STRENGH OF MATERIALS

1. A steel tie rod of 4cm. in diameter and 2m long is subjected to a pull of 8 tonnes. Calculate the elongation of
the rod. Take, E=2000 tonnes/cm2.

a) 0.064 cm b) 0.032 cm c) 0.128cm d) 0.012 cm.

Ans- a) 0.064 cm

2. Determine the Bending moment of the cantilever beam having the length of L m long and subjected to a
UDL of W kN/m over the entire length of the beam,
a)WL2/2 b)WL2/4 c)WL/2 d)WL/4

Ans- a) WL2/2

3. The number of independent equations to be satisfied for static equilibrium in a space structure is

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

Ans- c) 6

4. Write the equation of theory of bending...........................

Ans. M/I = F/Y = Z/R.

5. Consider a rectangular concrete column has 'l' m length, 'b' m width and‘d’ m depth. What is the maximum
eccentricity of the concrete column?

a) d/6 b) b/6 c) lb/6 d) bd/2.

Ans- b) b/6

6. A simply supported beam has 'l' m length, 'b' m width and ''d' m depth. Find out the deflection of the beam,
when subjected to a load of 'W' kN/m acting the throughout the length of the beam. Take E&I=constant.
a) 5wl4/384EI b) Wl3/48EI c) Wl4/8EI d) wl3/384EI

Ans-a) 5wl4/384EI

7. A boiler shell 200 cm diameter and plate thickness 1.5 cm is subjected to a internal pressure of 1.5MN/m.
Calculate the hoop stress,

a) 30 MN/m2 b) 35 MN/m2 c) 40 MN/m2 d) 50 MN/m2

Ans-d) 50 MN/m2

8. A rectangular column has a cross section of 200 mmX150 mm and carries the point load of 240 kN at an
eccentricity of ‘e’ from the center of the column. If the minimum stress in the column is zero find out the
eccentricity from the center.
a)55.55 b)44.44 c)33.33 d)22.22
 Ans-c) 33.33

9. Under Which circumstances the shear key is provided in the retaining wall?

a) Sliding b) Overturning c) Development excessive tensile stress

d) Development of excessive compressive stress.

Ans-a) Sliding

10. Polar moment of inertia of the circular section...........

a)PI()d4/32 b)PI()d4/64 c)PI()d3/32 d)PI()d3/64

Ans-a) PI ()* d4/32

DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

1. The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by

a) Increasing the web thickness

b) providing suitable stiffeners
c) Increasing the length of the bearing plates
d) None of the above.
Ans-c) increasing the length of the bearing plates

2. If d is the gross diameter of the bolt, minimum pitch of the bolt shall not be less than..........

a) 1.5d b) 2.0d c) 2.5d d)3d

Ans-c) 2.5d

3. Effective throat thickness of the fillet weld should not be less than.....

a) 2.5 mm b) 3 mm c) 3.5 mm d) 5 mm

Ans- c) 3.5 mm

4. A fillet weld may be termed as

a) Mitre weld b) Concave weld
c)Convex weld d)All the above

Ans- d)All the above

5. Prying forces are

a) friction forces
b) shear forced
c) tensile forces
d) bending forces

Ans- c) tensile forces

 6. The effective length of a compression member of length L, held in position and restrained in direction at
both ends, is.........
a) L b) 0.67 L c) 0.85 L d) 1.5 L

Ans- b) 0.67 L

7. What is the strength of weld per mm length used to connect two plates of 10mm thickness using a lap joint
of 6 mm?
a) 795.36 N/mm b) 295.5N/mm c) 552.6
N/mm d) 487.93 N/mm

Ans- a) 795.36 N/mm

8. What is the yield strength of bolt of Grade 4.6?

a) 400 N/mm2 b) 240 N/mm2 c) 250 N/mm2 d) 500 N/mm2

Ans- b) 240 N/mm2

9. Strength of bolt is
a) minimum of shear strength and bearing capacity of bolt
b) maximum of shear strength and bearing capacity of bolt
c) shear strength of bolt d) bearing capacity of bolt

Ans- a) minimum of shear strength and bearing capacity of bolt

10. Calculate the shear strength of 16mm diameter of bolt of grade 4.6 for lap joint
a) 50 kN b) 40 kN
c) 29 kN d) 59 kN

Ans- d) 59 kN

FLUID MECHANICS

1. Which one of the following is not a unit of dynamic viscosity?

a) Pa-s b) N-s/m2 c) Poise d) Stokes

Ans- d) Stokes

2. The kinematic viscosity of a fluid is 0.1 Stokes. What will be the value is m 2/s?
a) 10-2 b) 10-3 c) 10-4 d) 10-5

Ans- d) 10-5

3. The Reynolds number for a flow in a channel is 1000. What type of flow is it?
a) Laminar b) Turbulent c) Transition d) Steady

Ans- c) Transition

4. Calculate the mean hydraulic radius for a channel having 20m 2 cross sectional area and 50m of wetted
perimeter.
 a) 0.4m b) 0.5m c) 0.6m d) 0.7m

Ans- a) 0.4m

5. The shear stress at a point in a liquid is found to be 0.03 N/m 2. The velocity gradient at the point is 0.15s-1.
What will be its viscosity (in Poise)?
a) 20 b) 2 c) 0.2 d) 0.5

Ans- b) 2

6. Find the position of center of buoyancy for a wooden block of width 3.5 m and depth 1 m, when it floats
horizontally in water. The density of wooden block id 850 kg/m3 and its length 7.0 m.
a) 0.95 b) 0.85 c) 1.05 d) 1.65

Ans- b) 0.85

7. The value of the viscosity of an ideal fluid is

a) zero b) unity c) infinity d) more than that of a real fluid

Ans- a) zero

8. When the flow particles flow in zigzag manner and rotate about their own axis it is what type of flow?
a) Turbulent flow b) Irrotational flow
c) Rotational flow d) None of the mentioned

Ans- d) None of the mentioned

9. Water flows at a rate of 10m3/s in a rectangular channel 3m wide. The critical depth of flow is
a) 1.13 m b) 2 m c) 1.45 m d) 1.04 m

Ans- d) 1.04 m

10. A flow through a long pipe at constant rate is called a) steady

uniform flow b) steady non-uniform flow c) unsteady uniform flow
d) unsteady non-uniform flow

Ans- a) steady uniform flow

SOIL MECHANICS

1. The minimum water content, at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3 mm in
diameter, is known
a) liquid limit b) plastic limit c)
shrinkage limit d) permeability limit.

Ans- b) plastic limit

2. If water content of a soil is 40%, G is 2.70 and void ratio is 1.35, the degree of saturation is
a) 70 % b) 75 % c) 80 % d) 85 %
 Ans- c) 80 %

3. Flow net is used for the determination of

a) Plasticity characteristics b) Seepage pressure
c) Hydro-dynamic pressure d) All the above

Ans- b) Seepage pressure

4. Rankine’s theory of earth pressure is assumes that the back of the wall is a) Plane and
smooth b) plane and rough c) vertical and smooth d)
vertical and rough

Ans- c) vertical and smooth

5. Terzaghi's bearing capacity equation for strip foundation gives a) Safe bearing
capacity b) Net safe bearing capacity c) Ultimate bearing capacity
d) Net ultimate bearing capacity

Ans- c) Ultimate bearing capacity

6. A saturated soil mass has a total density 22kN/m 3 and a water content of 10%. The bulk density and dry
density of this soil are
a) 12 kN/m3 and 20 kN/m3 respectively. b) 22 kN/m3 and 20
kN/m3 respectively.
c) 19.8kN/m3 and19.8 N/m3 respectively.
d) 23.2kN/m3 and19.8kN/m3 respectively.

Ans- b) 22 kN/m3 and 20 kN/m3 respectively.

7. A pycnometer is used to determine,

a) Water content and void ratio b) specific gravity and dry density

c) Water content and specific gravity d) Void ratio and dry density

Ans- c) Water content and specific gravity

8. Stoke’s law is valid only if the size of particle is

a) less than 0.0002 mm
b) greater than 0.2 mm
c) between 0.2 mm and 0.0002 mm
d) all of the above

Ans- c)between 0.2 mm and 0.0002 mm

9. The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and
liquid state, is known as
a) liquid limit
 b) plastic limit
c) shrinkage limit
d) plasticity index

Ans- a) liquid limit

10. The pressure that builds up in pore water due to load increment on the soil, is termed

a) Excess pore pressure

b) Excess hydrostatic pressure

c) Hydrodynamic pressure

d) All the above

Ans- d) All the above

DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

1. Basic values of span to effective depth ratio of simply supported beam (spans up to 10m)……

a) 7 b) 20 c) 26 d) 3

Ans- b) 20
2. Bond stress value of M25 concrete as per IS456-2000

a) 1.2 b) 1.4 c) 1.5 d) 1.7

Ans- b) 1.4
3. Minimum reinforcement of the slab by using HYSD as per IS456-2000

a) 0.12% of cross section area of slab.

b) 0.15% of cross section area of slab.

c) 0.16% of cross section area of slab.

d) 0.2% of cross section area of slab.

Ans- a) 0.12% of cross section area of slab.

4. The minimum reinforcement of the column should not be less then……..

a) 0.6% of cross sectional area of the column.

b) 0.8% of cross sectional area of the column.

c) 1.2% of cross sectional area of the column.

d) 1.4% of cross sectional area of the column.

 Ans- b) 0.8% of cross sectional area of the column.
5. A simply supported beam shall be deemed to be a deep beam, when the ratio of effective span to overall depth
is less than

a) 2.0 b) 2.5 c) 3 d) 4

Ans- a) 2.0
6. The minimum thickness of flat slab as per IS456-2000 shall be

a) 120 mm b) 125 mm c) 130 mm d) 150 mm

Ans-b) 125 mm
7. xu,max/d value of fy=415 N/mm2 steel………

a) 0.46 b) 0.48 c) 0.53 d) 0.55

Ans- b) 0.48

8. As per IS 456-2000, lap splice shall not be used for the bar larger than …….. diameter.

a) 25 mm b) 30 mm c) 32 mm d) 36mm
Ans- d) 36mm

9. Maximum Shear Stress, "τc,max’’ N/mm2 for M30 concrete(limit state method)…….

a) 2.5 b) 2.8 c) 3.1 d) 3.5

Ans- c) 3.1

10. As per IS 456-2000 expansion joints are provided when the length exceeds……..

a) 45m b) 50 m c) 55 m d) 60 m.
Ans- a) 45m

11. An under reinforced section means

a) Steel is provided at the bottom side only
b) Steel provided is insufficient
c) Steel provided on one face only
d) Steel will yield first
Ans- d) Steel will yield first

12. The section of a reinforced beam where most distant concrete fibre in compression and tension in
Steel attains permissible stresses simultaneously, is called
a) Balanced section
b) Economic section
c) Critical section
d) All the above.
Ans- d) All the above.
13. The maximum area of tension reinforcement in beams shall not exceed
a) 0.15 %
 b) 1.5 %
c) 4 %
d) 1 %.
Ans- c) 4 %

14. The number of treads in a flight is equal to

a) Risers in the flight
b) Risers plus one
c) Risers minus one
d) None of these.
Ans- c) Risers minus one

15. The live load to be considered for an inaccessible roof, is

a) Nil
b) 75 kg/m2
c) 150 kg/cm2
d) 200 kg/m2.
Ans- b) 75 kg/m2

HYDROLOGY

1. What will be the discharge required to generate 150kW capacity of power with 8.17 m head and
90% efficiency?
a) 0.48 m3/s b) 1.87 m3/s c) 2.08 m3/s d) 1.68 m3/s
Ans-c) 2.08 m3/s

2. Calculate the annual energy that can be generated with a power capacity of 23.75 Watt?
a) 187 Units b) 187000 units c) 208 Units d) 208050 Units
Ans- c) 208 Units

3. 1 Hectare is equal to
a) 104 sq.m b) 100 acres c)1 sq.km d) 100 sq.km
Ans-a) 104 sq.m

4. Which of the following has maximum head loss due to friction having similar length, flow area of
cross section and wetted perimeter?
a) natural stream b) rust iron pipe c)concrete lined channel d) PVC pipe
Ans-a) natural stream

5. Average annual rainfall for period 1951-2000 is 3565 mm. Annual rainfall for 2001, 2002 and
2003 are 3402 mm, 3879 mm and 3265 mm respectively. What is the average annual rainfall for
the region?
a) 3528 mm b) 3562 mm c) 3582 mm d) 3540 mm
Ans- b) 3562 mm

6. Which of the following is not a type of turbine?

a) Francis b) Kaplan c) Cross-flow d) None of them
Ans- d) None of them

7. Water demand of a metropolitan area is 300 MLD. What will be the storage required to meet
the demand requirements for 1 year (MCM-million cubic meters)?
a) 109500 m3 b) 109.5 MCM c) 109.5 m3 d)109500 MCM
Ans- b) 109.5 MCM