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APSC JE 2024: Junior Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department (Advt. 29/2023), Civil Engineering

  • Date: 14 July 2024
  • Paper code: Advt. 29/2023
  • Language: English
  • 16 pages
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1.   For n number of sides, the total sum         5.   The combined correction for
        of interior angles of a closed                   refraction and earth's curvature (in
        traverse is                                      levelling operation) for a distance d
                                                         in kilometre, is
        (A) (n+21x 90"
        (B) Qn-41x 90"                                    (A) o.O7857d2 m
        (C) (2n+4)x 90'                                   (B) O.OlL22d2 nt
        (D) $n-21x 9O"
                                                          (C) o.o6735d.2 m
  2. If the whole circle bearing of a line is
       92540', then quadrantal bearing                    (D) o.o|7di m
       will be
        (A) N34"20',W
                                                    6. For a cun/e of radius 1O0 m ,and
        (B) N55"40',W                                   normal chord 10 m, the Rankine's
                                                        deflection angle is
        (c) s55o40'rff
        (D) None of the above                             (A) O"25',9o
                                                          (B)   125',53"
  3. The magnetic bearing of a line is
      57o3O' and the magnetic declination                 (c)   1"35',55"
      at that place is 4o30' East. The true
      bearing will be                                     (D) 2"5t',53',
        (A) 53"
        (B) 62',                                    7. The least count of a vernier scale is

        (c) 60'                                           (A) the sum of the smallest
        (D) 57"                                               divisions of main and vernier
                                                                scale

  4. In levelling, backsight is                           (B) the value of one division of the
        (A) a fixed point of known                              primary scale divided bY tJle
              elevation                                         total number of divisions of
                                                                vernier scale
        (B)   the first staff reading taken
              after setting the instrument                (c)   the value of one division of
        (c)   the last staff reading taken                      vernier scale divided by the
              before shifting the instrument
                                                                total number of divisions of
                                                                primary scale
        (D)   any staff reading taken on a
              point of unknown elevation                  (D)   None of the above

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; ,, 8. ABCD is a rectangular plot of land. If   11. The algebraic sum of the deflection
       the bearing of one side AB is 75',             angle of a closed traverse is
       the bearing of DC is
                                                       (A) zero
       (A) 75o                                         (B) 90o

       (B) 255"                                        (c) 180"
                                                       (D) 360"
       (c) 105"
                                                 12. A transition curve is introduced to
       (D) 285"
                                                      gradually change the

                                                       (A) direction
      Orientation of a plane table by                  (B) superelevation
       solving two-point problem is only
       adopted when                                   (C) gradient

       (A) saving of time is the main                 (D) camber
            factor
                                                     TWo hilltops A and B 20 krn apart
       (B) better accuracy is the main                are intervened by a third hilltop C.
            factor                                    If the topmost contour of the three
                                                      hilltops are of the same value, then
       (C) given points are inaccessible              the line of sight AB

                                                      (A) passes clear of hilltop C
       (D) None of the above
                                                      (B) passes below hilltop C
                                                      (C) grazes the hilltop C
 10. Closed contours with higher values
      inside represents a                             (D) None of the above

       (A) depression                            14. The standard size of modular brick is

                                                      (A) l0cmx10cmx9cm
       (B) hill
                                                      (B) 19cmx9cmx9cm
      '(C) plain surface
                                                      (C) 22.5 cm x 10 cm x 8.5 cm
       (D) None of the above                          (D) 22.5cmx8cmx9cm

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15. Slump test of concrete is a measure          18. The radius of ryration of a section of
      of its                                           area A and least moment of inertia .I
                                                      about the centroidal a:ris is
      (A) consistency
                                                      (AI A
      (B) compressive strength                            I
                                                             f
      (C) tensile strength                             (B) +
                                                             A

      (D) impact value
                                                       (C)
                                                             E
16. The bearings of two traverse legs                  /,-,l
     AB and BC are N52%5'E and                         \"t E
                                                             !;
      N34o30'E respectively. The deflec-
      tion angle is

      (A) L8o15',E                               19. Bulking of sand is caused due to

      (B) 18'15',N                                     (A) surface moisture

      (c) 18o1S',R                                     (B) air voids

      (D) 18o1s',L                                     (C) viscosity

                                                       (D) clay contents
 L7. A load of 1960 N is raised at the end
      of a steel wire. The minimum
      diameter of the wire, so that stress       2O. The foundation in which a concrete
      in the wire does not exceed                     beam is provided to join trvo
      100 N/mm2, is                                   footings, is known as


      (A) 4'0 mm                                       (A) strip footing
                                                    - (B) strap footing
      (B) 4'5 mm

      (C) 5'0 mm                                       (C) combined footing

      (D) 6'0 mm                                       (D) raft footing

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21. lf 20 kg of coarse aggregate is sieved    24. A revised estimate is required to be
       through 80 mm, 40 mm, 2O mm,                  prepared if the sanctioned estimate
       10 mm,      4.75 mm, 2,36 mm,                exceeds
      L'18 mm, 60O micron, 300 micron
      and 150 micron standard sieves                 (A) 2%
      and the weights retained are 0 kg,             (B) 5o/o
      2 kg, I kg, 6 kg, 4 kg respectively,
      the fineness modulus of the                    (C) 8o/o
      aggregate is                                  (D) lOo/o
      (A) 7.3o
                                               25. The number of bricks of size
      (B) 7.ss                                       19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm required for
                                                     10 cubic metres of masonry wall is
      (c) 7.4o
                                                    (A) .2000
      (D) 7.4s
                                                    (B) 40oo

 22. Vicat's apparatus is used for                  (c) s00o
      cement's                                      (D) 10000
      (A) fineness test
                                               26. lf 10 cm x 10 cm size of sal wood is
      (B) consistency test                          to be prepared for a door frame and
                                                    if the size of the door is
      (C) compressive strength test                 2.1 m x 1.2 m, then the total length
      (D) soundness test                            of sal wood required is
                                                    (A) 2.52 m
 29. If Bis the width of formation, d is the        (B) 5.4 m
      height of embankment and s: 1 is
      side slope for a highway with no              (c) 3'3 m
      transverse slope, the          cross-         (D) 6.6 m
      sectional area is

      (A) B+ d+ sd                             2?. Tlne minimum size of the particles of
                                                    silt soil is
      (B) Bd.+ sd2
                                                    (A) 0'002 mm
      (c)         +                                 (B) 0'05 mm
            f,e       'a2l
                                                    (C) 0'06 mm
      (D)             +
            !@a           "a2l                      (D) O'08 mm

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28. The ratio of weight of water to the       31.   A soil sample is having a specific
      weight of solid in a given mass of              gravity of 2'60 and void ratio 0'78.
      soil is known as                                The water content in percentage
                                                      required to fully saturatc the soil at
      (A) void ratio                                  that void ratio will be
                                                      (A) 10
      (B) porosity
                                                      (B) 30
      (C) specific gravity                            (c) so
                                                      (D) 70
      (D) water content
                                               92. Group symbols assigned to silty
                                                      sand and clayey sand are
                                                      respectively
 29. The rammer used for. heary
      compaction to determine the                     (A) SS and CS
      optimum moisture content and                    (B) SM and CS
      maximum dry density of a soil by
      Proctor's test is having mass of
                                                      (C) SM and SC
                                                      (D) MS and CS
      (A) 2'6 kg
                                               33. The relation between dry density
      (B) 3'1 kg                                    (yo), bulk density (y) and water
                                                    content (o) is
      (c) 4'5 kg                                      (A) y = lc-1*.
      (D) 4'e kg                                      (B) ya =--t+o
                                                                     ,tl




                                                      (c) o= Y
 3O. The relationihip between void ratio                        L+y d
      (e) and porosity (n) is
                                                      (D) (D=
                                                                1-T d
                o
      (A) n = -Z-
              e- 7
                                               34. The property of soil which permits
                                                    the flow of water through its inter-
      (B) e=n(l+el                                  connected voids is called
                                                      (A) seep ability
      (c)   e=-L+n
              L-e                                     (B) porosity
                                                      (C) permeability
      (D)   n=-l+e                                    (D) void ratio
               1-e
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35. The bearing capacity of soil is         39. The direct shear test suffers from
      determined at the site by                   which of the following dis-
      conducting                                  advantages?
       (A) plate load test                         (A) Drain condition cannot be
      (B) dynamic penetration test                     controlled
      (c) Both (A) and (B)                         (B) Pore water pressure cannot be
      (D) None of the above                            measured


 36. Foundation failure may occur due to           (C) Shear stress on the failure
                                                       plane is not known
      (A) unequal settlement of subsoil
                                                   (D) The area under the shear and
      (B) shrinkage of soil bed                        vertical loads does not remain
      (C) lateral escape of soil                       constant throughout the test
      (D) All of the above
                                             40. A rectangular channel 6 m wide and
 3?. In a tiquid limit test, the moisture         3 m deep and having a bed slope as
      content at 10 blows was 7Oo/o and at        1 in 2OOO is running full. If Chezy's
      100 blows was2Ooh. The liquid limit         constant C = 54.8, choose the
      of the soil is                              correct specilication of the channel
      (A) 3s%                                     from the following.

      (B) 5Oo/o                                   (A) Hydraulic mean depth = 1.5 m
      (c) 6s%                                     (B) Velocity of flow = 1'5 m/sec
      (D) None of the above
                                                  (C) Rate of flow = 27 m3 lsec
 38. According to Coulomb's wedge
      theory, the active earth pressure           (D) All of the above
      slides the wedge
      (A) down and outwards on a slip        41. Hydraulic ram is a device
           surface
      (B) up and inwards on a slip                (A) for lifting water without an
                                                       electric motor
           surface
      (C) horizontal upward and parallel          (B) for accelerating water flow
          to base
                                                  (C) for lifting heavy loads
      (D) horizontal inward and parallel
          to base                                 (D) None of the above

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42. Tlne total head of a liquid particle in   46. Limiting value of moment of
      motion is the sum of                          resistance for M2O grade of
      (A) potentiar head and         kinetic        F:ffi""lt"jli}:lT#;::i
           head                                     effective dePth d is
      (B) kinetic head and pressure                 (A) 2.22bd2
           head
                                                    (B) 2.66bd2
      (C) potential head and pressure
           head                                     (c) 2'76bd2
       (D) potential head, kinetic head             (D) 2'g6bd2
           and pressure head
                                               42. when depths of critical and actual
                                                          a'(es are the same in a
 43. The velocity of the fluid particle at          :::"'
      the centre or a pipe section   is             llffiJ,";"f;: }"'"Tr"LliT
       (A) minimum                                  called as

       (B)maximum(A)balancedsection
       (C) equal throughout                         (B) under-reinforced section
       (D) None of the above
                                                    (c) over-reinforced section
                                                    (D) All of the above
 44. As per IS 456 : 200O, the morimum
      cement content used for RCC              48' Limiting percentage of steel (pr, u-)
       construction is
                                                    for M2O grade of concrete and
                                                    Fe415 steel is
       (A) 350 kg/m3                                 (A) 1.76
       (B) 400 kglm3                                 (B) o.e6
       (c) 450 kg/m3                                 (c) o'7s
       (D)500kg/m3(D)Noneoftheabove
                                               49' A tbeam behaves as a rectangular
 45. As per IS 456 : 2000, for RCC work,                  of width. equl to its flange' if
       the grade of concrete should     ;           L:*
       lower than
                                    "";             its neutral axis

       (A)M15o)remainswithintheflange
                                                     (B) remains below the slab
       (B) ll2o
                                                     (c) coincides the geometrical
       (C) M25                                              centre of the beam
       (D) M3O                                       (D) None of the above

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5O. Prestressed concrete means                       For one-way slab, the ratio of length
                                                      and breadth of the slab should be
     (A) compressive stress induied in'                (A) less than 1'5
         concrete before bending
                                                       (B) more than 1'5
     (B) compressive stress induced ih                 (C) less than 2'O
         steel before bending
                                                       (D) more than 2'0
     (C) tensile stress induced in steel
         before bending                           54. The maximum strain in concrete
                                                       in compression at ttre outermost
     (D) tensile stress induced in                     fibre is
         concrete before bending
                                                       (A) 0.002
                                                       (B) O.OO3
51. A simply supported beam has an                     (c) 0.003s
     effective span of 16 m. As Per
     IS 456 : 200O, the limiting ratio of              (D) O.0O2s
     span to effective depth for control of
     deflection for the beam shall be                 In a prestressed member, it is
                                                       advisable to use
     (A) 26
                                                       (A) low-strength concrete onlY
      (B) 20                                           (B) low-strength steel onlY
                                                       (C) low-strength steel but high-
      (c) t2.s                                              strength concrete
      (D) 7                                            (D) high-strength concrete and
                                                            high-strength steel

 52. The maximum        area of tension               The distance between centre-to-
      reinforcement   in beams shall not               centre of two adjacent rivet holes
      exceed                                           should not be less than
                                                        (A) 1'5 times the diameter of rivet
      (A) O.O4bD                                            hole

      (B) O.O2bD                                        (B) 1'5 times the diameter of rivet
                                                        (C) 1'5 times the diameter of rivet
      (c) o.o8bD                                            head

      (D) r.tobD                                        (D) 2'5 times the diameter of rivet

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57. The heaviest I-section for same          61. The minimum size of weld for the
       depth is                                     thickness of thicker member up to
                                                    1o mm is
       (A) ISMB
       (B) ISLB
                                                    6) S mm
       (c) rsHB
       (D) rswB                                     E) 5 mm
                                                    (c) 6 mm
  68. If the diameter of bolt is 20 mm, then
       the ma:<imum number of bolts that
       can be accommodated in one row in            (D) 8 rrtm
       a 2OO mm wide flat is
       (A) 2
                                               62, ln water-bound macadam roads,
       (B) 3                                       binding material is
       (c) 4
                                                    (A) sand
       (D) 6

                                                   (B) stone dust
 s9. The partial safety factor for a
  '    material of bolts is
                                                   (C) cement
       (A) 1.0
       (B) 1'10                                    (D) brick dust
       (c) r.15
       (D) t.2s
                                               63. On the recommendations of the
                                                   Indian Roads Congress, tl:e ruling
 6o. The effective throat thickness of a           gradient in plains is
      fillet weld is K times the size of
      weld. For a ZOo angle between
      fusion faces, the value of l(will be         16) 1 in 15

      (A) o.7                                      (B) 1 in 20
      (B) 0.6s
                                                   (C) 1 in 3o
      (c) 0.6
      (D) 1.0                                      (D) 1 in t0
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64. The absolute minimum sight                6?. Rails are fixed on steel sleePers
     distance required for stoPPing a
     vehicle moving with a sPeed of                (A) by bearing plates
     80 kmph is
                                                    (B) by dog spikes
     (A) t2o m                                      (C) by keys in lugs or jaws

     (B) 200 m                                      (D) None of the above

     (C) 640 m
                                              68. The convexity Provided on the
                                                    surface of highwaY is known as
     (D) 800 m
                                                    (A) curve

65. California Bearing Ratio method of              (B) camber
     designing flexible Pavements is
                                                    (C) superelevation
     more accurate because it involves
                                                    (D) gradient
     (A) characteristic of soils

     (B) traffic intensities                  69. Abrasion test is carried out to find
                                                    (A) hardness of aggregates
     (C) character of the road making
         materials
                                                    (B) toughness of aggtegates
     (D) None of the above.                         (C) durability of aggpegates

                                                    (D) strength of aggregates
66. On Indian Railways, the standard
     length of rails for BG track is          7O. The topmost layer of flexible
                                                   pavements is known as
     (A) 33 ft (10'6 m)
                                                    (A) base course
     (B) 36 ft (10'97 m)
                                                    (B) subbase course
     (C) 39 ft (11'89 m)                            (C) surface course

     (D) 42'6s ft (13 m)                            (D) subgrade

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71. As per IRC, the carriage way width     74. The standard height of a standard
       for two-lane traflic road should be          rain gauge is
       (A) 7.5 m                                    (A) L0 cm
       (B) 10 m                                     (B) 20 cm
       (C) 12.5 m                                   (C) 30 cm
       (D) 15 m                                     (D) 5O cm

 72. Tt.c various treatment processes in     75. The rate of accumulation of sludge in
      a water treatment plant are as               septic tanks is recommended as
       follows :
                                                   (A) 3O litres/person/year
       1. Filtration
                                                   (B) 25 litres/person/year
      2. Chlorination                              (C) 30 litres/person/month
      3. Sedimentation                             (D) 25 litres/person/month
      4.   Coagulation

      5. Flocculation                        76. lf 27o solution of a sewage sample is
                                                   incubated for 5 days at 20 oC and
      The correct sequence of these                depletion of o:<ygen was found to be
      processes in water treatment is              5 ppm, BOD of the sewage is

      (A) L,2, 3, 4, 5                             (A) 200 ppm
                                                   (B) 225 ppm
      (B) 4, 5,3, L,2
                                                   (C) 250 ppm
      (c) 2,3, 1, 5, 4
                                                   (D) None of the above
      (D) L,2, 5, 3, 4
                                             77. Self-cleansing velocit5r is
 73. The permissible pH value for public
      water supply is                              (A) velocit5r at dry weather flow
      (A) 4.5 to 5.5                               (B) velocity of water at flushing
      (B) 5.5 to 6.5                               (C) velocity at which no accumula-
                                                       tion remains in the drains-
      (c) 6.5 to 8.5
                                                   (D) velocity of water in pressure
      (D) 8.5 to 1o.5                                  filter

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74. The most dangerous Pollutant ln            81. In slow sand filters, the turbidity of
     vehicular emissions is                         raw water can be removed only
                                                    up to
     (A) co                                          (A) 60 mgllitre
     (B) SOz                                         (B) 75 mg/litre
                                                     (C) 100 mg/litre
     (c) coz
                                                     (D) 150 mg/litre
     (D) 03
                                               82, A septic tank is
                                                     (A) an aerobic method of on-site
79. The liquid waste from kitchens,                       sewage treatment
     bathrooms and wash basins is not
     known as                                        (B) an anaerobic method of on-site
                                                          treatment
     (A) liquid waste
                                                     (C) a physical method of water
                                                          treatment
     (B) sullage
               "
                                                     (D) a physiochemical method of
     (C) sewage                                           water treatment

     (D) None of the above                          The father of principles of manage-
                                                     ment is
                                                     (A) Mary Parkett
8O. The amount of oxygen consumed by
     the aerobic bacteria, which causes              (B) Lillian Gilbert
     the aerobic biological decomposi-
     tion of sewage, is known as                     (C) Henry Fayol
                                                     (D) Elton Mayo
      (A) Biochemical OxYgen Demand
          (BoD)
                                                84. Tender is the
      (B) Dissolved O:<ygen (DO)                      (A) estimation of cost

      (C) Chemical OxYgen Demand                      (B) estimation of profit
          (coD)                                       (C) estimation of selling Price.
      (D) None of the above                           (D) estimation of units

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85. Labour turnover is                        g9. The minimum thickness of shear
                                                     walls as per IS : 13920 is
       (A) productivity of labour
                                                     (A) l8o mm
      (B) efficiency of labour
                                                     (B) 400 mm
      (c) change in labour force
                                                     (C) 200 mm
      (D) total cost of labour
                                                    (D) 1S0 mm
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 86. The minimum number of members
      in a private company is                  90' Grouting is used for
      (A) 2                                         (A) strengthening beams
                                                    (B) strengthening columns
      (B) 5
                                                    (C) rePairing cracks
      (C) 7
                 .                                  (D) strengthening floors
      (D) l0
                                               91' critical Path Method (cPM) network
 gz. The seismic map of India given in
      IS: 1893-2016 divides the country
      into how many number of zones?                (A) event oriented

      (A) 2                                         E) activitY oriented
      (B) 3                                         (c) slack oriented

      (C) 4                                         (D) float oriented

      (D) 5                                    92, Adummy activity                          :
                                                    (A)                  event but onlv a   i
 8g. Earthquake-resistant building                        ffi:alt""t#
    " should have
                                                    (B)               head event but no
      (A) strong columns-strong beams                     Xi j":'1"
     (B) weak columns-weak beams                   (C) does not require any resources
                                                          nor any time
     (C) st4ong columns-weak beams
                                                   (D) has no sequence and can be
     (D) weak columns-strong beams                        fitted anywhere

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93. The most suitable equipment for               97. Addition of Poz,zolana to ordinary
         compaction of cohesive soils is                   Portland cement causes

         (A) smooth-wheeled roller                         (A) decrease in early strength

         (B) vibratory roller                              (B) reduction in chemical action
                                                                with sulphates
         (c) sheep-footed roller
                                                           (c) increase in shrinkage
i        (D) tamper
                                                           (D) All of the above

    94. As per IS:456-200O, the minimum               9g. Back bearing of a line is equal to
         percentage of longitudinal steel in a
         column is                                          (A) fore bearing t 90"
                             ,
         (A) U5%                                            (B) fore bearing t 180'
         (B) O'7Vo.                                         (C) fore bearing t 360"

         (C) O'8o/o                                         (D) fore bearingt2TO"

         (D) L'oo/o
                                                      99. The vertical side member of a shutter
                                                            frame is known as
    95. Short           fails by
             "oiu*,                                         .o) style
         (A) buckling                                       (B) reveal
          (B) bending                                       (c) muuion
          (C) crushing                                      (D) post
          (D) None of the above
                                                      1OO. Imaginary line passing through the
                                                                                     magnetic
    e6. Due to attack ordry rot, tJre   timber              :::ffi.rrflJ?"J"Ti:
          (A) cracks                                        (A) isogonic line
          (B) shrinks                                       (B) agonic line
          (C) reduces to powder                             (C) contour line
          (D) None of the above                             (D) None of the above

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