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Irrigation:
1. Whic is true: “Meander decreases river length”, “Cut-off decreases river length”,
both, none.
2. ____ passing over _____ is syphone aqueduct: canal, drainage.
3. Ground water comes from which zone: saturation.
4. Water logging occurs when: water reaches near ground surface.
5. Water logged soil can be treated by: controlling seepage, extracting excess ground
water, both, none.
6. Purpose of diversion in canal: to raise the water level.

Hydrology:
7. Recession limb of hydrograph depends upon: basin characteristics, storm
characteristics, both, none.
8. Hygrograph measures: humidity.
9. Mass curve is the curve between: commulative flow vs time.
10. Radius of Influence of Well: distance from center of well to point of zero
drawdown.
11. Infiltration depends upon: shape of basin, storm characteristics, weed growth, all.

Survey:
12. For reconnaisance survey, best is: aerial photographs.

Fluid Mechanics:

13. Bernouli’s Equation gives conservation of: energy.


14. Head of water is: Energy per unit weight.
15. Peizometer gives which head: pressure.
16. For sub-critical flow, specific energy increases by: increasing flow depth.
17. Most economical condition for triangular channel is: width = 2 * depth.
18. By increasing altitude, pressure: decreases.
19. Constant discharge throught pipe of varying diamter: steady non-uniform.
20. Upward force on a body submerged in water is determined by: Archemedis
Principle.
21. In a container of liquid, pressure is: directly proportional to depth from top,
inversly proportional to depth from top, directly proportional to area,

Railway & Highway:

22. What happens by not providing sufficient spacing between rails at joints:
Buckling.
23. Fish plates are used for: joining rails with rails.
24. Creep of rail is: longitudinal movement of rails.
25. Sleeper density in rail: increases near the joints.
26. Drain parallel to roadway is: Catchment drain, longitudinal, cross drainage.
27. Gradient at which vehicles move at sufficient speed without tractive effort:
floating gradient.
28. Super-elevation is provided at: Horizontal curve.

Pavement:
29. Bitumen is generally achieved from: Petroleum products.
30. Total width of raod acquired for construction: right of way.
31. Bottom most layer of road: Subgrade.
32. Layer of asphalt applied on already made black road: tack coat.
33. Loss Angeles test is used for: Abrasion value.

Structures:
34. Minimum tension in suspension cable subjected to UDL is: at center.
35. Maximum moment in suspension cable subjected to UDL is: None.
36. Springing line is: Line joining abutments.
37. Shape of suspension cable subjected to own weight is: catenary.
38. By increasing moment of inertia, flexural strength: increases.
39. By increasing depth of section, moment of inertia: increases.
40. For shear reinforcement in case of beam: maximum spacing towards middle.
41. For RCC buidlings, beams are: under-reinforced.
42. Ratio of moment of inertia of rectangular beam about base to about centroidal
axis: 4.
43. For homogenous material: center of gravity and centroid coincide.
44. For T-section, NA may be: web, junction, flange, all of these
45. Moment at free end of cantilever beam is: minium.
46. Co-efficient of friction depends upon: Roughness of material.
47. Split test measures: Tensile strength.
48. Ratio of Es and Ec is: Modular ration.
49. What does retarder do: Increases intitial setting time.
50. Steel used in RCC is: Mild Steel.

Geo-Tech:
51. Moisture content dividing plastic and liquid state: liquid limit.
52. Ratio of weight of water to weight of solids: Moisture content.
53. Maximum dry density is achieved at: Optimum moisture content.
54. Sheep foot ruler is best for: Clayey soils.
55. Removal of air through soil: Compaction.
56. Soil which shows shrienkage and swelling: Clayey soils.
57. Direct shear test is used for: sandy soils.
58. Triaxial apparatus is used for: UU, CU, CD, all.
59. Slope failure occurs: Along curve.
60. Soil deposited adops the slope at: Angle of repose.
61. Which test does not give the bearing capacity: Plate Load Test, SPT, CPT,
Triaxial.
62. By increasign compactive effort: OPC decreases & Max dry density increases,
OPC inccreases & Max dry density deccreases, Both increase, Both decrease.
63. Wall used for supporting embankment: Retaining wall.
64. For retaining wall, resultant of pressure acts at: h/3 from base.
65. In friction piles, friction is present between: pile material and sorrounding soil.
66. Piles resisting load by friction are: friction piles.

Building Construction:
67. DPC is provided at: plinth level.
68. Partition wall is provided for: sound insulation.
69. Ratio of cement and sand for exterior face plastering: 1:4.
70. Glazing of clay objects is done for: asthetics, improving weather resitance,
corrosion resistance, all.
71. For good bricks, water absorption is: 15 or 20.

Managment:
72. Most accurate estimate is: Detailed estimate
73. Which cost is not considered in construction cost: Plant cost, contegencies, both,
none.
74. Least accurate estimate of a project: plinth area, Supplementary.
75. Duration an activity can be delayed without delaying preceeding activity: Free
float.
76. Total value of asset minus depreciation: BV, Market value
77. Critical path network gives: Min time, max time, max resources.
78. In network diagram, free float can be: equal to total float, greater than interfering
float, both, none.

General Knowledge:
79. Plants make food by: Photosynthesis
80. 1 millisecond is: 10-3 seconds.
81. “Brief history of time” is book of: Stephen Hawkings.
82. Governer General that was exiled: Iskandar Mirza.
83. Liaqat-Nehru pact was signed at Dehli in: January 1950.
84. Who killed Mahatma Gandhi: Nathuram Vinayak Godse.
85. Who launched the Dawn: Quaid-e-Azam.
86. Last try to keep sub-contenent unided: Cabinent Mission plan (1946).
87. AFP is news agency of: France.
88. Who invented “Deen-e-Elahi”: Akbar.
89. Command used to show data according to a criterion: Filter.
90. Internet is: Connection of networks.
91. 16A + 16B = 48 then average of A & B: 1.5.
92. A beats B by 7 seconds or 28 meters in 1000 meters race. Time taken by A: 4
minutes 3 seconds.
93. Player in football allowed to drop the kick: Goalkeeper.
94. Mother of all sports: Gymnastics.
95. Synonym of “Perenial”: Ever-lasting.
96. Synonym of “Zealot”: Fanatic.
97. Original name of “Mono Bhai”: Muneer Ahmad Qureshi.
98. Day of “5 Shanba”: Thursday.

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