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ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE
ENGINEERS (CIVIL)

SAMPLE PAPER 1
 VERBAL
Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate
word, from the given lettered choices (A to D/E) below
each.
1. Despite the _____ of the materials with which Tahira had worked,
many of her glass masterpieces have survived for more than
seventy years.

A. beauty
B. translucence
C. abundance
D. majesty
E. fragility

2. If I ________ the promotion, I would have bought a new car.

A. received
B. had received
C. will receive
D. would receive

Each question below consists of a related pair of words,

followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered
pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that
expressed in the original pair.
3. POISON: TOXIC::

A. mixture: soluble
B. sugar: sweet
C. medicine: prescribed
D. milk: bottled
E. solid: liquid

4. PASSIVE : ACTIVE::

A. resist: beaten
B. mope: gloomy
C. grow: small
D. hassle: obnoxious
E. accept: questioning

SAMPLE PAPER 2
Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly
opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
5. MIRACLE:
A. usualness
B. wonder
C. marvel
D. sensation
6. MONOTHEIST:
A. psychologist
B. analyst
C. polytheist
D. physicist
Questions 7-8 are based on the following passage.
There is no trick to motivating others. It requires a clear, unbiased
understanding of the situation at hand, deep insight into the vagaries
of human nature at both the individual and the group levels, the
establishment of appropriate and reasonable expectations and goals,
and the construction of a balanced set of tangible and intangible
incentives. It requires, in other words, hard thinking and hard work.
And when an organization is under strain or is in crisis, the
challenges-and the stakes-become that much higher. The questions
that managers have to grapple with as they try to inspire their people
are many and complex: How do you deal with individuals or groups at
different motivation levels that vary in different ways? How can you
influence the behavior of a single individual, let alone an organization
of hundreds or thousands? How can you help people feel enthusiastic
and committed, especially in difficult times?
7. According to the passage
A. motivating others is not difficult
B. motivating others is impossible
C. motivating others is not impossible, but difficult
D. motivating others is possible and not difficult
8. Which of the following is not a true statement?
A. In order to motivate others, managers have to deal with
difficult questions.
B. Managers can easily influence the behavior of hundreds
and thousands of people.
C. Managers should know how to deal with people at
different motivational levels.
D. It is not easy to help people feel enthusiastic in difficult
times.

SAMPLE PAPER 3
 QUANTITATIVE/IQ
9. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 3a and 4b is less than 50, and
a is twice b, what is the largest integer value of a?

A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 19
E. 20

10.Mr. B can wash his car in 15 minutes, while his son takes twice as
long to do the same job. If they work together, how many minutes
will the job take them?

A. 5 minutes
1
B. 7 minutes
2
C. 10 minutes
1
D. 22 minutes
2
E. 30 minutes

11.If boy is coded as 21525, girl as 791812, how will man be

encoded?

A. 13114
B. 12114
C. 1114
D. 1314
E. 13115

12.TLRIA is related to WOULD in the same way as YBVLKA is related

to:

A. MATTER
B. BEFORE
C. BEYOND
D. NORMAL

SAMPLE PAPER 4
 CIVIL ENGINEERING
13.“The deflection of any point in a beam or truss subjected to any
set of loads is equal to the first partial derivative of the strain
energy, with respect to a load at the point acting in the direction
of deflection” is:

A. Castigliano’s first theorem

B. Castigliano’s second theorem
C. Energy Principle
D. Virtual work theorem

14.Expected project duration generally follows:

A. normal distribution curve

B. poisson's distribution curve
C. β - distribution curve
D. none of the above

15.The critical gradient of the seepage of water:

A. Increases with the decrease in specific gravity of soil

B. Increases with the decrease in void ratio
C. Directly proportional to void ratio
D. Inversely proportional to specific gravity

16.The maximum number of days of curing for concrete to achieve its

maximum compressive strength is:

A. 07 days
B. 14 days
C. 20 days
D. 25 days
E. 28 days

17.Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcement of

same size should not be less than:

A. One diameter
B. 2.5 diameters
C. 3 diameters
D. 3.5 diameters
E. 4 diameters

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18.The main factor to be considered while preparing a detailed
estimate, is:

A. Quantity of the materials

B. Availability of materials
C. Transportation of materials
D. Location of site and local labor charges
E. All of the above

SAMPLE PAPER 6
 ANSWER KEY

Q #. Right Choice
1 E
2 B
3 B
4 E
5 A
6 C
7 D
8 D
9 B
10 C
11 A
12 C
13 A
14 A
15 B
16 E
17 A
18 E

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