Civil Engineering Quiz 50
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Which of the following causes a decrease in per capita consumption ?
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If w is the specific weight of liquid and k the depth of any point from the surface, then pressure intensity at that point will be___________?
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The steel generally used in R.C. work, is________?
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If the peak discharge of a storm water drain (S.W. Drain) is expected to exceed 150 cumecs, the free board to be provided, is________?
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If mercury in a barometer is replaced by water, the height of 3.75 cm of mercury will be following cm of water__________?
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What is defined as an entity which makes product, good or services available to buyer or consumer in exchange of monetary consideration ?
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If the critical shear stress of a channel is xc, then the average value of shear stress required to move the grain on the bank is__________?
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Cantilever retaining walls can safely be used for a height not more than______?
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The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to____________?
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Most suitable material for highway embankments is_____?
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Poisson?s ratio for concrete______?
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For a sleeper density of (n+5), the number of sleepers required for constructing a broad gauge railway track of length 650 m is___________?
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The locus of the moment of inertia about inclined axes to the principal axis, is_____?
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The maximum rimpull in the first gear of a tractor while towing a load is 6300 kg. The tractor weighs 12.5 tonnes and is operating along a 2 percent upgrade and the rolling resistance is 45 kg/tonne. Pull available for towing the load is_______?
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The expected out turn of 12 mm plastering with cement mortar is______?
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A and B are two towers of equal height diametrically opposite on either side of the nadir point, at 3 km and 5 km distances. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Disinfection efficiency is_______?
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Size of a venturimeter is specified by_______?
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The following item of earth work is not measured separately ?
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The ratio of 5 day BOD to ultimate BOD is about______?
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Which of the following is dimensionless _______?
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According to Atterberg, the soil is said to be of medium plasticity if the plasticity index PI is____________?
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The following is in unstable equilibrium_________?
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A trolley wire weighs 1.2 kg per meter length. The ends of the wire are attached to two poles 20 meters apart. If the horizontal tension is 1500 kg find the dip in the middle of the span_______?
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Which of the following canal structures is used to remove surplus water from an irrigation channel into a natural drain ?
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?An Electromagnetic wave falls on to a boundary between two losses less homogeneous media with different refractive indices, a part of the wave is reflected back to the incident medium and the rest is transmitted on to the second media?. This phenomenon is known as__________?
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The main disadvantage of cement concrete sewers is_______?
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Coefficient of consolidation for clays normally______?
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The limiting value of cant excess for Broad Gauge is_______?
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Capitalized cost of a project is also known as ___________?
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Select the incorrect statement?
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The horizontal component of buoyant force is_________?
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In direct method of contouring, the process of locating or identifying points lying on a contour is called______?
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The relative stability of a sewage sample, whose dissolved oxygen is same as the total oxygen required to satisfy BOD, is_____?
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Chlorine demand of water is equal to_______?
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To have pressure wholly compressive under the base of a retaining wall of width b, the resultant of the weight of the wall and the pressure exerted by the retained, earth should have eccentricity not more than_______?
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Terzaghi?s bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq and Nr are functions of_____?
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What refers to the present worth of all the amount the bondholder will receive through his possession of the bond ?
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Facultative bacteria survive in____________?
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In a forced vortex motion, the velocity of flow is_______?
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For efficient working of a sewer, it must be ensured that _____________?
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As compared to shallow-wells, deep wells have_____?
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If a rectangular pre-stressed beam of an effective span of 5 meters and carrying a total load 3840 kg/m, is designed by the load balancing method, the central dip of the parabolic tendon should be________?
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A simply supported beam 6 m long and of effective depth 50 cm, carries a uniformly distributed load 2400 kg/m including its self weight. If the lever arm factor is 0.85 and permissible tensile stress of steel is 1400 kg/cm2, the area of steel required, is__________?
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What type of depreciation is due to the reduction in the demand for the function that the equipment or asset was designed to render ?
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Sum of tread and rise must lie between______?
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Bowditch rule is applied to________?
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The suitable surfacing material for a bridge deck slab is_______?
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Early attainment of strength in rapid hardening cement is mainly due to______?
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Which of the following compounds is widely used for algae control ?
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