Quiz: Civil Quiz 34

Civil Quiz 34

The view which gives the actual length of line in profile plane is

side view

front view

bottom view

top view

A canal outlet should

be simple so that it can be constructed or fabricated by local masons

be so designed that the farmer cannot temper with its functioning

all of the above

draw its fare share of silt carried by the distributing channel

The setting speed of mortar can be increased using:

Gypsum

Lime

Pozzolana

Sulphur

For a steel member of slenderness ratio 350, the allowable stress is 76 kg/cm2 if it is

All the above

HT grade of thickness exceeding 45 mm

HT grade of thickness not exceeding 45 mm

HTW grade of thickness exceeding 32 mm

A CPM family includes

All the above

CPP (Critical Path Plotted)

MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)

CPA (Critical Path Analysis)

When the soil particles are less than 0.002 mm, the force of gravity on each particle is

less

negligible

None of the above

During the detailed survey of a hill road, the first operation is to fix the bench marks.

FALSE

TRUE

None of the above

Both A and B

Trigonometric levelling is also called:

Profile levelling

Fly levelling

Indirect levelling

Differential levelling

For station yards, Indian railways have recommended a gradient of

1 in 1000

1 in 200 to 1 in 250

1 in 500

1 in 100

If the depth of two column sections is equal, then the column splice is provided

with filler and hearing plates

with bearing plates

none of these

with filler plates

The velocity ratio of a first system of pulleys with 4 pulleys is

Plain chlorination is adopted for treating the water having turbidities less than 20 to 30 ppm.

None of the above

Both A and B

Correct

Incorrect

Design of a riveted joint is based on the assumption:

stress in the plate in not uniform

bending stress in rivets is accounted for

riveted hole is assumed to be completely filled by the rivet

friction between plates is taken into account

What is maximum cutting depth of the wheel type trenching machine?

3 m

4.7 m

1.7 m

2 m

Degree of decentralisation indicates

degree of accountability.

degree of power delegation.

degree of authority delegation.

degree of responsibility.

Screens are inclined to the direction of flow to

increase the head loss

increase the flow velocity

increase the opening area

decrease the flow velocity

Which of the following bolt is not used in rail tracks?

Rag bolt

Dog bolt

Eye bolt

Fish bolt

It is one who exhibits social responsibility

savior

guardian

bureaucratic servant

social servant

Compressibility is the reciprocal of

Young's modulus of elasticity

Any of the above.

Shear modulus of elasticity

Bulk modulus of elasticity

A'level line'is a

line parallel to the mean spheriodal surface of earth

line passing through the objective lens and the eye-piece of a dumpy or tilting level

horizontal line

line passing through the center of cross hairs and the center of eye piece

Select the correct range of density index, ID

0 < ID < 1

ID > 0

ID < 0

0 < ID < 1

In a short cylindrical external mouthpiece, the vena contracta occurs at a distance

one-half

equal to

one-third

one-fourth

When the length of offset is 20 m, it is called

None of the above

long

Both A and B

short

For similarity, in addition to models being geometrically similar to prototype, the following in both cases should also be equal

Ratio of inertial force to force due to surface tension

Ratio of inertial force to force due to gravitation

Ratio of inertial force to force due to viscosity

All the four ratios of inertial force to force due to viscosity, gravitation, surface tension, and elasticity

The river training works are adopted on a river

to reduce bank erosion to a minimum

all of the above

to direct and guide the river flow

to pass high flood discharge safely and quickly through the breach

If the loading on a pre-stressed rectangular beam, is uniformly distributed, the tendon to be provided should be.

Straight above centroidal axis

Parabolic with convexity downward

Parabolic with convexity upward

Straight below centroidal axis

The head added by the pump is a sum of

Pressure

Flow rate View Answer

Static lift

Volume

The relation between the air content (ac) and the degree of saturation (s) is

ac = s

ac = 1/s

ac = 1 + s

ac = 1 - s

Pusher loader scrapers used for _______ .

medium load

low load

high load

any type of load

The strength of a riveted lap joint is equal to its

shearing strength

least of (a), (b) and (c)

tearing strength

bearing strength