Civil Engineering MCQ’s

166. While designing the pile as a column, the generally used for grading of _____.
end conditions are nearly _____.
(a) Coarse aggregates
(a) Both ends hinged (b) Fine aggregates
(b) Both ends fixed (c) Neither (a) nor (b)
(c) One end fixed and other end hinged (d) Both (a) and (b)
(d) One end fixed and other end free Ans. (d)
Ans. (c)
171. Log Angles machine is used to test the
167. The internal dimensions of a ware house aggregate for _____.
are 15 m × 5.6 m, and the maximum height of
(a) Crushing strength
piles is 2.70 m, the maximum number of bags to
(b) Impact value
be stored in two piles, are _____.
(c) Abrasion resistance
(a) 1500 bags (d) Water absorption
(b) 2000 bags Ans. (c)
(c) 2500 bags
(d) 3000 bags 172. The property of the ingredients to separate
Ans. (d) from each other while placing the concrete is
called _____.
168. Pick up the incorrect statement from the
(a) Segregation
following. While performing preliminary test on
(b) Compaction
concrete _____.
(c) Shrinkage
(a) Proportions of the material and water (d) Bulking
should be the same as to be used at the Ans. (a)
work site
(b) Cement should be mixed by hand in order 173. Pick up the correct statement from the
to maintain uniformity following.
(c) Concrete mix should be stored in air-tight
(a) Higher workability indicates unexpected
containers
increase in the moisture content
(d) Concrete ingredients should be kept at a
(b) Higher workability indicates deficiency of
temperature of 37° ± 2°C
sand
Ans. (d)
(c) If the concrete mix is dry, the slump is
zero
169. In a spherical dome the hoop stress due to
(d) All of the above
a concentrated load at crown is _____.
Ans. (d)
(a) Compressive everywhere
(b) Tensile everywhere 174. The process of mixing, transporting, placing
(c) Partly compressive and partly tensile and compacting concrete using Ordinary Port
(d) Zero land Cement should not take more than _____.
Ans. (b)
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 40 minutes
170. I.S. Sieve Nos. 10 mm and 4.75 mm are
(c) 60 minutes

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(d) 90 minutes (a) Bending moment is small

Ans. (a) (b) Shear force is small
(c) The member is supported by other
175. The strength of concrete after one year as member
compared to 28 days strength is about _____. (d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
(a) 10 to 15% more
(b) 15 to 20% more 180. Sand generally contains salt if it is obtained
(c) 20 to 25% more from _____.
(d) 25 to 50% more
Ans. (c) (a) Nala beds
(b) River beds
176. Specified compressive strength of concrete (c) Sea beds
is obtained from cube tests at the end of _____. (d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
(a) 3 days
(b) 7 days 181. According to IS : 456 – 1978, minimum
(c) 21 days slenderness ratio for a short column is _____.
(d) 28 days
Ans. (d) (a) Less than 12
(b) Less than 18
177. Pick up the incorrect statement from the (c) Between 18 and 24
following. (d) More than 24
Ans. (a)
(a) Tricalcium silicate (C₃S) hydrates rapidly
(b) Tricalcium silicate (C₃S) generates more 182. Water cement ratio is _____.
heat of hydration
(c) Tricalcium silicate (C₃S) develops early (a) Volume of water to that of cement
strength (b) Weight of water to that of cement
(d) Tricalcium silicate (C₃S) has more (c) Weight of concrete to that of water
resistance to sulphate attack (d) Both (a) and (b) of the above
Ans. (d) Ans. (d)

178. If the permissible stress in steel in tension 183. For a concrete mix 1 : 3 : 6 and water
is 140 N/mm², then the depth of neutral axis for cement ratio 0.6 both by weight, the quantity of
a singly reinforced rectangular balanced section water required per bag, is _____.
will be _____.
(a) 10 kg
(a) 0.35 d (b) 12 kg
(b) 0.40 d (c) 14 kg
(c) 0.45 d (d) 16 kg
(d) Dependent on grade of concrete also Ans. (c)
Ans. (b)
184. Half of the main steel in a simply supported
179. A construction joint is provided where ____. slab is bent up near the support at a distance of
'x' from the center of slab bearing where 'x' is

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equal to _____. (Where '𝑙' is the span) Ans. (b)

(a) 𝑙/3 189. Expansion joints are provided if the length

(b) 𝑙/5 of concrete structures exceeds _____.
(c) 𝑙/7
(d) 𝑙/10 (a) 10 m
Ans. (c) (b) 15 m
(c) 25 m
185. Pick up the incorrect statement from the (d) 45 m
following. Ans. (d)

(a) In properly graded aggregates, bulk 190. The permissible diagonal tensile stress in
density is more reinforced brick work is _____.
(b) In single size aggregates, bulk density is
least (a) About 0.1 N/mm²
(c) In single size aggregates, bulk density is (b) Zero
maximum (c) 0.3 N/mm² to 0.7 N/mm²
(d) None of the above (d) About 1.0 N/mm²
Ans. (c) Ans. (a)

186. To prevent segregation, the maximum 191. Pick up the correct statement from the
height for placing concrete, is _____. following.

(a) 100 cm (a) According to the petrological

(b) 125 cm characteristics, concrete aggregates are
(c) 150 cm classified as heavy weight, normal weight
(d) 200 cm and light weight
Ans. (a) (b) According to the shape of the particles,
concrete aggregates are classified as
187. For a simply supported beam of span 15 m, rounded irregular, angular and flaky
the minimum effective depth to satisfy the (c) According to the surface texture of the
vertical deflection limits should be _____. particles, the concrete aggregates are
classified as glassy, smooth, granular,
(a) 600 mm rough, crystalline, honey combed and
(b) 750 mm porous
(c) 900 mm (d) All of the above
(d) More than 1 m
Ans. (d)
Ans. (b)
192. Pick up the correct statement from the
188. For compacting plain concrete road surface following.
of thickness less than 20 cm, we use _____.
(a) The concrete gains strength due to
(a) Internal vibrator hydration of cement
(b) Screed vibrator (b) The concrete does not set at freezing
(c) Form vibrator point
(d) None of the above (c) The strength of concrete increases with

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its age The correct answer is _____.

(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) (a) 1 and 3
(b) 1 and 4
193. The critical section for finding maximum (c) 2 and 3
bending moment for footing under masonry wall (d) 2 and 4
is located _____. Ans. (b)

(a) At the middle of the wall 197. High temperature _____.

(b) At the edge of the wall
(c) Halfway between the middle and edge of
the wall
(d) At a distance equal to effective depth of
footing from the edge of the wall
Ans. (c)
(a) Increases the strength of concrete
(b) Decreases the strength of concrete
(c) Has no effect on the strength of concrete
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)

194. Separation of water or water sand cement 198. Horizontal construction joints in concrete
from a freshly concrete, is known _____. walls are generally provided at _____.

(a) Bleeding (a) Soffit level

(b) Creeping (b) Window sill level
(c) Segregation (c) Floor level
(d) Flooding (d) All of the above
Ans. (a) Ans. (d)

195. On a grading curve, the gap grading is 199. Stress strain curve of high tensile steel _____.
represented by _____.
(a) Has a definite yield point
(a) A horizontal line (b) Does not show definite yield point but
(b) A vertical line yield point is defined by 0.1% proof
(c) N.W. inclined line stress
(d) N.E. inclined line (c) Does not show definite yield point but
Ans. (a) yield point is defined by 0.2% proof
stress
196. Sinking of an intermediate support of a (d) Does not show definite yield point but
continuous beam yield point is defined by 2% proof stress
Ans. (c)
1. Reduces the negative moment at support
2. Increases the negative moment at 200. Addition of pozzolana to cement causes ___.
support
3. Reduces the positive moment at center of (a) Reduction in permeability
span (b) Loss of heat of hydration
4. Increases the positive moment at center (c) Reduction in bleeding
of span (d) All of the above
Ans. (d)

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