Civil Engineering Quiz 37

Tyre pressure influences the_____?

The ultimate tensile strength of structural mild steel is about________?

Ultimate strength of cold drawn high steel wires______?

If velocity is zero over l/3rd of a cross-section and is uniform over remaining 2/3rd of the cross-section, then the correction factor for kinetic energy is_________?

For stairs spanning l metres longitudinally between supports at the bottom and top of a flight carrying a load w per unit horizontal area, the maximum bending moment per metre width, is______?

In the prismatic compass_____?

The number of repetitions, which the pavement thickness designed for a given wheel load should be able to support during the life of pavement is_____?

The slenderness ratio of a column supported throughout its length by a masonry wall is_______?

Air binding phenomena in rapid sand filters occur due to________?

Oxidation process results in the formation of__________?

Nagpur road plan formula were prepared by assuming_____?

Which one of the following rail failures is caused by loose fish bolts at expansion joints ?

Pick up the item whose weight is added to the weight of respective item, is_______?

In a spherical dome subjected to concentrated load at crown or uniformly distributed load, the meridional force is always_______?

Which of the following cements contains maximum percentage of dicalcium silicate?

If b is the wheel track of a vehicle and h is the height of centre of gravity above road surface, then to avoid overturning and lateral skidding on a horizontal curve, the centrifugal ratio should always be_______?

Double taxation is a disadvantage of which business organization ?

The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is_________?

is the pre- stressed force applied to tendon of a rectangular pre-stressed beam whose area of cross section is and sectional modulus is . The minimum stress on the beam subjected to a maximum bending moment is_______?

In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as________?

Y are the bending moment, moment of inertia, radius of curvature, modulus of If M, I, R, E, F, and elasticity stress and the depth of the neutral axis at section, then_______?

In T-shaped R C retaining walls, the main reinforcement in the stem is provided on_____?

The thickness of bituminous carpet varies from_________?

The spans of filler joists supporting a slab may be considered approximately equal if the longest span does not exceed the shortest span more than_________?

The maximum diameter of sewers adopted in the designs is______?

When a wave strikes a vertical breakwater in deep water, it is reflected back and on meeting another advancing wave of similar amplitude merges and rises vertically in a wall of water. This phenomenon is called________?

running partially full with central angle , For a circular sewer of diameter_________?

In a city the ratio of the drainage to sewage is 20, the percentage discharge passing through non-monsoon periods, is____________?

Equation of continuity is based on the principle of conservation of________?

You borrow P3,500.00 for one year from a friend at an interest rate of 1.5% per month instead of taking a loan from a bank at a rate of 18% per year. How much lesser you will pay by borrowing the money from the bank ?

An intermediate T-beam reinforced with two layers of tensile steel with clear cover 13 cm encasted with the floor of a hall 12 metres by 7 metres, is spaced at 3 metres from adjoining beams and if the width of the beam is 20 cm, the breadth of the flange is_________?

The admixture of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay causes_____?

The center of gravity of a uniform lamina lies at______?

A particle of mass 2 kg executes simple harmonic motion of frequency 6/71 Hz and amplitude 0.25 m. Its maximum kinetic energy is__________?

The units of kinematic viscosity are______?

A telephone switchboard 100 pair cable can be made up with either enameled wire or tinned wire. There will be 400 soldered connections. The cost of soldering a connection on the enameled wire will be P 1.65 on the tinned wire, it will be P 1.15. A 100- pair cable made up with enameled wire cost P 0.55 per linear foot and those made up of tinned wire cost P 0.75 per linear foot. Determine the length of cable run in feet so that the cost of each installation would be the same ?

Boussinesq?s equation for ascertaining unit pressure at a depth on sewers due to traffic loads, is_________?

The region between the separation streamline and the boundary surface of the solid body is known as________?

To determine the force in BD of the truss shown in the given figure a section is passed through BD, CD and CE, and the moments are taken about_______?

The most commonly used sewer under culverts is______?

A pipe which is installed in the house drainage to preserve the water seal of traps is called_____?

The most dangerous pollutant in vehicular emissions is___________?

Select the incorrect statement?

Maximum gross take-off weight of an aircraft is_________?

The motion of air mass in a tornado is a_______?

Centre of pressure compared to e.g. is_____?

In the penetration macadam construction, the bitumen is_________?

In an immersed body, center of pressure is ___________?

In case of laying gullies, siphons, intercepting traps, the cost includes______?

For a peak discharge of 0.0157 cumec, with a velocity of 0.9 m/sec, the diameter of the sewer main, is_______?