CIVIL QUIZ:4

Online Examination for Civil Engineering Quiz Question And Answer

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1. Surge tanks are used

for storage water
to increase the velocity in a pipeline
as overflow valves
to guard against water hammer
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2. The ratio of shearing stress to shearing strain within elastic limit, is known as

modulus of elasticity
shear modulus of elasticity
bulk modulus of elasticity
tangent modulus of elasticity
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3. A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is

1 in 40
1 in 50
1 in 60
1 in 70
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4. For the proposed runway stated in if the aerodrome reference temperature is 17°.2, the net designed length of the runway is

2716 m
2816 m
2916 m
3016 m
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5. 1 kg wt in gravitational unit equals

8.9 N in SI system
9.8 N in SI system
4.5 N in SI system
5.4 N in SI system
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6. The area of the concrete in compression plus the area of reinforcement transferred on the basis of modular ratio, is called

transferred section
equivalent section
cracked section
none of these
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7. Which one of the following statements is not correct for heading and benching method of tunnelling ?

Drilling and mucking can be done simultaneously
Benching provides a plateform for working on heading
Removal of muck from the heading is very easy
None of these.
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8. Which one of the following questions is relevant to the construction estimates

Did the estimators precisely evaluate site conditions ?
Did the estimators use short cut methods which may be un realistic in their situation ?
How much money will the contractor's risk, loosing if he Were to submit bid on the raw estimate of cost
All of these
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9. The number of simultaneous equations to be solved in the slope deflection method, is equal to

the degree of statical indeterminacy
the degree of kinematic indeterminacy
the number of joints in the structure
none of the above
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10. In case of Raymond pile

lengths vary from 6 m to 12 m
diameter of top of piles varies from 40 cm to 60 cm
diameter of pile at bottom varies from 20 cm to 28 cm
all the above
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