Select the correct statement related to increasing the carbon content in steel from 0.2 to 0.9 percent .

Which of the following laws states that pressure or intensity of pressure at a point is static fluid is equal in all directions ?

The determination of plasticity index and the percentage by weight of clay mineral finer than 2 µ present in the soil were done for two soil samples A and B. The ratio of plasticity index to the percentage of clay size particle for the samples A and B are given in the table .
Soil sample      Ratio of plasticity index to percentage of clay size particle
Sample A          Less than 0.75
Sample B          Greater than 1.25 The two soil sample A and B are classified as

Which of the following compounds of cement is responsible for early strength ?

According to SP : 27 - 1984, the thickness of slab or RC slab shall be measured to the nearest of :

Classify the following pollutants as primary pollutants (PP) and secondary pollutants (SP). Ozone, Carbon monoxide, Particulate matter, photochemical smog, Nitrogen oxides, Aerosol/mist, Hydrocarbons, Perory - Acetyl - Nitrate, Sulphur dioxide.

Saturated unit weight of soil is the ratio of : 

Identify the test to be conducted for the determination of the modulus of subgrade reaction in pavement design .

In limit state design, the design bond stress for deformed bars (conforming to IS 1786) for M20 concrete mentioned in IS 456 : 2000 is (in N/mm² units) :

Which of the following can be considered as a taking off point in road planning in India ?

The following two statements pertain to a simply supported under reinforced concrete beam. Select the correct option with regard is these statements .
1. The failure of the beam takes place due to the yielding of steel .
2. The moment of resistance of the beam is more than that of the balanced section of the beam .

A continuous beam ABC with span AB = BC = L is shown in the figure. Support A is fixed type, and supports B and C are roller type. The kinematic indeterminacy of the beam is :

The soils transported and deposited by a river or a stream care called :

What is the mechanical extra widening required for a two-lane pavement of width 7 m on a horizontal curve of radius 250 m, if the longest wheel base of a vehicle expected on the road is 5 m with a design speed of 70 km/h ?

The following are some of the errors that area associated with a total station survey work. Vertical collimation error, Centering error, Horizontal collimation error, Eccentricity error Categorize the given errors as those due to temporary adjustments (T) and permanent adjustments (P).

According to IS 800 : 2007, identify the property which is considered as a mechanical property of structural steel, important in design .

Which of the following methods is NOT used for measuring air content in fresh concrete ?

Which of the following methods is NOT used for the calculation of depreciation of a structure ?

The failure of an over reinforced concrete beam is due to :

In which type of estimate is 'Court yard' NOT considered ?

Match the items in List 1 (name of quantities) with those in List 2 (unit of quantities in the SI system). Use codes in List for matching .
List 1                                   List 2
M. Dynamic viscosity         1. N/m
N. Kinematic viscosity        2. N.m
O. Surface tension             3. N.s/m²
P. Energy                            4. m²/s

A reinforced concrete beam is subjected to the following bending moments .
Moment due to dead load = 50 kNm
Moment due to live load = 50 kNm
Moment due to seismic load = 20 kNm
The design bending moment for limit state of collapse is :

In a workshop shade, trusses are spaced at 4 m centre to centre. The purlins are spaced at 1.4 m centre to centre along the slope of 30⁰. The (Dead Load + Live load) is 3 kNm² and the wind load in 5 kNm². The vertical and the inclined point loads, respectively, will be :

What will be the percentage of passing aggregate for the grading zone 1 of sieve size 1.18 mm ?

The annual or periodical payment for repayment of the capital amount invested on a property for a specified period is known as :

Among the following river training works, which are aligned either parallel or at an angle to the banks, identify the one having a difference in alignment when compared to others :

The test commonly to determine the grade of bitumen in terms of its hardness is :

A level section has formation width of 10 m, side slope of 1 : 2 (vertical : horizontal) and central height of 2 m. Determine the quantity of earthwork required for a 1 km length of formation (in m³) .

Which type of odour characteristic is NOT used for classifying odour of a given water sample as per IS 3025 (part-5) 1983 ?

The liquid limit and plastic limit of clay materials is 45% and 25% respectively, what is the activity of clay materials if 20% by weight of particles of size less than 2 microns ?

Among the following corrections applied for tape measurement, identify the correction which is NOT always negative in sign :

A village has a population of 200 with as average rate of water demand as 100 litre per capita per day. A rapid sand filter having an average filtration rate of 100 litre/hour/m² is to be designed for water treatment. The area of rapid sand filter required is : (Take the ratio of maximum demand to average demand as 1.5.)

If the bearing of the side AB of a regular hexagon traverse ABCDFFA shown in the figure is 36^o45', the bearing of the adjacent side BC of the traverse is :

Pigment volume concentration (PVC) of paint is defined as :

The Indian Roads Congress (IRC) was founded in the year :

In a leveling survey work, the first staff reading taken in a staff station after shifting the instrument and the last staff reading taken to a staff sation before the instrument in shifted are, respectively :

Which of the following Indian Standard Codes provides conservatively imposed loads for buildings and structures ?

Activity of soil is ratio of the plasticity index to :

Kor watering in irrigation is defined as :

What is a SI unit for dynamic viscosity ?

Arrange the following building materials in the increasing order of density of materials .
Granite, Steel, River sand, Water

The bearing of a line AB is 150^o15' and the angle ABC between line AB and BC is 110^o30' as shown in the given figure .

What is the bearing of line BC ?

Select the correct statement with respect to a slow sand filter :

What will be the carrying capacity of a horizontal rectangular channel 4 m wide, conveying a discharge of 1 cumecs per meter width of channel ?

Select the correct option with regard to the following statements (S1, S2) pertaining to consolidation in soils :
S1: A soil is termed as normally consolidated, if the present effective orver burden pressure is less than maximum to which the soil was ever been subjected to in the past .
S2: The large the value of co - efficient of consolidation, the shorter it takes for full consolidation to occur .

A real fluid in which the shear stress is directly proportional to the velocity gradient is known as :

An airport runway fill needs 8,50,000 m³ of soil compacted to void ratio of 0.7. The required soil is to be taken from a borrow pit having an in situ void ratio of 0.8. If the transportation cost is Rs.10 per m³, estimated cost for the filling work is (in Rs.) :

If p is internal pressure, d is diameter and t is thickness of wall for a thin cylindrical shell, then the value of hoop stress will be :

As per IS 800 : 2007, in the design of beams/plate girders, when the web of a member acting alone is inadequate, different types of stiffeners are provided. Match the type of stiffeners provided in List 1 with the requirement to be satisfied by them in List 2 .
(Use the Code in the lists for matching)
List 1                                                                               List 2
B. Intermediate transverse wed stiffener         1. Provide local reinforcement to wed under shear and bearing
C. Load carrying stiffiener                                2. Improve the buckling strength of a slender Web due to shear
D. Bearing stiffener                                          3. Prevent local buckling of web due to concentrated loading
E. Diagonal stiffener                                        4. Prevent local crushing of web due to concentrated loading

A canal was designed for a full supply discharge of 60 cumee. The average supply discharge in the canal is 40 cumee. The capacity factor of the cannal is :

Sewers must be checked for minimum velocities at their minimum hourly flows which is equal to :

What is the permissible limit of organic mater present in water for mixing concrete as per IS 456 - 2000 ?

A horizontal pipeline AB of diameter d cpmveus water, flowing from A to B. The U - tube manometer with mercury as manometric liquid can be used for the measurement of :

A cantilever of beam span l is fixed at one end, the other end resting freely on the middle of a simply supported cross-beam of the same span and section. If the cantilever beam is now loaded with a uniform load of w per unit length, find the reaction at the free end offered by the cross beam.

Select the INCORRECT obstacle in chaining in a chain survey:

The basis for classification of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) as grade 33, 43 and 53 as per IS 10262 is :

The mass of a chunk of moist soil is 20 kg and its dry density is 1500 kg/m³. What is the void ratio of the soil if the specific gravity is 2.50 and density of water is 10000 kg/m³

The maximum effective slenderness ratio for the compression flange of a steel beam against lateral torsional bucking as per IS 800 - 2007 is :

As old building has a future life of 15 years. The rate of interest on capital is 7%. If the coefficient of annual sinking fund is 0.43, then what will be value of year's purchase?

The value used for the prevention of reversal of flow in a pipeline is :

In earthquake resistant design, response reduction factor (R) for steel special moment resisting frame (SMF) design as per IS 800 : 2000 is :

In mix design for M25 concrete, the assumed standard deviation for estimation of target mean strength of concrete mix, as recommended by IS 456 : 2000 is (in N/mm²) :

Which of the following CANNOT be considered as a hard surface lining of cannal ?

The following radings were obtained during differential leveling.
Reduced Level (RL) of point A is 240.000 m. The fore sight and back sight between points A and TPI in 1.420 m and 2.024 m, respectively. Fore sight and back sight between points TP1 and TP2 is 2.100 m and 1.986 m, respectively. The back sight from B is 1.722 m. These are marked on the givenfigure. What is the RL at turning point – 2 (TP2)? All values are in meteres.

Which of the following actions is NOT a permanent adjustment in case of trasit theodolite ?

Which of the following actions is NOT a permanent adjustment in case of trasit theodolite ?

The ability of a material in endure alternate wet and dry conditions for a long period without considerable deformation and loss of mechanical strength is called :

A newly built hose is let out for a rent of Rs. 1,000 per month inclusive of all taxes. If outgoings are at 20% of the gross rent and expected rate of return is 10%, what is the capital value by the rental method of valuation ?

What is the approximate composition of silicon dioxide (SiO²) present in ordinary Portland cement ?

The following statements (C1, C2, C3, C4) pertain in the characteristics of different type of canals. Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
C1 : A contour canal can irrigate command areas on both the banks.
C2 : If is possible to constract a contour canal with banks on one side only
C3 : In the case of a ridge canal, the number of cross drainage works are maximum.
C4 : Side slope canal is aligned roughly at right angles to the ground contours.

In an incompressible static flaid column, the rate of increase of pressure in the vertical direction is equal to weight density of fluid at that point. Which of the following is the law for this statements.

A construction firm has estimate a net annual rent of Rs. 90,000 on a building, at the prevailing annual rate of interest of 9%. If the annual interest rate is revised to 5%, determine the increase in the capitalized value of the property.

. Which constituent in cemnt is to be kept minimum to avoid a sulphate attack ?

The saturation capacity, field capacity and the permanent wilting point of a soil are 47%, 27% and 14%, respectively. The available moisture for the crops grown in the soil is:

On a right angle two - lane road intersection with two-way traffic, the total number of potential conflict points are:

Which of the following methods is NOT used for finding deflection of beam ?

Two centrifugal pumps P and R are available for use in a pipe flow system and their head - discharge characteristics are as follows.

The following statements (S1, S2 and S3) pertain to the head and discharge values during actual operation. Neglect looses in the system. Which of the following statements are correct ?
S1 : When the two pumps P and R are connected in paralled, the discharge is 0.36 cumecs corresponding to a head 35 m.
S2 : When the two pumps P and R are connected in paralled, the discharge is 0.36 cumecs corresponding to a head 70 m.
S3 : When the two pumps P and R are connected in series.
The discharge is 0.3 cumecs corresponding to a head 46 m.

As per IS 1742 - 1983 normally a sewer shall be designed for discharging ____ times the dry-weather flow flowing half-full with a minimum self-cleansing velocity of ____.

The determination of shear strength of a soft staturated clay deposit in the filed can be done by :

The total unit weight of the glacial outwash soil is 5 kN/m3. The water content in the soil is 17%. Find dry unit weight :

A rectangular channel of bed width 2 m is to be laid at a bed slope of 1 in 1000. Find the hydraulic radius of the canal cross-section for the maximum discharge condition? Take Chery's constant as 50 :

The scale of a map is represented by representative fraction as 1 : 4000. The distance between two points A and B in the map is 10 cm. The distance AB on the ground is (in km units) :

A square footing for a column carries a total load (including the self-weight of footing) of 1760 kN. The safe bearing capacity of soil is 200 kN/m³. Using M20 grade concrete and Fe415 steel, the area of footing (rounded to the nearest integer) will be :

In a standard penetration test, what is the weight of the hammer and the dropping height used as per IS 2131 - 1981?

A cantilever beam of span L carries a uniformly distributed load of W kN /unit length. What is the maximum deflection occurring in the beam ? (Take E as the modulus of elasticity and I as the moment of inertia of thebeam section)

According to IS 654 : 1962, the maximum water absorption percentage of Class AA type Manalore pattern tiles is :

Which of he following is a semi - modular canal outlet ?

If the latitude and departure of a line AB with the bearing measured at A are 40 m, and 30 m, respectively, estimate the length of the line AB :

If velocity potential (Ø) exists in a fluid flow, then the flow is said to be :

Among the following air pollutants, identify the ones responsible for the greenhouse effect.
1. Carbon dioxide
2. Methane
3. Sulphur dioxide
4. Chlorofluorocarbons
5. Carbon monoxide

What is the unit of measurement used for expansion joint work in concrete ?

For the occurrence of laminar flow through pipes, the value of Reynolds' number shall be less than :

The following details pertain to the crussing of a canal and a natural drain. Bed level of canal = + 171 m; Full supply depth of canal = 1.6 m; Bed level of drain = + 169.2 m; Depth of flow in the drain corresponding to high flood discharge = 2.5 m.
The type of cross drainage work to be designed at the crossing location is:

Which of he following is a sedimentary rock ?

The amount of water content remaining in a unit volume of soil after downward gravity drainage has ceased is called :

How many groups of soils come under the Indian standard soil classification system ?

Which of the following four is not the method of valuation of open land ?

Which of the following terms represents the torque that produces a twist of one reaian in a shaft of unit length ?

The following statements (S1, S2, S3) pertain to mass concreting. Which of the following statements are correct ?
S1: The materials preferred for mass concrete are : Portland cement with low heat of hydration, Pozzolants, Aggregates (coarse and fine), Water, Admixture, Coolants.
S2 : Slump of mass concrete shall be the same or more than ordinary concrete work.
S3 : Concrete with a low water cement ratio, correctly consolidated and properly cured provided durability to mass concrete work.

While carrying out civil engineering work. Muster Roll is used for the purpose of :