Quiz: Civil Quiz 92

Civil Quiz 92

A gear pump uses

Petrochemical pumps

Meshing of gears

Airlift pumps View Answer

Froth pumps

52 kg rails are mostly used in

Metre Gauge

Narrow Gauge

Broad Gauge

Both (A) and (B)

Exogenous trees are further divided into:

The filling in cavities with cement slurry is known as

coping

grouting

gunniting

beam-filling

The area Ap of cover plates in one flange of a built up beam, is given by

ap = zreqr × zbeam/h

ap = zreqr + zbeam/a

ap = zreqr - zbeam/h

ap = zreqr + zbeam/h

Ethics & Law overlap. This is called_____

yellow area

grey area

black area

white area

In a B.G. railway track, the specified ruling gradient is 1 in 250. The horizontal curve of 3_____ on a gradient of 1 in 250 will have the permissible gradient of

1 in 257

1 in 357

1 in 457

1 in 512

Negative skin friction on piles

All of the above

Is caused in soft clays

Is caused due to relative settlement of the soil

Decreases the pile capacity

The centre of percussion is below the centre of gravity of the body and is at a distance equal to

h x kG

h / kG

h2 / kG

k2G / h

Failure of the stability of slopes, generally occurs along

A horizontal surface

Slip plane

All the surfaces

A curved surface

For rivets in tension with countersunk heads, the tensile value shall be

increased by 25 %

increased by 33.3 %

reduced by 33.3%

reduced by 25 %

In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as

1.67

1.81

1.18

1.414

Which among the following is not a loss that is developed in the pipe?

Liquid velocity View Answer

Entry

Connection between two pipes

Exit

The moment of inertia of a rectangular section 3cm wide and 4cm deep about X-X axis is

12 cm4

16 cm4

20 cm4

9 cm4

The steepest gradient permissible on a 2.5_____ curve for Broad Gauge line having ruling gradient of 1 in 200 is

1 in 222

1 in 275

1 in 250

1 in 235

The sequence of refractory materials according to increasing melting points is:

Dolomite, Magnesia, Bauxite, Chromites

None of these

Bauxite, Chromites, Dolomite, Magnesia

Magnesia, Bauxite, Dolomite, Chromites

The process of proper and accurate measurement of all concrete materials for uniformity of proportions and aggregate grading is called

proportioning

grading

mixing

batching

The levers for

crossing gate

points

stop signal

None of the above

If the gross vehicle weight of a truck is 30 tonne and rolling resistance is 30 kg/tonne, then the tractive effort required to keep the truck moving at a uniform speed is

900 kg

1000 kg

30 kg

300 kg

At point A in a pipe line carrying water the diameter is 1 m, the pressure 98 kPa and the velocity 1 m/s. At point B, 2 m higher than A, the diameter is 0.5 m and the pressure 20 kPa. The direction of flow would be

A to B

Cannot be ascertained from data

None of the above

B to A

The plastic state of stress was proposed by

coulomb

rankine

mohr

darcy

Poisson's ratio of steel is

0.1

0.3

The maximum bearing capacity of soil is that of

black cotton soil

dry, coarse sandy soil

hard rocks

fine sandy soil

Which of the following statements is in-correct ?

Tilting levels are commonly used for precision work.

All of the above statements are incorrect.

Error due to refraction may not be completely eliminated by reciprocal levelling.

The last reading of levelling is always a foresight.

When a body is placed over a liquid, it is subjected to gravitational force and upthrust of the liquid.

Both A and B

TRUE

None of the above

FALSE

The standard width of ballast for broad gauge track on Indian railways, is

3.35 m

2.3 m

2.9 m

5.53 m

Gypsum is a

Metamorphic rock

Igneous rock

Chemically precipitated sedimentary rock

Mechanically formed sedimentary rock

Which is not a part of the hoe?

boom

dipper

hoist cable

cutting wheel

A very comfortable type of stairs is

Geometrical

Straight

Dog legged

Open newel

Where is the turbine not used?

Water wheels

Solar power

Gas plant

Windmill