1. Creep strain is 1) Caused due to dead load only 2) Caused due to live load only 3) Caused due to cyclic load only 4) Independent load View Answer Answer : 1 2. If the shear force at a section of beam under bending is equal to zero then the bending moment at a section is 1) Zero 2) Maximum 3) Minimum 4) Constant View Answer Answer : 4 3. An axially loaded bar is subjected to a normal stress of 173MPa. The shear stress in the bar is 1) 75MPa 2) 86.5MPa 3) 100MPa 4) 122.3MPa View Answer Answer : 2 4. The maximum bending stress induced in a steel wire of modulus of elasticity 200KN/mm2 of diameter 1m is approximately equal to 1) 50N/mm2 2) 100N/mm2 3) 200N/mm2 4) 400N/mm2 View Answer Answer : 3 5. The effective length of a column of length L is fixed against rotation and translation at one end is 1) 0.5L 2) 0.7L 3) 1.414L 4) 2L View Answer Answer : 4 6. The bulk modulus of elasticity of a material is twice its modulus of rigidity. The Poisson's ratio of the materials is 1) 1/7 2) 2/7 3) 3/7 4) 4/7 View Answer Answer : 2 7. In a strained body, three principal stresses at a point are denoted by s1, s2 and s3 such that s1 > s2 > s3. If s0 denoted yeild stress, then according to the maximum shear stress theory. 1) s1 - s2 = s0 2) s1 - s3 = s0 3) s2 - s3 = s0 4) $\frac{{{\sigma _1} + {\sigma _3}}}{2} = {\sigma _0}$ View Answer Answer : 2 8. If the hinged end of a propped cantilever of span L settles by an amount d, then the rotation of the hinged end will be 1) d/L 2) 2d/L 3) 3d/L 4) 4d/L View Answer Answer : 3 9. According to maximum shear stress criterion, at what ratio of maximum shear stress to yeild stress of material does the yeilding of material take place 1) 2 2) $\frac{2}{{\sqrt 3 }}$ 3) $\frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}$ 4) 1/2 View Answer Answer : 4 10. The unit of dynamic viscosity of a fluid is 1) m2/s 2) Ns/m2 3) Pas/m2 4) Kgs2/m2 View Answer Answer : 2 11. If a small concrete cube is submerged deep in still water in such a way that the pressure exerted on all faces of the cube is 'P', then the maximum shear stress developed inside the cube is 1) 0 2) P/2 3) P 4) 2P View Answer Answer : 1 12. An inert tracer is injected continuously from a point in an unsteady flow field. The locus of locations of all the tracer particles at an instance of time represents 1) Streamline 2) Pathline 3) Streamtube 4) Streakline View Answer Answer : 4 13. The percentage error in the computed discharge over a triangular notch corresponding to an error of 1% in the measurement of the head over the notch would be 1) 1.0 2) 1.5 3) 2.0 4) 2.5 View Answer Answer : 4 14. The kinetic energy correction factor for a fully developed laminar flow through a circular pipe is 1) 1.00 2) 1.33 3) 2.00 4) 1.50 View Answer Answer : 3 15. For steady incompressible flow through a closed circuit of uniform cross section, the direction of flow will always be 1) From higher to lower elevation 2) From higher to lower pressure 3) Fro higher to lower velocity 4) From higher to lower piezometric head. View Answer Answer : 4 16. Cavitation is caused by 1) High velocity 2) low pressure 3) High pressure 4) high temperature View Answer Answer : 2 17. Both Reynold's and Froude numbers assume significance in one of the following examples 1) Motion of submarine at large depths 2) Motion of ship in deep seas 3) Crusing of missile in air 4) Flow over spilways View Answer Answer : 3 18. At the hydraulic jump, the depths at the two sides are 0.3m and 1.4, the head loss in the jump is nearly 1) 0.1m 2) 0.95m 3) 0.79m 4) 0.45m View Answer Answer : 3 19. The function of an air vessel in a reciprocating pump is to obtain 1) Reduction of suction head 2) Rise in delivary head 3) Continuous supply of water at uniform rate 4) Increase in supply of water View Answer Answer : 3 20. The number of independent elastic constants for a linear elastic isotropic and homogeneous material is 1) 4 2) 3 3) 2 4) 1 View Answer Answer : 3 21. The unit load method used in structural analysis is 1) Applicable only to statically intermediate structures 2) Another name for stiffness method 3) An extension of maxwells reciprocal theorem 4) Deriving from castigliano's theorem View Answer Answer : 4 22. What is the shape of influence line diagram for the maximum bending moment in respect of a simply supported beam? 1) Rectangular 2) triangular 3) Parabolic 4) circular View Answer Answer : 3 23. The partial factor of safety for concrete as per IS 456:2000 is 1) 1.50 2) 1.15 3) 0.87 4) 0.446 View Answer Answer : 1 24. In a diamond riveting for a plate of width 'b' and rivert diameter’d’, the efficiency of the joint is given by 1) (b - d)/b 2) (b – 2d)/b 3) (b - d)/d 4) (b – 2d)/d View Answer Answer : 1 25. In a steel plate with bolted connection, the rupture of the net section is a mode of failure under 1) Tension 2) compression 3) Flexure 4) shear View Answer Answer : 1 26. A soil sample has a void ratio of 0.5 and its porocity will be close to 1) 50% 2) 66% 3) 100% 4) 33% View Answer Answer : 4 27. The treatment thet should be given to the water from a deep tube well is 1) Pre-settling only 2) Coagulation and flocculation only 3) Filtration only 4) Disinfection only View Answer Answer : 4 28. The disinfection efficiency of chlorine in water treatment 1) Is not dependent of pH value 2) Is increased by increasing pH value 3) Remains constant at all pH values 4) Is reduced by increased pH value View Answer Answer : 4 29. Zero hardness of water is achieved by 1) Lime soda process 2) Excess lime treatment 3) Ion exchange treatment 4) Excess alum and lime treatment. View Answer Answer : 3 30. A circular sewer of diameter 1m carries strom water to a depth of 0.75m. The hydraulic radius is approximately 1) 0.3m 2) 0.4m 3) 0.5m 4) 0.6m View Answer Answer : 1 31. Non-disposal of solid waste may cause the spread of 1) Malaria 2) Rodents related plague 3) Typhoid 4) Dysentry View Answer Answer : 3 32. If duty (D) is 1428 hectares/ cumec and base period (B) is 120 days for an irrigated crop, then delta (D) in meters is given by 1) 102.8 2) 0.73 3) 1.38 4) 0.01 View Answer Answer : 2 33. The depth of flow of an alluvial channel is 1.5m. If critical velocity ratio is 1.1 and Manning's n is 0.018. The critical velocity of a channel as per Kennedy's methods. 1) 0.713 m/s 2) 0.784 m/s 3) 0.879 m/s 4) 1.108 m/s View Answer Answer : 2 34. The delta for a crop having base period 120 days is 70cm. What is the duty? 1) 2480 hectare/cumec 2) 1481 hectare/cumec 3) 148 hectare/cumec 4) 1.481 hectare/cumec View Answer Answer : 2 35. The total number of independent equations that form the Lacey's regime theory is 1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 6 View Answer Answer : 2 36. The ideal form of curve for the summit curve is 1) Spiral 2) Parabola 3) Circle 4) Lemni scale View Answer Answer : 3 37. On sag curves the available sight distance is determined based on 1) Design speed 2) Height of obstacle 3) Height of driver eye 4) Night time driving conditions. View Answer Answer : 4 38. The PCU (Passenger Car Unit) value for car of an urban road is 1) 0.5 2) 1.0 3) 3.0 4) 4.0 View Answer Answer : 4 39. The length of National Highways as per third 20 year (Lucknow) road plan is given by 1) Area of the country/75 2) Area of the country/50 3) Area of the country/40 4) Area of the country/25 View Answer Answer : 2 40. An ideal horizontal transition curve is 1) Parabola 2) Circle 3) Clolhoid spiral 4) Hyperbola View Answer Answer : 3 41. The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken in to account is called as 1) Geodatic 2) Plane 3) Preliminary 4) Topographical View Answer Answer : 1 42. Anallitic lens provided in a tacheometer is a 1) Concave lens 2) Convex lens 3) Plano-convex lens 4) Plane lens View Answer Answer : 2 43. What is the angle between two plane mirrors of an optical square? 1) 30° 2) 60° 3) 45° 4) 90° View Answer Answer : 3 44. Before testing setting time of cement one should test for 1) Soundness 2) Strength 3) Fineness 4) Consistency View Answer Answer : 4 45. Which of the following is correct range of fineness modulus of medium sand usable in preparing cement mortar? 1) 1.5 - 2.2 2) 2.6 - 2.9 3) 2.9 - 3.2 4) 5.5 - 6.5 View Answer Answer : 2 46. Tunnel alignment is carried out by 1) Surface theodelite transverse 2) Triangulation 3) Compass transverse 4) Aerial photography View Answer Answer : 2 47. Which one of the following project management techniques is deterministic in nature? 1) CPM 2) PERT 3) GERT 4) LCES View Answer Answer : 1 48. For excavating rocks, the most suitable equipment is 1) Drag line 2) Power showel 3) Clam shell 4) Hoe View Answer Answer : 2 Published on 9/11/2015 10:52:00 AM