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1 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | BRICK MASONRY | CLASSIFICATION OF MORTARS | APPLICATION | CONCEPT | EASY | Q.If L is the length, B the width of the brick and t thickness of mortar, the relation between these is
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2 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | BRICKS | CHARACTERISTICS STRENGTH | WATER ABSORPTION | FACT | EASY | Q.Water absorption for first class bricks should not be more than
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3 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | STONES | CLASSIFICATION | TRANSFORMATION | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Granite after metamorphism transforms to
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4 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | TIMBER | SEASONING | OBJECTIVES | FACT | EASY | Q. Which of the following is not an objective of seasoning of timber
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5 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | TIMBER | DEFECTS | FUNGAL | FACT | EASY | Q.Which of the following in timber is caused by fungus
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6 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CEMENT | CURING | WATER CEMENT RATIO | FACT | EASY | Q.For complete hydration of cement the w/c ratio needed is
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7 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CEMENT | SETTING TIME | WATER USED | FACT | EASY | Q.If p is the standard consistency of cement, the amount of water used in conducting the initial setting time test on cement is
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8 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CONCRETE | AGGREGATES | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q.Which of the following aggregates gives maximum strength in concrete
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9 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | BRICKS | SAND | BULKING | FACT | EASY | Q.The maximum bulking of sand is likely to occur at a moisture content of
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10 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CONCRETE | WATER | PERMISSIBLE LIMITS | FACT | EASY | Q.The upper limit of suspended particles in water for the preparation of concrete is
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11 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CEMENT | TYPE OF CEMENT | POZZOLANA CEMENT | FACT | EASY | Q.When combined with cement which of the following constituents of puzzolana combine with free lime released during the hydration of cement
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12 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CONCRETE | STRENGTH OF CONCRETE | 7 DAYS AND 28 DAYS | FACT | EASY | Q.The approximate ratio between the strength of cement concrete at 7 days and 28 days is
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13 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CONCRETE | MIX DESIGN | VOLUME OF AGGREGATES | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.To make one cubic meter of 1:2:4 by volume concrete, the volume of coarse aggregate required is
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14 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CONCRETE | FACTORS AFFECTING STRENGTH | SIZE OF AGGREGATES | FACT | MODERATE | Q.With the same w/c ratio, the lower the maximum size of aggregates the strength of concrete
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15 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | BRICK MASONRY | MORTARS | MERIT AND DEMERIT | FACT | EASY | Q.One of the main demerits in using the lime mortar is that it
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16 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PHYSICAL PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q.In mild steel the iron content is about
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17 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | ALLOYS | SOLDER | FACT | EASY | Q.The alloy used as plumber solder is
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18 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CERAMIC | GLASS | FACT | MODERATE | Q.The tensile strength of glass may be
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19 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | PAINTS AND VARNISHES | PAINTS | DRIER | FACT | MODERATE | The quantity of drier in paints is limited to
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20 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | PAINTS AND VARNISHES | PAINTS | THINNER | FACT | EASY | In plastic paints, thinner used is
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21 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | PAINTS AND VARNISHES | VARNISHES | SPIRIT | FACT | EASY | Which of the following is an example of spirit varnish
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22 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | HIGHWAY ENGINEERING | BINDER | TAR | COALTAR PITCH | FACT | EASY | Coal tar pitch is classified on the basis of
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23 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | HIGHWAY ENGINEERING | BINDER | TESTS FOR BITUMEN | RING AND BALL | FACT | EASY | Ring and ball apparatus is used for which of the following test of bitumen?
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24 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CEMENT | PLASTER OF PARIS | WATER CONTENT | FACT | EASY | Plaster of Paris contains about
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25 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | CONCRETE | SELF COMPACTING | PROPERTIES | FACT | MODERATE | Self-compacting concrete is characterized by
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26 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS | SCALE | PLAN SCALE | FACT | EASY | Q.Plan is a graphical representation of the features on large scale as projected on a
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27 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS | TYPES OF SURVEYINGS | GEODETIC SURVEYING | FACT | EASY | The survey in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called
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28 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | COMPASS SURVEYING | BEARING | DECLINATION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | True bearing of a line is 10° and the magnetic declination is 2° w. Its magnetic bearing is
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29 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | LEVELLING | DEFINITIONS | BENCH MARK | FACT | EASY | A fixed point of reference, whose elevation is known is called
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30 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | LEVELLING | DEFINITIONS | FORESIGHT AND BACSIGHT | FACT | EASY | Staff reading over a station whose elevation is known is called
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31 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | TRAVERSE SURVEYING | BALANCING TRAVERSE | FACT | EASY | A series of closed contours on a map indicates
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32 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SURVEYING | CALCULATION OF AREA AND VOLUME | AREA | SIMPSON’S RULE | FACT | EASY | Area enclosed between a curved boundary and a chain line can be found by
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33 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS | ANGULAR VELOCITY | FLYWHEEL | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A flywheel starting from rest and accelerating uniformly performs 20 revolutions in 4 seconds.The angular velocity of flywheel after 8 seconds would be
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34 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS | FRICTION | EFFICIENCY | SCREWJACK | FACT | MODERATE | The efficiency of screw-jack for a given value of angle of friction
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35 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS | MOMENT OF INERTIA | UNITS | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | The unit of mass-moment of inertia is
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36 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS | SIMPLE PENDULUM | TIME PERIOD | LENGTH | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | The time period of a simple pendulum will be doubled if
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37 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | DIRECT TENSILE TEST | ELONGATION | FACT | EASY | The percentage elongation of a material from a direct tensile test indicates
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38 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | PRINCIPAL PLANE | FACT | EASY | A principal plane is a plane which carries
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39 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MOHR’S CIRCLE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS | FACT | EASY | The maximum shear stress from a Mohr's circle is given by
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40 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TYPES OF BEAMS | HINGE SECTION | REACTION COMPONENET | FACT | EASY | The number of reaction components possible at a hinged end for a general loading is
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41 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TYPES OF BEAMS | CANTILEVER BEAM | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | A cantilever beam is one which is supported with
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42 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING MOMENT | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | The bending moment in a beam will be maximum where
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43 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | CANTILEVER BEAM | SHEAR FORCE | MAXIMUM SHEAR FORCE | FACT | MODERATE | A cantilever beam of length L is subjected to a moment M at its free end. The Maximum shear force in the beam will be
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44 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | RCC | REINFORCEMENT | CANTILEVER BEAM | UDL | FACT | EASY | The tensile reinforcement will be provided in the cantilever beam subjected to uniformly distributed load
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45 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | RECTANGULAR SECTION | MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A beam of rectangular section 100*200 mm is subjected to a moment of 20 kNm. The maximum bending stress is
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46 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR STRESS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION | RECTANGUILAR SECTION | FACT | EASY | The ratio of maximum shear stress to average shear stress in the case of a rectangular section is
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47 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | DEFLECTION | SLOPE | CANTILEVER BEAM | FACT | MODERATE | A cantilever is subjected to a concentrated load W at the mid-point of the span. The slope at the free end will be
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48 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORQUE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS | SOLID SHAFT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | The maximum shear stress produced in a shaft is 5 N/mm2. The shaft is of 40 mm diameter. The value of twisting moment is
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49 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORQUE | POWER | SOLID SHAFT | NUMERICAL | HARD | The power transmitted in kW by a shaft rotating at a speed of n rpm transmitting a mean torque of T (in kg m) is given by
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50 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS | TESTS | BRINELL HARDNESS TEST | FACT | EASY | In Brinell Hardness test, the type of indenter used is
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51 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL | TOUGHNESS | FACT | EASY | Toughness is
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52 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | SOIL,MOISTURE AND WATER REQUIREMENT | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT | FIELD CAPACITY | FACT | EASY | The field capacity of an irrigation soil depends on
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53 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | SOIL,MOISTURE AND WATER REQUIREMENT | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT | DUTY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | The duty at the field of a crop is 100 hectares/cumecs. If the canal losses are 25%, what is the duty at the head of the canal?
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54 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | SOIL,MOISTURE AND WATER REQUIREMENT | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT | DELTA | FACT | EASY | The average delta of rice crop is nearer to
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55 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING | QUALITY PARAMETERS OF WATER | DOMESTIC USE | FACT | EASY | Water for domestic use should have
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56 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WASTE WATER ENGINEERING | QUALITY PARAMETERS OF WASTE | BOD | FACT | EASY | For ordinary domestic sewage BOD reaction is expected to get completed in about (at 20⁰ C)
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57 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WASTE WATER ENGINEERING | QUALITY PARAMETERS OF WASTE | BOD AND COD | FACT | EASY | For any waste
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58 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING | CHEMICAL PARAMETERS | HARDNESS | FACT | EASY | Hardness is desirable for
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59 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | VOID RATIO | 2 PHASSE | FACT | EASY | The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of a given soil is
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60 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | WATER CONTENT | 2 PHASSE | FACT | EASY | The ratio of weight of water to the weight of solids is called
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61 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | DENSITY INDEX | COARSE PARTICLES | FACT | EASY | Density index for a natural soil is used to express
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62 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | BASICS | FORMULA | FACT | MODERATE | The relation between void ratio e, specific gravity G, water content w, and degree of saturation S is given by
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63 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | CONSOLIDATION OF SOIL | FORMULA RELATIONS | TIME FACTOR VS CONSOLIDATION | FACT | EASY | The relationship between the time factor Tv, coefficient of consolidation Cv, the length of drainage path d, and time t is given by
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64 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY | GEOMETRIC DESIGN | LATERAL FRICTION | FACT | EASY | The minimum coefficient of lateral friction for a highway is
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65 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY | GEOMETRIC DESIGN | CAMBER | FACT | EASY | For earthen roads the most common camber is
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66 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY | GEOMETRIC DESIGN | SUPER ELEVATION | FACT | MODERATE | Minimum super elevation on a curve is equal to
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67 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY | RIGID PAVEMENT | DESIGN FACTORS | FACT | EASY | An example of a rigid pavement is
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68 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPONENT | COLUMNS AND STRUTS | RECTANGULAR COLUMN | FACT | MODERATE | The minimum numbers of longitudinal steel bars in RCC rectangular columns must be
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69 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTENERS | TYPES | WELDS | FACT | EASY | The effective throat size of a fillet weld is
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70 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COLUMN | ECONOMICAL SECTION | FACT | EASY | The most economical section for a column is
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71 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PLANNING | CPM | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | CPM is
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72 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION | TYPES OF ESTIMATION | FACT | MODERATE | Which of the following is the most correct estimate
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73 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION | COSTING OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS | LABOUR COST | FACT | EASY | The approximate cost of the complete labour as a percentage of the total cost of the building is
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74 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | DOORS AND WINDOWS | QUANTITY OF WOOD | FACT | EASY | The quantity of wood for the shutters of doors and windows is calculate
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75 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | BMC | DOORS AND WINDOWS | QUALITY OF WOOD | LIFE SPAN | FACT | EASY | The life of teakwood doors and windows is usually taken to be
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76 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES | HARDNESS | FACT | EASY | Potassium per magnate is used for
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77 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL | MODULUS AND ELASTICITY | POISON’S RATIO | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | The ratio of shear modulus to the modulus of elasticity when poisons ratio is 0.25, will be
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78 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | ENGINEERING MECHANICS | SECTION MODULUS | CIRCULAR SECTION | ABOUT COG | FACT | EASY | The section modules of a circular section about an axis through its C.G is
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79 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | UNIFORM BENDING STRENGTH | FACT | EASY | A beam of uniform bending strength will have at every cross section
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80 | WRD JE DIPLOMA | 2013 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING MOMENT | ILD | MAXIMUM BM | FACT | MODERATE | The maximum bending moment due to a moving load on a fixed ended beam occurs
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81 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | TIMBER | PRESERVATION OF TIMBER | CREOSOTING | FACT | MODERATE | Q. The timber preservative “creosote” belongs to the group of
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82 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | TIMBER | PROPERTIES OF WOOD | MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD | CONCEPT | EASY | Q.The strength of timber is maximum in a direction 1. Parallel to the grains 2. Perpendicular to the grains 3. 450 to the grains 4. 300 to the grains |
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83 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | BRICKS | TESTS FOR BRICKS | QUALITIES OF GOOD BRICKS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. When a 1st class brick is immersed in cold water for 24 hours, it should absorb water by weight more than
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84 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | TIMBER | IMPORTANT INDIAN TIMBER TREES | APPLICATION OF TIMBER | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists: List - I (Species) A.Babul B.Ben teak C.Bijsal D.Mulbury List-Il (Uses)
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85 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | BRICKS | MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS | BURNING | FACT | EASY | Q. The temperature at which the bricks are burnt in kiln varies from
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86 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CEMENT | TYPE OF CEMENTS | RAPID HARDENING CEMENT (RHC) | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (Job Requirement) A.High early strength B.Lining for canals C.Frost and acid resistance D. Marine Structure List-II (Type of Cement Binder)
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87 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CEMENT | LABORATORY TESTS FOR CEMENTS | INITIAL SETTING TIME TEST | FACT | EASY | Q. As per specifications, the initial setting time of ordinary Portland cement should not be less than
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88 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CEMENT | CHEMISTRY OF CEMENT | FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS CEMENT INGREDIENTS | FACT | EASY | Q. In cements, generally the increase in strength during a period of 14 days to 28 days is primarily due to
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89 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the approximate ratio of the strength of cement concrete at 7 days to that at 28 days’ curing ?
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90 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | TESTS FOR WORKABILITY | COMPACTION FACTOR TEST | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following properties of cement concrete is ascertained by conducting compaction factor test ?
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91 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | RCC INTRODUCTION | MODULUS OF ELASTICITY AND POISSON RATIO OF CONCRETE | MODULUS OF ELASTICITY OF CONCRETE | FACT | EASY |
Q. As per IS 456—2000, which one of the following correctly expresses the modulus of elasticity of concrete ? (read with the relevant units) |
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92 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | MIX DESIGN | ESTIMATING YIELD OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. The mix design for pavement concrete is based on
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93 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | HOOKE'S LAW | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELASTIC CONSTANTS | NUMERICAL | EASY |
If G is the modulus of rigidity, E the modulus of elasticity and μ is the Poisson’s ratio for a material, then what is the expression for G? |
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94 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | ELASTIC CONSTANTS | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELASTIC CONSTANTS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE |
A thin cylinder of thickness ‘t’, width ‘b’and internal radius ‘r’ is subjected to a pressure ‘p’ on the entire internal surface.What is the change in radius of the cylinder ? (μ is the Poission’s ratio and E is the modulus of elasticity) |
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95 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | PROPERTIES OF METALS | POISSON RATIO | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A bar of 40 mm diameter and 400 mm length is subjected to an axial load of l00 kN. It elongates by 0.150 mm and the diameter decreases by 0.005 mm. What is the Poission’s ratio of the material of the bar ?
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96 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | GRAPHICAL METHOD(MOHR'S CIRCLE METHOD) | PROPERTIES OF MOHR'S CIRCLE | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | STRAIN ENERGY | STRAIN ENERGY STORED DUE TO TORQUE | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | PRINCIPAL STRESSES | ANALYTICAL METHOD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. If the maximum principal stress for an element under bi—axial stress situation is 100 MPa (tensile) and the maximum shear stress is also 100 MPa, then what is the other principal stress?
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99 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | THEORIES OF ELASTIC FAILURE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS THEORY (GUEST AND TRESCA'S) | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A thin cylindrical tube closed at ends is subjected to internal pressure. A torque is also applied to the tube. The torque is also applied to the tube. The principal stresses p1 and p2 developed are 80.0 units and 20.0 units respectively. If the yield stress is 240 units, then what is the factor of safety according to Maximum shear stress theory?
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100 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | ANALYSIS OF STRAIN | ANALYTICAL METHOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. If p1 and p2 are the principal stresses at a point in a strained material with Young’s modulus E and Poisson’s ratio 1/m, then what is the principal strain ? |
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101 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | THEORIES OF ELASTIC FAILURE | MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRAIN THEORY (ST.VENANT'S THEORY) | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. In a two-dimensional stress system, the two principal stresses are p1= 180 N/mm2(Tensile), and p2 which is compressive. For the material, yield stress in simple tension and compression is 240 N/mm2 and Poisson’s ratio is 0.25. According to maximum normal strain theory, for what values of p2, shall yielding commence?
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102 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT | MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
103 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN BEAMS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN RECTANGULAR SECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
104 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN BEAMS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN STRENGTH OF MATERIALE OTHER SECTION | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
105 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION OF SHAFTS | INTRODUCTION | TORSIONAL RESISTANCE OF SHAFTS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
106 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION OF SHAFTS | INTRODUCTION | TORSIONAL RESISTANCE OF SHAFTS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q.The failure surface of a standard cast iron torsion specimen, subjected to a torque is along
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107 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN BEAMS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN STRENGTH OF MATERIALE OTHER SECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
108 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES | TRUSS | ANALYSIS OF TRUSS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
109 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE LINES | INFLUENCE LINE FOR BENDING MOMENT | FOR DETERMINATE STRUCTURES | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
110 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT | MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
111 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ARCHES | ANALYSIS OF THREE HINGED ARCH | THREE HINGE PARABOLIC ARCH SUBJECTED TO UDL OVER ENTIRE SPAN | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements i) Even though a three—hinged parabolic arch is subjected only to vertical loads, it generates horizontal reactions and axial forces. ii) A cable uniformly loaded along the horizontal span assumes the shape of a parabola, whereas a cable uniformly loaded along its length takes the shape of a catenary. iii) Cables loaded uniformly along the horizontal span are by far the types most commonly used structures in practice. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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112 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | DEFLECTION OF BEAMS | METHOD'S FOR DETERMINING SLOPE AND DEFLECTION | STRAIN ENERGY METHOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (Loading Condition) A.Cantilever with concentrated load W at end B.Cantilever with udl (w/unit length) across the complete span (W = wl) C.Simply supported beam with concentrated load W at the centre D.Simply supported beam with udl (w/unit length) across complete span (W=wl) List-II Maximum Slope)
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113 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES | TRUSS | ANALYSIS OF TRUSS | NUMERICAL | HARD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
114 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT | MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
115 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES | TRUSS | DEFLECTION OF TRUSS | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements : Williot-Mohr diagram is used to determine the deflection in i) an arch ii) a truss iii) a rigid frame Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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116 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHODS OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS BASIC METHODS | CONSISTENT DEFORMATION OF METHOD | PROCEDURE OF ANALYSIS BY CONSISTENT DEFORMATION METHOD | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. A propped cantilever AB, with fixed edge A is propped at B and carries uniformly distributed load over the entire span. If the prop heaves up (displaces upward), which one among the following is true if prop reaction = RB, Moment at A = MA?
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117 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | FIXED END MOMENTS | STANDARD RESULTS OF FIXED END MOMENTS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
118 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | DISTRIBUTION THEOREM | DISTRIBUTION OF MOMENTS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
119 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | PROCEDURE OF ANALYSIS BY MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | NON-SWAY ANALYSIS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. For the frame as shown in the figure above, the final end moment MDC has been calculated as — 40 kNm. What is the end moment MCD?
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120 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | BASIC CONCEPTS | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | STATIC INDETERMINACY OF TRUSS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
121 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | INTRODUCTION | SUITABILITY | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements Hardy Cross method of moment distribution can be applied to analyse i) Continuous beams including non— prismatic structures. ii) continuous beams with prismatic elements. iii) structures with intermediate hinges. iv) rigid frames. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
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122 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | CARRY OVER FACTORS | CALCULATION OF CARRY OVER FACTOR | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
123 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | INTRODUCTION | DISPLACEMENT METHOD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
124 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHODS OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS BASIC METHODS | INTRODUCTION | PRINCIPLE OF ANALYSIS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements regarding the analysis of indeterminate structures i) The force method consists in applying displacement compatibility conditions at the nodes. ii) The stiffness method consists in formulating equilibrium equations at the nodes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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125 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MATRIX METHODS OF ANALYSIS | STIFFNESS MATRIX | PROCEDURE TO DEVELOP STIFFNESS MATRIX | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
126 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MATRIX METHODS OF ANALYSIS | STIFFNESS MATRIX | PROCEDURE TO DEVELOP STIFFNESS MATRIX | NUMERICAL | HARD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
127 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | STRAIN ENERGY | STRAIN ENERGY DUE TO TENSILE LOAD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the total strain energy of a member subject to an axial stress f (E = Young’s modulus)
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128 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MATRIX METHODS OF ANALYSIS | STIFFNESS MATRIX | PROCEDURE TO DEVELOP STIFFNESS MATRIX | NUMERICAL | HARD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
129 | ESE | 2006 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE LINES | MULLER BRESLAU' S PRINCIPLE | APPLICATION OF MULLER BRESLAU'S PRINCIPLE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
130 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | DEFLECTION OF BEAMS | METHOD'S FOR DETERMINING SLOPE AND DEFLECTION | APPLICATION OF MAXWELL’S RECIPROCAL THEOREM | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
131 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | THEORY OF PLASTIC BENDING | CALCULATION OF PLASTIC MOMENT | NUMERICAL | HARD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
132 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | THEORY OF PLASTIC BENDING | CALCULATION OF PLASTIC MOMENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
133 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | THEORY OF PLASTIC BENDING | CALCULATION OF PLASTIC MOMENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A beam of square cross—section of side x is composed of material whose yield stress in compression is 1.5 times the yield stress in the tension. What is the distance of the neutral axis from the centre for the fully plastic condition?
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134 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | THEORY OF PLASTIC BENDING | SHAPE FACTOR | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is not correct?
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135 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | THEORY OF PLASTIC BENDING | SHAPE FACTOR | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the ratio of the shape factors for beam cross—sections having rectangular, circular and triangular shapes and of same area?
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136 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | DESIGN OF WEB FOR SHEAR BUCKLING | SIMPLE POST-CRITICAL METHOD | NUMERICAL | HARD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
137 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED, BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS | COMBINED TENSION AND SHEAR | FORCE CALCULATION ON BOLT | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
138 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED, BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS | MECHANISM OF LOAD TRANSFER THROUGH BOLTS | FORCE CALCULATION ON BOLTS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
139 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED, BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS | MECHANISM OF LOAD TRANSFER THROUGH BOLTS | FORCE CALCULATION ON BOLTS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
140 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | TENSION MEMBERS | DESIGN STRENGTH OF A TENSION MEMBER | LIMIT STATE-2:DESIGN STRENGTH DUE TO RUPTURE OF NET SECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. An equal angle of area A has been attached to the support by means of a lug angle. If allowable stress in tension is f, what is the load carrying capacity of the member?
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141 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | TENSION MEMBERS | SLENDERNESS RATIO OF TENSION MEMBERS | TIE MEMBER | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the maximum slenderness ratio permitted as per IS 800-1984 of design of a tie member subjected to reversal of stress due to earthquake?
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142 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | STIFFENERS | GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A STIFFENER | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. A welded plate girder has web plate 1500 mm x 6 mm. which one of the following is correct about stiffening the web?
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143 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | EFFECTIVE LENGTH | FACTORS AFFECTING THE MAGNITUDE OF EFFECTIVE LENGTH FACTOR | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
144 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | GANTRY GIRDER | GANTRY GIRDER AND THEIR USE | MOST EFFICIENT GANTRY GIRDER | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following sections is the most efficient for a simply supported gantry girder ?
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145 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | DESIGN ASPECTS OF COMPRESSION MEMBER | ALLOWABLE STRESS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
146 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INDUSTRIAL ROOFS | ROOF TRUSS | LOADS ON ROOF TRUSS | CONCEPT | HARD | Q. Conventional practice is to brace end panels of the side walls of an industrial building. Instead bracing can be provided in the bays near centre of the building. Which one of the following reasons is correct?
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147 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | SLENDERNESS RATIO | SLENDERNESS RATIO DUE TO DIFFERENT LOADS | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the maximum permissible slenderness ratio of a major compression number which undergoes reversal of stress due to wind load?
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148 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | TENSION MEMBERS | EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF TENSION MEMBER | ANGLE SECTIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Which one among the following is the correct ratio of effective length to actual length of a discontinuous angle strut, if ends are welded?
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149 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | THEORY OF PLASTIC BENDING | CALCULATION OF PLASTIC MOMENT | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q. A fixed beam of length l has been loaded with central concentrated load. The beam has been strengthened at the supports with cover plates so that the flexural resisting yield moment capacity at the ends is thrice of that at the centre. If this capacity is to be fully effective resulting in higher collapse load, to what length from the ends should the cover plate extend?
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150 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | TENSION MEMBERS | CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF TENSION MEMBERS | NET CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF TENSION MEMBERS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
151 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | BEAMS | SHEAR STRENGTH OF LATERALLY SUPPORTED BEAM | PLASTIC SHEAR RESISTANCE | FACT | HARD | Q. Which one of the following is the correct maximum shear capacity of a prismatic beam under plastic design of steel structures ?
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152 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | RCC INTRODUCTION | CHARACTERISTICS STRENGTH OF CONCRETE | GRADE OF CONCRETE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. Characteristic strength of M20 concrete is 20 MPa. What is the number of cubes having 28 days compressive strength greater than 20 MPa out of 100 cubes made with the concrete?
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153 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN FOR BOND IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | CURTAILMENT OF REINFORCEMENT | CRITERIA FOR CURTAILMENT | FACT | EASY | Q. The distance between theoretical cut—off point and actual cut—out point in respect of the curtailment of reinforcement of reinforced concrete beams should not be less than
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154 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN BY LIMIT STATE METHOD | ASSUMPTIONS IN THE ANALYSIS DESIGN BY LSM | ASSUMPTIONS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
155 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | LIMIT STATE OF SERVICEABILITY-DEFLECTION AND CRACKING | LIMIT STATE OF SERVICEABILITY-DEFLECTION | CHECK ON TOTAL DEFLECTION | FACT | EASY | Q. The final end deflection due to all including effects of temperature, creep and shrinkage measured from as—cast level of the supports of floors, roofs and all other horizontal members of reinforced concrete should not normally exceed
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156 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN FOR SHEAR IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | DESIGN SHEAR STRENGTH OF CONCRETE WITHOUT SHEAR REINFORCEMENT | DESIGN SHEAR STRENGTH OF CONCRETE IN SLABS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Shear strength of concrete in a reinforced concrete beam is a function of which of the following: i) Compressive strength of concrete ii) Percentage of shear reinforcement iii) Percentage of longitudinal reinforcement in tension in the section iv) Percentage total longitudinal reinforcement in the section Select the correct answer using the code given below
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157 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS/COLUMNS | IS 456:2000 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF COLUMNS | MINIMUM ECCENTRICITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. An axially loaded column is of 300 x 300 mm size. Effective length of column is 3 m. What is the minimum eccentricity of the axial load for the column?
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158 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS/COLUMNS | DESIGN STRENGTH OF AXIALLY LOADED SHORT COLUMNS WITH UNIAXIAL BENDING | INTERACTION CURVE | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
159 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE-SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS | FOOTING DESIGN: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND CODAL(IS:2000) PROVISIONS | DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.In the case of isolate square concrete footing, match the locations at which the stress resultants are to be checked where d is effective depth of footing and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists Stress Resultant A.Bending moment B.One way shear D.Punching shear Location
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160 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN FOR SHEAR IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | CRITICAL SECTIONS FOR SHEAR | CRITICAL SECTION | FACT | MODERATE | Q. A beam is designed for uniformly distributed loads causing compression in the supporting columns. Where is the critical section for shear? (d is effective depth of beam and Ld is development length)
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161 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | SLAB DESIGN | ANALYSIS OF TWO WAY SLABS | DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. As per codal provisions in two way slabs, the minimum mild steel reinforcement to be provided in the edge strip is
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162 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | DESIGN FOR TORSION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | DESIGN FOR TORSION | DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
163 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF FLANGED BEAMS BY LSM | EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF FLANGE | IS 456:2000 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF FLANGE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A T—beam roof section has the following particular : Thickness of slab = 100mm Width of rib = 300mm Depth of beam = 500mm Centre to centre distance of beams = 3.0 m Effective span of beams = 6.0 Distance between points of contra-flexure = 3.6 m What is the effective flange width of the T–beam ?
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164 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF FLANGED BEAMS BY LSM | ANALYSIS OF FLANGED BEAMS SECTIONS(BY LIMIT STATE METHOD) | NEUTRAL AXIS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. A T—beam behaves as a rectangular beam of width equal to its flange if its neutral axis
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165 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESS | ECCENTRIC TENDON | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. The profile of the centroid of the tendon is parabolic with a central dip h. Effective prestressing force is P and the span l. What is the equivalent upward acting uniform load?
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166 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | DESIGN OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAM MEMBERS | DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the uplift at centre on release of wires from anchors due to pretensioning only for force P and eccentricity e for a pre—tensioned rectangular plank?
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167 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | PRESTRESS LOSSES | LOSS DUE TO SHRINKAGE OF CONCRETE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. An ordinary mild steel bar has been prestressed to a working stress of 200 MPa. Young’s modulus of steel is 200 GPa. Permanent negative strain due to shrinkage and creep is 0.0008. How much is the effective stress left in steel ?
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168 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | PRESTRESSING SYSTEM | FREYSINNET SYSTEM | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Which one of the following is the correct statement? Prestressing anchorage units using multiple wire cables exist in the
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169 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | PRESTRESSING SYSTEM | FREYSINNET SYSTEM | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List — I with List — II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List - I (Post Tensioning System) A.Freyssinet B.Gifford—Udall C.Lee—McCall D.Magnel—Blaton List-II (Arrangement of Tendons in the Duct)
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170 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESS | ECCENTRIC TENDON | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A pre–stressed concrete beam of cross–sectional area A, moment of inertia ‘I’,distance of top extreme fibre from neutral axis ‘yt’, and distance of bottom extreme fibre from neutral axis ‘yb’; is subjected to pre—stressing force such that stress at top fibre is zero. What is the value of eccentricity (r is radius of gyration):
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171 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | CONCORDANT PRE-STRESSING | FACT | EASY | Q. Concordant cable profile is
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172 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | CONCORDANT PRE-STRESSING | FACT | EASY | Q. For a pre—stressed concrete continuous beam subject to different load combinations, which one of the following is correct for concordant cable profile?
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173 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | MASONRY DESIGN | EFFECTIVE HEIGHT OF WALLS | EFFECTIVE HEIGHT OF MASONRY BETWEEN THE OPENINGS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. A masonry wall has height ‘h’, length ‘L’ and thickness ‘t’. The allowable stress based on slenderness is calculated on the basis of
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174 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | MASONRY DESIGN | PERMISSIBLE LOADS AND STRESSES | COMPRESSIVE STRESS | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q. The net effect of vertical and lateral forces acting on a masonry wall can be expressed as vertical load ‘p’/unit length acting at an effective eccentricity ‘e’. If e > (t/6),tension develops in the wall. Ignoring in the part of thickness ‘t’ in tension, what is the compressive stress in extreme fibre?
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175 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | MASONRY DESIGN | LOAD COMBINATION | STRENGTHENING OF MASONARY WALLS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Which one of the following is not a factor affecting strength of a brick masonry wall?
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176 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | MANUFACTURING OF CONCRETE | MIXING OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements : A mixer designated 400 NT indicates that i) it is non-tilting type mixer ii) its nominal mix batch capacity is 400litres iii) it requires 400 revolutions for propermixing of the batch using one bag ofcement which of the statements given above arecorrect ?
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177 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | MANUFACTURING OF CONCRETE | TRANSPORTATION OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Transportation of concrete-mix by pumps is very convenient method, particularly in case of
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178 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | MANUFACTURING OF CONCRETE | TRANSPORTATION OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. What is the correct sequence of operations involved in concrete production?
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179 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | CLAMSHELLS | FACT | HARD | Q.Match List–I with List–II and select thecorrect answer using the code given belowthe Lists : List-I(Type of work) A.To dig trenches, footings or basementwhere the precise control of depth is required B.To handle loose materials such as sand,gravel, coal, etc. C.To excavate all classes of earth exceptthe rock & load it into the trucks D. To excavate the earth from a canal and to be deposited on nearby banks List–II(Type of Machine)
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180 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | DOZERS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Which of the following are the advantages of crawler mounted bulldozer over wheel mounted bulldozers ? i) Higher travel speed ii) Able to travel over very soft soil iii) Able to travel over very rough surfaces having no haul roads Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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181 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | CRITICAL PATH | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements associated with critical path : i) Critical path is the most important sequence of activities which has no float and which determines the project completion period ii) Critical path is the largest path with shortest duration withing which the project can be completed iii) The difference between early start time and late finish time must be equal to the activity duration Which of the statements given above arc correct?
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182 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK THEORY | ELEMENTS OF NETWORK | ACTIVITY | CONCEPT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
183 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK THEORY | ELEMENTS OF NETWORK | ACTIVITY | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q.Consider the following activities of a housing project
What is the correct logical sequence of the above activities?
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184 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK THEORY | ELEMENTS OF NETWORK | ACTIVITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
185 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | EXPECTED TIME | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
186 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | PROJECT DURATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
187 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | CPM UPDATING | DEFINITION | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the process of incorporating changes and rescheduling or preplanning called?
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188 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | PROJECT DURATION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
189 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | ECCENTRIC AND MOMENT CONNECTIONS | DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONNECTIONS | RIGID CONNECTION | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. A cantilever is to be attached to column. Which one among the following is the best connection?
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190 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | BRICKS | TESTS FOR BRICKS | STRENGTH OF BRICKS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A) : The strength of brick masonry is purely dependent upon the type of mortar used. Reason (R) : Mortar is the binding material in masonry.
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191 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CEMENT | TYPE OF CEMENTS | LOW HEAT CEMENT (LHC) | FACT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : Low heat Portland cement is used in dam construction. Reason (R) : Low heat Portland cement attains higher 28 days’ strength than ordinary Portland cements.
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192 | ESE | 2006 | BMC | CONCRETE | TESTING OF CONCRETE | NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : Rebound hammer (Schmidt hammer) test gives only approximate estimation of strength of the concrete specimen. Reason (R) : The test represents the hardness of the surface and provides no idea of the concrete inside.
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193 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | WORKING STRESS METHOD (WSM) OF DESIGN | BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE IN FLEXURE | UNCRACKED PHASE IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A) : In working stress method of design, the values of strain in cement concrete and steel at any point are same. Reason (R) : There is a perfect bond between steel and surrounding cement concrete.
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194 | ESE | 2006 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | THEORIES OF ELASTIC FAILURE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRAIN ENERGY THEORY OR DISTORTION ENERGY THEORY (MISES-HENKY THEORY | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : For a ductile material the maximum shear distortion theory is most suitable. Reason (R) : The maximum shear distortion theory of failure assumes that yielding can occur in a general three—dimensional state of stress.
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195 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN BY LIMIT STATE METHOD | INTRODUCTION | CLASSIFICATION OF SECTIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : In limit state design, overreinforced sections are not permitted. Reason (R) : As the Concrete failure is brittle, the structure fails suddenly without any warning.
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196 | ESE | 2006 | RCC | WORKING STRESS METHOD (WSM) OF DESIGN | BEHAVIOUR OF REINFORCED CONCRETE IN FLEXURE | UNCRACKED PHASE IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A) : The working stress method of R.C.C. design of beams is also known as modular ratio method. Reason (R) : The ratio of stress in steel and concrete is the same as that of elastic modulii of steel and concrete in beam.
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197 | ESE | 2006 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | RECIPROCATING PUMP | MAIN CHARACTERISTIC CURVES | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A) : For low discharges at high heads, reciprocating pumps are not suitable. Reason (R) : In a reciprocating pump, the liquid is pushed out of the cylinder by actual displacement of a piston or a plunger.
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198 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED, BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS | SLIP CRITICAL CONNECTION | UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE OF HSFG BOLTS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A) : Deflection of a beam with bolted connections is greater than that of a beam with riveted connections. Reason (R) : Bolted connections allow greater slip between components than riveted connections.
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199 | ESE | 2006 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | LACING | PROCEDURE FOR THE DESIGN OF LACED COLUMN | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : Angle of inclination of lacing bars in a built- up column is constrained as 70° > Ɵ > 40°, where Ɵ is angle of lacing with vertical. Reason (R) : When this limit is not maintained, the total length of the bar will be large.
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200 | ESE | 2006 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | COMPACTION EQUIPMENTS | SMOOTH DRUM VIBRATORY SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION COMPACTORS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : Smooth wheeled rollers are preferred for compacting granular soils but not cohesive soils. Reason (R) : Cohesive soils tend to form a crust over the rolling smooth surface.
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201 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | PLANAR TRUSS | DEGREE OF INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.What is the total degree of indeterminacy (both internal and external) of the triangular planar truss shown in the figure above?
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202 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | CONTINUOUS PRISMATIC BEAM | DEGREE OF INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the total degree of indeterminacy in the continuous prismatic beam shown in the above figure?
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203 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | PLANAR TRUSS | DEGREE OF INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the total degree of indeterminacy (both internal and external) of the cantilever plane truss shown in the above figure?
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204 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | CONTINUOUS PRISMATIC BEAM | KINEMATIC INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the number of independent degrees of freedom of the two-span continuous beam of uniform section shown in the above figure?
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205 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | FRAME | KINEMATIC INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the kinematic indeterminacy for the frame shown above? (Member inextensible)
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206 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | FRAME | KINEMATIC INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. If the axial deformation is neglected, what is the kinematic indeterminacy of a signal bay portal frame fixed at base?
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207 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | DISTRIBUTION FACTOR | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. For the rigid frame shown above, what is the moment reaction at A?
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208 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q. If the free end of a cantilever of span l and flexure rigidity EI undergoes a unit displacement (without rotation), what is the bending moment induced at the fixed end? |
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209 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS | FIXED END MOMENT | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.A fixed beam AB, of constant EI, shown in the above figure, supports a concentrated load of 10 kN. What is the fixed end-moment MFAB at support A?
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210 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | DISTRIBUTION FACTOR | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
211 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | DEFINITION | FACT | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
212 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE DIAGRAM | MULLER-BRESLAU PRINCIPLE | DEFINITION | FACT | EASY | Q. Muller-Breslau Principle is applicable to get influence line for which one of the following?
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213 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC HINGE | NUMBER OF PLASTIC HINGE REQUIRED | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the number of plastic hinges formed if an indeterminate beam with redundancy R is to become determinate?
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214 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | TYPE OF MECHANISM | COLLAPSE MECHANICSM TYPES | FACT | MODERATE | Q. A portal frame has a collapse mechanism as shown above. What is the type?
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215 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF BEAM | TYPE OF CONNECTION | BEAM CONNECTED TO WEB WITH HELP OF ANGLES | FACT | EASY | Q. A steel beam is connected to a steel column by means of two angles placed on the two sides of the web of the beam. What is it called?
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216 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF BEAM | FAILURE METHODS | TYPE OF FAILURES | FACT | EASY | Q.What is the failure of a section in the figure above called? i) Web buckling ii) Web crippling iii) Web crimpling iv) Column bucking Select the correct answer using the code given below: |
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217 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | ASSUMPTIONS | INTRO | FACT | MODERATE | Q. In the plastic analysis of a steel beam, which of the following assumptions is/are made?
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218 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | RELATION BETWEEN PLASTIC MOMENT AND ULTIMATE LOAD | VALUE OF ULTIMATE LOAD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A load P is applied at the middle of a simply supported beam of span L. If the beam is made of ductile material, and MP is the plastic moment, what is the ultimate value of P?
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219 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | SHAPE FACTOR | RECTANGULAR SHAPE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What value of the shape factor is taken for a rectangular section in plastic design? a. 1.0 b. 1.5 c. 2.0 d. 2.5 |
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220 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL | INTRO | FACT | EASY | Q. Plastic analysis of structures is applicable to the structures made of which one of the following?
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221 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INDUSTRIAL BUILDING | TRUSS | EFFECTIVE LENGTH | CONCEPT | EASY | Q.The effective length of an angle member in a riveted truss is equal to which one of the following? (Where l is the centre to centre distance between the joints).
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222 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INDUSTRIAL BUILDING | ROOF TRUSS | LOADS ON ROOF TRUSS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Which one of the following is correct: The purling in the roof trusses are subjected to unsymmetrical bending because the loading
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223 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | DESIGN FOR WEB | IS CODE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
224 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBER | COLUMN DESIGN | BATTENS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following forces is used for the design of battens of a built-up column?
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225 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBER | COLUMN DESIGN | PERMISSIBLE STRESSES | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q.Which of the following parameters govern the permissible stress in compression in columns?
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226 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBER | TIES | SLENDERNESS RATIO | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the maximum permissible slenderness ratio for steel ties likely to be subjected to compression?
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227 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTNERS | RIVETTED CONNECTION | PERMISSIBLE STRESSES | FACT | EASY | Q. For field rivets, the permissible stresses are reduced by what percentage?
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228 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | TENSION MEMBERS | CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF TENSION MEMBERS | EFFECTIVE AREA OF TENSION MEMBERS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. An equal angle of area A has been welded on one side of a Gusset plate and carries tension along the axis. What is the effective area of the angle?
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229 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTNERS | WELDING | PERMISSIBLE STRESSES | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct? The permissible stresses in a weld are usually taken as
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230 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTNERS | RIVETTED CONNECTION | DESIGN CRITERION | FACT | EASY | Q.How are structural members composed of two angles back to back connected throughout their length?
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231 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | METAL PROPERTIES | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct? Steel structures are ideally suitable for impact loads because they have high
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232 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | ALLOWABLE TENSILE STRENGTH | FOS FOR DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE STRUCTURE | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
233 | ESE | 2008 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | METAL PROPERTIES | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements: Compared to mild steel, aluminum has i) Lesser ductility ii) Lesser value of Young’s modulus. iii) Lesser tensile strength. iv) No definite yield point. Which of the statements given above are correct?
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234 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | MORTAR | CEMENT MORTAR | FINENESS MODULUS | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is the correct range of fineness modulus of medium sand usable in preparing cement mortar?
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235 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL USED | GRADING AND PARTICLE SIZE | FACT | EASY | Q. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
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236 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | TEMPERATURE EFFECT | CURING AND SHRINKAGE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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237 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE | MODULAR RATIO, MODULUS OF CONCRETE AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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238 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | AGGREGATES | FINENESS MODULUS OF AGGREGATES | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the percentage of the fine aggregate of fineness modulus 2.6 to be combined with coarse aggregate of fineness modulus 5.4 for obtaining combined aggregate of fineness modulus 4?
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239 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | ADMIXTURES | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Admixture) A.Calcium lignosulphonate B.Aluminum powders C.Tartaric acid D.Sodium silicate List-II (Action in concrete)
Code: A B C D
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240 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | WORKABILITY | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Which factors influence the workability of concrete without sacrificing strength?
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241 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | WORKABILITY | AGGREGATE PROPERTIES | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. The workability of concrete can be increased by which of the following?
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242 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | CEMENT CONCRETE | DEFFECTS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements regarding cement concrete:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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243 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | CURING | STEAM UNDER PRESSURE | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements: Curing of concrete by steam under pressure i) Increases the compressive strength of concrete. ii) Reduces the shear strength of concrete. iii) Increases the speed of chemical reaction. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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244 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | DESIGN MIX | IS CODE | FACT | EASY | Q.Match the sequence of determination of components of a concrete mix as per Indian standard method of mix design and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
Code: A B C D
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245 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | STRESS COMPONENT | NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT STRESS COMPONENET | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. In a body loaded under plane stress conditions, what is the number of independent stress components in order to completely specify the state of stress at a point?
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246 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | MODULUS OF ELASTICITY AND RIGIDITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. The value of modulus of elasticity for a material is 200 GN/m² and Poisson’s ratio is 0.25. What is its modulus of rigidity?
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247 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | STRESSES ON STEPPED BAR | NORMAL STRESS - | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
248 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | NATURE OF STRESS | EXPANSION DUE TO TEMPERATURE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. A composite system where the components are of equal lengths is subjected to temperature rise. Which one of the following stresses will be developed in the component having highest coefficient of linear expansion?
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249 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | NATURE OF STRESS | INTRO | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. What is the nature of stress in a ceiling fan rod?
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250 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MOHR’S CIRCLE | DIAMETER OF CIRCLE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the diameter of Mohr’s circle of stress for the state of stress shown above?
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251 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | PLAIN STRAIN SITUATION | SHEARING STRAIN - | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. In a plane strain situation in xy plane, the displacements at a point are given as: U = (-2x + 8y)x10-6unit. V = (-3x + 5y)x10-6unit What is the shearing strain?
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252 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND THEORY OF FAILURE | PRINCIPLE STRESS | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. If a body carries two unlike principal stresses, what is the maximum shear stress?
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253 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | BI AXIAL STRAIN SYSTEM | MAXIMUM SHEARING STRAIN - | CONCEPT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
254 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMS | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS - | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. A symmetrical I section is subjected to shear force. The shear stress induced across the section is maximum at which location?
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255 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SFD AND BMD | SFD | SHEAR FORCE VALUE AT LOCATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A simply supported beam AB of span L carries two concentrated loads W each at points L/3 from A and B. What is the S.F. in the middle one-third portion of the beam?
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256 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | FLITCHED BEAM | STIFFNESS EQUILIBRIUM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A beam is made of two identical metal flats soldered together. What is the ratio of stiffness of this beam to the stiffness of a beam in which the two flats are not soldered and which acts independently?
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257 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION | CIRCULAR SHAFT | BENDING STRESS RELATION WITH SHEAR STRES | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
258 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | THIN AND THICK CYLINDER/SPHERE | THIN CYLINDER | CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRESS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
259 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | PIN JOINTED FRAME | MEMBER FORCE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | What is the force in the vertical member CD of the pin-jointed frame shown above?
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260 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | INTRODUCITON | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the ratio of load carrying capacity of a fixed beam to that of a cantilever beam of same span, having same maximum bending moment and loaded with uniformly distributed load throughout the span?
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261 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | NETWORK DIAGRAM | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Chart) A.Bar chart B.Milestchart C.B.S D.Linked Bar chart List II (Facilitation)
Code: A B C D
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262 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | POWER SHOVEL | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Fill factor range of a power shovel when used for well blasted rock is
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263 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | POWER SHOVEL | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Which of the following are the advantages of a crawler mounted power shovel over a rubber-tyred equipment?
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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264 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISING EQUIPMENTS | BOOM OF EQUIPMENT | FACT | EASY | Q. The strain of the boom of a hoist is minimum when it is in the
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265 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | INTRODUCTION | DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS AND THEIR USES | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List –I (Equipment) A.Clamshell B.Designation S C.Designation E D.Centralized production List –II (Used as with)
Code: A B C D
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266 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | TYPES OF BRICK | FIRST CLASS BRICK MASONRY | FACT | MODERATE | Q. For high class brick masonry, which are the proper bricks?
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267 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | FULLY PRESTRESS SYSTEM | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following is correct? Fully prestressed concrete beams
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268 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | INTRODUCTION TO RCC | DOUBLY REINFORCED BEAM | ASSUMPTIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.What is the assumption in the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams? 1. Only steel bars will resist tension 2. Only concrete will resist tension 3. Stress in tension steel equals the stress in compression steel 4. Both concrete and steel will resist compression |
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269 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | CPM AND PERT | CPM | TECHNIQUE OF PROJECT PLANNING | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements regarding CPM technique of project planning:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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270 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | STRESS AND STRAIN | STRESS AND ITS NATURE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. A compounded bar consists of material A encased in material B. It is tightly secured at the ends. The coefficient of thermal expansion of A is more than of B. If the temperature of the bar is increased, the stresses induced will be
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271 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | INTRODUCTION | DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS AND THEIR USES | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Equipment) A.Derrick crane B.Hoe C.Clam shell D.Dumper truck List-II (Category)
Code: A B C D
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272 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEEIRNG EQUIPMENTS | HAULING EQUIPMENTS | SCRAPPER | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
273 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | NETWORK TECHNIQUES | PERT | USAGE | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following techniques is most suitable in case of research and development type of activity?
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274 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT | PROBABLE ESTIMATION OF DURATION | MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENT | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q. A tunnel of length of 800m is to be driven. Part of the total length is through granite and balance is through sandstone. Granite can be tunneled at 10m per day and sandstone at 20m per day. Two mutually exclusive site conditions can be. (1) A probability of 0.4 for 600m granite with 200m sandstone; (2) Probability of 0.6 that each is 400m lone. The probabilistic estimate of total tunneling duration is
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275 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CONCRETE | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL | CALCIUM CHLORIDE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A): addition of calcium chloride while preparing concrete proves more effective with slow hardening Portland cement than with rapid hardening cement. Reason (R): Calcium chloride is an effective accelerator in increasing the rate of relevant reaction.
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276 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | MORTAR | PLASTERING | PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL | FACT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A): The volume of mortar needed for plastering on both faces of a one-brick wall is more than that for the same are on both faces together of any other thickness of brick wall. Reason (R): More water evaporates from the wetted bricks in case of a one-brick wall and also the joints have to be more commonly raked.
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277 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | STRESS AND STRAIN | STRESS AND ITS NATURE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A): In a tension test on a cast iron specimen, the failure of the specimen is on a cross section perpendicular to the axis of the specimen. Reason (R): The failure of the specimen is on a plane subjected to maximum tensile stress and cast iron is relatively weak in tension.
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278 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | STRESS AND STRAIN | STRESS AND ITS NATURE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A): In a tension test on a mild steel specimen, the failure of the specimen is along a plane at 45° to the cross section. Reason (R): The failure of the specimen is on a plane subjected to maximum shear stress and mild steel is relatively weak in shear.
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279 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | NETWORK DIAGRAM | A-O-A | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A): Linked bar chart cannot be developed from an AON network as easily as from an AOA network. Reason (R): AON networks do not incorporate information corresponding to dummy arrows of AOA networks.
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280 | ESE | 2008 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | CRASHING OF NETWORK | COMPONENT OF COST | COST SLOPE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A): Where as crashing considers only the negative cost slop aspects, resource allocation may need consideration of the positive cost slope aspects also. Reason (R): Implement ability is based on manageability and affordability of resource histograms.
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281 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | FORCE METHOD | PROPPED CANTILEVER BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. For the propped cantilever shown in the above figure, a hinge is provided at C.A and B is at the same level. What is the force reaction at the fixed end A?
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282 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | SUSPENSION BRIDGE | INTRO | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct? A suspension bridge with a two-hinged stiffening girder is
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283 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
284 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | FIXED BEAM | FIXED MOMENT DUE TO POINT LOAD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.The fixed beam AB has hinge C at mid span. A concentrated load P is applied at C. What is the fixed end moment MA?
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285 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
286 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | FRAME | STATIC INDETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.What is the statical indeterminacy for the frame shown above?
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287 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | STATICALLY INDETERMNATE STRUCTURE | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following is correct? A statically indeterminate structure is the one which
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288 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | APPROXIMATE METHOD OF ANALYSIS | FRAME | FACT | EASY | Q. By which one of the following methods is an approximate quick solution possible for frame subjected to transverse loads?
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289 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | DEFINITIONS | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I A.Maxwell’s diagram B.Henneberg’s method C.New mark’s method D.Williot-mohr diagram List-II
Code: A B C D
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290 | ESE | 2008 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS | PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. Some structural members subjected to long time sustained loads deform progressively with time especially at elevated temperatures. What is such a phenomenon called?
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291 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | REACTION AT SUPPORT | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q.What is the reaction at the support D of the rigid –jointed structure shown above?
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292 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY AND INDETERMINACY | DETERMINATE STRUCTURE | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct? A determinate structure
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293 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | STABILITY OF STRUCTURES | RIGID JOINT | INTRO | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct? When a load is applied to a structure with rigid joints
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294 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | SUPPORT REACTION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.In the frame shown above, what is true horizontal reaction at left support?
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295 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | FORCE IN MEMBERS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.What is the force in the member BC of the place frame shown above?
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296 | ESE | 2008 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS | DEFINITIONS OF DISPLACEMENT METHOD | FACT | HARD | Q. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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297 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | TIMBER | WOOD ELEMENT | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Wood Element) A.Pitch B.Sapwood C.Heart wood D.Cambium layer List-II (Description)
Code: A B C D
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298 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | TIMBER | FIBRE SATURATION POINT | - MOISTURE CONTENT | FACT | EASY | Q. In respect of moisture content in wood fiber saturation point refers to which one of the following?
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299 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | TIMBER | MOISTURE CONTENT | MOISTURE CONTENT IN WOODS IN BUILDING FRAMES | FACT | MODERATE | Q.The moisture content of timber used in building frames can be
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300 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | TIMBER | DISEASE OF TIMBER | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.Match list-I with List-II and select thecorrect answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Disease of Timber) A.Dry rot B.Grey rot C.Wet rot D.White rot List-II (Effect of Disease)
Destruction of lignin of wood due fungal attack Code: A B C D
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301 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | BRICK WORK | NUMBER OF BRICK | FLATTY LAID SINGLE BRICK SOLING | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. For flatly laid single brick soling, what is the number of bricks required of nominal size 20 cm × 10 cm, with 1.2 cm wide cement mortar all around and with allowing up to 1% wastage for 10 m² area?
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302 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | BRICKS | TYPES OF BRICK | PROPERTIES | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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303 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | BRICK WORK | MODULAR BRICKS | NUMBER OF BRICKS REQUIRE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the number of traditional bricks required for 10m³ of brickwork with standard thickness of cement mortar (1:3 to 1:5, as the case may be)?
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304 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | BRICKS AND BRICK MASONRY | CEMENT MORTAR | PROPERTIES | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements on cement mortar in brick masonry:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
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305 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CEMENT | RAW MATERIAL USED | COMPOSITION | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Composition of raw material used in manufacture of cement) A.25% B.65% C.5% D.5% List-II (Component of raw material)
Code:A B C D
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306 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CEMENT | CHEMISTRY OF CEMENT | COMPOSITION OF OPC | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List-I with List-II in respect of ordinary Portland cement and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Compound) A.Tricalcium silicate B.Dicalcium silicate C.Tricalcium aluminate D.Tertra calcium aluminoferrite List-II (Proportion)
Code: A B C D
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307 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | CEMENT | PROPERTIES OF CEMENT | EQUIPMENT | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Equipment) A.Briquette testing machine B.Le chatelier C.Vicat apparatus List-II (Property)
Code: A B C
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308 | ESE | 2008 | BMC | MISCELLANEOUS | SAND | PROPERTIES | FACT | HARD | Q.When sand for construction work is stored at site in stacks of 61 cm height, what allowance due to sink age and shrinkage should be provided?
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309 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | LIMIT STATE OF COLLAPSE IN SHEAR | SHEAR STRENGTH | FACT | EASY | Q.How can shear strength be ensured in a beam?
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310 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE-SHALLOW FOUNDATION | TYPE OF FOOTING | ISOLATED FOOTING | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. How is the depth of footing for an isolated column governed?
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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311 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF BEAM AND SLAB | SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM | SPAN TO DEPTH RATIO | FACT | EASY | Q. Usually stiffness of a simply supported beam is satisfied if the ratio of its span to depth does not exceed which one of the following?
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312 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF SLAB | TWO WAY SLAB | ROOF SLAB - | CONCEPT | HARD | Q. When is an R.C.C roof slab designed as a two way slab? 1.If the slab is continuous over two opposite edges only 2.It the slab is un-supported at one edge only 3.If the ratio of spans in two directions is >2 4.If the ratio of spans in two directions is < 2 |
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313 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | INTRODUCTION | BOND STRENGTH | HYSD BAR | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following is correct? When HYSD bars are used in place of mild steel bars in beam, the bond strength
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314 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF BEAM AND SLAB | SINGLY REINFORCED BEAM | BALANCED SECTION | FACT | EASY | Q. In a singly reinforced beam, the tensile steel reaches its maximum allowable stress earlier than concrete. What is such a section known as?
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315 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | OVER REINFORCED SECTION | DISADVANTAGE OF ORS BEAM | FACT | EASY | Q. Why is the design of a R.C. section as over-reinforced undesirable?
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316 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | UNDER REINFORCED SECTION | MOMENT OF RESISTANCE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the moment capacity of an under-reinforced rectangular RCC beam? |
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317 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | BOND STRESS | NATURE OF STRESS | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the bond stress acting parallel to the reinforcement on the interface between bar and concrete?
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318 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF BEAM AND SLAB | SINGLY REINFORCED BEAM | BALANCED SECTION | FACT | EASY | Q. In a singly reinforced concrete beam section maximum compressive stress in concrete and tensile stress in steel reach their permissible stresses simultaneously. What is such a section called?
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319 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF FOOTING | COMBINED FOOTING | STRESS DISTRIBUTION | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct? while designing combined footing, the resultant of the column loads passes through the centre of gravity of the footing slab such that the net soil pressure obtained is
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320 | ESE | 2008 | RCC | DESIGN OF BEAM AND SLAB | FLOOR SLAB | INTRODUCTION | FACT | MODERATE | Q. For shorter storey height, cheaper form work and better lighting facilities, what is the recommended slab floor?
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321 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | TIMBER | STRCTURAL PROPERTIES | ELASTIC MODULUS | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the ratio of the elastic modulus of structural timber in longitudinal direction to that in the transverse direction ?
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322 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | TIMBER | STRCTURAL PROPERTIES | ELASTIC MODULUS | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the modulus of elasticity of standard timber (Group B) in (MN/cm²) ?
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323 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | TIMBER | FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER | METHOD TO MAKE FIRE RESISTANCE OF TIMBER | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the treatment for making timber fire resistant ?
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324 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | TIMBER | PRESERVATION | PRESERVATIVES | FACT | EASY | Q. How is the process of treatment of wood using a preservative solution and forcing air in at a pressure designated ?
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325 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | BRICK WORK | MODULAR BRICKS | NUMBER OF BRICKS REQUIRE | FACT | EASY | Q. Modular bricks are of nominal size 20×10×10 cm and 20% of the volume is lost in mortar between joints. Then what is the number of modular bricks required per cubic meter of brickwork ?
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326 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | BRICKS | TEST OF BRICKS | STRENGTH TEST | FACT | EASY | Q. In order to achieve a safe compressive strength of 20 kg/cm² in a brick masonry, what should be the suitable range of crushing strength of bricks?
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327 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CEMENT | HYDRATION OF CEMENT | HYDRATION OF OPC | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the requirement of water (expressed as % of cement w/w) for the completion of chemical reactions in the process of hydration of OPC ?
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328 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | MATURITY | MATURITY IMPACT ON DIFF PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q. Which factors comprise maturity of concrete?
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329 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | TESTING | STRENGTH TEST | FACT | EASY | Q.What is the minimum value of individual test results (in N/ mm²) for compressive strength compliance requirement for concrete M20 as per codal provision? |
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330 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | AGGERATES | PROEPRTIES | FACT | EASY | Q. For what reason is it taken that the nominal maximum size of aggregate may be as large as possible?
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331 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | AGGERATES | FINENESS MODULUS | FACT | EASY | Q.What is the representative geometric mean size of an aggregate sample if its fineness modulus is 3.0?
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332 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | STRAIN ENRGY | MODULUS OF RESILIENCE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.A square steel bar of 50 mm side and 5 m long is subjected to a load whereupon absorbs a strain energy of 100 J. What is its modulus of resilience? |
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333 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | TESTING | STRENGTH TEST | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the ratio of flexural strength (fcr) to the characteristic compressive strength of concrete (fck) for M25 grade concrete ?
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334 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | MECHANICAL PROPERTY | DYNAMIC MODULUS | FACT | EASY | Q. Which of the following tests compares the dynamic modulus of elasticity of samples of concrete?
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335 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | REINFORCEMENT | SPECIFICATIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is correct regarding the most effective requirements of durability in concrete?
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336 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | ELONGATION | ELONGATION DUE TO LOAD | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
337 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | ELONGATION | ELONGATION DUE TO LOAD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A circular rod of diameter 30 mm and length 200 mm is subjected to a tensile force. The extension in rod is 0.09 mm and change in diameter is 0.0045 mm. What is the Poisson's ratio of the material of the rod ?
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338 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | MODULUS OF ELASTICITY AND RIGIDITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. For a material having modulus of elasticity equal to 208 GPa and Poisson's ratio equal to 0.3, what is the modulus of rigidity ?
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339 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | FAILURE OF MATERIAL | BRITTLE SUBJECTED TO TORSION | FACT | EASY | Q. What would be the shape of the failure surface of a standard cast iron specimen subjected to torque?
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340 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | BULK MODULUS OF ELASTICITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. Given E as the Young's modulus of elasticity of a material, what can be the minimum value of its bulk modulus of elasticity?
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341 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND THEORY OF FAILURE | PRINCIPAL STRESS | MOHR’S CIRCLE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
342 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND THEORY OF FAILURE | PRINCIPAL STRESS | MOHR’S CIRCLE | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the radius of Mohr's circle in case of bi-axial state of stress?
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343 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | THEORY OF COLUMNS | ECCENTRIC LOADING | DIA OF CIRCULAR COLUMN | FACT | EASY | Q.A circular column of external diameter D, and internal diameter d, carries an eccentric load such that tension is developed nowhere. What shall be the diameter of the core? |
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344 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | ELONGATION | ELONGATION DUE TO LOAD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A mild steel bar of square cross section 25 mm x 25 mm is 1 m long. It is subjected to bi-axial stress σx =480 N/mm2(Tension) and σy =400 N/mm2. E= 2x105 N/mm2, μ = 0.3, what is the elongation of the bar in mm in x direction?
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345 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND THEORY OF FAILURE | PRINCIPAL STRESS | MINOR PRINCIPLE STRESS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
346 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND THEORY OF FAILURE | THEORY OF FAILURE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS THEORY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The details of the principal stresses at a certain point in a steel member are as follows: Major principal stress σ1 =180 N/mm² (Tensile) Major principal stress σ2 is (Compressive) If the uniaxial tensile yield stress is 240 N/mm², according to maximum shear stress theory, what would be the value of σ2 in N/mm² which yielding will commence?
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347 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND THEORY OF FAILURE | THEORY OF FAILURE | MAXIMUM STRAIN THEORY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. An element of a structure is subjected to two Principal stresses σ1 and σ2 σ1=200 N/mm² (Tensile), σ2 is Compressive.
The yield stress both in simple tension and compression for the material is 240 N/ mm². Poisson's ratio =0.25; what is the value of σ2 in N/mm² as per maximum normal strain theory at which the yield of the material will commence ?
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348 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | STRESS DISTRIBUTION | UNSYMMETRICAL I SECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A structural beam subjected to sagging bending has a cross-section which is an unsymmetrical I-section. The overall depth of the beam is 300 mm. The flange stresses in the beam are: σtop=200 N/mm² σbottom=50 N/mm² What is the height in mm the neutral axis above the bottom flange ?
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349 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SFD AND BMD | SFD | SHEAR FORCE VALUE AT LOCATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.A simply supported beam AB is loaded as shown in the figure above. What is the SF in KN in the portion AC of the beam?
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350 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | DEFLECTION AND SLOPE | DEFLECTION | SUPER POSITION THEOREM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
351 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR STRESS IN BEAMS | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS | SIMPLY SUPPORTED WOODEN BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A timber beam is 100 mm wide and 150 mm deep. The beam is simply supported and carries a central concentrated load W. If the maximum stress in shear is 2 N/mm², what would be the corresponding load W on the beam?
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352 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS | SQUARE SECTION SUBJECTED TO BENDING | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
353 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION | SOLID SHAFT | TORSION RELATION WITH SHEAR STRES | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A 40 mm diameter shaft is subjected to a twisting moment M. If shear stress developed in shaft is 5 N/mm², what is the value of the twisting moment ?
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354 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION | SOLID SHAFT | TORSION RELATION WITH SHEAR STRES | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
355 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | FORCE IN MEMBERS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The above figure shows a pin-jointed frame. What are the forces in members BE, CD and ED?
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356 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | ELONGATION | ELONGATION DUE TO LOAD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
357 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS | MOMENT CARRYING CAPACITY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A square beam laid flat is then rotated in such a way that one of its diagonal becomes horizontal. How is its moment capacity affected ?
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358 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SFD AND BMD | BMD | BMD FOR PROPPED CANTILEVER | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
359 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | DETERMINACY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements with respect to the above figure of a typical articulated frame: i) The frame is internally determinate and externally indeterminate ii) The frame is internally indeterminate and externally determinate. iii) The frame is internally as well as externally determinate. iv) The frame is internally as well as externally indeterminate. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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360 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | FORCE IN MEMBERS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.What is the force in member 1 for the structure shown in figure above?
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361 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | FRAMES | DETERMINATE FRAME TO CALCULATE REACTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.What is the value of vertical reaction at A for the frame shown in figure above?
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362 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | TRUSS | VERTICAL DEFLECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
363 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | FRAMES | BENDING MOMONET FOR OVERHANG BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A fixed end beam of uniform cross-section is loaded uniformly throughout the span. What is the proportion of the bending moment at the centre to the end moment considering only elastic conditions ?
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364 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SFD AND BMD | BMD | BMD FOR OVERHANG BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.A beam of uniform flexural rigidity supports a set of loads as shown in figure above. What is the value of W if the magnitudes of bending moment at midspan and at support of the beam are numerically equal ?
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365 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | FORCE METHOD | FIXED BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
366 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD | ROTATION AT JOINT CALCULATION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the rotation of the member at C for a frame as shown in figure above?
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367 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | FRAMES | MEMBER OF INFINITE STIFFNESS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
368 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SFD AND BMD | BMD | BENDING MOMENT FOR GUIDED SUPPORT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
369 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD | SLOPE AT JOINT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
370 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | FIXED END MOEMENT | FIXED BEAM | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.A beam of uniform section fixed at both ends and of span 6 m is acted upon by two concentrated loads of 6 t each as shown in figure above. What is the fixed end moment at each end?
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371 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MATRIX METHOD | FLEXIBILITY MATRIX METHOD | SUPPORT SETTLEMENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
372 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE DIAGRAM | DETERMINATE BEAM | ORDINATE OF REACTION INFLUENC | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.What is the ordinate of influence line at B for reaction RD in above figure?
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373 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | MATRIX METHOD | FLEXIBILITY MATRIX METHOD | FLEXIBILITY COEFFICIENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
374 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE DIAGRAM | AREA OF INFLUENCE DIAGRAM | REACTION AT HINGED END OF PROPPED CANTILEVER | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the area of influence line diagram for the reaction at the hinged end of a uniform propped cantilever beam of span L?
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375 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE DIAGRAM | DETERMINATE BEAM | ORDINATE FOR TRUSSES | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the maximum ordinate for influence line for the force in the member marked X?
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376 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | COLLAPSE LOAD | PROPPED CANTILEVER | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
377 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | COLLAPSE LOAD | STEPPED BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
378 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | COLLAPSE LOAD | RATIO OF COLLAPSE TO YIELD LOAD | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
379 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC NEUTRAL AXIS | DIFF BETWEEN PLASTIC AND ELASTIC | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.What is the distance between elastic neutral axis and plastic neutral axis for the cross-section as shown in figure above?
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380 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | ALLOWABLE TENSILE STRENGTH | FOS FOR DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE STRUCTURE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. Steel of yield strength 400 MPa has been used in a structure. What is the value of the ·maximum allowable tensile strength?
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381 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | SLENDERNESS RATION | GRAPH OF SLENDERNESS RATION VS COMP STRENGTH | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
382 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED BOLTED AND PINNED | RIVETTED JOINT | NET SECTIONAL AREA | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.A steel plate is 300 mm wide and 10 mm thick. A rivet of nominal diameter of 16 mm is driven into it. What is the net sectional area of the plate?
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383 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | WELDING | FILLET WELD | SHEAR STRESS IN FILLET WELD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the safe load P that can be transmitted by the fillet-welded joint shown in figure above if the safe allowable shear stress in the fillet-weld is 108 MPa?
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384 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF FLEXURE MEMBER | DESIGN OF BEAMS | MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
385 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE STRUCT | DESIGN OF TENSION MEMBER | DESIGN STRENGTH | LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY | FACT | EASY | Q. A tension member consists of two angles placed back to back. For which one of the following configurations, will the load carrying capacity of the tension member be maximum?
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386 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | DESIGNING | VERTICAL STIFFNEERS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.For a welded plate girder with vertical stiffeners, what is the maximum depth of web provisionable in design when the thickness of the web plate is 5 mm?
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387 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | DESIGNING | PLASTIC SECTIONAL MODULUS | FACT | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
388 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | DESIGN OF FLEXURE MEMBER | DESIGN OF BEAMS | SECTIONAL MODULUS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE |
Q. An ISMB 300 beam has modulus of section of 600*103mm3 Plates of 200 mm*100 mm are added by welding them one on each flange to have total depth of section as 320 mm. What is the section modulus of the plated section?
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389 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | EFFECTIVE HEIGHT | COLUMN BEARING TRUSS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A column bearing truss in an open industrial shed is 6 m height between its own base and the bottom of the truss. What is the effective height of the column taken for calculation of compressive strength ?
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390 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | SLENDERNESS RATIO | SR FOR MEMBER HAVING REVERSAL OF STRESS | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following values represents the maximum slenderness ratio of any connection member which normally acts as a tie in a roof truss but can be subjected to possible reversal of stresses from the action of wind or seismic force ?
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391 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | LOADING | WIND LOAD | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements : i) When wind load is the primary load, no increase in the allowable stresses is provided for in members or fasteners. ii) Due to wind load acting along with dead and live loads, increase in allowable stress upto 33·33% can be provided for. iii) Due to wind load acting along with dead load, increase in allowable stress of 25% in foundation bolts can be provided for. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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392 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | SLENDERNESS RATIO | SR IN TRUSS GIRDER | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.What is the slenderness ratio to be considered in design for member BC in the structure shown above ?
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393 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | ELASTOPLASTIC ZONE | LENGTH OF E-P ZONE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE |
Q. A simply supported beam of uniform cross-section has span 'L' and is loaded by a point load 'P' at its mid-span. What is the length of the elastoplastic zone of the plastic hinge?
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394 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC NEUTRAL AXIS | T SECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. In a T-section shown in figure above, what is the distance of plastic neutral axis as measured down from top ?
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395 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | TORSIONAL RESTRAINT | BEARING STIFFNERS | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements: Torsional restraint in a beam can be achieved by providing i) Web or flange cleats at the end connections. ii) External support to the end of the compression flange. iii) Bearing stiffness acting in conjunction with the bearing of the beam. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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396 | ESE | 2009 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | COLLAPSE LOAD | STEPPED BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. At the point of collapse, what is the value of horizontal thrust at point A in the loaded frame shown in figure?
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397 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | BALANCED SECTION | MOMENT OF RESISTANCE | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
398 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | LOAD MOMENT INTERACTION CURVE | ECCENTRICITY MAXIMUM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
399 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | CODAL RPOVISION | DEFLECTION PROVISION | FACT | EASY | Q. How is the deflection in RC beams controlled as per IS-456 ?
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400 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | WSM METHOD | FLEXURAL CRACK | STRESS AT CRACK | FACT | EASY | Q. At what stress does the first flexural crack appear in RCC beams made of M25 grade concrete?
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401 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | SHEAR DESIGN | SPACING | VERTICAL STIRRUPS SPACING | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the adoptable maximum spacing between vertical stirrups in an RCC beam of rectangular cross-section having an effective depth of 300 mm ?
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402 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | EFFECTIVE SPAN | SIMPLY SUPPORTED RC BEAM | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A simply supported RC beam having clear span 5 m and support width 300 mm has the cross-section as shown in figure. What is the effective span of the beam as per IS456?
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403 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | SHEAR DESIGN | CODAL PROVISION OF IS 456 | REINFORCEMENT CUTOFF ZONE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements dealing with flexural reinforcement to be terminated in the tension zone i) The shear at the cut-off point not to exceed two-third of the otherwise permitted value. ii) Shear reinforcement is provided along each terminated bar overlapping threefourth of the appropriate distance from the cut-off point. iii) For 36 mm and smaller bars, the continuing bars shall provide double the area required for flexure at the cutoff and shear does not exceed threefourth of the permitted value. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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404 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | INTRODUCTION | DIFF CODAL PROVISION | DIFF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS AND THEIR STANDARDS | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List-1 with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I A. IS-875 B.IS- 1343 C. IS-1893 D. IS-3370 List-II
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405 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | WSM METHOD | MODULAR RATIO | MODULAR RATIO FORMULA | NUMERICAL | EASY |
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406 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | WSM METHOD | NEUTRAL AXIS | BALANCED DEPTH | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. Considering modular ratio as 13, grade of concrete as M20 and grade of steel as 415, what is the ratio of balanced depth of neutral axis as per working stress method to the balanced depth of neutral axis as per limit state method?
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407 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | DESIGN OF BOND | ANCHORAGE BOND | ANCHORAGE VALUE OF STANDARD HOOK | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the anchorage value of a standard hook of a reinforcement bar of diameter D?
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408 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | DESIGN OF RCC SHALLOW FOUNDATION | DESIGN OF RETAINING WALL | BASE LEVEL BENDING MOMENT | FACT | EASY |
Q.How is the base-level bending moment of a cantilever retaining wall expressed as a function of its height H?
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409 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | CONTINUOUS BEAM | SHEAR DISTRIBUTION | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I A.At end support, for imposed load (not fixed) B.At inside support, next inner to end support, for imposed load (fixed) C.At end support, for dead load and (fixed) imposed load D.At all other interior supports (other than at 'B'), for imposed load (fixed) List-II
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410 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | INTRODUCTION | MISCELLANEOUS | DURABILITY, DEFLECTION CRITERIA | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I A.Moment and shear coefficients B.Fire resistance C.Sliding D.Span to depth ratio of beam List-II
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411 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | PRESTRESS | ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESS | ECCENTRIC TENDON | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
412 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | SHEAR RESISTANCE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. The shear resistance of structural concrete members may be improved by i) Axial prestressing. ii) Vertical prestressing. iii) Inclined prestressing. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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413 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | PRESTRESS | ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESS | LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the net downward load to be considered for the analysis of the prestressed concrete beam provided with a parabolic cable as shown in the figure ?
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414 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | REINFORCEMENT PROVISION | MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM REINFORCEMENT | FACT | EASY | Q. What shall be the maximum area of reinforcement (i) in compression and (ii) in tension to be provided in an RC beam, respectively, as per IS-456 ?
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415 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | REINFORCEMENT PROVISION | MINIMUM REINFORCEMENT | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements for minimum reinforcement to be provided in a wall as a ratio of vertical reinforcement to gross concrete area i) 0·0012 for deformed bars. ii) 0·0015 for all other types of bars. iii) 0·0012 for welded wire fabric with wires not larger than I 6 mm in diameter. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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416 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | ENGG ECONOMY | STRAIGHT LINE METHOD | ANNUAL COST | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. An equipment costs Rs. 25 Lakhs with an estimated salvage value of Rs. 5 Lakhs after 5 years of useful life. What is the approximate equated annual cost for use of the equipment ?
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417 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISING EQUIPMENTS | CRANES | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following parameters :
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418 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION AND COSTING | ESTIMATION OF LABOURS | IDLE TIME WITH CONFIDENCE LIMIT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A preliminary survey indicates that 20% of the time of a gang of workers is spent idly. What is the total number of observations required to determine the proportion of idle time with 95% confidence limit ? Critical value at this level of confidence is 1.96.
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419 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION AND COSTING | POWER ESTIMATION | LINEAR INTERPOLATION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. An engine was tested at local atmospheric pressure of 73 cm of mercury and local temperature of 10°C, and was found to develop X1 units of power. If it was later worked at conditions of 75 cm of mercury as local atmospheric pressure and at local temperature of 16°C, what proportion of X1 will it then develop?
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420 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISING EQUIPMENTS | EQUIPENTS USED | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following equipments i) Drag line ii) Power shovel iii) Hoe iv) Crawler dozer Which of the above may be used for excavation of materials and loading them into trucks ?
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421 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | POWER SHOVEL | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A power shovel is fitted with an engine of 150 f.w.h.p. It operates on full load for 6 minutes followed by 8 minutes of idling at one-third power. Its hourly utilization is for 3 cycles. What is its utilization factor ?
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422 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGG ECONOMY | INTEREST FORMULA | SINKING FUND FACTOR | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A construction equipment has a useful life of 4 yrs after which it is to be replaced by a new one. If the interest rate is 6%, what is the nearest value of the sinking fund factor?
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423 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HAULING EQUIPMENTS | TRACTORS | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements : i) There is no large difference in speed between wheeled tractors and crawlers. ii) The operating cost of crawlers is generally more than for wheeled tractors. iii) Both, viz, wheeled tractors as well as crawlers, need to be mounted on trailers for long distance hauls. iv) Wheeled tractors may occasionally suffer slips whereas crawlers do not. Which of the above statements is/are NOT correct?
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424 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HAULING EQUIPMENTS | TRACTORS CYCLE TIME | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A 1.75 m3 capacity tractor loader has a forward loaded speed of 240 m/min, returning unloaded speed of 300 m/min and operates at 80% of the specified speed. It hauls earth over a distance of 60 m with fixed time per trip being 25 seconds. What is its effective cycle time ?
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425 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | RESOURCE LEVELLING | RESOUCE ALLOCATION | COST INCURRED ON PARTICULAR DAY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The scheduled durations, by the convention 'after/at the end of indicated day number' and the cost per day of duration, of each activity are shown in the network above. What are the costs incurred on day numbers 13 and 17?
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426 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HAULING EQUIPMENTS | PRODUCTIVITY OF TRACTORS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE |
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427 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | NETWORK DIAGRAM | A-O-N | FACT | EASY | Q.How many links are deletable in the A-0-N network shown above ?
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428 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CPM | FLOATS | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the duration by which the completion time of any activity can be delayed without affecting the start of any of the succeeding activities ?
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429 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | NETWORK DIAGRAM | A-O-N | FACT | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
430 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | INTRODUCTION | DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS AND THEIR USES | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Equipment)
List-II (Category)
Code:
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431 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | NETWORK DIAGRAM | A-O-A | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is associated with a critical activity in a A-0-A network ?
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432 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGG ECONOMY | INTEREST FORMULA | SINKING FUND FACTOR | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A uniform series of income is available in perpetuity, which will yield an amount of Rs. 4,000/- at the end of each 4-year period. Sinking fund (deposit) factor, @ 8% p.a., for discrete compounding is 0.222. For the same interest rate, what will be the capitalized equivalent income 'now' ?
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433 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | DIFF TIME ESTIMATES | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
434 | ESE | 2009 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | CRITICAL PATH | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following relates to determination of critical path in PERT ?
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435 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CEMENT | CHEMISTRY OF CEMENT | RATE OF HYDRATION | FACT | EASY | Q. Directions: Each of the next Six (06) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below Codes:
Assertion (A) : The rate of hydration is faster in finer cements. Reason (R) : The surface area finer cement is more in case of finer cement.
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436 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | DEFECTS | SEGREGATION | FACT | EASY |
Each of the next Six (06) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below Codes:
Assertion (A) : Strength of concrete is reduced due to segregation. Reason (R) : Reducing the workability of concrete mix results in segregation
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437 | ESE | 2009 | BMC | CONCRETE | PROPERTIES OF CEMENT CONCRETE | CEMENT CONTENT | FACT | EASY |
Each of the next Six (06) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below Codes:
Assertion (A): The lower the difference between the minimum strength and the mean strength of a concrete mix, the lower the cement content to be used. Reason (R) : The method for controlling the difference between the minimum strength and the mean strength is quality control.
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438 | ESE | 2009 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SFD AND BMD | DEFINITION | RATE OF CHANGE OF LOADING DIAGRAM | FACT | EASY |
Each of the next Six (06) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below Codes:
Assertion (A): Shearing force may be defined as the rate of change of loading moment. Reason (R) : Shearing force at a section is the algebraic sum of the forces to the left of the section.
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439 | ESE | 2009 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBER | LATERAL REINFORCEMENT | CODAL PROVISION | FACT | EASY |
Each of the next Six (06) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below Codes:
Assertion (A) : The provision of lateral reinforcement in RCC columns is not mandatory. Reason (R) : The lateral reinforcement in RCC columns helps in preventing possible bulking of longitudinal reinforcement.
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440 | ESE | 2009 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURE | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | INTRODUCTION | FACT | EASY |
Each of the next Six (06) items consists of two statements, one labelled as the 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below Codes:
Assertion (A): Method of moment distribution is classifiable as a force method. Reason (R) : The method consists of computing end moments due to end rotation of the member. |
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441 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | TIMBER | PROPERTIES OF WOOD | MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD | FACT | HARD | Consider the following statements: i) There will be no defects in select grade timbers ii) The codal values for strength of grade – ll timber without defects may be reduced by 37.5% iii) For timber used as columns, The permissible stress in ungraded timbers is adopted with a multiplying factor of 0.50 iv) In case of wind force and earthquake, a modifying factor of 1.33 is adopted Which of the above statements are correct?
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442 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | TIMBER | SEASONING | METHODS OF SEASONING | CONCEPT | EASY | Consider the following statements regarding timber: i) The strength of timber increases by kiln seasoning. ii) Cutting of wood is to be done prior to treatment. iii) Water seasoning is good for prevention of warping iv) ASCU treatment enhances the strength of wood Which of the above statements are correct?
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443 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | TIMBER | DEFECTS IN TIMBER | DEFECTS IN TIMBER | CONCEPT | EASY | Gase(s) emitted during rotting or decomposition of timber is /are mainly
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444 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | BRICKS | HARMFUL INGREDIENTS IN BRICK EARTH | EFFLORESCENCE | CONCEPT | EASY | Efflorescence of bricks is due to
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445 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | BRICKS | HARMFUL INGREDIENTS IN BRICK EARTH | HARMFUL INGREDIENTS IN BRICK EARTH | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Disintegration of brick masonry walls is primarily due to i) Efflorescence ii) Magnesium sulphate in bricks iii) Calcined clay admixtures iv) Kankar nodules Which of the above statements are correct
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446 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS | TILES | TILES | CONCEPT | EASY | Consider the following tests: i) Transverse strength test ii) water absorption test iii) impact test iv) breaking strength test Which of the above are relevant to testing of tiles?
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447 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CEMENT | HYDRATION OF CEMENT | FINENESS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Which of the following statements is / are correct regarding the strength of cement? i) Particle sizes less than 3μm increase the viscous nature of the cement. ii) Finer particles in cement can be replaced by fly- ash to improve the strength.
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448 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CEMENT | BASIC PROPERTIES OF CEMENT COMPOUNDS | BOUGE COMPOUNDS | CONCEPT | EASY | The constituent compound in Portland cement which reacts immediately with water, and also set earliest, is
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449 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | MORTAR AND LIME | CEMENT MORTAR | USE OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF MORTAR | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following statements are correct with regard to cement mortar? Workability of cement mortar can be improved by addition of lime. Fly ash cement is economical in plastering jobs. Addition of saw dust improves workability. Sand in mortar can be replaced by finely crushed fire bricks.
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450 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | PROPORTIONING OF CONCRETE | PROPORTIONING OF CONCRETE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | In a concrete mix of proportion 1:3:6 , The actual quantity of sand, which is judged to have undergone 15% bulking, per unit volume of cement ,will be
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451 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | RHEOLOGY OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | The rheological behaviour of concrete, When represented by shear stress vs rate of shear , is characterised as |
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452 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | CURING OF CONCRETE | METHODS OF CURING | CONCEPT | EASY | Which method of curing of concrete is recommendable for rapid gain of strength of concrete?
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453 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | TESTS FOR WORKABILITY | TESTS FOR WORKABILITY | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following is appropriate as a simple field method for assessing consistency of concrete?
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454 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | TYPES OF CONCRETE | TYPES OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Which of the following are relatable to autoclave aerated concrete? i) Light weight ii) Strong iii) Inorganic iv) non – toxic
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455 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | FACTORS AFFECTING WORKABILITY | FACTORS AFFECTING WORKABILITY | CONCEPT | EASY | The workability of concrete becomes more reliable depending on Aggregate cement ratio ii) time of transit iii) grading of the aggregate
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456 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | ELASTIC CONSTANTS | ELASTIC CONSTANTS | NUMERICAL | EASY | The longitudinal strain of a cylindrical bar of 25mm diameter and 1.5 m length is found to be 3 times its lateral strain in a tensile test. What is the value of bulk modulus by assuming E= 1 x 105 N/ mm2?
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457 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | ELASTIC CONSTANTS | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELASTIC CONSTANTS | FACT | EASY | For an elastic material, Poisson’s ratio is μ, Modulus of elasticity is E , Modules of rigidity is C and bulk modulus is K. μ is expressible in terms of K and C as
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458 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | DEFLECTION OF AXIALLY LOADED MEMBERS | AXIAL DEFLECTION OF VARYING CROSS-SECTIONAL BAR | NUM ERICAL | EASY | Q. A mild steel bar of length 450mm tapers uniformly. The diameters at the end are 36mm and 18mm, respectively. An axial load of 12kN is applied on the bar. E= 1 x 105 N/ mm2. The elongation of the bar will be
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459 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | PRINCIPAL STRESSES | PRINCIPAL STRESSES | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following statements are Correct for stresses acting on mutually perpendicular faces of a plane element? i) The sum of the normal stresses in mutually perpendicular planes is equal to the sum of the principal stresses. ii) The shearing stresses in two mutually perpendicular planes are equal in magnitude and direction. iii) Maximum shear stress is half of the difference between principal stresses.
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460 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | STRESS | NORMAL STRESS | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following statements are correct? i) Strain in the direction of Applied stress is known as longitudinal stress. ii) Tensile stress results in tensile strain in linear and lateral directions iii) Strains in all the directions perpendicular to applied stress are known as lateral strain. iv) Ratio of change in volume to original volume is known as volumetric strain.
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461 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | ANALYSIS OF STRAIN | ANALYTICAL METHOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | The state of stress on an element is as shown in the figure . If E= 2 x 105 N/ mm2 and Poisson’s ratio = 0.3, The magnitude of the stress σ for no strain in BC is
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462 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | TIMBER | STRUCTURE OF TREE | STRUCTURE OF TREE | CONCEPT | EASY | In the cross - section of a timber, cambium layer can occur in
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463 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | VOLUMETRIC STRAIN | VOLUMETRIC STRAIN | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Consider the following statements: i) In the infinitesimal strain theory, dilatation is taken as an invariant. ii) Dilatation is not Proportional to algebraic sum of all normal stresses. iii) The shearing modulus is always less than the elastic modulus. Which of the above statements is/ are correct?
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464 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | INTRODUCTION TO STRESS AND STRAIN | INTRODUCTION TO STRESS AND STRAIN | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following represents ‘constitutive relationship’ ?
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465 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | STRESSES | ANALYTICAL METHOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | A square element of a structural part is subjected to biaxial stresses as shown in the figure. On a plane along BD ,the intensity of the resultant stress due to these conditions will be
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466 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | THEORIES OF ELASTIC FAILURE | MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS THEORY (RANKINE'S THEORY) | NUMERICAL | EASY | A structural element is subjected to a pure shear of 80 N/ mm2, as shown in the figure . The yield stresses both in tension and in compression are 240 N/ mm2. According to the maximum normal stress theory, the factor of safety in tension and compression are respectively
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467 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | THEORIES OF ELASTIC FAILURE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS THEORY (GUEST AND TRESCA'S) | NUMERICAL | EASY | Principal stresses at a point are 80 N/ mm2 and 40 N/ mm2 ,both tensile. The yield stress in simple tension for this material is 200 N/ mm2. The values of factors of safety according to maximum principal stress theory and maximum shear stress theory, respectively are
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468 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS-STRAIN AND THEORIES OF FAILURE | THEORIES OF ELASTIC FAILURE | MAXIMUM STRAIN ENERGY THEORY (HAIGH AND BELTRAMI) | NUMERICAL | EASY | The principal stresses at a point are 2 σ (tensile) and σ (compressive) , and the stress at elastic Limit for the material in simple tension is 210 N/ mm2 . According to maximum shear strain theory, the value of σ at failure is
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469 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS | BENDING STRESSES | MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS | NUMERICAL | EASY | A thin steel ruler having its cross section of 0.0625 cm x 2.5 cm is bent by couples applied at it's end so that it's length l equal to 25 cm when bent, as a circular arc, subtends a central angle θ = 60°. Take E = 2 x 10 6 kg/ cm2 . The maximum stress induced in the ruler and the magnitude is
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470 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | CLAMSHELLS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Which of the following statements are correct? i) Cranes are employable in moving and/or hoisting loads. ii) With the use of dipper and stick, power shovels can be used as hoes. iii) OverDrive for higher speeds is a facility often used comfortably in the working of a tractor. iv) Clam shells are less desirable than draglines if the material is water saturated.
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471 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | TEMPERATURE STRESSES | TEMPERATURE STRESSES IN COMPOSITE BAR | NUMERICAL | EASY | Two similar bars of steel and aluminium are heated to a same temperature. Forces are applied at the end of the bars to maintain their length unaltered. If the ratio of Young's moduli of steel and aluminium is 3, and the ratio of the coefficient of thermal expansion of steel to that of aluminium is 0.5 , What is the stress on the aluminium bar if the stress on the steel bar is 100 MPa ?
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472 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS | SIMPLY BENDING OR PURE BENDING | EQUATION OF PURE BENDING | NUMERICAL | EASY | In order that the extreme fibre stresses in bending will be in the ratio 4:3 In the beam shown in the following figure, the width b of the upper flange ( b< 10 cm) of the beam section is to be
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473 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS | BENDING STRESSES | MAXIMUM BENDING STRESS | NUMERICAL | EASY | A structural steel beam has an Unsymmetrical l- cross- section. The overall depth of the beam is 200 mm .The flange stresses at the top and bottom are 120 N/ mm2 and 80 N/ mm2 respectively .The depth of the neutral axis from the top of the beam will be
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474 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT | MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT | NUMERICAL | EASY | The bending moment at A for the beam shown below (with BD being a rigid bar) is
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475 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAMS | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAMS FOR FRAMES | NUMERICAL | EASY | The bending moment diagram for the beam shown below is
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476 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION OF SHAFTS | POWER TRANSMITTED BY SHAFT | FORMULA FOR POWER TRANSMISSION | NUMERICAL | EASY | A circular shaft rotates at 200 rpm and is subject to a torque of 1500 Nm . The power transmitted would be
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477 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION OF SHAFTS | DESIGN OF SHAFT | DESIGN OF SHAFT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Torques Are transmitted to the solid circular shaft as shown in the figure below. if the corresponding permissible stress in the shaft is 60 N/ mm2 , the diameter of the shaft is nearly
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478 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | CENTROIDS AND MOMENTS OF INERTIA | MOMENT OF INERTIA | CIRCULAR SECTION | NUMERICAL | EASY | A solid circular shaft has a diameter d. Its polar modulus will be |
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479 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION OF SHAFTS | POWER TRANSMITTED BY SHAFT | FORMULA FOR POWER TRANSMISSION | NUMERICAL | EASY | A hollow steel shaft has outside diameter d and inside diameter d/2. The value of d for the shaft, if it has to be transmit 200 hp at 105 rpm with a working shear stress of 420 kg/ cm2 , is
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480 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION OF SHAFTS | TORSION OF NON-CIRCULAR SECTION | TORSION OF NON-CIRCULAR SECTION | NUMERICAL | HARD | Two thin-walled tubular members made of same material have the same length, same wall thickness and same total weight and are both subjected to the same torque of magnitude T. If the individual cross sections are circular and square, respectively, as in the figures, then, the ratios of the shear stress τ , reckoned for the circular member in relation to the square member will be
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481 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT | POINT OF CONTRAFLEXURE | CONCEPT | EASY | In the analysis of beams subjected to loads , the point with nil bending moment can be a i) Point of contraflexure ii)Point of maximum shear force iii)point of inflexion Which of the above statements is / are correct?
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482 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SIMPLE STRESS-STRAIN AND ELASTIC CONSTANTS | HOOKE'S LAW | ELONGATION OF BARS | NUMERICAL | EASY | A mild steel bar, 1.5 m Long, has a square section 40mm x 40 mm . The bar is subjected to a 2 dimensional stress σ x = 310 N/mm2 ( tensile) and σ y= 300 N/mm2( compressive). E= 2 x 102 N/mm5, poisson’s ratio μ =0.3. the elongation of the bar in the direction of σx will be
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483 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | TRACTOR | NUMERICAL | HARD | A tractor has a permissible loaded speed of 200 m/minute , which can increase by 25% when the load is removed/ deposited . Generally, it is operated at 80% of the permissible speed( loaded or unloaded ) . It works at a location where haul distance is 120m. Rest allowance per round trip is taken as 50 seconds on an average. Fixed time per trip, for loading and unloading and turnaround, etc is 30 seconds what is its effective cycle time?
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484 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT | MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT | NUMERICAL | EASY | The bending moment at A for the beam shown below not to scale is
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485 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES | TRUSS | DEFLECTION OF TRUSS | NUMERICAL | EASY | In the pin- end cantilever Truss shown below member FG had been Fabricated 10 mm longer than required. How much will point E defect vertically?
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486 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS/COLUMNS | DESIGN OF SHORT COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION | DESIGN OF SHORT COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION | CONCEPT | EASY | The purpose of lateral ties in a short RC column is to
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487 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ARCHES | TWO HINGES ARCHES | TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON TWO HINGED ARCHES | CONCEPT | EASY | When a two - hinged parabolic arch is subjected to a rise in ambient temperature, the horizontal thrust at the support will
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488 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | EXTERNAL EQUILIBRIUM OF STRUCTURES | RIGID BODY | DEGREE OF FREEDOM | NUMERICAL | EASY | The degree of static indeterminacy for a rigid frame as shown below is
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489 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | SLOPE DEFLECTION METHOD OF ANALYSIS | DERIVATION OF SLOPE DEFLECTION EQUATIONS | DERIVATION OF SLOPE DEFLECTION EQUATIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | In the slope deflection equations, deformations are considered to be caused by
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490 | ESE | 2016 | The maximum bending moment caused by a set of concentrated moving loads is
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491 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHODS OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | METHODS OF ANALYSIS | FORCE METHOD | CONCEPT | EASY | Force method of analysis of a structure is particularly preferred when i) The degrees of freedom of the structure become large ii) the structure has less numbers of static, and more numbers of kinematic , indeterminacies . iii) The structure has more numbers of static, and less numbers of kinematic indeterminacies
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492 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHODS OF INDETERMINATE ANALYSIS | METHODS OF ANALYSIS | DISPLACEMENT METHOD | CONCEPT | EASY | Stiffness matrix method is in the category of i) Compatibility method ii) Displacement method iii) Force method iv) Equilibrium method
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493 | ESE | 2016 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE LINES | DEFINITION | DEFINITION | CONCEPT | EASY | Muller -Breslau Principle for obtaining influence lines in applicable to i) Statically determined beams and frame ii) Statically indeterminate structures , the material of which is elastic , and follows Hooke’s law iii) Any statically indeterminate structure
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494 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | INTRODUCTION | BASIC DEFINITIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | The plastic neutral axis i) Divides the given section into two equal halves ii) Divides the given section into two unequal parts iii) Lies on the centroidal axis of the section
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495 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | INTRODUCTION | BASIC DEFINITIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | The plastic moment capacity Mp is
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496 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | BEAMS | WEB CRIPPLING | WEB CRIPPLING | CONCEPT | EASY | Web crippling is caused by
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497 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED, BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS | FAILURE OF BOLTED JOINTS | BLOCK SHEAR FAILURE | CONCEPT | EASY | The block shear failure of a bolted joint in tension occurs because of i) use of high shear strength bolts ii) Use of plates with higher bearing strength
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498 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | RIVETTED, BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS | SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BOLTED JOINTS | PITCH | FACT | EASY | As per IS code , the maximum longitudinal pitch allowed in bolted joints of tension member is nominally
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499 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | SLENDERNESS RATIO | SLENDERNESS RATIO | NUMERICAL | EASY | ISMB 100 ( r x =40 mm, ry= 10 mm) has been used as a column in an industrial shed. Along the minor axis, the column has restraints In the form of purlins at 1.0 m intervals. Effective length factor along major and minor axes are 1.2 and 1.0 , respectively . If the slenderness ratio is restricted to 120 the maximum column height will be
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500 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INDUSTRIAL ROOFS | ROOF TRUSS | BRACING | FACT | EASY | As per IS 800-2007 , the permitted slenderness ratio for a bracing member in case of hangers shall be
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501 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | STRENGTH OF TENSILE MEMBER | RESERVE STRENGTH | NUMERICAL | MODERATE |
A rectangular beam of depth d is under bending .Load has been gradually increased when the top fibre has obtained five times the strain at the first yield. What depth of the beam will still respond by elastic conditions?
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502 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS AND DESIGN | STRENGTH OF FLEXURAL MEMBER | STRENGTH OF FLEXURAL MEMBER | CONCEPT | EASY | The ultimate moment capacity of a mild steel section is usually
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503 | ESE | 2016 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INDUSTRIAL ROOFS | ROOF TRUSS | BRACINGS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | The portal bracing in a Truss bridge is used to
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504 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN BY LIMIT STATE METHOD | REQUIREMENTS OF FLEXURAL DESIGN | REQUIREMENTS OF FLEXURAL DESIGN | CONCEPT | EASY | Consider the following cases in the design of reinforced concrete members in flexure: i) Over reinforced section ii) Tension failure iii) Compression failure iv) Under- reinforced section Which of the above cases are considered for safe design of R.C. members in flexure
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505 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN FOR BOND IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | BOND IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | BOND IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | The bond between steel and concrete is mainly due to
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506 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | DEFECTS IN CONCRETE | DEFECTS IN CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | The carbonation process is demonstrated more by
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507 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS/COLUMNS | DESIGN OF SHORT COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION | DESIGN OF SHORT COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION | CONCEPT | EASY | When a spirally reinforced short column is loaded axially the concrete inside the core is subjected to
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508 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN FOR SHEAR IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | SHEAR IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN REINFORCED CONCRETE SECTION | CONCEPT | EASY | In a reinforced concrete section shear stress distribution is diagrammatically
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509 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN FOR SHEAR IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRENGTH OF CONCRETE | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRENGTH OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | As per IS 456-2000, The maximum permissible shear stress, τCmax, is based on
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510 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS | FOOTING DESIGN | FOOTING DESIGN | CONCEPT | EASY | Footings shall be designed to sustain the i) Applied loads ii) Movement and forces under relatable loading conditions iii) Induced reactions
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511 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | SLAB DESIGN | INTRODUCTION | INTRODUCTION | CONCEPT | EASY |
Reinforced concrete slabs are designed for i) Shear ii) Flexure iii) Positive bending moment iv) Negative bending moment
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512 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN BY LIMIT STATE METHOD | INTRODUCTION | INTRODUCTION | CONCEPT | EASY | As compared to the working stress method of design, the limit state method of design premises that the concrete can admit
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513 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF FLANGED BEAMS BY LSM | INTRODUCTION | INTRODUCTION | CONCEPT | MODERATE | The bending stress in a T beam Section is maximum i) At top fibre ii) At centroidal fibre iii) At bottom fibre
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514 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | PRESTRESSED BEAM WITH PARABOLIC TENDON PROFILE | PRESTRESSED BEAM WITH PARABOLIC TENDON PROFILE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. If the loading on a simply supported pre- stressed concrete beam is uniformly distributed, the centroid of the pre - stressing tendon should be as
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515 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | TRANSMISSION LENGTH | CONCEPT | MODERATE | In a post - tension pre- stressed concrete beam the end block zone is in between the end of the beam and the section where
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516 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | PRE-TENSIONING | CONCEPT | EASY | In the pre -tensioning method i) Tension in concrete is induced directly by external force ii) Tension is induced in the tendons before concreting iii) Concrete continues to be in tension after pre -stressing
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517 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | ANALYSIS AND DESIGN BY LIMIT STATE METHOD | INTRODUCTION | CLASSIFICATION OF SECTIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | Flexural collapse in over reinforced beams is due to
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518 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | DESIGN FOR BOND IN REINFORCED CONCRETE | BENDS, HOOKS AND MECHANICAL ANCHORAGES | DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS | CONCEPT | EASY | If a beam is likely to fail due to high bonding stresses , then its bond strength can be increased most economically by
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519 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | RECIPROCATING PUMP | EFFICIENCY | NUMERICAL | EASY | A single acting reciprocating pump has a stroke of 25cm, speed of 135 rpm and piston of 30cm diameter. If it's slip has been estimated as 4% at particular operating condition, what is the corresponding realised discharge through a height of 14m?
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520 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESS | ANALYSIS OF PRESTRESS | CONCEPT | EASY | In the design of pre- stressed concrete structure which of the following limit states will be qualified as the limit states of serviceability? i) Flexural ii) Shear iii) Deflection iv) cracking
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521 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | COMBINATION OF PUMPS | PUMPS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL | CONCEPT | EASY | Consider the following statements i) pumps used in series are generally of the centrifugal type. ii) centrifugal pumps, though yielding comparatively smaller discharges than axial flow pumps, yield higher heads (at each stage) compared to axial flow pumps Which of the above statements is/ are correct?
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522 | ESE | 2016 | RCC | MASONRY DESIGN | MASONRY REINFORCEMENT | MASONRY REINFORCEMENT | FACT | EASY | When steel reinforcing bars are provided in masonry , the bars shall have an embedment with adequate cover in cement sand mortar not leaner than
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523 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT | PUMPS | DISCHARGE AND HEAD | FACT | MODERATE | The efficacy of pumpcrete is based primarily on i) The capacity of pump ii) The aggregate size, which should not exceed 8 cm iii) The diameter of pipe being large, with more than 30cm being desirable iv) The performance of the agitator
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524 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | CONCRETING EQUIPMENTS | NON-TILTING TYPE MIXER | FACT | MODERATE | Q. In non - tilting type drum mixer, i) Large size aggregate up to 20-25 cm can be handled ii) Mixing time is less than 2 minutes iii) discharge is through buckets onto the platform iv) for large size mixers ,the mixing time should be slightly increased if handling more than 800 litres of the miX Which of the above statements are correct
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525 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | COMBINATION OF PUMPS | PUMPS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL | NUMERICAL | EASY | How many impellers are required for a multi stage pump to lift 4000 lpm against a total head of 80 m at a speed of 750 rpm; given that Ns for each impeller should be between 720 to 780 units?
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526 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS | PERFORMANCE CURVES | NUMERICAL | EASY | A 15 cm centrifugal pump delivers 6 lps at a head of 26 m running at a speed of 1350 rpm. A similarly design pump of 20cm size runs at the same speed. What are the most likely nearest magnitude of discharge and delivery head provided by the latter pump?
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527 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS | PERFORMANCE CURVES | CONCEPT | HARD | Which of the following statements are correct as operating characteristics of a centrifugal pump? i) As discharge increases from zero value, head slightly increases; then the head declines gently; and beyond a certain discharge, the head falls steeply . ii) As discharge increases, efficiency increases from zero, rising fast to a maximum value and then falls rapidly, more rapidly than the head discharge curve. iii) BHP increases from a non- zero (positive) value at zero discharge, the increase being only moderate before it starts falling beyond a certain discharge.
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528 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENT | CONCEPT | EASY | Engines used in earth work equipment are qualified by the power developed under specified conditions. As operating conditions change, the power developed will increase with local ambience, if i) Ambient temperature increases ii) Ambient temperature decreases iii) Ambient pressure increases iv) Ambient pressure decreases Which of the above statements are correct
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529 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | COMBINATION OF PUMPS | PUMPS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Manometric head developed hm in m , And discharge Q in lps in respect of two pumps, 1 and 2 are tabulated . The pumps are connected in series against a static head of 100 m. Total head losses for a discharge of Q are as Q2/100 (m). What is the delivered discharge?
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530 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | RECIPROCATING PUMP | EFFICIENCY | NUMERICAL | EASY | A reciprocating pump has a stroke of 30cm, speed of 100 rpm , and a piston of 22.5 cm diameter . It discharges 18.9 lps. What is the slip of the pump ?
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531 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | SPECIFIC SPEED | NUMERICAL | EASY | The following data were recorded when a Centrifugal pump worked at its maximum efficiency:Q=40 lps ; Mano-metric head developed =25 m; input shaft horse power =11.9W . What is the non dimensional specific speed of the pump if it was running at 1500 rpm?( May adopt the following all in SI units) g ¼ = 1.77, g1/2 = 3.312, g3/4 =5.544, √2= 1.414 , √5= 2.236 and √10= 3.162)
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532 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | COMPONENTS OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | CASING,BLADE ANGLE, IMPELLER,RUNNER,GUIDEVANE ANGLE | NUMERICAL | EASY | The total head to be developed by centrifugal pump is expected to be up to 50 m. The normal ratio of radii of impeller rim and impeller eye of 2 is maintained. The design is for a speed of 1300 rpm. what is the normal diameter of the impeller? Take √g= 3.13 and 1 / π = 0.318 .
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533 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CRITICAL PATH METHOD CPM | STANDARD DEVIATION OF AN ACTIVITY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Activities A,B,C and D constitute a small project; Their Interrelationship, expected duration and standard deviation of this expected duration are shown in the figure, respectively.
With a view to improving the speed of implementation, each of B ,C and D are split into 3 equal segments, maintaining appropriate Inter relationship between A and each of these nine segments. What will be the standard deviation of the modified project duration after segmentation ( to the nearest 1/10 units ) ?
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534 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK THEORY | TECHNIQUES USE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT | BAR CHART | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following is / are the main drawback ( s) in adopting bar charts? i) All the activities are shown as being independent of each other ii) The sequence of activities is not defined at all iii) It is difficult to judge whether an activity is completed or not
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535 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK THEORY | TECHNIQUES USE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT | WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE | CONCEPT | EASY | The purpose of work- break- down Structure in project planning is mainly to i) Facilitate and improve the decision -making on procurement of resources ii) Relate activities under particular trade specializations to help in organizing for project staff iii) Co-ordinate regarding milestone events across trade specialisations to improve the synergy between the trades
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536 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND NETWORK THEORY | NETWORK DIAGRAM AND TECHNIQUES | A-O-N | CONCEPT | EASY |
Which of the following statements is / are correct? i) An activity is in between two nodes numbers, which need not to be in an increasing order in the activity progress sequence. ii) The length of the arrow in a network has certain significance iii) Concurrent activities are mutually independent and can possibly be taken up simultaneously.
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537 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CRITICAL PATH METHOD CPM | FLOAT | CONCEPT | EASY | Which of the following statements are implicit in developing the critical path network? i) Only one time estimate is required for any activity ii) Time only is controlling factor at this stage iii) Time and cost both are controlling factors at this stage iv) Critical events may have positive, negative, or zero float
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538 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CRITICAL PATH METHOD CPM | FREE FLOAT | CONCEPT | EASY | In the critical path method of project planning, free float can be
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539 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | SLACK | CONCEPT | EASY | slack time in PERT analysis
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540 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PROJECT COST | PROJECT COST CONTROL | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A small project consists of 3 activities P, Q and R to be executed in that sequence. The relationship between time duration (in ‘units’ of time-T) and corresponding total direct cost (C units) for each of the activities, for alternate mutually exclusive possible durations for each activity, are tabulated here with:
For a total duration of 25 units of time, the least total direct cost for the complete project will be
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541 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | TIMBER | DEFECTS IN TIMBER | DEFECTS DUE TO SEASONING | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement (l) Splitting of fibers is a type of seasoning defect in wood Statement (ll) Seasoning of timber is a general requirement for structural purposes.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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542 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | TIMBER | CLASSIFICATION OF TREES | CHARACTERISTICS OF HARDWOOD | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) Hardwoods are used in special purpose heavy construction statement(ll) Hardwoods too are porous in nature
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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543 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | BRICKS | FIRE-CLAY | REFRACTORY BRICKS | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) In general, bricks cannot be used in industrial foundations. Statement(ll) Heavy duty bricks can withstand higher temperatures
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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544 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | BRICKS | FIRE-CLAY | FIRE BRICKS | CONCEPT | MODERATE |
Statement(l) In multistoried constructions , Burnt clay perforated bricks are used to reduce the cost of construction Statement (ll) Perforated bricks are economical and they also provide thermal insulation
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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545 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | PUMPS | PUMPS | CONCEPT | MODERATE |
Statement(l) Positive displacement pumps can be used for pumping of ready mixed concrete Statement(ll) The coarse aggregate in the mix is unlikely to be crushed during positive displacement
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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546 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | MORTAR AND LIME | CEMENT MORTAR | SPECIAL MORTARS | CONCEPT | EASY | Statement (l) Fire resistance of plastering can be achieved by mixing surkhi to the cement mortar Statement (ll) Insulation against sound and fire can be achieved by adding sufficient water in- situ just before applying the mortar
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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547 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | MIX DESIGN | CODE FOR WATER CONTENT IN CONCRETE | CONCEPT | MODERATE |
Statement(l) Water containing less than 2000 ppm of dissolved solids can generally be used satisfactorily for making concrete Statement(ll) The presence of any of zinc, manganese , tin , copper or lead reduces the strength of concrete considerably.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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548 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Statement(l) Though a non-elastic material yet concrete exhibits a linear relationship between stress and strain at low values of stress Statement(ll) The modulus of elasticity of concrete is dependent on the elastic properties of aggregate and on curing
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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549 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | WATER-CEMENT RATIO | EFFECT OF WATER - CEMENT RATIO | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) Finer the cement, greater is the need for water for hydration and workability Statement (ll) Bleeding of a mix occurs due to low water - cement ratio
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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550 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | INTRODUCTION | DUCTILE MATERIALS | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) The failure of a mild steel specimen of circular - cross section subjected to a torque occurs along its cross- section Statement(ll) The failure occurs on a plane of the specimen subjected to maximum shear stress ; and mild steel is relatively weak in shear
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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551 | ESE | 2016 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS IN BEAMS | SIMPLY BENDING OR PURE BENDING | NEUTRAL AXIS | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) In elastic analysis of structures, the neutral axis is the intersection between the plane of bending and the neutral plane. Statement(ll) Neutral axis in the context of plastic analysis of structures is always the equal area axis of the cross section
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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552 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | COMPACTION EQUIPMENTS | VIBRATING COMPACTORS | CONCEPT | EASY | Statement (l) Whereas shutter vibrators are preferred for use with pre- stressed beams, needle vibrators are preferred in foundation concreting. Statement (ll) Needle vibrators are susceptible to get dysfunctional with leaking- in of cement slurry —which is not the case with the shutter vibrator.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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553 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISTING EQUIPMENTS | MOBILE CRANES | CONCEPT | MODERATE |
Statement (l) The forward edge of wheels or outriggers acts as a fulcrum in determining the lifting capacity of a mobile crane Statement(ll) There is inbuilt security and safety against sudden dropping of load, as well as against abrupt swinging, in the working of a mobile crane.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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554 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISTING EQUIPMENTS | WINCH | CONCEPT | HARD |
Statement(l) Hand -operated chain - hoist include differential screw- geared types within their range. Statement(ll) In case of hoist- winch the capacity of the hoist is increased by a number of gear reductions
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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555 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | MORTAR AND LIME | BULKING OF SAND | BULKING OF SAND | CONCEPT | EASY | Statement(l) when employing weigh - batching for mix preparation, bulking of sand has to be accounted for. Statement (ll) Bulked sand will affect the proportional composition of the ingredients to be used in making wet concrete of the desired eventual strength.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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556 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CRITICAL PATH METHOD CPM | TOTAL FLOAT | CONCEPT | EASY | Statement(l) Critical path(s) through a CPM network can be identified even without working out the backward pass computations by a competent user. Statement (ll) Critical path is the progressive chain of activities from start to finish (not excluding between splitting and merging nodes) through the network where total float is absent throughout (including through dummy arrows, if appropriate).
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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557 | ESE | 2016 | BMC | CONCRETE | MANUFACTURING OF CONCRETE | BATCHING OF CONCRETE | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) For implementing weigh batching separate compartments are made for storing large quantities of the aggregates. Besides lifting and loading equipment, there must be regular assessment of grading and also of moisture content. Statement(ll) Whereas eventual strength of the mix depends also on the grading of the ingredients, the water needs too must be properly computed and implemented.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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558 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | RESOURCE LOADING | RESOURCE LOADING | CONCEPT | EASY | Statement(l) Resources optimization is largely a pre- implementation pursuit whereas resources allocation is a through- implementation dynamic process. Statement(ll) Resources allocation has a large bearing on Inventory Management than resources optimization.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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559 | ESE | 2016 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PROJECT COST | STEPS IN CRASHING | CONCEPT | EASY |
Statement(l) Crashing of project duration always increases the cost of the project on its completion, no matter what the indirect, or overhead, costs are Statement(ll) The critical path along the project activities network diagram is compressed in the process of investigating the crashing of the project duration, and not the non critical activities, up to a certain stage of crashing.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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560 | ESE | 2016 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | RECIPROCATING PUMP | WORKING OF RECIPROCATING PUMP | CONCEPT | MODERATE |
Statement(l) In the operation of reciprocating pumps, slip can sometimes be negative.
Statement(ll) Under conditions of high speed, long suction pipes (without capitation)and short delivery pipes, inertia pressure can be relatively rather high, causing the delivery valve to open before the discharge stroke begins.
1. Both statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true and Statement (II) is the correct explanation of Statement (I). 2. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are individually true but Statement (II) is not the correct explaination of Statement (I). 3. Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false. 4. Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true. |
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561 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | HYDROGRAPH | UNIT HYDROGRAPH | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I A. Unit hydrograph B.Synthetic unit hydrograph C.Darcy’s law D. Rational method List II
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562 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | FLOOD | RECURRENCE INTERVAL | RETURN PERIOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. Which one of the following statements is correct in respect of the two important aspects of flood forecast – (1) reliability of the forecast, and (2) the time available in between the forecast and the occurrence of flood?
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563 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | WATER REQUIREMENT OF CROPS | RELATION BETWEEN DUTY AND DELTA | DUTY CALCULATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. The delta for a crop having base period 120 days is 70 cm. What is the duty ?
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564 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | WATER REQUIREMENT OF CROPS | INTENSITY OF IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | DISCHARGE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. For a culturable command area of 1000 hectare with intensity of irrigation of 50%, the duty on field for a certain crop is 2000 hectare/cumec. What is the discharge required at head of water course with 25% losses of water ?
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565 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | SOIL,MOISTURE AND WATER RELATIONSHIP | SOIL,MOISTURE AND MOISTURE CONSTANTS | MOISTURE DEPTH AVAILABLE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the moisture depth available for evapotranspiration in root zone of 1 m depth soil, if dry weight of soil is 1.5 gm/cc, field capacity is 30% and permanent wilting point is 10% ?
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566 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGAL | WATER SUPPLY ENGG | GROUND WATER ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | AQUICLUDE | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following correctly defines aquiclude?
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567 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | CANAL DESIGN | SEEPAGE THEORY | LACEY’S REGIME THEORY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. What is the regime scour depth for a channel in soil with silt factor of unity and carrying 8 m2 /s of discharge intensity in accordance with Lacey’s regime theory ? 1. 3.6 m 2. 4m 3. 5.4 m 4. 25.6 m |
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568 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | DAMS, SPILLWAYS, ENERGY DISSIPATORS AND SPILLWAY GATES | SPILLWAYS | OGEE SPILLWAY | FORMULA | EASY | Q. Which one of the following equations represents the downstream curve of the “Ogee’ spillway (where x and y are the coordinates of the crest profile measured from the apex of the crest, and H is the design head) ?
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569 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | HYDROGRAPH | INSTANTANEOUS UNIT HYDROGRAPH | CLARK’S METHOD | FACT | EASY | Q. Clark’s method aims at which one of the following?
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570 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | DAMS, SPILLWAYS, ENERGY DISSIPATORS AND SPILLWAY GATES | SADDLE SIPHON | NO.OF UNITS REQUIRED | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q. For a saddle siphon, the maximum operative head is 6.25 m. The width and height of the throat of the siphon are 4 m and 2 m respectively. The coefficient of discharge is 0.90. How many units are required to pass a flood of 300 cumec?(Take g = 10 m/s2)
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571 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DESIGN OF SEWER AND SEWER APPURTENANCE | SEWER APPURTENANCE | MANHOLE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements regarding building manholes : i) They must be provided at every change of alignment, gradient or diameter. ii) They must be provided at the head of all sewers. iii) They must be provided at every junction of two or more sewers iv) They must be provided at every 100 m along straight runs of sewers. Which of the statements given above are correct ?
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572 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF SEWAGE | TREATMENT METHODS | PARAMETER USED IN TREATMENT UNITS | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Parameter) A. F/M ratio B. Solar energy C. Effluent recirculation D. Volatile fatty acids List II (Treatment Unit or Process)
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573 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WASTE WATER CHARACTERISTICS | RATIOS | BOD/COD | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of- the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
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574 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER | BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER | MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION | FACT | EASY | Q.In aerobic conditions, the microbial decomposition of organics results in the formation of which one of the following?
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575 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WASTE WATER CHARACTERISTICS | CHARACTERISTICS OF SEWAGE | CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A waste water sample of 2 ml is made upto 300 ml in BOD bottle with distilled water. Initial DO of the sample is 8 mg/l and after 5 days it is 2 mg/l. What is its BOD ?
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576 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | PRE TREATMENT | AERATION | FACT | EASY | Consider the following statements Aeration in water treatment helps in i) killing pathogens. ii) correcting pH iii) precipitating dissolved iron andmanganese. iv) expelling excess CO2 and H2 v) expelling volatile oils. Which of the statements given above arecorrect ?
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577 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | RESOURCES OF WATER AND ITS CONVEYANCE | PIPE APPURTENANCE | FIXTURE AND THEIR PURPOSE | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Fixture) A. Surge arrester B. Butterfly valve C. Scour valve D. Check valve List II (Purpose)
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578 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DESIGN OF SEWER AND SEWER APPURTENANCE | DESIGN CONSIDERATION IN SEWER DESIGN | SELF CLEANSING VELOCITY | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Which one of the following statements is correct ? If a sewer X is to be designed to generate equivalent self- cleansing action as in sewer Y, then
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579 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | DESIGN | MISCELLANEOUS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes : List I A. Test with sound waves in the audible frequency range B. Fire flow tests C. Hydraulic gradient tests D. Coefficient tests List II
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580 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | BASIC DEFINITIONS | VOID RATIO | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. Two soil samples A and B have porosities nA = 40% and nB = 60 % respectively.What is the ratio of void ratios eA : eB ?
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581 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS | DENSITIES | FORMULA | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
582 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS | MISCELLANEOUS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What are the respective values of void ratio, porosity ratio and saturated density (in kN/m3) for a soil sample which has saturation moisture content of 20% and specific gravity of grains as 2.6 ? (Take density of water 10 kN/m3)
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583 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS | EMBANKMENT FILL | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.Embankment fill is to be compacted at a density of 18 kN/m3. The soil of the borrow area is at a density of 15 kN/m3.What is the estimated number of trips of 6 Cu. m capacity truck for hauling the soil required for compacting 100m3 fill of the embankment ? (Assume that the soil in the borrow area and that in the embankment are at the same moisture content)
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584 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SOIL COMPACTION | FIELD COMPACTION AND COMPACTION EQUIPMENT | USES OF EQUIPMENT ON DIFF SOIL | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
585 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SOIL COMPACTION | EFFECT OF COMPACTION ON PROPERTIES OF SOIL | MDD/OMC | CONCEPT | EASY | Q.Soil is compacted at which one of The following when a higher compactive effort produces highest increase in dry density ?
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586 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS,CAPILLARITY AND PERMEABILITY | PERMEABILITY OF SOIL | PROPERTIES | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements i. Coarse sand is more than a milliontimes permeable than a high plasticityclay. ii. The permeability depends on thenature of soil and not on properties ofliquid flowing through soil. iii. If a sample of sand and a sample ofclay have the same void ratio, bothsamples will exhibit the samepermeability. iv. Permeability of soil decreases as theeffective stress acting on the soilincreases. Which of the statements given above arecorrect?
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587 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS,CAPILLARITY AND PERMEABILITY | DETERMINATION OF COEFF.OF PERMEABILITY | FIELD METHOD | EQUATION | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
588 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | COMPRESSIBILITY AND CONSOLIDATION | TERZAGHI THEORY | ASSUMPTIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following statements is correct? The one dimensional theory of consolidation proposed by Terzaghi derives its name due to the fact that
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589 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SEEPAGE THROUGH SOIL | SEEPAGE THROUGH EARTHEN DAMS | PROTECTIVE MEASURES IN DAMS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
590 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | COMPRESSIBILITY AND CONSOLIDATION | TIME RATE OF CONSOLIDATION | MECHANISM OF CONSOLIDATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. For a certain loading condition, a saturatedclay layer undergoes 40% consolidation a period of 178 days. What would be theadditional time required for further 20%consolidation to occur? 1. 89 days 2. 5 days 3. 5 days 4. 5 days |
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591 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS,CAPILLARITY AND PERMEABILITY | INTRODUCTION | SHEAR STRENGTH | FORMULA | EASY | Q.Which one of the following expressions represents the shear strength of soil at point X ? Angle of shear resistance of soil is Φ and symbols γw,γsat,γsub,γdry stand for unit weights of water, saturated soil,submerged soil and dry soil respectively
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592 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOIL | SHEAR TESTS | UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TEST | FACT | MODERATE | Q. A shear test was conducted on a soil sample. At failure, the ratio of (σ1-σ3)/2 to (σ1+σ3)/2 is equal to unity. Which one of the following shear tests represents this condition ?
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593 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | INTRODUCTION | STRESS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A footing of 3 m × 3 m size transmits a load of 1800 kN. The angle of load, dispersion- in soil α=tan-10.5. What is the stress created by the footing load at a depth of 5 m?.
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594 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DISPOSING OF THE SEWAGE EFFLUENT | OXYGEN DEFICIT OF A POLLUTED RIVER | THE OXYGEN SAG CURVE | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Which one of the following statements iscorrect? In dissolved oxygen sag curve, the sagresults because
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595 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WASTE WATER ENGG | TREATMENT OF SEWAGE | NITROGEN CONTROL | FACT | MODERATE | Q.An industry manufacturing urea produces waste water, which largely contains urea and ammonia. The treatment plant consists of following units for effective control of nitrogen
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of above unit operations in the treatment plant?
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596 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | AIR POLLUTION | CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION | SAMPLING OF FLUE GAS | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Which one of the following procedures is used for sampling of flue gas in a chimney for SPM ?
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597 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | AIR POLLUTION | CONTROL DEVICES | REMOVAL OF PARTICULATE MATTER | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following units is employed for the removal of particulate matter above 50μ in size?
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598 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | NOISE POLLUTION | CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUND | REVERBERATION TIME | FACT | HARD | Q. Which one of the following statements is correct? Acoustics of an auditorium is considered to be excellent when its reverberation time is between
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599 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | ACT | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROTECTION ACT | PROVISIONS | FACT | HARD | Q.Which one of the following Acts/Rules has a provision for “No right to appeal”?
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600 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER QUALITY | WATER BORN DISEASES | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
601 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER QUALITY | WATER BORN DISEASES | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following organisms is responsible for enteric fever?
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602 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | SEDIMENTATION | SETTLING VELOCITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.Which one of the following statements is correct? If the specific gravity of a suspended particle is increased from 2 to 3, the settling velocity will
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603 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | SEDIMENTATION | SURFACE OVERFLOW RATE | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following is not a specific criterion for calculating surface overflow rate in sedimentation tank design?
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604 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | FILTERATION | RAPID SAND FILTER | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. Which of the following remedial measures are taken for negative head and air binding in a rapid sand filter? i) Avoiding the occurrence of excessive negative head ii) Pumping in air iii) Avoiding increase in water temperature iv) Control of algae growth Select the correct answer using the codes given below
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605 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | WASTE WATER PARAMETER | TESTS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
606 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WASTE WATER ENGG | TREATMENT OF SEWAGE | REACTORS | FACT | EASY | Q. Which one of the following problem of short circuiting due to density currents ? a) Batch b) Complete mix c) Plug flow d) Fluidized bed |
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607 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DESIGN OF SEWER AND SEWER APPURTENANCE | DIFF IN DESIGN OF WATER AND SEWER PIPES | PROPERTIES | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements : The basic difference between water pipesand sewer pipes i) in the material used for the pipes ii) in the pressure of the liquid flow iii) in the suspended solids they carry Which of the statements given above is/arecorrect?
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608 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DESIGN OF SEWER AND SEWER APPURTENANCE | COMBINED SEWER | DEFINITION | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following statements is correct? A combined sewer is one, which transports domestic sewage and
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609 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | TYPES OF PIPE AND THEIR PURPOSE | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
610 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | VELOCITY OF FLOW | MIN AND MAX VELOCITY | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements i) The velocity of flow in the rising mainshould not be less than 0.8 m/s at anytime. ii) Maximum velocity of flow is generallylimited to 1.8 m/s and never allowed toexceed 3.0 m/s. In the design of large sewage pumpingstations, which of the above conditionsmust be satisfied ?
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611 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | RAILWAY ENGG | SIGNALS AND INTERLOCKING | CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNAL | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the Codes: List I (Type of Signals) A.Detonating signal B.Coloured light signal C.Home signal D.Calling on signal List II (Characteristics)
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612 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION | ROAD DRAINAGE SYSTEM | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I (Road Drainage System) A. Vertical sand drains B. Causeways and culverts C. Scuppers and catch water drains D. Inlets and gratings List II (Location)
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613 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | RAILWAY ENGG | STATIONS,YARDS AND EQUIPMENTS | EQUIPMENTS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II select the correct answer using the codes : List I A. Dynamometer car B. Crossing station C. Ruling gradient D. Turn table List II
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614 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS,CAPILLARITY AND PERMEABILITY | PERMEABILITY OF SOIL | PROPERTIES | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. The installation of sand drains in clayey soil causes the soil adjacent to the sand drains to undergo which one of the following?
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615 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | BEARING CAPACITY | STRAP FOOTING | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q. A strap footing is to be provided for the two columns shown in the diagrams given below. What is the length L of the footing? Take width of both the footings as 3.5 m and safe bearing capacity of soil as 350 kN/m2.
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616 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | FLUID PROPERTIES | FLUID MECHANICS | VISCOSITY | FACT | EAST | Q.Assertion (A): At the standard temperature, the kinematic viscosity of air is greater than that of water at the same temperature. Reason (R) : The dynamic viscosity of air at standard temperature is lower than that of water at the same temperature.
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617 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | OCF | RECTANGULAR CHANNEL | PROPERTIES | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Assertion (A): When water flows through a long stretch of a narrow rectangular channel, the water surface at the walls is higher than that at the central axis. Reason (R): Resistive effort of atmospheric air is felt more at the walls than away from the walls.
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618 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER SUPPLY ENGG | GROUND WATER ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | YIELD OF WELL | CONCEPT | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : The yield of a well varied from 10m3 /day to 20m3 /day when the aquifer area changed from 50 m2 to 75m2. Reason (R) : The yield is found to be directly proportional to the area of an aquifer opening into a well.
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619 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER QUALITY | FLUORIDE | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q.Assertion (A) The fluoride content in drinking water should neither be too low nor too high. Reason (R) Deficiency of fluoride content causes mottling of teeth and its excess causes dental cavities in children.
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620 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SHALLOW FOUNDATION | SHALLOW FOUNDATION TYPES | RAFT FOUNDATIONS | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Assertion (A) : Raft foundations are the best type of shallow foundations to support heavy structures. Reason (R): Raft foundation has the ability to redistribute load coming on weak pockets of soil below raft to the adjacent soils where the stresses are less severe for the soil at that place. This reduces the chances of differential settlements and increases the bearing capacity.
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621 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | SEDIMENTATION | SETTLING VELOCITY | FACT | EASY | Q.Assertion (A) : The settling velocity of a discrete particle will become five times when its diameter doubles. Reason (R) : The settling velocity of a discrete particle is almost proportional to the square of the particle diameter.
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622 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVE STRESS,CAPILLARITY AND PERMEABILITY | PERMEABILITY OF SOIL | PROPERTIES | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q.. Assertion (A) : The drained tests using triaxial test apparatus are useful in the study of drainage of water through the soil sample and hence the permeability of the soil sample. Reason (R) : The permeability of soil is an important property useful in estimation of loss of imponded water through permeable soil layers below the earth dams.
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623 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENT | PLATE LOAD TEST | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Assertion (A) Plate load test carried out at the site gives field test data which is useful in evaluation of bearing capacity and settlements. It is normally conducted at the level of the proposed foundation. Reason (R) : Plate load test is reliable because it reflects the true behaviour of foundation stratum below the proposed level of foundation and extending up to large depth below.
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624 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | CONTOURING | CHARECTERISTICS OF CONTOUR LINES | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q.Assertion (A) : A series of closed contours indicate either a valley or a hill without any outlet, when their elevations, respectively, increase or decrease towards the centre. Reason (R) : Contour lines of different elevations can unite to form one line only at a vertical cliff.
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625 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | AERIAL SURVEYING | AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH | MOSAIC AND PHOTOMAP | FACT | EASY | Q.Assertion (A) : A mosaic is large photomap assembled from two or more aerial photographs of an area. Reason (R) : Photomap and mosaic are true planimetric representations of the area.
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626 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | TUNNELING | TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD | HEADING AND BENCH METHOD | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Assertion (A) : Open cut is economical than tunneling for depths of over burden less than 20 metres. Reason (R) Heading and Bench method is suitable for tunneling in soft soils.
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627 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HARBOUR | BREAKWATERS | PROPERTIES | FACT | EASY | Q.Assertion (A) : Breakwaters are common in natural harbours. Reason (R) : Breakwaters help in controlling wave action and sand movement into the harbour area.
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628 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | ULTIMATE BEARING CAPACITY | STRIP FOOTING | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A strip footing having 1.5 m width founded at a depth of 3 m below ground level in a clay soil having C = 20 kN/m2,Φ=0 and unit weight = 20 kN/m3. What is the net ultimate bearing capacity using Skempton’s analysis ?
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629 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | PROPERTIES OF SOIL | TESTS ON SOIL | PURPOSE OF TESTS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Unit Test) A. Casagrande’s apparatus B. Hydrometer C. Plate load test D. Oedometer List II (Purpose)
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630 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENT | PLATE LOAD TEST | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. When a load test was conducted by putting a 60 cm square plate on top of a sandy deposit, the ultimate bearing capacity was observed as 60 kN/m2. What is the ultimate bearing capacity for a strip footing of 1.2 m width to-be placed on the surface of the same soil ?
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631 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOIL | STRESS PATH | SITUATION AND MOVEMENT OF STRESS PATH | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List I with List II and select using the codes : List I (Situation) A. Embankment construction B. Excavation of a pit C. Hydrostatic loading D. Lateral expansion of a backfill List II (Stress Path)
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632 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENT | PLATE LOAD TEST | FORMULA | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
633 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | DEEP FOUNDATION | TYPES OF FOUNDATION | PURPOSE | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I (Type. of Foundation) A. Floating piles B. Micro piles C. Combined footing D. Under-reamed piles List II (Type of Soil)
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634 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | DEEP FOUNDATION | PILE IN CLAY | LOAD CARRIED | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A square pile of section 30 cm×30 cm and length 10 m penetrates a deposit of clay having C = 5 kN/m2 and the mobilizing factor m = 0.8. What is the load carried by the pile by skin friction only?
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635 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | BEARING CAPACITY | BEARING CAPACITY AND SETTLEMENT | SETTLEMENT | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I(Type of Strata below Foundation) A. Sand B. Heterogeneous landfill C. Black cotton soil D. Hard rock List II (Type of Foundation Movement)
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636 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | DEEP FOUNDATION | PILE FOUNDATION | PROPERTIES | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements: i. Pile foundations are usually providedwhen loads coming on the foundationare quite large. Such piles may oftenextend up to a large depth belowground level. ii. Precast piles inserted into the holesbored at the site do not get damagedwhile they are driven into the ground. Which of the statements given aboveis/are, correct ?
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637 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | DEEP FOUNDATION | TYPES OF FOUNDATION | PURPOSE | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I (Type of Foundation) A. Point bearing piles B. Sheet piles C. Compaction piles D. Batter piles List II (Use of Foundation)
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638 | ESE | 2004 | GEOTECHNICAL AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING | SOIL IMPROVEMENT | IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES | SOIL STABILIZATION | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements Prevention or elimination of swelling canbe brought by i) providing an impervious apron aroundthe structure ii) pre-wetting the ground to a moisturecontent equal to equilibrium moisturecontent. iii) making downward loads large enoughto exceed swelling pressures. iv) chemically stabilizing the soil withlime Which of the statements given above arecorrect?
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639 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS | CLASSIFICATION OF SURVEYING | PURPOSE | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I (Type of Survey) A. Topographical survey B. Reconnaissance survey C. Cadastral survey D. Archaeological survey List II (Purpose)
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640 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | TRAVERSING | ELECTRO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | INSTRUMENT BASED ON | FACT | EASY | Q. On which one of the following are the third generation electro-optical instruments based ?
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641 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | MINOR INSTRUMENTS | MEASUREMENTS | PURPOSE | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Measurements) A. Displacement measurement from photograph B. Electronic distance measurement C. Base line measurement D. Horizontal angle measurement List II (Instruments)
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642 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | MEASUREMENT OF VERTICAL DISTANCES | RECIPROCAL LEVELLING | INTRODUCTION | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements : Reciprocal levelling eliminates the effect of i) errors due to earth’s curvature ii) errors due to atmospheric refraction iii) mistakes in taking levelling staff readings iv) errors due to line of collimation Which of the statements given above are correct?
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643 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | TRAVERSING | MISCELLANEOUS | DEFINITIONS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I A.Satellite station B.Gales traverse method C.Invar steel tape D.Intervisibility of adjacent stations List II
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644 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | GPS AND REMOTE SENSING | GPS | NO.OF SATELLITES | FACT | EASY | Q. What is the minimum number of satellites required from which signals can be recorded to enable a global positioning system receiver to determine latitude,longitude and altitude ?
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645 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | AERIAL SURVEYING | PHOTOGRAMMETRY | STEREOPLOTTERS | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Setting off the ‘proper principal distance’in the projectors of projection stereo plotters are a procedure for which oneof the following?
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646 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | GPS AND REMOTE SENSING | IRS SERIES SATELLITE | CHARACTERISTICS | FACT | MODERATE | Q.Consider the following statements.: IRS series satellites are i)Low orbiting satellites ii)Geostationary satellites iii)Meteorological satellites iv)Resources survey satellites Which of the statements given above are correct?
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647 | ESE | 2004 | SURVEYING | MEASUREMENT OF AREA AND VOLUME | AREA MEASUREMENT | MASS-HAUL CURVE | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following is measured by the area between the balancing line and the mass-haul curve?
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648 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | GEOMETRIC DESIGN | SIGHT DISTANCE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.For a given road, safe stopping sight distance is 80 m and passing sight distance is 300 m. What is the intermediate sight distance ?
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649 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | HIGHWAY MATERIALS | TESTS AND THEIR PURPOSE | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Test) A.Impact test B.Los-Angeles abrasion test C.Crushing test D.Stripping test List II (Purpose)
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650 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | GEOMETRIC DESIGN | TRANSITION CURVE | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements : A transition curve is provided on a circular curve on a highway to provide i) gradual introduction of centrifugal force ii) minimum stopping sight distance iii) gradual introduction of super elevation iv) comfort and security to passengers Which of the statements given above are correct?
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651 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE | FAILURE IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following defects indicates progressive disintegration of bituminous premix carpet surfacing by loss of aggregates?
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652 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | GEOMETRIC DESIGN | HORIZONTAL CURVE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.What will be the ruling radius of a horizontal curve on a national highway for a design vehicle speed of 100 km/h,assuming allowable super elevation to be 7% and lateral friction as 0.13 ?
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653 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | HIGHWAY MATERIALS | AGGREGATES | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.In 500 gm sample of coarse aggregate,there are 100 gm flaky particles and 80 gm elongated particles. What are the flakiness and elongation indices (total) as per I.S. ?
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654 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | HIGHWAY ENGG | TRAFFIC ENGG | TRAFFIC SIGNAL | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.The lost time due to starting delay on a traffic signal approach is noted to be 3 seconds, the actual green time is 25 seconds and amber time is 3 seconds. How much is the effective green time?
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655 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | AIRPORT ENGG | GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF SIRSIDE | RUNWAY | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following statements is correct? The orientation of preferential runway in an airport is influenced by
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656 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | AIRPORT ENGG | GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF SIRSIDE | RUNWAY | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following aircraft operations: i) Normal landing ii) Normal take-off with all engines iii) Engine failure at take-off iv) Emergency landing with all engines shut v) Landing with maximum payload with the help of ILS Which of the above aircraft operations are taken into consideration in deciding the basic runway length required for an aircraft?
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657 | ESE | 2004 | TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERINGATION ENGINEERING | TUNNELING | TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD | SUITABILITY | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Method) A. Full face method B. Heading and Bench method C. Drift method D. American method List II (Suitability)
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658 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | BUOYANCY AND FLOATATION | STABILITY OF FLOATING AND SUBMERGED BODY | NEUTRAL EQUILIBRIUM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
659 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | LIQUID IN RIGID MOTION | ROTATIONAL AND VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL MOTION | CAUSES | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I (Causes) with List II (Effects) pertaining to rotation andvertical/horizontal motion of liquid massesat constant acceleration and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I A. The form of the free surface of liquidin a rotating open vessel B. The form of surface of the liquid in atanker moving in the direction of itslength c. The pressure at any point in acontainers base moving with upwardAcceleration D. The pressure at any point in acontainer’s base moving withdownward acceleration List II
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660 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE | TYPES OF MANOMETERS | FEATURES | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes List I (Features)
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661 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | BOUNDARY LAYER THRORY | TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER | DISPLACEMENT THICKNESS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. For a turbulent boundary layer (under zero pressure gradient), the velocity profile is described by the one-fifth power law.What is the ratio of displacement thickness to boundary layer thickness ?
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662 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | LAMINAR FLOW | LAMINAR FLOW BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL PLATES | SHEAR STRESS | NUMERICAL | EASY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
663 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS | SIMPLITUDE ANALYSIS | KINEMATIC SIMILARITY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
664 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | OCF | TRAPEZOIDAL SECTION | MAXIMUM DISCHARGE | FACT | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements regarding the conditions to be satisfied for the maximum discharge through a trapezoidal channel section with side slope 1 : n, bed width b, flow depth d and having a fixed bed slope. i) Sloping sides should have an angle of 300 with vertical ii) Hydraulic mean depth equals half the flow depth iii) Length of sloping sides should be equal to twice the bottom width Which of the statements given above are correct ?
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665 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | OCF | INTRODUCTION | HYDRAULIC RADIUS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. Water can flow with 1 m depth in alternatively four channels of different sections as shown below
Which one of the following sequences shows their hydraulic radii, arranged in descending order ?
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666 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | OCF | CONTINUITY EQUATION | SPECIFIC ENERGY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.In a reach of open channel flow, with q = 2m2/s, depth of flow at section A is 1.5 m and at section B, 1 6 m. The difference in specific energies at two sections can be correspondingly taken as 0.09 m. The bed slope is 1 in 2000. The mean energy slope between the sections is given as 0.003.What is the length of reach AB ?
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667 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | FLOW THROUGH PIPES | VARIOUS CONNECTION IN PIPES | PARALLEL CONNECTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. Two long pipes in parallel are used to carry water between two reservoirs. The diameter of one pipe is twice that of the other. Both the pipes have the same value of friction factor. Neglect minor losses.What is the ratio of flow rates through the two pipes ?
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668 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC MACHINERY | PUMPS | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.A centrifugal pump discharges 260 litres of water per second when running at 600 rpm. The impeller diameter at the outlet is 80 cm. It develops a head of 15.3 m. What is the approximate minimum starting speed?
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669 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC MACHINERY | PUMPS | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q.A combination of centrifugal pumps of specific speed 20 and overall efficiency 80%, running at 800 rpm is to be used to pump 40 lps of water to a height of 75 m.What should be the arrangement ?
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670 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC MACHINERY | MACHINES | INTRODUCTION | FACT | EASY | Q.Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I (Machines) A. Centrifugal pump B. Reciprocating pump C. Francis turbine D. Pelton wheel List II (Associated with)
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671 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC MACHINERY | TURBINE | PELTON TURBINE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A pelton wheel operates at 630 rpm taking 3m3 /s of water under head of 256 m with a speed ratio of 0.48. (Given=√19.62=4.43) What is the diameter of the impeller?
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672 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC MACHINERY | TURBINE | POWER | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. An impulse turbine of 3 m diameter is rated at 10000 kW at 300 rpm under a head of 500 m. The turbine is operated under the head of 400 m. What is the power developed ?
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673 | ESE | 2004 | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRAULIC MACHINERY | TURBINE | SPECIFIC SPEED | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. An impulse turbine of 3m diameter is rated at 10000 kW at 300 rpm under a head of 500 m. The turbine is operated under the head of 400 m. What is the speed at which it would run ?
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674 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | ABSTRACTION FROM PRECIPITATION | INTRODUCTION | ARIDITY INDEX | FORMULA | EASY | Q. Which one of the following defines aridity index (AI)?
where AET = Actual Evapotranspiration and PET = Potential Evapotranspiration |
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675 | ESE | 2004 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER SUPPLY ENGG | WATER TREATMENT | FILTERATION | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following filters should be recommended for protected rural water supply project?
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676 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | HYDROGRAPH | SYNTHETIC UNIT HYDROGRAPH | SNYDER’S METHOD | FACT | EASY | Q.Which one of the following statements is correct ? In Snyder’s method of synthetic unit hydrograph development, basin lag is taken as
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677 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | INFILTERATION | INFILTERATION INDICES | Φ-INDEX | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A storm with 14 cm precipitation produced a direct runoff of 8 cm. The time distribution of the storm is as shown in the table below
What is the value of ø-index of the storm?
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678 | ESE | 2004 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | WATER LOGGING AND LINING OF CANAL | CANAL DESIGN | FROUDE NUMBER | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the increasing order of the Froude number of flow assumed by the bed form of an alluvial stream with movable bed material ?
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679 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | FLOOD | RECURRENCE INTERVAL | RETURN PERIOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A bridge has an expected life of 50 years and is designed for a flood magnitude of return period 100 years. What is the risk associated with this hydrologic design ?
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680 | ESE | 2004 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | HYDROGRAPH | INTRODUCTION | MISCELLANEOUS | FACT | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select thecorrect answer using the codes List I A. Rising limb of a hydrograph B. Falling limb of a hydrograph C. Peak rate of flow D. Drainage density List II
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681 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | TIMBER | SEASONING | FACT | EASY | A well-seasoned timber has a moisture content of about
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682 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | TIMBER | DEFECTS IN TIMBER | DRY ROT | FACT | EASY | Dry rot in timber is caused by
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683 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | TIMBER | PRESERVATION OF TIMBER | TYPES | FACT | EASY | Wood is impregnated with creosote oil in order to
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684 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | BRICKS | PREPERATION | - | FACT | EASY | Consider the following statements : Bricks are soaked in water before use in masonry work
i) to remove dust ii) to remove air voids iii) so that they do not absorb water from cement mortar Which of these statements is/are correct ?
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685 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CEMENT | PHYSICAL LAB TEST | STRENGTH TEST | FACT | EASY | The proper size of mould for testing compressive strength of cement is 1. 7.05 cm cube 2. 10.05 cm cube 3. 15 cm cube 4. 12.05 cm cube |
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686 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CEMENT | PROPERTIES | SPECIFIC GRAVITY | FACT | EASY | The specific gravity of commonly available ordinary portland cement is 1. 4.92 2. 3.15 3. 2.05 4. 1.83 |
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687 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CEMENT | TYPES OF CEMENT | QUICK SETTING | FACT | EASY | A quick-setting cement has an initial setting time of about 1. 50 minutes 2. 40 minutes 3. 15 minutes 4. 5 minutes |
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688 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | BRICK MASONRY | CONSITURENTS | MORTAR | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List I (Cement Mortar for Different Work) with List II(Proportion of Cement and sand in Mortar ) and select the correct answer : List I A.Cement mortar for normal brick work B.Cement mortar for plastering works C.Cement mortar for grouting the cavernous rocks D.Cement mortar for guniting List II
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689 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | ADMIXTURES | TYPES | FACT | MODERATE | Match List I(Admixture) with list II (Action in Concrete) and select the correct answer : List I A.Calcium lignosulphonate B.Aluminum powders C.Tartaric acid D.Aluminum sulphate List II
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690 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | BRICK MASONRY | CONSITURENTS | MORTAR | FACT | EASY | A mortar in which both cement and lime are used in definite proportions as binding materials is referred to as 1. Light weight mortar 2. Fire resistant mortar 3. Gauged mortar 4. Water resistant mortar |
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691 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | BRICK MASONRY | CONSITURENTS | MORTAR | FACT | EASY | In order to improve the workability of harsh cement mortar which of the following items is/are added ? i) Water ii) Plaster of Paris iii) Lime Select the correct answer using the codes given below : 1. i only 2. i and ii 3. iii only 4. i and iii |
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692 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | DEFECTS | - | FACT | MODERATE | Bleeding of concrete leads to which of the following ? 1. Drying up of concrete surface 2. Formation of pores inside. 3. Segregation of aggregate 4. Decrease in strength Select the correct answer using the coded given below : a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 1 and 3 d) 2 and 4 |
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693 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | FACTORS AFFECTING STRENGTH | - | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List I (material Characteristics) with List II (Property of Concrete) and select the correct answer : List I
List II
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694 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | FACTORS AFFECTING STRENGTH | STRESS -STRAIN CONDITIONS | FACT | EASY | Stress-strain curve of concrete is 1.A perfect straight line up to failure 2.Straight line up to 0.002% strain value and then parabolic up to failure 3.Parabolic up to 0.002% strain value and then a straight line up to failure 4.Hyperbolic up to 0.02% strain value and then a straight line up to failure |
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695 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CONCRETE | ULTRASONIC PULSE VELOCITY | FACT | MODERATE | Consider the following statements : Ultrasonic pulse velocity test is i) Used to measure the strength of wet concrete. ii) Used to obtain estimate of concrete strength of finished concrete elements. iii) A destructive test iv) A non-destructive test. Which of these statements are correct ? 1. i, ii and iii 2. ii and iii 3. ii and iv 4. i and iii |
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696 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | ELONGATION OF BARS | - | FACT | EASY | The material in which large deformation is possible before the absolute failure or rupture is termed as
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697 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | ELONGATION OF BARS | ELONGATION DUE TO LOAD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A rigid bar AC is supported by three rods of same material and of equal diameter.The bar AC is initially horizontal. A force P is applied such that the bar AC continues to remain horizontal. Forces in each of the shorter bars and in the longer bar are,respectively. 1. 0.4 P, 0.2 P 2. 0.3 P, 0.4 P 3. 0.2 P, 0.6 P 4. 0.5 P , zero |
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698 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | STRESS AND STRAIN | STRAIN ENRRGY | FACT | EASY | A member having length L, cross-sectional areas A and modulus of elasticity E is subjected to an axial load W. The strain energy stored in this member is
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699 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | ELASTICITY | ELASTIC BEHAVIOR | FACT | EASY | Elastic limit is the point 1. Up to which stress is proportional to strain 2. At which elongation takes place without application of additional load 3. Up to which if the load is removed, original volume and shaped are regained 4. At which the toughness is maximum
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700 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | MODERATE | Match List I with list II and select the correct answer : List I(Material)
List II
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701 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | ELASTICITY | ELASTIC BEHAVIOR | FACT | EASY | As per the elastic theory of design, the factor of safety is the ratio of 1.Working stress to stress at the limit of proportionality 2.Yield stress to working stress 3.Ultimate stress to working stress 4.Ultimate load to load at yield
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702 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR STRESS | SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION | RECTANGULAR BEAM | FACT | EASY | The shear stress distribution for a rectangular section under the action of shear force S is shown below. The rectangular section is b x d. Select the correct shear stress distribution from the following: |
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703 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | THEORY OF SPRINGS | TYPES OF SPRING | - | NUMERICAL | HARD | Two co-axial springs are subjected to a force of 1 kN. Spring constant of larger diameter spring is 80 N/mm and that of smaller diameter spring is 120 N/mm. The deformation in the spring combination will be equal to 1. 5 mm 2. 15 mm 3. 125/6 mm 4. 135/7 mm |
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704 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | METHOD OF ANALYSIS | INTROCUTION | - | FACT | MODERATE | Q. Match List I (Method of Analysis) with List II(Unknown Being Evaluated) and select the correct answer List I
List II
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705 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | PRINCIPAL STRAIN | VOLUMETRIC STRAIN | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | The principal strains at a point are +800 × 10-6 cm/cm, +400 × 10-6 cm/cm and -1200 × 10-6 cm/cm.The volumetric strain is equal to
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706 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTNERS | RIVETTED JOINT | - | FACT | EASY | In a riveted joint, failure will occur due to which one of the following ? 1. Shear failure of rivet 2. Bearing failure of rivet 3. Tearing failure of plate 4. Minimum load value of shearing ,bearing or tearing failure |
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707 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MOHR’S CIRCLE | - | FACT | EASY | The radius of Mohr’s circle is zero when the state of stress is such that 1. Shear stress is zero 2. There is pure shear 3. There is no shear stress but identical direct stresses in two mutually perpendicular directions 4. There is no shear stress but equal direct stresses, opposite in nature, in two mutually perpendicular directions |
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708 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MOHR’S CIRCLE | PURE SHEAR | FACT | EASY | The above figure shows the stress condition of an element. The principal stresses are
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709 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MAXIMUM SHEAR STRESS | - | FACT | MODERATE | If the principal stresses at a point in a stressed body are 150 kN/m2 tensile and 50 kN/ m2 compressive, then maximum shear stress at this point will be
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710 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MOHR’S CIRCLE | - | FACT | EASY | In the Mohr’s circle for strains, radius of Mohr’s circle gives the 1. Minimum value of normal strain 2. Maximum value of normal strain 3. Maximum value of shear stain 4. Half of maximum value of shear strain
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711 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRESSURE VESSELS | THIN CYLINDRICAL TUBE | HOOP STRESS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A thin cylindrical tube with closed ends is subjected to Longitudinal stress σ1=14 N/ mm2 Hoop stress σ2=2 N/ mm2 Shearing stress τ=8 N/mm2 Then the maximum shearing stress is
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712 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | SHEAR FORCE | - | FACT | EASY | If the shear force diagram of a simply supported beam is parabolic, then the load on the beam is 1. Uniformly distributed load 2. Concentrated load at mid span 3. External moment acting at mid span 4. Linearly varying distributed load |
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713 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | DEFLECTION AND SLOPE | DEFLECTION | MACAULAY’S METHOD | FACT | EASY | For determining the deflection y of a loaded beam at a distance x by Macaulay’ method, which one or more of the following is/are used ? i) The basic differential equation for deflection EI(d2y/dx2)=-M. Where El is the flexural rigidity of the beam, M is the bending moment ii) Successive integration of the differential equation given in iii) Known positions of zero slope and zero deflection in the beam. Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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714 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | BENDING STRESS | COMPOSITE BEAM | FLITCHED BEAM | FACT | MODERATE | The above figure shows the cross-section of a flinched beam consisting of a steel plate sandwiched between two wooden blocks. The second moment of area of the composite beam about the neutral axis XX is (where m is modular ratio of steel and wood) |
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715 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | THEORY OF COLUMNS | EULER’S THEORY | EQUIVALENT LENGTH | FACT | EASY | Match list I(End conditions of Columns) with List II(Effective Length, le) and select the correct answer: List I
List II
where l is the length & le is the effective length of the column)
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716 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | CABLES AND ARCHES | ARCHES | PARABOLIC ARCH | FACT | EASY | A symmetrical parabolic arch of span l an dries h is hinged at both the supports. The arch carries a uniformly distributed load of w/unit length along the entire span. Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
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717 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | CABLES AND ARCHES | ARCHES | THREE HINGED PARABOLIC ARCH | FACT | EASY | A three-hinged semi-circular arch of radius R carries a concentrated load W acting at a crown. Horizontal thrust acting on the arch at the hinge would be
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718 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | LOADINGS | - | FACT | EASY | From consideration of earthquake loading and lateral stability of tall building, which of the following measures are taken? i) Minimize gravity loads ii) Add masses at floor levels. iii) Ensure ductility at the location s of maximum moments iv) Provide shear walls v) Provide stilt (ground) storey Select the correct answer using the codes given below : 1. i and v 2. ii, iii and v 3. i, iii and iv 4. ii, iii and iv |
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719 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | TRUSS | FORCES IN MEMBERS | - | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A pin jointed truss is loaded as shown in the above figure match List I with list II and select the correct answer : List I (member)
List II (Force induced)
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720 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMES | FORCES IN MEMBERS | - | FACT | EASY | Q. Member(s) of the frame shown above which carries/carry zero force is/are
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721 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMES | FORCES IN MEMBERS | - | FACT | MODERATE | Q. What is the force in the member CE of a cantilever truss shown in the above figure?
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722 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION | SOLID SHAFT | CIRCULAR SHAFT | FACT | MODERATE | A solid circular shaft of diameter d is subjected to a twisting moment T. The maximum shear stress in the shaft is proportional to
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723 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | TORSION | SOLID SHAFT | CANTILEVER SHAFT | FACT | MODERATE | When a cantilever shaft of brittle material is subjected to a clockwise twisting moment at the free end, the possible crack propagation will be 1. 45⁰ clockwise with respective to the axis of shaft 2. 45⁰ anticlockwise with respective to the axis of shaft 3. Perpendicular to the axis 4. Parallel to the axis |
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724 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | THEORY OF COLUMNS | SHORT COLUMN | COMPRESSIVE FORCE | FACT | EASY | For a solid circular section of diameter d, the stress in a column will be compressive only if the eccentricity of the line of action of the compressive force is within 1. d/4 2. d/8 3. d/6 4. d/16 |
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725 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | INTRODUCTION | CREEP | - | FACT | EASY | The stresses in concrete in a reinforced concrete element under sustained load due to creep 1. Increase with time 2. Decrease with time 3. Remain unchanged 4. Fluctuate |
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726 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRESSURE VESSELS | THICK CYLINDERS | - | FACT | EASY | From the analysis of thick cylinders, the theory applicable is 1. Lame’s theory 2. Rankine’s theory 3. Poisson’s theory 4. Courbon’s theory |
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727 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRESSURE VESSELS | THIN CYLINDER | HOOP STRESS | FACT | EASY | A thin hollow cylinder of diameter d, length l and thickness t is subjected to an internal pressure p. The hoop stress in the cylinder is 1. pd / 8t 2. pd / 4t 3. pd / 2t 4. pd / t |
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728 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | ANALYSIS OF FRAMES | FIXED END MOMENTS | - | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | A portal frame with all member's having the same El, has one end fixed and the other hinged. Due to side-sway, the ratio of fixed end moments MBA / MCD would be
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729 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE DIAGRAM | ILD FOR TRUSSES | - | FACT | MODERATE |
Which one of the following diagrams represents the influence line for force in the member DG ? |
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730 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | ELASTIC THEORY | MISCELLANEOUS | FACT | MODERATE |
Match List I (Assumption/Theorem) with list II(Analysis and strength) and select the correct answer : List I
List II
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731 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC HINGE | - | FACT | EASY | At the location of the plastic hinge of a deformed structure 1.Curvature is infinite 2.Radius of curvature is infinite 3.Moment is infinite 4.Flexural stress is infinite |
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732 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTIES OF METALS | ELONGATION | - | FACT | EASY | The order of elongation which a specimen of mild steel under goes before fracture is 1. 0.1% 2. 1% 3. 10% 4. 100% |
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733 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | EFFECTIVE LENGTH | - | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | An electric pole 5 m high is fixed into the foundation. It carries a wire at the top and is free to move sideways. The effective length of the pole is 1. 3.25 m 2. 4.0 m 3. 5.0 m 4. 10.0 m |
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734 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTENERS | FAILURE METHODS | TYPE OF FAILURES | FACT | EASY | Match List I with list II and select the correct answer : List I(Failure Mode)
List II(Reason)
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735 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | INTRODUCTION | CRITERIA FOR ANALYSIS | FACT | EASY | Design of a sample element in steel used one of more of the following : i) Net area of cross-section ii) Full area of cross-section. iii) Buckling criterion. iv) Crushing (or yielding) criterion. Which of the above criteria are valid for the design of a column ? 1. i and iii 2. ii and iv 3. ii, iii and iv 4. i, iii and iv |
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736 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | WSM METHODS | INTRODUCTION | - | NUMERICAL | EASY | The working stress for structural steel in tension is of the order of
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737 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRCUTURAL FASTNERS | BOLTS | DESIGN CRITERION | FACT | EASY | The centre to centre maximum distance between bolts in tension member of thickness 10 mm is 1. 200 mm 2. 160 mm 3. 120 mm 4. 100 mm |
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738 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | BASE PLATE | BOLTS | FACT | EASY | The type of stress induced in the foundation bolts fixing a column to its footing is 1.Pure compression 2.Bearing 3.Pure tension 4.Bending |
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739 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTNERS | WELDING | TYPE OF WELDING | FACT | EASY | Which of the following does not describe a weld type ? 1. Butt 2. Plug 3. Zig-Zag 4. Lap |
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740 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | BASE PLATE | BOLTS | FACT | EASY | A plate used for connecting two or more structural members intersecting each other is termed as 1.Template 2.Base plate 3.Gusset plate 4.Shoe plate |
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741 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | INTRODUCTION | LOADINGS | TYPE OF THEORIES | FACT | EASY | In the context of the ultimate load theory for steel, the stress-strain curve for steel is idealized as 1. A single straight line 2. Bi-linear 3. A quadratic parabola 4. A circular arc |
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742 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | SHAPE FACTORS | - | FACT | MODERATE | Consider the following statements about shape factor : i) It indicates the increase of strength of a section due to plastic action over elastic strength. ii) It is a ratio of plastic moment of resistance to yield point moment of resistance. iii) Beam sections which have bulk of area near neutral axis will have a low shape factor. Which of these statements are correct ? 1. 1, 2 and 3 2. 1 and 3 3. 1 and 2 4. 2 and 3
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743 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | MODERATE | Which of the following conditions are to be satisfied by an ideal plastic material ? i) It should follow Hooke’s law up to the limit of proportionality. ii) Strains up to the strain hardening in tension and compression are to be the same. iii) The material property should be different in tension and compression. iv) The values of yield stress in tension and compression should be different. Select the correct answer using the codes given below : 1. i and ii 2. i and iv 3. ii and iii 4. ii, iii and iv |
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744 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | MOMENT CAPACITY | BUCKLING LOAD | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | For a fixed beam shown above, it has been decided to weld cover plates at ends so that moment capacity doubles at the ends. If maximum advantage has to be derived, the length x of the plate should be
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745 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | LACINGS DESIGN | - | NUMERICAL | HARD | A steel column in a multi-storeyed building carries an axial load of 125 N. It is built up of 2 ISMC 350 channels connected by lacing. The lacing carries a load of 1. 125 N 2. 12.5 N 3. 3.125 N 4. zero
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746 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | INTRODUCTION | FACT | EASY | A structure has two degrees of indeterminacy. The number of plastic hinges that would be formed at complete collapse is 1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3
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747 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | EFFECTIVE LENGTH | - | FACT | EASY | For a compression member having the same effective length about any cross-sectional area, the most preferred section from the point of view of strength is 1. A box 2. An I-section 3. A circular tube 4. single angle |
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748 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPONENTS | FOOTINGS | COMBINED FOOTINGS | FACT | MODERATE | A trapezoidal combined footing for two axially loaded columns is provided when i) Width of the footing near the heavier column is restricted. ii) Length of the footing is restricted. iii) Projections of the footing beyond the heavier columns are restricted. Select the correct answer using the codes given below : 1. i and ii 2. i and iii 3. ii and iii 4. i, ii and iii |
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749 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPONENTS | 2 WAY SLAB | DESIGN CRITERI | FACT | EASY | In case of two-way slab, the deflection of the slab is 1. Primarily a function of the long span 2. Primarily a function of the short span 3. Independent of the span, long or short 4. Mostly long span but sometimes short span
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750 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPONENTD | FOOTINGS | RECTANGULAR FOOTINGS | FACT | EASY | Q. A rectangular reinforced concrete footing is to be designed to support a column which transfers axial load and uniaxial moment to the footing as shown in the above figure. The footing is to be designed to have uniform upward soil pressure. The dimensions L1 and L2 (L= L1+L2) of the footing would be
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751 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF SHEAR IN RCC | INTROCUTION | NUEMRICAL | MODERAETE | A reinforced concrete beam of 10 m effective span and 1 m effective depth is supported on 500 mm 500 mm columns. If the total uniformly distributed load on the beam is 10 MN/m, the design shear force for the beam is 1. 50 MN 2. 47.5 MN 3. 37.5 MN 4. 43 MN |
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752 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | MODERATE | " Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer : List I
List II
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753 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | PRETENSIONING | - | FACT | EASY | In pre-tensioning process of pre-stressing,the tendons are 1. Bonded to the concrete 2.Partially bonded to the concrete 3.Not bonded to the concrete 4.Generally bonded but sometimes remain unbounded to the concrete
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754 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | POST TENSIONED BEAM | DESIGN CRITERIA | FACT | MODERATE | A reinforced concrete beam is to be post-tensioned is such a way that no tensile stress develops at the time of post tensioning. The distance of the tendon from the nearest face must be 1.Between d/5 and d/4 2. d/6 3.Between d/4 and d/3 4. d/3 (where d is the depth of the beam)
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755 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | DEFLECTION | FACT | EASY | A simply supported RC beam carries UDL and is referred to as beam A. A similar beam is pre-stressed and carries the same UDL as the beam A. This beam is referred to as beam B. The mid-span deflection of beam A will be 1.More than that of beam B 2.Less than that of beam B 3.The same as that of beam B 4.Generally less but sometimes more depending upon the magnitude of UDL |
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756 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF REINFORCED CEMENT CONCRETE-SHALLOW FOUNDATION | FOOTING DESIGN | SHEAR CONSIDERATION | FACT | EASY | The critical section for two-way shear of footing is at the 1.Face of the column 2.Distance d from the column face 3.Distance d/2 from the column face 4.Distance 2d from the column face |
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757 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | EASY | In pre-stressed concrete, high grade concrete is used for 1.Controlling the pre-stress loss 2.Having concrete of low ductility 3.Having concrete of high brittleness 4. Having low creep
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758 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | TWO WAY SLAB | ANALYSIS OF TWO WAY SLAB | UDL | FACT | MODERATE | A reinforced concrete rectangular slab is built-in (fixed) on three edges and the other edge is free. The possible yield line patterns for the slab subjected to a uniformly distributed load and reinforced isotropically are shown above as 1, 2, 3 and 4. Which of these correctly exhibits the yield line pattern ?
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759 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | ANALYSIS OF BEAM | OVERHAND BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | The bending moment for which the beam shown above is to be designed is
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760 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | INTRODUCTION | - | NUMERICAL | EASY | A reinforced concrete beam is subjected to the following bending moments : Dead load 20 kNm Live load 30 kNm Seismic load 10 kNm The design bending moment for limit state of collapse is 1. 60 kNm 2. 75 kNm 3. 72 kNm 4. 80 kNm |
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761 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | STRAIN DISTRIBUTION | FACT | EASY | In the Limit state design of pre-stressed concrete structure, the strain distribution is assumed to be 1. Linear 2. Non-linear 3. Parabolic 4. Parabolic and rectangular |
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762 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | ANALYSIS OF SINGLY REINFORCED BEAM | LIMITING DEPTH | EASY | Consider the following statements : Under-reinforced concrete flexural members i)are deeper ii)are stiffer iii)can undergo larger deflection Which of these statements is/are correct ? 1. i, ii and iii 2. i and ii 3. ii only 4. i and iii |
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763 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | INTRODUCTION | MODULUS OF ELASTICITY AND POISON RATION | - | FACT | EASY | Long term elastic modulus in terms of creep coefficient(θ) and 28-day characteristic strength(fck) is given by
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764 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | PRESTRESSED CONCRETE | TERMINOLOGIES | POST TENSIONED | FACT | EASY |
A simply supported post-tensioned prestressed concrete beam of span L is prestressed by a straight tendon at a uniform eccentricity e below the centroidal axis. If the magnitude of prestressing force is P and flexural rigidity of beam is El, the maximum central deflection of the beam is |
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765 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | MODERATE | Match List I with List II and select the correct answer : List I
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766 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION AND COSTING | METHOD OF ESTIMATION | - | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Cost of required materials for construction has been estimated by contractor and an extract thereof indicates Rs. 80,000 for month-1, Rs. 1,20,000 for month-2, Rs. 1,00,000 for month-3 and Rs. 1,40,000 for month-4. He has arranged with suppliers to pay 40% immediately on purchase, 40% one month later and balance 20% two months later. His payment towards cost of material in month-3 will exceed that in month 4 by 1.Rs. 20,000 2.Rs. 16,000 3.Rs. 12,000 4.Rs. 8,000 |
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767 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | VIBRATORS | TYPES OF VIBRATOR | FACT | EASY | The vibrators are used for 1.Compacting concrete 2.Proper mixing of concrete 3.Removing excess water from concrete 4.Obtaining smooth surface |
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768 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CONCRETE | BATCHING | - | FACT | EASY | Match List I(Material used in Individual Batching of Concrete) with List II(tolerance When Batch Weight Exceeds 30% of Scale Capacity) and select the correct answer : List I
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769 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | GRADE RESISTANCE | - | FACT | MODERATE | Which one of the following statements is correct ? 1.Grade resistance is positive when the unit travels down grade and negative when travelling upgrade. 2.Grade resistance depends on the type of equipment or the haul surface and is in addition to rolling resistance 3.Grade resistance acts against the total weight of both wheel and track type units 4.Grade resistance for units moving on the road surface is greater than grade resistance for units moving on rails |
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770 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | COMPACTING EQUIPMENTS | - | FACT | MODERATE | Match List I (Type of Compactor) with List II (Soil Best Suited) and select the correct answer : List I
List II
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771 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | EARTHWORK EQUIPMENTS | - | FACT | EASY | Match List I (equipment) with list II(Operation) and select the correct answer: List I
List II
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772 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISTING EQUIPMENTS | DUMMER | FACT | EASY | The number of trips of a dumper per hour is given by
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773 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | COMPACTING EQUIPMENTS | SHEEP FOOT ROLLER | FACT | EASY | In compaction of clayey-soils using sheepfoot roller, compaction is achieved by 1.Static action 2.Vibration action 3. Kneading action 4.Impact action |
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774 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISTING EQUIPMENTS | CRANES | FACT | EASY | The working range of a crane is limited horizontally for maximum lift only by 1.Boom length 2.Length of hoist cable 3.Length of jib 4. Counter weight
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775 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | HOISTING EQUIPMENTS | CRANES | FACT | EASY | Which one of the following types of crane is used for high rise buildings ? 1. Traveller crane 2. Tower crane 3. Overhead gantry crane 4. Derric crane |
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776 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS | CONCRETING EQUIPMENTS | - | NUMERICAL | HARD | A certain concreting job can be started only when all three groups i) Measuring and loading ii) Operating the machine, and iii) Evacuating and transporting are in potion. These local groups can be credited each with only a chance of 0.7 being on time, and the 0.3 chance of being late, each independently of the other. What are the chances of the starting of the job getting delayed on any day due to non-arrival of any one group on time ? 1. 0.021 2. 0.147 3. 0.343 4. 0.441 |
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777 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CPM | - | NUMERICAL | EASY | Three activities F, G and H are to be performed in the said sequence and for the whole stretch of the project need 15, 21 and 27 days respectively. If a ladder network is adopted with one-third of each activity as the laddered activity, the saving in total project time in days will be 1. 15 2. 18 3. 21 4. 24 |
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778 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | EASY | Match list I (Inputs Into Networks) with List II(Basis) and select the correct answer: List I
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779 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | NETWORK DIAGRAM | A-O-A | NUMERICAL | EASY | A-O-A network is suggested as shown above. The number of errors/incompatibilities in this network is
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780 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | CPM | - | FACT | EASY | Which one of the following project management techniques is deterministic in nature ? 1. CPM 2. PERT 3. GERT 4. LCES |
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781 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PERT AND CPM | PERT | - | FACT | EASY | The probabilistic time is
where to=Optimistic time tp=Pessimistic time tn =Most likely time |
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782 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | TECHNIQUES | BAR CHART | FACT | EASY | A serious limitation of interdependencies between various activities is generally observed in 1. Bar charts 2. Milestone charts 3. Network analysis 4. Job layouts |
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783 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | CRASHING OF NETWORK | COMPONENT OF COST | COST SLOPE | FACT | EASY |
In time-cost analysis, the cost slope Cs is where Cc=Crash cost Cn =Normal cost tc =Crash time " |
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784 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ESTIMATION AND COSTING | METHOD OF ESTIMATION | - | NUMERICAL | EASY | Sinking fund method is useful in 1.Depreciation 2.Obsolescence 3.Liquidation 4.Scrap value |
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785 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | TIMBER | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Timbers used for engineering construction are derived from deciduous trees. Reason (R) : Deciduous trees yield hard wood while conifers yield soft wood. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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786 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | TIMBER | DEFECTS IN TIMBER | DRY ROT | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Dry rot is a disease in wood caused by spores germinating in wood cells. Reason (R) : Decomposition and putrefaction of tissues of a standing tree are indication of dry rot. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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787 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CEMENT | HYDRATION | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : The greater the surface area of a given volume of cement the greater the hydration. Reason (R) : The reaction between the water and cement starts from the surface of the cement particles. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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788 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | CEMENT | CHEMISTRY OF CEMENT | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : A low C3A cement generates less heat and develops higher ultimate strength. Reason (R) : During setting and hardening, the amount of lime liberated appears to be about 15 to 20 per cent by weight of cement. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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789 | ESE | 2003 | BMC | MORTAR AND LIME | BULKING OF SAND | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Addition of 5% to 6% of moisture content by weight increases the volume of dry sand from 18% to 38%. Reason (R) : Bulking of sand is caused due to surface moisture on sand particles. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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790 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRESS AND STRAIN | NORMAL STRESS | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Normal stress of one nature (compressive or tensile) acting along one of the three orthogonal axes of a member will produce strains of the same nature in its direction and strains of opposite nature along the other two directions. Reason (R) : Sum of the strains along the three orthogonal axes equals volumetric strain. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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791 | ESE | 2003 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | THEORY OF COLUMNS | INTRODUCTION | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : A horizontal beam hinged at one end and freely supported at the other end will be in static equilibrium under inclined load applied on it. Reason (R) : The hinged end will offer resistance to the horizontal component of the applied force. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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792 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS | CIRCULAR COLUMN | - | FACT | MODERATE | Assertion (A) : In a circular masonry column it is desirable to restrict the resultant load within the middle core of one fourth the area of the column section. Reason (R) : It is desirable not to allow any tension in masonry structures. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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793 | ESE | 2003 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | CABLES AND ARCHES | ARCHES | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Any arch cannot practically be built to the shape of the theoretical arch. Reason (R) : The shape of the theoretical arch is affected by loads moving on it. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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794 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | LATERAL BUCKING | - | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Lateral support to a beam is provided by a concrete slab resting over the top flange of a beam. Reason (R) : Shear connectors are needed to provide continuous lateral support. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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795 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | STRUCTURAL FASTNERS | RIVETTED CONNECTION | DESIGN CRITERION | FACT | MODERATE | Assertion (A) : Compared to riveted plate girders, in welded plate girders a thicker web must be used. Reason (R) : Omission of flange angles increases the clear depth of the web and web thickness is controlled by buckling criterion. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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796 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBERS | LACING SYSTEM | DOUBLE LACED SYSTEM | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : In double-laced system of a built-up column, cross member perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the column is not used. Reason (R) : Lacing bars are forced to share the axial load on the strut. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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797 | ESE | 2003 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | DESIGN FOR WEB BUCKING | WEB CRIPLING | FACT | MODERATE | Assertion (A) : Web crippling occurs at a section where heavy vertical load is applied. Reason (R) : There is stress concentration in the vicinity of the load. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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798 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | DESIGN OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS | COLUMNN | MINIMUM ECCENTRICITY | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : All columns shall be designed for a minimum eccentricity of unsupported length of column divided by 500, plus lateral dimension divided by 30 subject to a minimum of 20 mm. Reason (R) : Assertion refers to the design of axially loaded column and it may not be possible to build a perfectly axially loaded column in practice. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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799 | ESE | 2003 | RCC | LIMIT STATE DESIGN | ANALYSIS BY LSM METHOD | LEVER ARM | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Under working loads, in a reinforced concrete beam the lever arm remains unchanged. Reason (R) : As the bending moment increases, the total compressive force and tensile force are assumed to increase in direct proportion. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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800 | ESE | 2003 | CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE , PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT | ENGINEEIRNG EQUIPMENTS | HOISING EQUIPMENTS | BULLDOZERS | FACT | EASY | Assertion (A) : Rubber tyred equipment pull better on smooth, hard surfaces while crawlers work better on firm earth. Reason (R) : Bulldozers mounted on wheels are employed on earth construction for better performance. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 2.Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A 3.A is true but R is false 4.A is false but R is true |
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801 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY | WATER CEMENT RATIO | PERMEABILITY | FACT | EASY | For different concrete specimens, each hydrated to the same degree, the permeability is
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802 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY | STRESS STRAIN CURVE | FACTORS AFFECTING THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE | Modulus of elasticity of concrete is increased with
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803 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY | STRESS STRAIN CURVE | Stress-strain curve of concrete is
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804 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CEMENT | GRADE OF CEMENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
Code : A B C D
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805 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | MORTAR | INGREDIENT OF MORTAR | MICA | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. When percentage of mica present in sand is large, it
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806 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | TIMBER | DEFECT IN TIMBER | ROT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements i) Dry rot in sap wood is caused by fungal attack. ii) Brown rot in coniferous wood is a result of fungal attack iii) Alternate wetting and drying of unseasoned timber causes ‘powdery’ form of decay in wood Which of these statements are correct?
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807 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY | NON DESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY | ULTRA SONIC PULSE VELOCITY | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which of the following statements refer to correct purposes as regards testing of concrete by ultrasonic pulse velocity method? i) To assess the quality of concrete in-situ. ii) To determine the dynamic modulus of elasticity of concrete iii) To locate the presence of cracks in it.
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808 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CEMENT | CONSISTENCY | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. If ‘W’ is the percentage of water required for normal consistency of cement, water to be added for determinatioin of initial setting time is
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809 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | TIMBER | FIBRE SATURATION POINT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements: Fiber saturation point in wood is reached when i) Free water is removed ii) Cell water is removed iii) Shrinkage of wood is rapid iv) Strength gain is rapid Which of these statements are correct?
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810 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | THEORY OF FAILURE | MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRESS THEORY | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which of the following theories of failure is most appropriate for a brittle material?
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811 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAM | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. A simply supported beam AB is subjected to a concentrated load at C, the centre of the span. The area of the SF diagram from A to C will give
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812 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN | MAJOR PRINCIPAL STRESS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. In a strained material, the principal stresses in the X and Y directions respectively are 100 N/mm2 (Tensile) and 60 N/mm2 (Compressive). On an inclined plane, the normal to which makes an angle of 30⁰ to the X-axis, the major principal stress, in N/mm2 would be
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813 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN AND THEORY OF FAILURE | THEORY OF FAILURE | EASY | Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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814 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN AND THEORY OF FAILURE | THEORY OF FAILURE | FACT BASED | EASY |
Q. Consider the following statements: i)Failure occurs beyond elastic limit. ii) Rupture takes place immediately after elastic limit. iii) Permanent set occurs beyond elastic limit. Which of these are considered in the theories of failure?
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815 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | MILD DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE STRESS STRAIN CURVE | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following salient points in a stress-strain curve of a mild steel bar: i) Yield point ii) Braking point iii) Yield plateau iv) Proportionality limit v) Ultimate point The correct sequence in which they occur while testing the mild steel bar in tension from initial zero strain to failure is
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816 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | COMBINED STRESS | COMBINED AND AXIAL STRESS | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
817 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PRINCIPAL STRESS AND STRAIN AND THEORY OF FAILURE | THEORY OF FAILURE | FACT BASED | MODERATE | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
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818 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE LINE DIAGRAM | UDL SHORTER THAN SPAN | MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A uniformly distributed load (w) of length shorter than the span crosses a girder. The bending moment at a section in the girder will be maximum when
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819 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DISPLACEMENT ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURE | BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The bending moment diagram for the above shown portal farme is |
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820 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | TRUSS | STRAIN ENERGY | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The truss is shown in figure. The cross-sectional area of each member is ‘A’, and the modulus of elasticity of the material is uniformly E. The strain energy in the member XY is given by |
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821 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | TRUSS | METHOD OF ANALISIS | METHOD OF JOINT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The force in the member CD is
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822 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | INFLUENCE LINE DIAGRAM | ILD FOR REACTION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The influence line for vertical reaction at A of the beam is |
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823 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC MOMENT | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q. The moment capacity of a section at plastic hinge equals
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824 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | SHAPE FACTOR | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is the correct ratio of plastic moment to yield moment for a simply supported beam of uniform square cross-section throughout the span?
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825 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A fixed beam with central point load undergoes a slight settlement at one end. Select suitable answer from the following:
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826 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE | DEFLECTION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. An increase in temperature on the top fibre of a simply supported beam will cause
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827 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY, INDETERMINACY AND STABILITY OF STRUCTURE | EQUATION OF STATIC INDETERMINACY | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The number of independent equations to be satisfied for static equilibrium in a space structure is
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828 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | SHEAR FORCE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The loading on a beam is shown The shear force diagram for the above figure is |
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829 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The correct bending moment diagram for the column is |
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830 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A propped cantilever beam AB of span L is subjected to a moment M at the prop end B. The moment at fixed end A is
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831 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | HOLLOW SECTION | POLAR SECTION MODULUS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which of the following steel sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?
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832 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | CONNECTION | WELDED CONNECTION | LENGTH OF WELD | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The effective length of the fillet weld is
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833 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The compatibility conditions in terms of strains in a two-dimensional problem are associated with
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834 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | PROPERTY OF MATERIALS | DUCTILE MATERIAL | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The material in which large deformation is possible before absolute failure by rupture takes place, is known as
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835 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF ANALYSIS | MOMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The moment-distribution method in structural analysis falls in the category of
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836 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | STIFFNERES | FACT BASED | MODERATE | Q. Consider the following statements Web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by i) Increasing the web thickness ii) Providing suitable stiffeners iii) Increasing the length of the bearing plates Which of these statements are correct?
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837 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | VIRTUAL WORK METHOD | DISPLACEMENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In the virtual work method of plastic analysis of steel structures, the virtual quantity is
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838 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | ROOF TRUSS | EAVES BOARD | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A protective or decorative non-structural element placed at the level of the truss supports and column head is called
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839 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | ROOF TRUSS | PURLIN | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The purlins in roof trusses are placed at the panel points essentially to avoid
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840 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | CONNECTION | RIVET CONNECTION | TACKING RIVETS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. When the distance between centers of two adjacent rivets connecting the members subjected to either compression or tension exceeds the maximum pitch, then the additional rivets which are not subjected to the calculated stresses are known as
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841 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | EQUILIBRIUM CONDITION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analyses?
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842 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBER | COLUMN BASE | BEARING PRESSURE | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The base of a column is subjected to moment. If the intensity of bearing pressure due to axial load is equal to stress due to moment, then the bearing pressure between the base and the concrete is
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843 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | SHEAR STRESS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The allowable shear stress in the web of mild steel beams decreases with
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844 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBER | CRITICAL CONDITION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The most critical consideration in the design of a rolled steel column carrying axial loads is the
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845 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | SHAPE FACTOR | LOAD FACTOR | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. For an I beam, the shape factor is 1.12. If the allowable stress (with factor of safety in bending as 1.5) is increased by 20% for wind and earthquake loads, the modified load factor is
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846 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | ROOF TRUSS | EFFECTIVE LENGTH | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Top chord of a truss is continuous over joints L m apart. Effective lengths of the member in the plane perpendicular to the truss is
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847 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | MECHANISM METHOD | LOWER AND UPPER BOUND | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The mechanism method and the statical method guide in estimating
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848 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | SHAPE FACTOR | LOAD FACTOR | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. If the shape factor of a section is 1.5 and the factor of safety to be adopted is 2, then the load factor will be
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849 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | CONNECTION | OVERLAP LENGTH | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A tie bar 100 mm x 16 mm thick is to be welded to another plate as shown in figure using 8 mm fillet welds. If the tensile stress in plates is 150 N/mm2 and shear stress in weld is 110.0 N/mm2 , the minimum overlap required will be
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850 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC MOMENT | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A propped cantilever beam of span ‘L’ and constant plastic moment MP carries a concentrated load at midspan. The load at collapse will be
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851 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | CONNECTION | WELDED CONNECTION | FILLET WELD | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. For two plates of equal thickness, full strength of square-edged fillet weld can be ensured if its maximum size is limited to
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852 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBER | SLENDERNESS RATIO | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. When a column is supported throughout its length either by masonry walls or by construction on all the sides, then its slenderness ratio is
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853 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | STIFFNERES | SHEAR STRESS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The allowable shear stress in stiffened webs of mild steel beams decreases with
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854 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | ROOF TRUSS | ANGLE OF INCLINATION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In a roof truss, if pitch is ½ and slope is 1, the angle of inclination with the horizontal would be
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855 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC HINGE | DISTRIBUTION OF STRAIN | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In a plastic hinge, the actual distribution of strain across the section is essentially as |
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856 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | COMPRESSION MEMBER | SPLICES | WEB AND FLANGE SPLICES | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements in respect of design of web and flange splices: i) Flange splice shall be designed for actual BM at the section ii) Flange splice shall be designed to resist the actual shear at the section iii) Web splice shall be designed to resist the actual shear at the section. iv) Web splice shall be designed for actual BM Which of these statement are correct?
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857 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | COLUMN | LAP LENGTH | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Lap length of reinforcement in compression shall not be less than
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858 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
Code : A B C D
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859 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | BEAM AND SLAB | SPACING | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The main reinforcement of a RC slab consist of 10 mm bars at 100 mm spacing; if it is desired to replace the 10 mm bars by 12 mm bars, then the spacing of 12 mm bars should be
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860 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | TYPES OF LOAD | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In prestressed concrete members, the shear force depends upon
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861 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | MAGNEL BLATON SYSTEM | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In case of Magnel Blaton system of prestressing, each sandwich plate can generally anchor
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862 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | STRESS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In case of prestressed concrete members, the bursting stresses develop at
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863 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | CONTROL OF DEFLECTION | SPACING | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In limit state approach, spacing of main reinforcement controls primarily
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864 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | COVER TO MEMBER | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Minimum clear cover in mm to the main steel bars in slab, beam, column and footing respectively, are
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865 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | BOND AND SHEAR | SHEAR REINFORCEMENT | SHEAR STRESS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Shear resistance of concrete in a reinforced concrete beam is dependent on
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866 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A prestressed concrete section is said to have failed in strength at the moment when all the material in the section has exhausted its
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867 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | LOAD BEARING WALL | MINIMUM THICKNESS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The minimum wall thickness of any load bearing wall in case of public building built with mortar, as per IS code, should be not less than
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868 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | NEUTRAL AXIS | DEPTH OF NEUTRAL AXIS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The position of the neutral axis in reinforced brick masonry is independent of the loading and is at a depth of
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869 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | LOAD BEARING WALL | SLENDERNESS RATIO | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Maximum slenderness ratio for load-bearing masonry wall built in cement mortar, as per IS code, shall not exceed
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870 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | LOAD BEARING WALL | STIFFNING COEFFICIENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. As per masonry code, the stiffening coefficient for walls stiffened by piers, buttresses or intersecting walls can be
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871 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | LOAD BEARING WALL | SLENDERNESS RATIO | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements: Maximum slenderness ratio of load-bearing masonry walls for a dwelling having more than two storeys shall not exceed i) 12, if lime mortar is used ii) 18, if cement-lime mortar 1:2:9 is used iii) 24, if cement mortar 1:6 is used. Which of these statements are correct?
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872 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | LOSSES | RELAXATION LOSS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The loss due to relaxation of stress in steel in PSC member depends on i) Applied stress level ii) Temperature iii) Type of steel
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873 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRTESSING | PRE TENSIONING | TRANSMISSION LENGTH | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The ‘transmission length’ requirement is to be satisfied in the design of
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874 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | LOSSES | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which one of the following statements in not correct with respect to PSC beams?
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875 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | BEAM AND SLAB | AREA OF STRESS BLOCK DIAGRAM | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In limit state design of concrete for flexure, the area of stress block is taken as
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876 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | FOOTING | STRIRRUP | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In a combined footing, in the zones where the shear stresses are less than 5 kg/cm2 stirrups to be provided are generally
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877 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | COLUMN | LATERAL TIES | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The purpose of lateral ties in short R.C. columns is to
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878 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | NUMBER OF HINGE | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The number of plastic hinges required in a structure of indeterminate status for a ‘mechanism’ to develop is
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879 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | COLUMN | SHORT COLUMN | SLENDERNESS RATIO | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. According to IS 456, minimum slenderness ratio for a short concrete column is
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880 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | BEAM AND SLAB | DEFLECTION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. For a continuous slab of 3m x 3.5m size, the minimum overall depth of slab to satisfy vertical deflection limits is
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881 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | COLUMN | EFFECTIVE LENGTH | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The effective length of a R.C. column continuing through two storeys, properly restrained at both ends in position and direction, is
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882 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | BEAM AND SLAB | SLAB | MAXIMUM SIZE OF REINFORCEMENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A reinforced concrete slab is 75 mm thick. The maximum size of reinforcement bar that can be used is
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883 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | CANTILEVER PORCH | LOCATION OF REINFORCEMENT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A reinforced concrete cantilever porch has thichness t. The main reinforcing steel will be placed
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884 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | LOACATION OF TENDON | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A simply supported rectangular beam is uniformly loaded and is prestressed. The tendon provided for prestressing should be
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885 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | PRE STRESSING | PROFILE OF TENDON | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. For a certain set of external loads, concordant profile in a prestressed beam represents to some scale the
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886 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | MORTAR | MASONARY WORK | FUNCTION OF MORTAR | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements: Cement mortars richer than 1:3 are not used in masonry work because i) There is no gain in strength of masonry ii) There is high shrinkage iii) They are prone to segregation Which of these statements are correct?
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887 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | SINGLY REINFORCEMENT BEAM | PERCENTAGE OF DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Consider the following statements: Percentage of steel for balanced design of a singly reinforced rectangular section by limit state method depends on i) Characteristic strength of concrete ii) Yield strength of concrete iii) Modulus of elasticity of steel iv) Geometry of the section Which of these statements are correct?
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888 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | BEAM | MINIMUM STRAIN | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The minimum strain at failure in the tensile reinforcement (Fy=400 MPa) of RCC beam as per limit state method is
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889 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | PROJECT MANAGEMENT | BAR CHARTS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A bar chart is commonly used because
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890 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | COMPACTING EQUIPMENT | PNEUMATIC ROLLER | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which one of the following rollers is suitable for soil-cement stabilized road construction?
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891 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | HOISTING EQUIPMENTS | DERRICK CRANE | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In a group housing project, it is proposed to use pre-fabricated RCC beams and columns. The most useful construction equipment is
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892 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | LOADING AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENTS | CRAWLER TRUCK | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Tractive coefficient of a Crawler truck in loose soil is
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893 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | STIFFNERES | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The thickness of web for unstiffened plate girder with clear distance ‘d’ between the flanges shall be not less than
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894 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | CONNECTION | BOLTED JOINT | PITCH | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The maximum longitudinal pitch in bolted joints, subjected to tensile forces, wherein t = thickness of the plate and D = diameter of bolt, is
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895 | ESE | 2011 | HYDRAULIC MACHINE | PUMPS | DISCHARGE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
896 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | PERT ANALYSIS | EXPECTED TIME | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. In the network shown above, the number on the arrow gives the duration of the activity. The earliest expected time for event 6 to be attained is
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897 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | PERT ANALYSIS | EXPECTED TIME | PROBABLE COMPLETION TIME | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. Consider a series of activities A, B, C, D and E comprising a project wherein, a, m, b durations of each activity are indicated. What is the probability of completing the project in 45 days? The area under the normal probability curve is indicated in the table by adopting standard notations.
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898 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CRASHING | OBJECTIVE OF CRASHING | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which one of the following is the objective in crashing?
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899 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | BEAM | DEPTH OF NEUTRAL AXIS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. If the depth of actual neutral axis in a beam is more than the depth of critical axis, then the beam is called
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900 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CRASHING | TOTAL COST | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. Consider the three activities indicated in sequence. The possible alternatives for individual durations (D) in days, and the corresponding cost of resource consumption in units of money per day (R) respectively, are also indicated beside the activities. Overhead costs are to be added at 12 units of money per day of duration. What is the most optimal total cost including overhead, if all the activities are to be completed in either 22 or 21 days?
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901 | ESE | 2011 | RCC | LIMIT STATE METHOD | ASSUMPSION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. In a R.C. section under flexure, the assumption that “a plane section before bending remains plane after bending” leads to
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902 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CPM | TOTAL FLOAT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Critical path moves along the activities having total float as
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903 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | PERT ANALYSIS | BETA DISTRIBUTION | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. The probability distribution taken to represent the completion of time in PERT analysis is
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904 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | LOADING AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENTS | POWER SHOVEL | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. The output from a power shovel is 144 cum/hr. The required number of trucks of 12 cum capacity each with 16 minute cycle time and with 80% operating efficiency will be
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905 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | LOADING AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENTS | SUPER CHARGER | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. A supercharger is used in the engines of earthmoving machines at higher altitudes because
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906 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | EXCAVATION | VOLUME OF EXCAVATION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A contractor wishes to determine a suitable combination of manual labor and machine work for the excavation of a multistory construction. For every cum of excavation, 3 man-hours are needed; or 0.2 machine-hour. Costs involved are Rs. 20 per man-hour and Rs. 500 per machine-hour. The total quantity of excavation is estimated to be 4,000 cum. The optimal quantity of excavation to be done manually for minimum total cost will be
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907 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | CONCRETING EQUIPMENTS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
Code : A B C D
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908 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENTS | LOADING AND CONVEYING EQUIPMENTS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
Code : A B C D
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909 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | PERT ANALYSIS | SLACK TIME | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Slack time is associated with
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910 | ESE | 2011 | CPM PERT | ENGINEERING ECONOMY | CAPITAL RECOVERY FACTOR | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. A crane is purchased now; its useful life is 8 years after which a new crane must be purchased. If the interest rate is 6%, the capital recovery factor (crf) is
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911 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | BRICK MASONARY | SLENDERNESS RATIO | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. If the effective length, effective height and effective thickness of a masonry wall are l, h and t respectively; then the slenderness ratio of the wall shall be
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912 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY | BULKING OF SAND | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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913 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLASTIC ANALYSIS | PLASTIC HINGE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. What is the distance away from midspan of a plastic hinge if developing in a simply supported beam of rectangular cross-section and span 6 m, subjected to a point load at the centre?
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914 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY | CONCRETING EQUIPMENT | PUMPS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : Pumps for concreting are generally of the positive displacement category Reason (R) : Roto-dynamic pumps may effect more crushing of the coarse aggregate 1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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915 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CEMENT | TEST ON CEMENT | VICAT APPARATUS | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : the tests for determining the setting times of cements are of little use in assessing the hardening of cement concrete Reason (R) : ultimate strength of concrete in-situ is not dependent upon the setting times of cement used 1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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916 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | ELASTIC CONSTANT | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : A material is incompressible if its Poisson’s ratio μ is 0.5 Reason (R) : the bulk modulus K is related to Modulus of elasticity E and to Poisson’s ratio as per well known relationship 1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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917 | ESE | 2011 | STRENGTH OF MATERIAL | SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENT | BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE |
Q. Assertion (A) : For the frame shown above, the BM at every cross-section is zero.
Reason (R) : the shape of the structure follows the funicular polygon
1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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918 | ESE | 2011 | THEORY OF STRUCTURE | DETERMINACY, INDETREMINACY AND STABILITY OF STRUCTURE | PROPPED CANTILEVER BEAM | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q. Assertion (A) : The propped cantilever beam shown in figure above is a determinate structure
Reason (R) : At the internal hinge shown, there exists a shear transfer and no bending moment 1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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919 | ESE | 2011 | DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURE | PLATE GIRDER | STIFFENERS | FACT BASED | MODERATE | Q.Assertion (A) : In a plate girder of uniform cross-section, intermediate vertical stiffeners are provided at closer spacing in the middle rather than at supports Reason (R) : Intermediate vertical stiffeners are provided to prevent thee web from bucking under a complex and variable stress situation resulting from combined action of shear force and bending moment 1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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920 | ESE | 2011 | BMC | CONCRETING EQUIPMENTS | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP | FACT BASED | EASY | Q. Assertion (A) : Centrifugal pumps are not normally usable for pumping mixed concrete even if the concrete to be pumped can be dropped in by a hopper system Reason (R) : when dropping (mixed) concrete, segregation of aggregates may occur. 1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanantion of A. 2. Both A and R are individually true and R is not the correct explanantion of A. 3. A is true but R is false. 4. A is false but R is true. |
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921 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | BUOYANCY AND FLOATATION | METACENTRE AND METACENTRIC HEIGHT | METACENTRE AND METACENTRIC HEIGHT | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q1. A ship has a metacentric height of 0.90 m and its period of rolling is 20 seconds. The relevant radius of gyration is nearly
(A) 5.5 m
(B) 7.5 m
(C) 9.5 m
(D) 11.5 m
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922 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDROSTATIC FORCES ON SURFACES | TOTAL HYDROSTATIC FORCE ON A PLANE SURFACE | TOTAL HYDROSTATIC FORCE ON A VERTICAL PLANE SURFACE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q2.A square gate, 1.5 m × 1.5 m, on one of the vertical sides of a fully filled water tank, has one side on the free water surface. It is hinged on the lower horizontal side and is held in position by a force applied on the vertical central line at a depth of 0.75 m below the free surface. The right magnitude of this force is
(B) 600 × 9.81 N
(C) 750 × 9.81 N
(D) 1000 × 9.81 N |
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923 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | SEDIMENTATION WITH COAGULATION | SEDIMENTATION WITH COAGULATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q3.A certain water needs alum treatment to the extent of 10 p.p.m. How much alum, in quintals per day, would be needed to treat 10 MLD of water?
(A) 10
(B) 1.0
(C) 100
(D) 1000 |
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924 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | FLUID PROPERTIES | FLUID PROPERTIES | SURFACE TENSION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q4 The surface tension in a soap bubble of 50 mm diameter with its inside pressure being 2.5 N/m2 above the atmospheric pressure is
(A) 0.0125 N/m
(B) 0.0156 N/m
(C) 0.2 N/m
(D) 0.0312 N/m
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925 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | FLUID PRESSURE AND ITS MEASUREMENT | PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICES | MANOMETERS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q5. A mercury water manometer has a gauge difference of 0.8 m. The difference in pressure measured in metres of water is
(A) 0.8
(B) 1.06
(C) 10.05
(D) 8.02 |
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926 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS | SIMILITUDE | DYNAMIC SIMILARITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q6. A sphere is moving in water with a velocity of 1.6 m/s. Another sphere of twice the diameter is placed in a wind tunnel and tested with air which is 750 times less dense and 60 times less viscous (dynamically) than water. The velocity of air that will model dynamically similar conditions is
(A) 5 m/s
(B) 20 m/s
(C) 10 m/s
(D) 40 m/s
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927 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS | SIMILITUDE | DYNAMIC SIMILARITY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. The flow in a river is 1500 cumecs. A distorted model is built with horizontal scale of 1/150 and vertical scale of 1/25 . The flow rate in the model should be
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928 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | DISINFECTION | DISINFECTION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q8 10 MLD water is to be chlorinated in a clear water reservoir (CWR) with 0.8 mg/l chlorine dose with providing contact time of 40 minutes. The required CWR capacity is nearly
(A) 220 m3
(B) 280 m3
(C) 28 m3
(D) 22 m3 |
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929 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | FLOW MEASUREMENT | NOTCHES AND WEIRS | FLOW OVER A TRIANGULAR WEIR (V-WEIR) OR TRIANGULAR NOTCH (V-NOTCH) | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q9 The head over a V-notch at the end of a channel is 75 cm. If an error of 0.15 cm is possible in the measurement of the head, then the percentage error in computing the discharge is
(A)0.25
(B) 0.5
(C) 0.75
(D) 1.0
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930 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC JUMP | ENERGY LOSS IN HYDRAULIC JUMP | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q10. At a hydraulic jump, the depths at its two sides are 0.3 m and 1.2 m. The head loss in the jump is
(A) 1.0 m
(B) 0.8 m
(C) 0.5 m
(D) 0.45m
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931 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | UNIFORM FLOW | CHEZY EQUATION | NUMERICAL | HARD | Q11. Field observations are carried out to assess the discharge of a river. Measurements are taken in a 2000 m straight reach. Slope is approximately 1 in 4000. Bed slope is determinable to a possible accuracy of 0.4 cm; wetted perimeter is determinable within 4% of possible error; and sectional area within 6% of possible error. Using Chezy’s equation, the assessed discharge will be accurate to within
(A) 9.6%
(B) 10.8%
(C) 11.4%
(D) 12.7% |
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932 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | RESOURCES OF WATER AND ITS CONVEYANCE | TYPES OF PIPES | TYPES OF PIPES | CONCEPT | EASY | Q12. Consider the following statements in respect of cast iron pipes employed for water supply :
Which of the above statements are correct?
B. 1, 3 and 4 only
C. 2, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
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933 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | TURBULENT FLOW IN PIPES | VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF AVERAGE VELOCITY | ROUGH PIPES | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q. In turbulent flows though rough pipes, the ratio of the maximum velocity to the mean velocity is
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934 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | FLOW THROUGH PIPES | ENERGY LOSSES IN PIPES | MAJOR LOSSES | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q14. Two reservoirs are connected by two pipes P and Q. The pipes have the same diameter and length and are placed in parallel. If the friction factor of P is 9 times that of Q, then the discharge in P to that in Q is
(A) 0.5
(B) 0.45
(C) 0.33
(D) 0.27 |
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935 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER | SECONDARY TREATMENT THROUGH ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS | SLUDGE THICKENER | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q15.A sludge had 100 m3 volume when its moisture content was 95%. What would be its volume if its moisture content changed to 90% ?
A.200 m3
B.50 m3
C.94.7 m3
D.105.5 m3
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936 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER | SECONDARY TREATMENT THROUGH ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS | DESIGN CONSIDERATION INVOLVED IN AN ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANT | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q16.The Sludge Volume Index for mixed liquor having solids concentration of 2000 mg/l and showing a settled volume of 200 ml from a one litre sample would be
A. 0.1
B. 1000
C. 100
D. 10
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937 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC PUMPS | COMBINATION OF PUMPS | PUMPS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q17.The number of impellers required for a multistage pump to lift 4500 litres/minute against a total head 190 m at a speed of 750 rpm with specific speed not to exceed 700 is
A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12 |
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938 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC TURBINES | CLASSIFICATION OF TURBINES | CLASSIFICATION OF TURBINES | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q18.A hydraulic turbine has an output of 6000 kW when it works under a head of 25 m and runs at 100 rpm. Then the type of turbine used is
A. Pelton wheel
B. Francis
C. Kaplan
D. Propeller |
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939 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | HYDRAULIC TURBINES | DRAFT-TUBE | DRAFT-TUBE | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q19.The velocity heads of water at the inlet and outlet sections of a draft tube are 3.0 m and 0.20 m, respectively. The frictional and other losses in the draft tube are 0.4 m. What is the efficiency of the draft tube
(A) 15%
(B) 67%
(C) 86%
(D) 92% |
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940 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | RESOURCES OF WATER AND ITS CONVEYANCE | PIPE APPURTENANCES | VALVES | CONCEPT | EASY | Q20. Consider the following statements regarding valves in a pipe line :
Which of the above statements are correct ?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3 |
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941 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | INFILTRATION | INFILTRATION INDICES | ɸ-INDEX | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q21. A 4-hour rainfall in a catchment of 250 km2 produces rainfall depths of 6.2 cm and 5 cm in successive 2-hour unit periods. Assuring the φ index of the soil to be 1.2 cm/hour, the runoff volume is
A. 1.6 ha-m
B. 16 ha-m
C. 160 ha-m
D. 1600 ha-m |
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942 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | FLOODS | RECURRENCE INTERVAL (T) | RECURRENCE INTERVAL (T) | CONCEPT | EASY | Q22. Return Period Refers to
A. The Probability of Exceedance of an event
B. The Probability of Non-Exceedance of an event
C. The Inverse of the Probability of Exceedance of an event
D. The Inverse of the Probability of Non-Exceedance of an event
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943 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | PRECIPITATION | TYPES OF PRECIPITATION | OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION | CONCEPT | EASY | Q23. Orographic rain occurs when the air is cooled sufficiently as a result of
A. Lifting due to flow over a mountain barrier
B. Relative movement of two large air masses
C. Violent upthrow of air arising from localized heating
D. Cyclonic conditions
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944 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | PRECIPITATION | INCONSISTENCY OF RECORD | DOUBLE MASS CURVE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q24. A Double-Mass-Curve Analysis is useful in
A. Consistency Analysis
B. Frequency Analysis
C. Storage computation Analysis
D. Guessing missing data in cases of non-homogeneous terrain |
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945 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | HYDROGRAPH | UNIT HYDROGRAPH | DERIVATION OF UNIT HYDROGRAPH | CONCEPT | EASY | Q25. Consider the following steps which are involved in arriving at a unit hydrograph :
Which is the correct sequence of these steps ?
A. 4, 3, 2 and 1
B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
C. 4, 2, 3 and 1
D. 1, 3, 2 and 4 |
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946 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | FLOODS | RECURRENCE INTERVAL (T) | RISK | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q26. Probability of a 10-year flood to occur at least once in the next 5 years is
A. 35%
B. 40%
C. 50%
D. 65%
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947 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | HYDROGRAPH | S-CURVE | S-CURVE | CONCEPT | EASY | Q27. S-curve Hydrograph is the hydrograph
A. Producing 1 cm of runoff over the basin
B. Of flow from a 1 cm intensity rain of infinite duration
C. Having a volume of 1 cm3
D. Of the total storm duration in any single storm rainfall |
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948 | ESE | 2015 | ENGINEERING ENGINEERING HYDROLOGY | SURFACE WATER HYDROGRAPH(RUNOFF) | COMPONENT OF RUNOFF | SURFACE RUNOFF | CONCEPT | EASY | Q28. Surface runoff represents the total water
A. Flowing in surface channels after the rainfall
B. Obtained after deducting from rainfall water that has infiltrated and/or evaporated, from the total rainfall
C. Excluding the base flow in surface channels after the rainfall
D. Flown (or flowing) through all channels over a specified period of time |
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949 | ESE | 2015 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | WATER REQUIREMENT OF CROPS | CONSUMPTIVE USE | EVAPOTRANSPIRATION | CONCEPT | EASY | Q29. Consumptive Use refers to the loss of water as a result of
A. Evaporation and Transpiration
B. Crop Water Requirement
C. Evaporation and Infiltration
D. Evaporation and Transpiration from the cropped area |
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950 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | RESOURCES OF WATER AND ITS CONVEYANCE | YIELD OF AN OPEN WELL | WELLS AND TUBE-WELLS | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q30. In a uniform semi-infinite aquifer, the dependable discharge of a lone circular open well is increased most easily by
A. Increasing the diameter
B. Making it into one with a square kerb
C. Deepening the well
D. Providing coarser screening filter |
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951 | ESE | 2015 | FLUID MECHANICS, HYDRAULIC MACHINE AND OPEN CHANNEL FLOW | FLUID DYNAMICS | APPLICATION OF BERNOULLI’S EQUATION | APPLICATION OF BERNOULLI’S EQUATION | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q31. In a ski-jump bucket provided in an overflow spillway, the lip angle is 30o, and the actual velocity of flow entering the bucket is 30 m/s. The maximum vertical height attained by the trajectory of the jet, measured above the lip of the bucket, is nearly
A. 45 m
B. 35 m
C. 22 m
D. 11 m |
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952 | ESE | 2015 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | WATER REQUIREMENT OF CROPS | RELATION BETWEEN DUTY AND DELTA | DUTY CALCULATION | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q32. The discharge capacity required at the outlet to irrigate 3000 ha of sugarcane having a kor depth of 173 mm and a kor period of 30 days is
A. 2.0 m3/s
B. 1.0 m3/s
C. 20 m3/s
D. 0.20 m3/s |
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953 | ESE | 2015 | IRRIGATION ENGINEERING | CANAL REGULATION WORK | PARAMETERS FOR STUDYING BEHAVIOUR OF OUTLETS | PROPORTIONAILTY | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q.33 By considering the channel index as 5/3, the setting of an orifice type irrigation outlet to have proportionality is
A. 0.90
B. 0.67
C. 0.30
D. 0.15 |
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954 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | RESOURCES OF WATER AND ITS CONVEYANCE | YIELD OF WELLS | STRAINER TYPE | NUMERICAL | MODERATE | Q34. What is the strainer length required for a deep tube well giving a discharge of 8 litres per second ? Assume permissible entrance velocity of 2 cm/second. It is desired to have the strainer of slot sizes 20 mm x 0.2 mm with number of slots per cm length of the strainer as 100.
A. 8 m
B. 1 m
C. 12 m
D. 10 m
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955 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING | POPULATION FORECASTING | GEOMETRIC INCREASE METHOD | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q35. The population of a city in the year 2000 was 82,300. If average percent increase in population per decade is 35%, the population of the city in the year 2020 estimated geometrical increase will nearly be
A. 1,00,000
B. 1,25,000
C. 1,50,000
D. 1,75,000 |
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956 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER | ANAEROBIC STABILISATION UNITS | ANAEROBIC SYSTEMS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q36. The different actions that take place in anaerobic decomposition process are
What is the correct sequence of these actions (from earlier to later) ?
A. 4, 3, 1 and 2
B. 2, 3, 1 and 4
C. 4, 1, 3 and 2
D. 2, 1 , 3 and 4 |
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957 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | RAPID GRAVITY FILTER | DESIGN CRITERIA OF RAPID SAND FILTERS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q37. What is the rapid sand filter surface area required for filtering of 10 MLD water assuming a filtration rate of 100,000 ɭ/m2/day ?
A. 100 m2
B. 10 m2
C. 1 m2
D. 1000 m2 |
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958 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | RAPID GRAVITY FILTER | DESIGN CRITERIA OF RAPID SAND FILTERS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q38. Consider the following statements in respect of slow sand filter and rapid sand filter :
Which of the above statements are correct ?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 3 and 4 |
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959 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | DISINFECTION | DISINFECTION | NUMERICAL | EASY |
Q39. How many kg of bleaching powder is needed per day to chlorinate 4 MLD of water so than, after 40 minutes of contact, there remains residual chlorine of 0.25 mg/ɭ . The input water has a chlorine demand of 1.25mg/ɭ , and that the bleaching powder has only 25% available chlorine.
A. 8 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 24 kg
D. 6.6 kg |
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960 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT | DISPOSAL OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW) | DISPOSAL OF REFUSE BY LAND FILLING | CONCEPT | EASY | Q40 Which of the following help to prevent water pollution due to land-disposal of waste ?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 2 and 3 only
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961 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | AIR POLLUTION | CONTROL DEVICES FOR PARTICULATES | ESP AND OTHERS | CONCEPT | EASY | Q41. Consider the following statements in respect of electrostatic precipitators:
Which of the above statements are correct ?
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3 |
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962 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS IN TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER | DECOMPOSITION OF SEWAGE | DECOMPOSITION OF SEWAGE | CONCEPT | MODERATE | Q42. Consider the following statements:
Which of above statements is/are correct? . A. 1 only
B. Both 1 and 2
C. 2 only
D. Neither 1 nor 2 |
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963 | ESE | 2015 | ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | TREATMENT OF WATER | COMMON DESIGN CRITERIA FOR SEDIMENTATION TANK | TANK DIMENSIONS | NUMERICAL | EASY | Q43. What is required plan size of a square sedimentation tank (as the primary sedimentation tank in sewage treatment), given that its effective depth is 3 m, and the flow rate is 40 MLD with admissible surface loading of 100,000 |