Civil Engineering Quiz 12
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?When one of the factors of production is fixed in quantity or is difficult to increase, increasing the other factors of production will result in a less than proportionate increase in output?. This statement is known as the_____?
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The dimensions of Gravitational Universal constant ?G? are_____?
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The unrecovered depreciation which results due to poor estimates as to the life of the equipment is called ____________?
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Dog spikes are used for fixing rail to the_________?
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For a two-hinged arch, if one of the supports settles down vertically, then the horizontal thrust_____?
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An airport has 4 gates. If the weighted average gate occupancy time is 30 minutes and gate utilisation factor is 0.5, then the capacity of the gate will be__________?
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is the pre-stressed force applied to the tendon of a rectangular pre-stressed beam whose area of cross section is and sectional modulus is . The maximum stress in the beam, subjected to a maximum bending moment , is________?
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In the cable shown in the given figure, the minimum tension occurs at__________?
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Gantry girders are designed to resist________?
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Clogging of sewers, is caused due to______?
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Study the following statements. (1) Hydraulic lime is suitable for white washing, (2) Fat lime is suitable for whitewashing, (3) Hydraulic lime is suitable for making mortar, (4) Fat lime is suitable for making mortar. The correct answer is_____?
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In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for_______?
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In a chute spillway, the flow is usually___________?
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The shape of a suspended cable for a uniformly distributed load over it is_________?
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The eddy viscosity for turbulent flow is_____?
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The water stored in the reservoir below the minimum pool level is called______?
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What refers to the cumulative effect of elapsed time on the money value of an event, based on the earning power of equivalent invested funds capital should or will earn ?
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Slate is formed by metamorphic action on_____?
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A train is hauled by 4-8-2 locomotive. The number of driving wheels in this locomotive is________?
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If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called_______?
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A streamline is defined as the line _______?
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You are asked to design sewer pipes of diameters 0.4 m to 0.9 m at maximum flow, you will assume the sewer flow running at__________?
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are available in size Stoneware sewers_______?
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The maximum average depth due to one day storm over an area of 100 km2 is 100 mm. Depth-Area-Duration (DA) curves indicate that for the same area of 100 km2 the maximum average depth for a 3 hour storm will be_________?
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Which one of the following factors does not affect the scale of the air photographs ?
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By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided ?
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To test chemical oxygen demand (C.O.D.) of sewage, organic matter is oxidised by potassium dichromate in the presence of______?
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Composite sleeper index is the index of__________?
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If ruling gradient is I in 20 and there is also a horizontal curve of radius 76 m, then the compensated grade should be________?
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What are the common methods of computing depletion charge ?
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According to ISI method of measurement, the order of the sequence is________?
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Water content of soil can_____?
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A sewer pipe contains 1 mm sand particles of specific gravity 2.65 and 5 mm organic particles of specific gravity 1.2, the minimum velocity required for removing the sewerage, is____________?
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In detritus tanks_____________?
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While preparing a detailed estimate_________?
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On a right angled road intersection with two way traffic, the total number of conflict points is_____?
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Shear strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is due to________?
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The graphical method of determining the forces in the members of a truss is based on_______?
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Switch angle is the angle between__________?
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To ensure exact gauge, the gauge tie plates are provided at________?
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Quartitze is a_____________?
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Refraction correction_______?
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The major loss of energy in long pipes is due to______?
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The suitable contour interval for a map with scale 1 : 10000 is_____?
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The specific retention is least in case of______?
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The deliberate lowering of the price of a nation?s currency in terms of the accepted standard (Gold, American dollar or the British pound) is known as ___________?
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An odd shaped body weighing 7.5 kg and occupying 0.01 m3 volume will be completely submerged in a fluid having specific gravity of________?
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In a shunting signal if the red band is inclined at 45? it indicates________?
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While propagating through homogeneous, isotropic media________?
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A wheeled tractor hauling unit is working on firm earth. The total loaded weight distribution of this unit is: Drive wheels : 25000 kg Scraper wheels : 10000 kg If the coefficient of traction for wheeled tractor on firm earth is 0.5, the rimpull which this tractor can exert without slipping is______?
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