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1. As per I.R.C. approaches should be 8. Sub structure of a bridge does not include
straight for a minimum length of __ on
A)Abutment B) Girder/Slab
either side of a bridge.
C)Piers D)Wing and Return walls
(A) 5 m (B) 10 m
9. Bearings are provided in bridges to
(C) 15 m (D) 20 m
transfer the load to
2. When the bridge is constructed at some
A)Super structure B) Track
other angle than right angle to the flow of
water, it is called C)Embankment D)Sub structure
(A) Skey bridge (B) Through bridge 10. Wing walls and return walls are provided
to retain
(C) Semi through bridge
A) earth on approaches B) ballast
(D) Deck bridge
C)track on approaches D) none
3. The area through which water flows under
a bridge structure is known as 11. The medium to transfer loads from
superstructure to substructure is called
(A) Flood level (B) Low water level
A)Abutment B) Bed block
(C) Water way (D) None of these
C)Bearing D) Pier
4. Minimum Free Board required in a bridge
is 12. The diameter of hole for 20 dia rivet shall
be
A)1 m B) 1.20 m
A)23 mm B) 18 mm
C) 600 mm D) 300 mm
C)21.5 mm D) 22 mm
5. Free Board is the level difference between
Formation Level and 13. Pipe culvert is a/an
A)Rail Level B) HFL A)major bridge B) minor bridge
C)Bed Level D) Danger Level C)unimportant bridge D) important bridge
6. Skew of a bridge is the angle between 14. Consider the following statements:
Wheeled tractors are replacing crawler
A) C.L. of water course to C.L. of track tractors because
B) C.L. of water course to C.L. of pier 1. Wheeled tractors travel faster.
C) C.L. of water course/road to normal 2. Crawler tractors are more expensive.
(perpendicular) of C.L. of track
3. Track parts of a crawler wear out
D) C.L. of abutment to C.L. of pier quickly.
7. In a single span bridge, the clear span is 4. Crawler tractors have stick control.
the distance between
Of these statements
A) Centres of Abutments
(A) 1, 3 and 4 are correct
B) Inner faces of Abutments
(B) 2, 3 and 4 are correct
C) Outer faces of Abutments
(C) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
D) Width of Abutment
(D) 1, 2 and 4 are correct
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15. The difference between the time avail-to 21. CPM is
do a job and the time required to do the
(A) Synthesising in concepts
job, is known as
(B) Is built of activities oriented
(A) Event (B) Float
programme
(C) Duration (D) None of these
C) Is based on time estimate
16. The grade resistance factor for an earth
(D) All the above
moving machine can be obtained by
multiplying grade percentage by a factor 22. A four wheel truck or whose operating
approximately equal to weight is 12000 kg is pulled along a road
having a rising slope of 2% at a uniform
(A) 2 kg/tonne (B) 6 kg/tonne
speed. Assume grade resistance factor =
(C)9 kg/tonne (D) 20 kg/tonne 10 kg/tonne. The tension in the tow cable
is 720 kg. The rolling resistance of the
17. A dummy activity
road will be
(A) Is artificially introduced
(A) 20 kg/tonne (B) 30 kg/tonne
(B) Is represented by a dotted line
(C) 40 kg/tonne (D) 50 kg/tonne
(C)Does not consume time
23. The Overall in-charge© an organization at
(D) All the above the site responsible for the execution of the
works, is
18. The reduction in project time normally
results in (A) Executive Engineer

(A) Decreasing the direct cost and (B) Engineer

increasing indirect cost
(C) Junior Engineer
(B) Increasing the direct cost and
(D) Assistant Engineer
decreasing the indirect cost
24. Consider the following features/factors:
(C)Increasing the direct cost and indirect
cost both 1. Projects are of the non-repetitive type
(D) Decreasing the direct cost and indirect 2. Time required need not be known
cost both
3. Time required is known precisely
19. Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system
4. Events have been established for
of working known as
planning
(A) Line organization
5. Emphasis is given to activities of
(B) Line and staff organization project PERT is preferred for planning
because of
(C) Inactional organization
(D) Effective organization
(A) 1, 2 and 4
20. The area under the Beta distribution curve
is divided into two equal parts by (B) 3, 4 and 5
(A) Most likely time (B) Optimistic time (C) 1, 3 and 4
(C) Pessimistic time (D) Expected time (D) 1, 2 and 5
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25. The polluted water is one which 30. The type of valve which allows water to
flow in one direction but prevents its flow
(A) Contains pathogenic bacteria
in the reverse direction is
(B) Consists of undesirable substances it
(A) Reflux valve
unfit for drinking and domestic use
(B) Sluice valve
(C) Is safe and suitable for drinking and
domestic use (C) Air relief valve
D) Is contaminated (D) Pressure relief valve
26. Orthotolidine test is used for determination 31. The suitable system of sanitation for area
of of distributed rainfall throughout the year
with less intensity is
(A) Dissolved oxygen
(A) Separate system
(B) Residual chlorine
(B) Combined system
(C) Biochemical oxygen demand
(C) Partially separate system
(D) Dose of coagulant
(D) Partially combined system
27. The chemical most commonly used to
increase speed of sedimentation of sewage 32. The main disadvantage of cement concrete
is sewers is
(A) Sulphuric acid (A) Less strength
(B) Copper sulphate (B) Difficulty in construction
(C) Lime (C) Difficulty in transportation due to
heavy weight
(D) Sodium permanganate
(D) Less life
28. The disinfection efficiency of chlorine
increases by 33. Settling velocity increases with
(i) Decreasing the time of contact (A) Specific gravity of solid particles
(ii) Decreasing the temperature of water (B) Size of particles
(iii) Increasing the temperature of water (C)Depth of tank
The correct answer is (D) Temperature of liquid
(A) Only (i) 34. Facultative bacteria are able to work in
(B) Both (i) and (ii) (A) Presence of oxygen only
(C) Both (i) and (iii) (B) Absence of oxygen only
(D) Only (iii) (C)Presence as well as in absence of
oxygen
29. The layout of distribution system in which
water flows towards the outer periphery is (D) Presence of water
(A) Ring system (B) Dead end system
(C) Radial system (D) Grid iron system

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35. The suitable layout of distribution system 40. If Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of
for a city with roads of rectangular pattern a town is 20000 kg/day and BOD per
is capita per day is 0.05 kg, then population
equivalent of town is
(A) Grid iron system
(A) 1000 (B) 4000
(B) Dead end system
C) 1,00,000 (D) 4,00,000
(C) Ring system
41. The detention period for oxidation ponds
(D) Radial system
is usually kept as
36. slope of sewer shall be
(A) 48 hours (B) 24 hours
(A) Given in the direction of natural slope
(C) 10 to 15 days (D) 3 months
of ground
42. The devices which are installed for
(B) Given in the direction opposite to
drawing water from the sources are called
natural slope of ground
(A) Aquifers (B) Aquiclude
(C) Zero
(C) Filters (D) Intakes
(D) Steeper than 1 in 20
43. Residual Chlorin in water is determined by
37. The correct relation between theoretical
oxygen demand (TOD), Biochemical (A) Starch iodide method
oxygen demand (BOD) and Chemical
(B) Orthotolidine method
oxygen demand (COD) is given by
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(A) TOD > BOD > COD
(D) None of the above
(B) TOD > COD > BOD
44. The percentage of chlorine in fresh
(C) BOD > COD > TOD
bleaching powder is about
(D) COD > BOD > TOD
(A) 10 to 15 (B) 20 to 25
38. The working conditions in imhoff tanks
(C) 30 to 35 (D) 40 to 50
are
45. If A is the projected area of a vehicle in
(A) Aerobic only
square meters, V is speed of the vehicles in
(B) Anaerobic only kilometers per hour and C is a constant,
then the wind resistance R to the moving
(C) Aer©c in lower compartment and
vehicles, is given by
anaerobic in upper compartment
(A) R = CAV (B) R = CAV2
(D) Anaerobic in lower compartment and
aerobic in upper compartment (C) R = CAV3 (D) R = C2 AV
39. The pipe which is used to carry the 46. If the radius of curvature of a hill©ad is 50
discharge from sanitary fittings like bath m, the percentage grade compensation
rooms, kitchens etc. is called should be
(A) Waste pipe (B) Soil pipe (A) 60/R (B) 70/R
(C) Vent pipe (D)Anti-siphonage
(C) 75/R (D) 80/R

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47. The efficiency of the brakes of a vehicle (A) T = p/(μ + S) (B) p = T/(μ + S)
depends upon
(C) S = p/(μ + T) (D) μ = p/(T + S)
(A) Condition of road surface
54. The normal road land width for a major
(B) Condition of the tyres district road in open area, is
(C) Presence of the show moisture (A) 45 m (B) 25 m
(D) All the above (C) 15 m (D) 12 m
48. On a pavement with parabolic camber, the 55. Driving vehicles on wet surfaced roads, is
angle of inclination of the vehicles will be dangerous because it may
(A) More at the crown (A) Skid (B) Slip
(B) Less at the edges (C) Overturn (D) All the above
(C) More at the edges 56. If the rate of change of the super-elevation
along a curved portion of a 7 metre wide
(D) Same at the edges well as at the crown
road is 1 in 150 and the maximum super-
49. Deviation of the alignment of a trace cut elevation allowed is 1 in 15, the maximum
may be permitted in areas involving length of the transition curve to be
provided at either end, is
(A) Land slides (B) Sand dunes
(A) 65 m (B) 70 m
(C) Dens (D) None of these
(C) 75 m (D) 80 m
50. For 6.6 m wide two lane pavement, berms
are provided on either side having a width 57. Transverse joints are provided at distances
of varying from

(A) 1.00 m (B) 1.25 m (A) 10 m to 15 m (B) 12 m to 18 m

(C) 1.50 m (D) 1.75 m (C) 16 m to 24 m (D) 17 m to 27 m

51. The wall constructed for the stability of an 58. Concrete pavement is provided if daily
excavated portion of a road on the hill traffic per lane exceeds
side, is known as
(A) 500 tonnes (B) 750 tonnes
(A) Retaining wall (B) Breast wall
(C) 1000 tonnes (D) 1250 tonnes
(C) Parapet wall (D) All the above
59. While designing hair pin bends on
52. Which one of the following transportation highways, the minimum
systems is not used for the conveyance of
(A) Designed speed is 20 km/hour
passengers in India?
(B) Gradient is 1 in 40
(A) Railways (B) Roads
(C) Gradient is 1 in 200
(C) Shipping (D) Pipe lines
(D) All the above
60. For the administration of road transport, a
53. If W is the weight of a vehicle negotiating
Motor Vehicle Act was enacted in
an upgrade 1 : S along a track having co-
efficient of resistance μ, the tractive force (A) 1927 (B) 1934
T is given by
(C) 1939 (D) 1947
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61. For maximum strength and durability 68. Depth of reinforcement below the surface
minimum percentage of cement, by weight of a concrete pavement, is generally kept
is
(A) 5 cm (B) 6 cm
(A) 15 % (B) 20 %
(C) 7 m (D) 9 m
(C) 25 % (D) 30 %
69. Degree of a road curve is defined as the
62. Stability of hill slopes de©ds upon angle in degrees subtended at the centre by
an arc of
(A) Nature of the slope
(A) 10 meters (B) 20 meters
(B) Angle of the slope
(C) 25 meters (D) 30 meters
(C) Geological conditions
70. At a road junction, 16 cross conflict points
(D) All the above
are severe, if
63. The correct formula for calculating super-
(A) Both are one-way roads
elevation for the hill roads, is
(B) Both are two-way roads
(A) e = V2/254 R (B) e = V2/225 R
(C) One is two-way road and other is one-
(C) e = V2/278 R (D) e = V2/114 R
way road
64. Curves in the same direction separated by
(D) None of these
short tangents, are called
71. Maximum deflection of a cantilever due to
(A) Simple circular curves
pure bending moment M at its free end, is
(B) Compound curves
(A) ML2/3EI (B) ML2/4EI
(C) Transition curves
(C) ML2/6EI (D) ML2/2EI
(D) Broken-back curves
72. The maximum deflection of a simply
65. The minimum width of the pavement of a supported beam of length L with a central
National Highway should be load W, is
(A) 4.7 m (B) 5.7 m (A) WL2/48EI (B) W2L/24EI

(C) 6.7 m (D) 7.7 m (C) WL3/48EI (D) WL2/8EI

66. On most smooth hard surfaced roads, 73. The equivalent length of a column fixed at
rolling resistance to moving vehicles, one end and free at the other end, is
ranges from
(A) 0.5 l (B) 0.7 l
(A) 5 kg to 7 kg/tonne
(C) 2 l (D) 1.5 l
(B) 7 kg to 9 kg/tonne
74. For a given material, if E,© K and m are
(C) 9 kg to 11 kg/tonne Young’s modulus, shearing modulus, bulk
modulus and Poisson ratio, the following
(D) 11 kg to 13 kg/tonne relation does not hold good
67. Minimum radius of a simple circular curve (A) E = 9KC/3K + C (B) E = 2K (1 + 2/m)
deflecting through 5°, is
(C)E = 2C (1 + 1/m) (D) E = 3C (1 – 1/m)
(A) 1618.9 m (B) 1816.9 m
(C) 1718.9 m (D) 1817.9 m
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75. A short masonry pillar is 60 cm × 60 cm in 81. Euler's fo©la states that the buckling load
cross-section, the core of the pillar is a ‘P’ for a column of length ‘l’, both ends
square whose side is hinged and whose least moment of inertia
and modulus of elasticity of the material of
(A) 17.32 cm (B) 14.14 cm
the column are ‘I’ and ‘E’ respectively, is
(C) 20.00 cm (D) 22.36 cm given by the relation

76. The ratio of the maximum deflection of a (A) P = π2EI/l2 (B) P = πl2/EI
cantilever beam with an isolated load at its
(C) P = πEI/l2 (D) P = π2EI/l3
free end and with a uniformly distributed
load over its entire length, is 82. The phenomenon of slow g©th of strain
under a steady tensile stress, is called
(A) 1 (B) 24/15
(A) Yielding (B) Creeping
(C) 3/8 (D) 8/3
(C) Breaking (D) None of these
77. The slenderness ratio of a vertical column
of square cross- section of 10 cm side and 83. If the stress in each cross-section of a
500 cm long, is pillar is equal to its working stress, it is
called
(A) 117.2 (B) 17.3
(A) Body of equal
(C) 173.2 (D) 137.2
(B) Body of equal section
78. A steel rod of 2 cm diameter and 5 metres
long is subjected to an axial pull of 3000 (C) Body of equal strength
kg. If E = 2.1 × 106, the elongation of the
(D) None of these
rod will be
84. For a given material Young’s modulus is
(A) 2.275 mm (B) 0.2275 mm
200 GN/m2 and modulus of rigidity is 80
(C) 0.02275 mm (D) 2.02275 mm GN/m2. The value of Poisson’s ratio is
79. For a cantilever with a uniformly (A) 0.15 (B) 0.20
distributed load W over its entire length L,
(C) 0.25 (D) 0.30
the maximum bending moment is
85. The rise of a parabolic arch at quarter
(A) WL (B) ½ WL
points, is equal to
(C) ⅓ WL (D) ½ WL2
(A) 1/3 times the rise of the crown
80. If the beam is supported so that there are
(B) 1¼imes the rise of the crown
only three unknown reactive elements at
the supports. These can be determined by (C) ½ times the rise of the crown
using the following fundamental equation
of statics (D) ¾ times the rise of the crown

(A) ∑H = 0 86. The number of points of contraflexure in a

simple supported beam carrying uniformly
(B) ∑V = 0 distributed load, is
(C) ∑H = 0; ∑H = 0 (A) 0 (B) 1
(D) ∑H = 0; ∑V = 0; ∑M = 0 (C) 2 (D) 3

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87. If the depth of a simply supported beam 93. The number of independent equations to
carrying an isolated load at its centre, is be satisfied for static equilibrium in a
doubled, the deflection of the beam at the space structure is
centre will be changed by a factor of
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
(A) 2 (B) 1/2 (C) 8 (D) 1/8
94. A simply supported beam deflects by 5
88. The minimum number of rivets for the mm when it is subject to a concentrated
connection of a gusset plate, is load of 10 kN at its centre. What will be
(A) 1 (B) 2(C) 3 (D) 4 deflection in a 1/10 model of the beam if
the model is subjected to a 1 kN load at its
89. 3. The cross sections of the beams of equal
centre?
length are a circle and a square whose
permissible bending stress is same under (A) 5 mm (B) 0.5 mm
same maximum bending. The ratio of their
flexural weights is, (C) 0.05 mm (D)0.005 mm

(A) 1.118 (B) 1.338 95. A single rolling load of 8 kN rolls along a
girder of 15 m span. The absolute
(C) 1.228 (D) 1.108 maximum bending moment will be
90. Pick up the correct statement from the
(A) 8 kN.m (B) 15 kN.m
following:
(C) 30 kN.m (D) 60 kN.m
(A) A ductile material has large plastic
zone 96. The deformation of a spring product by a
(B) A brittle material has no plastic zone unit load is called

(C) A rigid material has no plastic zone (A) Stiffness (B) Flexibility

(D) All the above (C) Intence coefficient (D) Unit strain

91. Stress in members of statically determinate 97. Bending moment at any section in a
simple frames, can be determined by conjugate beam gives in the actual beam

(A) Method of joints (A) Slope (B) Curvature

(B) Method of sections (C) Deflection (D) Bending moment
(C) Graphical solution 98. The number of independent displacement
(D) All the above components at each joint of a rigid-jointed
space frame is
92. The point of contraflexure occurs in
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6
(A) Cantilever beams only
99. In the displacement method of structural
(B) Continuous beams only analysis, the basic unknowns are
(C) Over hanging beams only
(A) Displacements
(D) All types of beams
(B) Force
(C) Displacements and forces
(D)None of the above

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100. The width of the analogous column in the method of column analogy is
(A) 2/EI (B) 1/EI (C) 1/2 EI (D) 1/4 EI

MODEL PAPER -3 KEY ANSWERS

1.C 11.C 21.D 31.B 41.C 51.B 61.D 71.D 81.A 91.D

2.A 12.C 22.C 32.C 42.D 52.D 62.D 72.C 82.B 92.C

3.C 13.B 23.B 33.C 43.C 53.D 63.B 73.C 83.C 93.D
4.A 14.C 24.A 34.C 44.C 54.B 64.D 74.C 84.C 94.A

5.B 15.B 25.B 35.A 45.B 55.B 65.B 75.B 85.D 95.C
6.C 16.C 26.B 36.A 46.C 56.B 66.C 76.D 86.A 96.B
7.B 17.D 27.C 37.B 47.D 57.D 67.C 77.C 87.D 97.C
8.B 18.B 28.D 38.D 48.C 58.C 68.A 78.B 88.B 98.D
9.D 19.C 29.C 39.A 49.A 59.D 69.B 79.B 89.A 99.A

10.A 20.D 30.A 40.D 50.C 60.C 70.B 80.D 90.D 100.B

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