) (πD⁴)/32
the three sides. (c) (πD³)/64
(d) (πD⁴)/64
(a) √3𝑎 Ans. (d)
𝑎
(b) 2√3

(c) 2√3𝑎
(d) 3√2𝑎
Ans. (b)
74. A fundamental difference between
71. A hollow shaft is subjected to torsion. Which sedimentation tank for water and sewage is _____.
of the following diagrams shows the shear stress
variation in the shaft along its radius? (a) Sewage sedimentation tanks are bigger
(b) Sewage sedimentation tanks have more
depth
(c) Sludge from sewage sedimentation is to
be removed more frequently
(d) It can be the final treatment of operation
in water treatment
(a) Figure shown as 'a'
Ans. (c)
(b) Figure shown as 'b'

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75. Before entering a manhole a candle is (b) Working stress to ultimate stress
lowered into the manhole _____. (c) Breaking stress to ultimate stress
(d) Ultimate stress to breaking stress
(a) To illuminate it Ans. (a)
(b) To detect toxic gases
(c) To give a signal to the adjacent manhole 80. Soil transported by wind is called _____.
(d) To find out the presence of oxygen
Ans. (d) (a) Aeolian soil
(b) Alluvial soil
(c) Marine soil
(d) Lacustrine soil
Ans. (a)

81. Vane shear test is used to find out shear

76. What is the psychological widening of strength of _____.
pavement on a horizontal curve of radius 230 m
(a) Sandy soil
for ruling speed 80 kmph?
(b) Gravelly soil
(a) 0.455 m (c) Clayey soil
(b) 0.555 m (d) All options are correct
(c) 0.186 m Ans. (c)
(d) 0.136 m
82. The Kinematic planar chain shown in the
Ans. (b)
given figure is a _____.
77. The absolute minimum radius of the curve
for safe operation for a speed of 110 kmph is ___.

(a) 110 m
(b) 440 m
(c) 220 m
(d) 577 m (a) Structure
Ans. (b) (b) Mechanism with 2 degree of freedom
(c) Mechanism with 1 degree of freedom
78. In a tensile test, when the material is (d) Mechanism with more than 2 degree of
stressed beyond the elastic limit, the tensile freedom
strain _____ as compared to the stress. Ans. (c)

(a) Decreases slowly 83. A simply supported beam is loaded as shown

(b) Increases slowly in the figure below. The Maximum shear force in
(c) Decreases more quickly the beam will be _____.
(d) Increases more quickly
Ans. (d)

79. Factor of safety is defined as the ratio of

(a) Ultimate stress to working stress (a) Zero

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(b) W Ans. (a)

(c) 2W
(d) 4W 88. According to Euler's column theory, the
Ans. (c) crippling load for a column of length (𝑙) fixed at
both ends is ______ the crippling load for a similar
column hinged at both ends.

(a) Equal to
(b) 4 times
(c) 2 times
84. Newton's law of viscosity is a relationship (d) 8 times
between _____. Ans. (b)

(a) Pressure, velocity and temperature
(b) Shear stress and rate of shear strain
(c) Shear stress and velocity
(d) Rate of shear strain and temperature
Ans. (b)
85. As per Indian Standard Specifications, the
peak discharge for domestic purpose per capita
per minute is taken _____.
89. The design of a structure is _____.
(a) The planning of the structure
(b) The calculation of straining actions at
salient points
(c) Deciding the material and proportions of
the various members of the structure
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)

(a) 1.80 litres for 5 to 10 users

(b) 1.20 litres for 15 users
(c) 1.35 litres for 20 users
(d) All options are correct
Ans. (d)
90. A column with maximum equivalent length
86. A truss is completely analysed when _____. has _____.

(a) The direct stresses in all the members are (a) Both ends hinged
found (b) Both ends fixed
(b) All the external reaction components are (c) One end is fixed and the other ends is
determined hinged
(c) The equilibrium is satisfied (d) One end fixed and the other end free
(d) None of the above Ans. (d)
Ans. (a)
91. A column of length 'L' with both ends fixed
87. Beam is structural member predominantly may be considered as equivalent to a column of
subjected to _____. length ______ with both ends hinged.

(a) Transverse loads (a) L/8

(b) Axial forces (b) L/2
(c) Twisting moment (c) L/4
(d) None of the above (d) L

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Ans. (b) when _____.

92. The compression members always tend to
buckle in the direction of _____.
(a) Axis load
(b) Perpendicular to the axis of load
(c) Minimum cross section
(d) Least radius of gyration
Ans. (d)
(a) The land gradient is steep and the soil is
easily
(b) The soil is having low permeability
(c) The water table is low
(d) The crops to be grown have deep roots
Ans. (a)
97. Which of the following soil types is suitable
for sprinkler irrigation?

(a) When land is steep and soil is easily

erodible
(b) When the crops are deeply rooted
(c) When water table is very low
93. Point of tangency is the _____. (d) When soil of low permeability is used
Ans. (a)
(a) Beginning of the curve
(b) End of the curve 98. The maximum number of jets generally
(c) Common point where the radius changes employed in an impulse turbine without jet
(d) Common point where the radius and interference is _____.
direction changes
(a) 4
Ans. (b)
(b) 6
94. Which of the following levelling is carried (c) 8
out to determine the elevation difference (d) 12
between two points on the surface of earth? Ans. (b)

(a) Reciprocal levelling

(b) Simple levelling
(c) Longitudinal levelling
(d) Differential levelling
Ans. (d)
99. Permissible compressive strength of M30
95. For which of the following, will the chain concrete grade is _____.
surveying be well adopted one?
(a) 100 kg/cm²
(a) Large areas with difficult details (b) 150 kg/cm²
(b) Small surveys in open ground (c) 200 kg/cm²
(c) Small surveys with crowded details (d) 300 kg/cm²
(d) Large areas with simple details Ans. (d)
Ans. (b)
100. The maximum theoretical efficiency of the
96. A sprinkler irrigation system is suitable Pelton wheel is obtained when the ratio of

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bucket speed to jet-speed is _____. (c) 0.46

(d) 0.56
(a) 0.26
Ans. (c)
(b) 0.96

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