Civil Engineering MCQ’s

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1. A concrete using an air entrained cement 7. The continuity equation is based on which of the
following?
(a) Has strength less than 10% to 15%
(b) Has more resistance to weathering (a) Conservation of mass
(c) Is more plastic and workable (b) Conservation of momentum
(d) All of the above (c) Conservation of vorticity
(d) Conservation of energy
2. Which of the following is most common alternative
to cement in concrete? 8. Variation of bending moment under a UDL, in a
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(a) Slag
(b) Fly ash (a) Straight-line variation
(c) Asphalt (b) Parabolic variation
(d) Lime (c) Cubic variation
(d) Zero i.e., horizontal straight line
3. A bond in a brick work when headers and
stretchers are placed in alternate layers is called 9. IS Sieve Nos. 10 mm and 4.75 mm are generally

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Header bond
English bond
Flemish bond
Herring bone bond

4. The ductility of bitumen is expressed as

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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Coarse aggregates
Fine aggregates
Both coarse aggregates and fine aggregates
None of the above
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10. Common sugar can be suitably used
(a) Time
(b) Distance (a) To delay the setting time of concrete
(c) Speed (b) To accelerate the setting time of concrete
(d) None of the above (c) To increase the strength of concrete
(d) None of the above
5. Tensiometer is used to determine
11. The type of valve, which is provided on the
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(a) Wind speed suction pipe in a tube-well, is

(b) Fluid velocity at a specific point
(c) Pore water pressure in soil (a) Air relief wave
(d) Water vapour content of air (b) Reflux valve
(c) Pressure relief valve
6. The Rankine half oval body MM is subjected to the (d) Sluice valve
two-dimensional flow having velocity V. The typical
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stream line is shown in the following diagram. The 12. In which beam tension capacity of steel is greater
point A in the diagram shows than the combined compression capacity of steel and
concrete?

(a) Over-reinforced
(b) Under-reinforced
(c) Singly reinforced
(d) Doubly reinforced

13. The number of major and minor conflicts points

(a) Point at which velocity is maximum for an intersection of two-lane two-way road
(b) Separation point respectively are
(c) Stagnation point
(d) Stall point (a) 16 and 8
 (b) 11 and 6 (d) Cross sectional area of column
(c) 7 and 8
(d) 4 and 2 20. Assertion (A): The object of providing an
additional concave lens in the telescope, in a
14. For quality control of Portland cement, the test tachometer is to eliminate the additive constant.
essentially is done is
Reason (R): The anallatic lens absorbs some of the
(a) Setting time incident light and to compensate this and to increase
(b) Soundness the illuminate, a larger object-glass is required.
(c) Tensile strength
(d) All options are correct (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct
reason for (A)
15. The angle of repose of a soil is the maximum angle (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the

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which the outer face of the soil mass makes correct reason for (A)
(c) (A) is false but (R) is true
(a) With the horizontal (d) (A) is true but (R) is false
(b) With the vertical
(c) With the perpendicular to the inclined plane 21. For concreting the surface of the runways, roads
of the soil and pavements, the aggregate impact value shall not
(d) None of the above exceed by weight

16. A cement concrete pavement of thickness 20 cm

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has two lanes of 7 m with a longitudinal joint. Total
width of pavement = 7 m, permissible stress in steel
in tension (𝜎𝑠 ) = 1700 kg/cm², density of concrete =
2400 kg/cm³, f = 1.5, permissible bearing stress in
steel (𝜎𝑏 ) = 24 kg/cm². Calculate minimum length of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
0.2
0.25
0.3
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22. A contract in which the contractor is required to

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the tie bar (in cm), if the diameter of the bar is 10 mm. quote a fixed sum for execution of the complete work
by referring to the drawing, designs and specifications
(a) 16 is known as a
(b) 18
(c) 32 (a) Item rate contract
(d) 36 (b) Lump-sum contract
(c) Piece work agreement
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17. The radius of a bar bend to form a hook should (d) Target contract
not be less than
23. A phenomenon commonly observed in river sands
(a) Twice the diameter for which adequate precautions need to be taken
(b) Thrice the diameter while estimating, measuring and receiving sands at
(c) Four times the diameter constructions sites is
(d) Five times the diameter
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(a) Bulking
18. In an optical square, the angle between the first (b) Blistering
incident ray and the last reflected ray is (c) Silting
(d) Hydrating
(a) 60°
(b) 90° 24. The representation of general topography of very
(c) 120° flat terrain is possible only by
(d) 150°
(a) Drawing contours at large interval
19. The failure of column depends upon (b) Drawing contours at small interval
(c) Giving spot levels at large internal
(a) Weight of column (d) Giving spot levels to salient features at close
(b) Length of column interval
(c) Slenderness ratio
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82. Which of the following is the homogeneous (c) Causes initial setting and early strength of
solution of resins in the alcohol? cement
(d) Does not contribute to develop ultimate
(a) Distemper strength
(b) Enamel paint
(c) Plastic paint 89. The radius of Mohr's circle for two equal and
(d) Varnish unlike principal stresses of magnitude 'p' is

83. The discharge of a liquid of kinetic viscosity 4 × (a) p

10−2 m²/s through an 80 mm diameter pipe is 3200π (b) p/2
× 10−4 m³/s. The flow is (c) zero
(d) none of the above
(a) Laminar

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(b) Turbulent 90. The rigid frame shown in figure below carries a
(c) Transition load of 10 kN at point P. If the girder PQ is displaced
(d) Critical through a horizontal displacement of Δ, then the
horizontal reaction at joint R will be
84. When kept in upright position, the dimensions in
cm (in sequence of top diameter, height and bottom
diameter) of the slump cone used for determining
workability by slump test are

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
10, 20, 30
10, 30, 20
30, 20, 10
20, 30, 10
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(b)
6𝐸𝐼∆
𝐿³
9𝐸𝐼∆
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𝐿³
85. Arithmetic check in levelling indicates
12𝐸𝐼∆
(c)
(a) Accuracy of fieldwork 𝐿³
15𝐸𝐼∆
(b) Correctness of computations (d)
𝐿³
(c) Instrumental error
(d) Error in staff readings 91. In ordinary cement, about 99% of its final
strength is achieved in
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86. The hydraulic gradient line of a flowing fluid is

represented by (a) 3 days
(b) 7 days
(a) Pressure head + kinetic head
(c) 28 days
(b) Kinetic head + datum head
(d) 1 year
(c) Pressure head + datum head
(d) Pressure head + kinetic head + datum head 92. The total load on the lintel shown in the figure
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below will be taken as the weight of brickwork

87. With the increase in the angularity number of the
contained in
aggregate, the workability of the concrete will

(a) Increase
(b) Not change
(c) Decrease
(d) None of the above

88. Pick an incorrect option

Tricalcium Aluminate (C₃A)

(a) A rectangle whose height is equal to the
(a) Reacts fast with water effective span
(b) Generates less heat of hydration
 (b) A rectangle whose height is equal to the height (a) 493 m³/s
of the slab above the lintel (b) 1246 m³/s
(c) A rectangle whose height is equal to the height (c) 786 m³/s
of the wall above the lintel (d) 2160 m³/s
(d) An equilateral triangle of side L and the load
between lintel and slab 97. Keeping the depth d constant, the width of a
cantilever of length l of uniform strength loaded with
93. Calculate the maximum shear strain at the point a uniformly distributed load w varies from zero at the
where principal strains are 100 × 10−6 and –200 × free end is
10−6.
(a) (2w/σd²) × 𝑙² at the fixed end
(a) 300 × 10−6 (b) (3w/σd²) × 𝑙² at the fixed end

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(b) 200 × 10−6 (c) (3w/σd) × 𝑙² at the fixed end
(c) 150 × 10−6 (d) (5w/σd) × 𝑙² at the fixed end
(d) 100 × 10−6
98. If 𝐼𝑥 and 𝐼𝑦 are the moments of inertia of a section
94. If the liquid limit of the soil is 35%, then according about X and Y axes, the polar moment of inertia of the
to the Skempton's empirical index equation for section is
unsaturated clays, the estimated value of compression
(a) (𝐼𝑥 + 𝐼𝑦 )/2
index would be

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
0.150
0.175
0.225
0.250
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95. The effect of grade on safe stopping sight distance
(b)
(c)
(d)
(𝐼𝑥 – 𝐼𝑦 )/2
𝐼𝑥 + 𝐼𝑦
𝐼𝑥 /𝐼𝑦

99. The maximum height of a masonry dam of a

triangular section whose base width is b and specific
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gravity s is
is
(a) b √s
(a) To increase it on descending grades and to (b) b×s
decrease it on ascending grades (c) √b s
(b) To decrease it on descending grades and to (d) s √b
increase it on ascending grades
(c) To increase it on both descending grades and 100. The load on a spring per unit deflection is called
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ascending grades
(d) To decrease it on both descending grades and (a) Stiffness
ascending grades (b) Proof resilience
(c) Proof stress
96. Estimation of peak flood discharge for a (d) Proof load
catchment measuring 180 sq. km is done using
Dicken's Formula with coefficient C = 16. The peak
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flood discharge would be

 SET-0 (Answers)
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c)

6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (a)

11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (a)

16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (c)

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21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (d)

26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (c)

31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b)

36. (b)

41. (a)
37. (a)

42. (c) 8238. (b)

43. (b)
39. (a)

44. (c)
40. (a)

45. (a)
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46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (a) 49. (a) 50. (d)

51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (b) 55. (a)

56. (d) 57. (a) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (d)
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61. (d) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (c)

66. (b) 67. (b) 68. (a) 69. (b) 70. (a)

71. (c) 72. (a) 73. (a) 74. (c) 75. (b)
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76. (c) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (b) 80. (a)

81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (b)

86. (c) 87. (c) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (c)

91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (a)

96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (c) 99. (a) 100. (a)
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