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1. In railways, the disc signals are provided for the purpose of:

A

Dead slow movement

B

Shunting

C

Indicating busy platform

D

Possible danger ahead

2. A U-Tube is made up of two capillaries of bores 1.2 m and 2.4 mm respectively. The tube is held vertical and partially filled with liquid of surface tension 0.06 N/m and zero contact angle. If estimated difference in level of two menisci is 15mm, calculate mass density of the liquid.

A

ρ =69.45 Kg/m cube

B

ρ =679.45 g/m cube

C

ρ =579.45 Kg/m cube

D

ρ =679.45 Kg/m cube

3. Friction factor in Darcy`s weisbach formula is ________.

A

8F`L

B

4F`

C

10F`V2

D

5F`

4. Determine the eccentricity of a load balancing cable for a beam of size 350 × 750 mm at centre of it. The beam subjected to a live load of 10 KN/m over a span of 9 m and is simply supported. The prestressing force applied is 1700 KN.

A

89.9 mm

B

100 mm

C

79.8 mm

D

98.6 mm

5. The contractor is paid a certain percent of the actual cost of construction as a profit in which type of contract?

A

Cost plus percentage contract

B

BOT contract

C

Schedule contract

D

Lump-sum contact

6. The property of a soil which permits flow of water or any other fluid through its interconnected voids is called _________.

A

permeability

B

specific gravity

C

consolidation

D

compaction

7. Which of the following has largest dimension of a rail?

A

Height

B

Cross section width

C

Head width

D

Foot width

8. Which one of the following scales is used to plot contour map?

A

Horizontal scale

B

Oblique scale

C

Vernier scale

D

Vertical scale

9. The first method of road construction which proposed a subgrade to be compacted and prepared with a cross slope of 1 in 36 is:

A

Telford method

B

Macadam method

C

Tresaguet method

D

Metcalf method

10. Independent float is:

A

Less than or equal to total float

B

Greater than or equal to total float

C

Always equal to the total float

D

Always greater than total float

11. The purpose of maintaining the cash book is:

A

To compute the benefit-cost ratio

B

To compute profit/loss in project

C

To track the project progress

D

To record payments and receipts

12. Which of the following is “The Steepest Gradient”?

A

Limiting gradient

B

Exceptional gradient

C

Ruling gradient

D

Minimum gradient

13. Concrete with bulk density 2400 kg/m cube is:

A

Light weight concrete

B

Super heavy weight concrete

C

Dense weight concrete

D

Extra light weight concrete

14. Which quality teacher`s concept has three major concerns - Planning, Control and Improvement?

A

Philip Crosby

B

Deming

C

Joseph Juran

D

H.F. Dodge

15. The rate of rain fall for successive 30 minute periods of a 4 hour storm are 3.5, 4.5, 5.6, 8.5, 7.8, 6.4, 4.0, 3.8. taking ɸ- index as 5.0 compute W – index in cm/hr

A

4.475

B

4.5

C

8.5

D

5.25

16. The demand and order units of a product are 10 and 12 units respectively. If the cost of placing an order is Rs.100, then find out the annual ordering cost of the product.

A

Rs. 93.33

B

Rs. 103.33

C

Rs. 83.33

D

Rs. 73.33

17. A short column of rectangular section carries a vertical point load W axially, the stress on the section of the column will be:

A

Tensile on one end and compressive on the other

B

Uniform

C

Zero at the end

D

Zero at the axis

18. The maximum spacing of spiral tie is ____ mm.

A

200

B

450

C

75

D

300

19. The reinforcements in two mutually perpendicular directions are designed to resist ___________.

A

Shear force

B

Bending moment

C

Cracking

D

Torsion

20. If the void ratio of the sample is 0.68 and specific gravity of solids is 2.70 then the dry unit weight of the sample using suitable interrelation is ___________.

A

21.00 kN/m3

B

13.56 kN/m3

C

15.76 kN/m3

D

9.81 kN/m3