Quiz: Civil Quiz 31

Civil Quiz 31

Which of the following is a disadvantage of Steel?

fire and corrosion resistance

reusable

high durability

high strength per unit mass

The law of motion involved in the recoil of gun is

Newton's third law of motion

Newton's first law of motion

Newton's second law of motion

none of these

Back hoe or hoe is not used for the excavation of _______ .

shallow pit

trenches

tunnel

basement

If the stock rails are B.H. rails, the type of switch generally provided, is

Over riding

Straight cut

Articulated

Undercut

For walls less than 6 m in height, the thickness of the retaining wall at the bottom is equal to

0.2 times the height

0.5 times the height

0.3 times the height

0.4 times the height

Most important method for calculating discharge for planning a water supply project, is

Using power plant consumption

Velocity area method

Use of venturi-meter

Weir or spillway method

A point is in 2nd quadrant which is 7 meters away from horizontal and 2 meters away from profile plane. Orthographic projections are drawn. What is the distance from the front view to xy reference line?

"The pressure in the air space above an oil (sp. gr. 0.8) surface in a tank is 0.1 kg/cm"". The pressure at 2.5 m below the oil surface will be"

2 metres of water column

3 metres of water column

3.5 metres of water column

4 m of water column

While propagating through homogeneous, isotropic media,

both the fields are at right angles to the direction of propagation

both (a) and (b)

neither (a) nor (b)

directions of both the fields are orthogonal

A retaining wall 6m high supports a backfill with a surcharge angle of 10___. The back of the wall is inclined to the vertical at a positive batter angle of 5_. If the angle of wall friction is 7___, then the resultant active earth pressure will a

12°

17°

7°

10°

Workability improved by adding

calcium chloride

hydrated lime

all the above

fly ash

When water content in a soil is reduced beyond the shrinkage limit, the soil will be in a

semi-solid state

solid state

liquid state

plastic state

Which of the following turnouts is most commonly used for goods train on Indian Railways?

1 in 20

1 in 16

1 in 12

1 in 8'/2

Revenue chain is _ . Feet long & consist of _ . Links.

50 & 70

33 & 16

All of above

50 & 20

If q is the average sewage flow from a city of population P, the maximum sewage flow

Q = [(18 + 𝑝 )/(4 + 𝑝 )] q

Q = [(18 +p )/(4 + 𝑝 )] q

Q = [(4 + 𝑝 )/(18 + 𝑝 )] q

Q = [(5 + 𝑝 )/(15 + 𝑝 )] q

In an outward radial flow reaction turbine the ratio of tangential velocity at inlet to the given velocity is

Discharge

Speed ratio

Radial discharge

Flow ratio

________ is a series of related activities which result in some product or services.

transportation model

assignment

Network

none of these

If the distance from the focus is 2 mm and the distance from the directrix is 0.5 mm then what is the value of eccentricity?

0.04

0.4

Flow of water in a pipe about 3 metres in diameter can be measured by

Orifice plate

Pitot tube

Venturimeter

Rotameter

A weir is said to be broad crested weir, if the width of the crest of the weir is ________ half the height of water above the weir crest.

None of these

Less than

More than

Equal to

Orientation of table involves which among the following?

Back sighting

Measuring bearing

Traversing

Fore sighting

Which of the following objective is not for SPC.

None of the above

Collecting data

Predicting future tendencies

Controlling of performances

The main function of a fish plate is

To allow rail to expand and contract freely

None of the above

To join rails with the sleeper

To join the two rails together

Degree of a railway curve is defined as number of degrees subtended at the centre of a curve by

15 m

20 m

30.5 m

10 m

For designing masonry components of a structure, seismic forces provision in the design calculation is not necessary for buildings constructed in

zone i, ii, iii and iv

zone i, ii and iii

zone i only

zone i and ii

What is the SF at support B?

0 kN

2 kN

3 kN

5 kN

Quich sand is a

condition which occurs in coarse sand

none of the above

moist sand containing small particles

condition in which a cohesionless soil loses at its strength because of upward flow of water

Which one of the following residual biases involves the GPS accuracy?

signal propagation biases due to the sphere and troposphere propagation

all the above

satellite dependent biases due to uncertainty in the orbital parameters of the satellite

receiver-dependent biases due to clock stability with line

Which of the following is not done by cyber criminals?

email spoofing and spamming

mass attack using trojans as botnets

report vulnerability in any system

unauthorized account access

Which of these reports involves the checking of a piece of equipment to see if it's still in working condition?

progress report

laboratory report

inventory report

inspection report