Anurag University

Venkatapur(V), Ghatkesar(M), Medchal(D)

Screening Test - Assistant Professor
Department: Civil Engineering

Date: 14.08.2021 Max. Marks: 40 Duration: 60 minutes

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1. In IS : 800 (1984) the permissible compressive stress in column is based on

______________
(a) Euler formula
(b) Secant formula
(c) Rankine-Gordan formula
(d) Rankine-Merchant formula
2. Maximum size of a fillet weld for a plate of square edge is_________
(a) 1.5 mm less than the thickness of the plate
(b) one half of the thickness of the plate
(c) thickness of the plate itself
(d) 1.5 mm more than the thickness of the plate
3. The slope of the elastic curve at the free end of a cantilever beam of span L, and with
fluxural rigidity EI, subjected to uniformly distributed load of intensity w is______

(a) wL3/6EI
(b) wL3/3EI
(c) wL4/8EI
(d) wL3/2EI

4. A two span beam with an internal hinge is shown below. The conjugate beam
corresponding to this beam is________

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
5. For determining the force in the member AB of the truss shown in the given figure by
method of sections, the section is made to pass through AB, AD and ED and the
moments are taken about ______________________

(a) Joint C
(b) Joint B
(c) Joint D
(d) Joint A

6. The minimum area of tension reinforcement in a beam shall be greater than___

(a)0.85 bd/fy
(b)0.87 fy/bd
(c)0.04 bd
(d)0.4 bd/y
7. The performance of a specific task in CPM, is known_______________

(a) Dummy
(b) Event
(c) Activity
(d) Contract.
8. Pick up the correct proportions of chemical ingredients of cement____________

(a) Lime : Silica : Alumina : Iron oxide : 63 : 22 : 6 : 3

(b) Silica : Lime : Alumina : Iron oxide : 63 : 22 : 6 : 3
(c) Alumina : Silica : Lime : Iron oxide : 63 : 22 : 6 : 3
(d) Iron oxide : Alumina : Silica : Lime : 63 : 22 : 6 : 3

9. Consolidation in soils_____

(a) is a function of the effective stress

(b) does not depend on the present stress
(c) is a function of the pore water pressure
(d) is a function of the total stress
10. In a liquid limit test, the moisture content at 10 blows was 70% and that at 100 blows
was 20%. The liquid limit of the soil, is__________

(a)35%
(b)50%
(c)65%
(d)none of these.
11. The group efficiency of a pile group__________

(a) will be always less than 100%.

(b) will be always greater than 100%.
(c) may be less than 100% or more than 100%.
(d) will be more than 100% for pile groups in cohensionless soils and less than 100% for
those in cohesive soils.
12. The phreatic line in an earth dam may be___________

(a)Circular
(b)Elliptical
(c)Parabolic
(d)A straight line
13. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

(a)An unconfined compression test is a special case of triaxial compression test

(b)An unconfined compression test is a special case of direct shear test
(c)The confining pressure is maximum during an unconfined compression test
(d)The cylindrical specimen of a soil is subjected to major principal stress till it fails due
to shearing along the plane of the failure.
14. Talus' is the soil transported by________

(a)Wind
(b)water
(c)Glacier
(d)Gravitational force.
15. A pitot tube is used to measure___________

(a)Pressure
(b)Difference in pressure
(c)Velocity of flow
(d)None of these.
16. For the flow of liquid from an open ended tube (or nozzle) leading to the formation of
spray of liquid drops, the number generally applied, is________

(a) Froude number

(b) Weber number
(c) Reynold number
(d) Mach number.

17. The flow in open channel is said to be subcritical if the Froude number is_______

(a) less than 1.0

(b) equal to 1.0
(c) greater than 1.0
(d) none.
18. Pick up the correct equation from the following :

(a) Run off = Surface run off + Ground water flow

(b) Run off = Surface run off - Ground water flow
(c) Run off = Surface run off / Ground water flow
(d) Run off = Surface run off x Ground water flow.
19. The rate of rainfall for successive 10 minute periods of a 60 minute duration storm,
are shown in the below figure. If the value of φindex is 3 cm/hour, the run off will
be __________

(a) 2 cm
(b) 3 cm
(c) 4 cm
(d) 5 cm.

20. The peak discharge of the instantaneous unit hydrograph of a basin, when compared
to the peak discharge of a 4-hour unit hydrograph of that basin, would
be_____________
(a)Greater
(b)Equal
(c)Equal or lesser
(d)Lesser
21. The rate of accumulation of sludge in septic tanks is recommended as__________
(a) 30 litres/person/year
(b) 25 litres/person/year
(c) 30 litres/person/month
(d) 25 litres/person/month
22. If 2% solution of a sewage sample is incubated for 5 days at 20°C and depletion of
oxygen was found to be 5 ppm, B.O.D. of the sewage is_______
(a) 200 ppm
(b) 225 ppm
(c) 250 ppm
(d) None of these.
23. Assertion (A) : Discharging the effluents from the oxidation ponds just up stream of
lakes or reservoirs is undesirable.
Reason (R) : The discharged algae get settled in the reservoirs and cause anaerobic
decomposition and other water qualities.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

24. For the survival of fish in a river stream, the minimum dissolved oxygen is
prescribed______________
(a) 3 PPm
(b) 4 PPm
(c) 5 PPm
(d) 10 ppm
25. Generally, first portion of a logistic curve for the population growth of a developing
city, represents the growth of___________________________

(a)Increasing
(b)Decreasing
(c)Constant
(d)all the above.
26. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.) of safe drinking water must be_____

(a)nil
(b)5
(c)10
(d)15
(e)20
27. A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a
design speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is________

(a)1 in 40
(b)1 in 50
(c)1 in 60
(d)1 in 70
28. The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between
the two tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6
m/sec2, for a design speed 100 km ph, is_________

(a) 16.0 m
(b) 42.3 m
(c) 84.6 m
(d) None of these.
29. In an ideal transition curve, the radius of curvature___________

(a) is constant
(b) at any point is directly proportional to its distance from the point of commencement
(c) is inversely proportional to the radius of main curve
(d) is directly proportional to the radius of main curve
30. The reaction time for calculation of stopping distance may be assumed as_____

(a) 5 secs
(b) 2.5 secs
(c) 0.5 secs
(d) 10.0 secs
31. Speed regulations on roads is decided on the basis of__________

(a)60 percentile cumulative frequency

(b)75 percentile cumulative frequency
(c)80 percentile cumulative frequency
(d)85 percentile cumulative frequency
32. Surveys which are carried out to depict mountains, rivers, water bodies, wooded
areas and other cultural details, are known as____________

(a) Cadastral surveys

(b) City surveys
(c) Topographical surveys
(d) Plane surveys.
33. The first reading from a level station is____________

(a) Foresight (b) intermediate sight (c) back-sight (d) any sight.

34. The combined effect of curvature and refraction over a distance L kilometres
is___________

(a) 67.2 L2 mm (b) 76.3 L2 mm (c) 64.5 L2 mm (d) none of these.

35 The normal altitude of GPS satellite is about_______________________

(a) 16, 200 km

(b) 20, 200 km
(c) 24, 400 km
(d) 36, 100 km

36. The distance between the point of intersection of an up grade + g1% and
downgrade g2% and the highest point of the vertical curve of length L, is______

(a) (b) (c) (d)

37. What is the name of the conceptual framework in which the research is carried out?

(a) Research hypothesis

(b) Synopsis of Research
(c) Research paradigm
(d) Research design

38. Who was the author of the book named "Methods in Social Research"?

(a) Kerlinger
(b) CR Kothari
(c) Goode and Hatt
(d) Wilkinson

39. The conceptual framework and background of research which will become the source
for formulation of the hypothesis is known as___________

(a) Methodology
(b) Review of literature
(c) Data analysis
(d) None of the above
40. The act of presenting someone else’s work or idea as own is considered as

(a) Plagiarism
(b) Academic dishonesty
(c) Wrongful appropriation
(d) All of these