APSC JE 2026: Junior Engineer, Fishery Department (Advt. 17/2025), Civil Engineering
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1. The ma:<imum percentage of water fr. If 30% of water is the normal ''
absorption by first-class bricks in consistency of a particular cement,
24 hours should be limited to then the percentage of water to be
added for the determination of initial
(A) lOo/o setting time is
(B) l5o/o (A) 3Oo/o
(c) 20% (B) 32o/o
(D) 25Vo (C) 28o/o
(D) 2s.s%
2. Stones most suitable as ballast are
(A) marble 6. Which of the following is an example
of argillaceous rock?
(B) sandstone
(A) Kaoline
(C) slate (B) Slate
(D) gneiss (C) Laterite
(D) AII of the above
3. If water required for 1 bag of cement
is 30 litres for a particular grade
of concrete, then the water-cement 7. Concrete in seawater in the case of
ratio is reinforced cement concrete should
be at least
(A) 0.6
(A) M2o
(B) 0.s
(B) M2s
(c) o.4 (c) M3o
(D) 0.4s (D) M3s
4. In normal consistency test of cement,
8. On which type of sand, the bulking
the diameter of the plunger used is
effect is maximum?
(A) 1 mm (A) Coarse sand
(B) 5 mm (B) Medium.sand
(c) 10 mm (C) Fine sand
(D) 50 mm (D) None of the above
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9. The liquid part of the paint is called ul. The recommended width of carriage-
way for two lanes without raised
(A) pigment kerbs, as per the Indian Road
(B) vehicle Congress, is
(C) solvent (A) 5'5 m
(D) base (B) 7.o m
(C) 7'5 m
Annual rings of a tree represent its (D) 6'5 m
(A) life
(B) durability The rate of superelevation, if full
lateral friction is assumed to develop
(C) strength for a horizontal curve of radius
24O m, design speed B0 kmph and
(D) density coefficient of friction of lateral
friction 0.15, will be
11. The main object of providing camber (A) o.o2 (B) 0.06
is
(c) 0.o8 (D) 0.10
(A) to make the road surface
impervious
15. For a vehicle moving with a speed of
(B) to make the road surface 80 km/hr, the brake reaction time,
durable in ordinary case, is
(C) to drain off rainwater from road (A) 1.0 sec (B) 1.5 sec
surface as quickly as possible
(C) 2'0 sec (D) 2.5 sec
(D) All of the above
If the difference of an edge of the
L2. The value of ruling gradient in plain pavement and its crown is 30 cm,
as recommended by lndian Road the camber in the 18 m wide
Congress is pavement is
(A) 1 in 10 (A) 1 in 10
(B) 1 in 20 (B) 1 in 2o
(C) 1 in 30 (C) 1 in 30
(D) 1 in 40 (D) 1 in 40
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17. Impact test assesses the property of 2L. When a chain of designated length .L
material such as its and actual length Ii is used for
measuring a line, the true length of
(A) hardness the line will be
(B) strength (A) (L/Ll x measured length
(C) toughness (B) (L lLl x measured length
(D) brittleness (C) Vf - L) x measured length
(D) (D + Ll x measured length
18. The method of design of flexible
pavement as recommended by IRC is 22. The angle of inclination in between
the longitudinal axis of a magnetic
(A) group index method needle and the horizontal plane at
(B) CBR method any place is
(A) dip
(C) Westergaard method
(B) magneticdeclination
(D) None of the above
(C) magnetic bearing
19. when 1 cm on a map represents (D) true bearing
10 m on the ground, the represen-
tative fraction of the scale is 23,. The whole circle bearing of a line
(A) I 10
(B) I 100
(c) 1 1000 (B) N 55"1s',W
(D) 1 10000 (c) N 34'45',W
(D) N 35'45',W
20. The test carried out to know
the resistance to flow of a given
bituminous material is 24. The 0o of a prismatic comPass is
marked at
(A) softening point
(A) north side
(B) penetration (B) east side
(C) ductility (C) west side
(D) viscosity (D) south side
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25. The whole circle bearing of lines 29. A contour line shows
OP and OQ are 18o15'and 335"45'
respectively. What is the value of the
(A) a horizontal distance between
points
included angle OQP?
(B) the points of equal elevations
(A) 317'3o', (B) I77oOO',
(C) the vertical distance between
(c) 42'30' (D) 43"30' two points having different
elevations
26. For a tacheometer, the additive (D) None of the above
and multiplying constants are
respectively
30. The method of plane table surveying
(A) 0 and 0 recommended when points could not
be chained is
(B) 0 and 100
(A) resection
(C) 100 and o (B) radiation
(D) 100 and 100 (C) intersection
(D) traversing
27. If the length of an arc or chord is
2Om, then 1o curye will have a
radius of 31. If ,L is the length of a line having
bearing 0, then the latitude of the
(A) L718.9 rn line is given by
(B) 2865 m (A) r,sino
(c) 573 m (B) trcoso
(D) 1146 m (C) Ztan0
(D) None of the above
24. A cube of dried clay having sides
4 cm long weighs 110 g. The same 32. A 'face left' position of a theodolite
cube of soil, when saturated at occurs when
unchanged volume, weighs 135 g.
Find the volume of voids. (A) the vertical circular plate is to
the right of the observer
(A) 64 cm3 (B) the vertical circular plate is to
(B) 25 cm3 the left of the observer
(C) 39 cm3 (C) the horizontal circular plate is
levelled
(D) 16 cm3 (D) None of the above
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33. The areas of two successive contours 36. The relationship between porosity (n)
of a reservoir are 100 sq. m and and void ratio (e) can be exPressed
200 sq. m having contour interval by
5 m. The volume of water between
the contours is I
(A) l+n=*
l+e
(A) 1000 cu. m
(B) l-n=r 1
(B) 2000 cu. m L+e
I
(C) 750 cu. m (C) n=1
e
(D) 3000 cu. m
(Dl rr=z 1
l+e
34. The marimum size of the particles of
clay is about
37. The densification of soil by
mechanical means is called
(A) 0'0002 mm
(A) consolidation
(B) 0'002 mm
(B) compression
(C) 0,02 mm
(C) compaction
(D) o'2 mm
(D) All of the above
35. A compactbd soil mass has void
ratio 0'6, degree of saturation 78o/o 38. The minimum moisture content at
and specific gravity 2'6. What is the which the soil just begins to crumble
water content of the soil? when rolled into 3 mm thread is
known as
(A) 23o/o (A) elastic limit
(B) 20% (B) consistency limit
(c) Lsvo (C) plastic limit
(D) 25o/o (D) liquid limit
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39. The critical hydraulic gradient of 42. The settlement of a footing (S/ in
seepage of water in a soil medium is sandy soil is given by
(4, 1- G
,ar
t+ (A)
s-
rt
" fi"
(B' G-l
t+ e_
s-
E) ?" B,
"f
(c) # (c) s,,.f:o.=l'
P (ay +30./
(D)
# (D)
",.[ffi),
4o. The angle of internal friction for where
purely cohesive soil is equal to
s, = settlement of the plate in cm
(A) 20' B, = width of the plate in cm
BJ = width of the foundation in cm
(B) 25.
(C) Oo 4e. Soil transported by wind is called
(A) aeolian soil
(D) 15o
(B) marine soir
(C) alluvial soil
4l.. The bearing capacity factors Nc, Nq (D) lacustrine soil
and nL are the functions of
44' y:ft.T,J',1T,j
(A) cohesion of the so, ilffil ",*,:",iJ
the plasticity index is
(B) angle of internal friction (o) negative
(c) Both (A) and (B) (B) zeto
(C) one
(D) None of the above (D) more than one
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Quicksand is 49. The pathogens can be killed bY
(A) the one that losses moisture (A) nitrification
rapidly
(B) a type of pure silica sand (B) chlorination
(C) a condition where a cohesionless (C) oxidation
soil losses its strength because
of upward flow of water (D) None of the above
(D) a sand consisting of spherical
sand particles only Design period for a water suPPlY
project is taken as
Plasticity index defined as the range
(A) 5 to 10 years
of water content between
(A) liquid limit and plastic limit (B) 15 to 20 years
(B) plastic limit and semi-solid limit (C) 20 to 3O years
(C) semi-solid limit and liquid limit
(D) more than 50 years
(D) liquid limit and solid limit
51. Carbon monoxide in air affects
47. The permissible pH value for public
water supply is between (A) heart
(A) 4'5 to 5'5 (B) skin
(B) 5'5 to 6'5
(C) eye
(c) 6'5 to 8'5
(D) 8'5 to 10'5 (D) hair
The acceptable limit for total 5i2. The test period for BOD of water
is
dissolved solid content in water for
domestic purpose is
(A) 10 days at 30 "C
(A) nil
(B) 4 days at 2O "C
(B) 400 p.p.m.
(C) 500 p.p.m. (C) 5 days at 2O'C
(D) 1O0o p.p.m. (D) 7 days at 3O'C
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53. The presence of calcium chloride f7. Freeman formula for estimating the
and magnesium chloride in water fire demand (Q) in litres per minute
causes is given by
(A) odour (A) o=rrso(f*ro)
(B) turbidity
(C) hardness (B) o=zsoo(f+ro)
(D) coagulation
(c) Q =3t82JF
Wastewater from kitchens and (D) O = 56ffi.F
bathrooms of residential building is
(A) sewage s8. Colloidal impurities if associated
with organic matter having bacteria
(B) domestic effluent become the chief source of
(C) sullage (A) hardness
(D) sludge (B) epidemic
(C) alkalinity
55. The major greenhouse gas present in (D) bad taste
atmosphere is
(A) nitrogen 59. The pH value indicates the concen-
tration of
(B) orygen
(A) magnesium ion
(C) methane (B) hydrogen ion
(D) carbon dioxide (C) calcium ion
(D) sodium ion
56. The bacteria which requires or{ygen
for their survival is'known as co. The effluent from septic tank is
discharged into
(A) anaerobic bacteria
(A) soak pit
(B) pathogenic bacteria
(B) settling tank
(C) aerobic bacteria (C) oxidation pond
(D) non-pathogenic bacteria (D) sewer
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61. The unit of measurement for half 65. The volume of earthworks in
brick wall is embankment of length 12 m, top
width 5'5 m and depth 2'5m having
(A) cu. m side slopes 172 : 1 is
(B) sq.m (A) 77'5 cu. m
(C) running meter
(B) 277'5 cu. m
(D) All of the above
(C) 27'75 cu. m
(D) 2'775 cu. m
62. The number of ordinary bricks
required for 100 cu. m of masonry
wall is 66. PERT is
(A) s00 (A) activity oriented
(B) 5000
(B) event oriented
(c) s0000
(C) time oriented
(D) s00000
(D) resource oriented
63. While mixing cement mortar by
volume, the volume of a cement bag 67. The total length of centre line of
is specified as
' all walls for a room of external
dimensions 4'60 m x 3'10 m and the
(A) 50 litres thickness of wall 30 cm is
(B) 35 litres (A) t4'2o m
(C) 0'50 cu. m (B) r2.O4 m
(D) O'35 cu. m (C) 74'26 m
(D) 10'00 m
64. One cubic meter of cement concrete
(l:2:4) is to be mixed by volume.
The number of cement bags required 68. The event which marks the
approximately will be beginning of an activity is known as
(A) I (A) head event
(B) 3 (B) tail event
(c) 6 (C) dual role event
(D) 11 (D) None of the above
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69. The pre-tender stage of construction 73. A footing which supports two
requires columns is known as
(A) selection of site (A) strap footing
(B) acquisition of land (B) strip footing
(C) finalization of design (C) combined footing
(D) All of the above (D) raft footing
70, A dummy activity in a network 7+. A temporary structure constructed
safe working platform
(A) is represented by a dotted line : ff:H""a
(B) is an artifrcial activity
14) raking
(C) does not consume time and (B) shoring
resourcr s
(c) scaffolding
(D) All of the above
(D) jacking
7L. What is the first step in project
planning? 75. he difference between the
(A) Estabrish the objectives and tff
scoPe
}ffif}il""uf;1]:"[o,|j#"
activity is known as
(B) Determine the budget (A) free float
(c) select the team organizational (B) independent float
model
(c) total float
(D) Inspect t],.e deriverables
(D) interfering float
72. A pite which does not carr5r any load
itself but improves the bearing 76. Which of the following is a sound
capacity of soil is called absorbent material?
(A) sheet pile (A) Hair felt
(B) friction pile (B) Wood particle board
(C) bearing pile (C) Glass wool
(D) compaction pile (D) All of the ab
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77. The minimum grade of concrete for 81. For wastewater treatment process,
building with more than 15 m height trickling filter is used in
in seismic zone V is
(A) primary treatment
(A) M2s
(B) secondarytreatment
(B) M3o (C) advanced treatment
(c) M2O (D) final treatment
(D) All of the above
42. Removal of oil and grease from
sewage is known as
78. The IS code which deals with ductile
detailing in RCC is (A) screening
(A) IS:456 (B) skimming
(B) IS: 19320 (C) filtration
(c) IS: 13e20 (D) None of the above
.
(D) IS:875
83. Seismic map of India given in
IS1893 (Part-l) : 2OL6 divides the
Disinfection of water is done to country into which of the following
remove numbers of zones?
(A) odour (A) 4
(B) bacteria (B) s
(C) turbidity
(c) 6
(D) 7
(D) colour
E4. Earthquake-resistant building should
80. Grit chamber is similar to
have
(A) screening tank (A) strong columns-strong beams
(B) sedimentation tank (B) weak columns-strong beams
(C) coagulation tank (C) strong columns-weak beams
(D) All of the above (D) weak columns-weak beams
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85. Unsymmetrical buildings show 89. Floating columns cause lot of
more damage during earthquakes damage during earthquake because
because of they
(A) bending (A) cause a large deformation in
the building
(B) shear
(B) cause discontinuity in path of
(C) torsion and warping transfer of inertia force
(D) None of the above (C) make the building stiffer
(D) None of the above
86. Shear walls are subjected to
(A) out-of-planebending 9). lycnometer method for water
content determination is more
(B) in-plane bending suitable for
(c) Both (A) and (B) (A) clay
(D) No bending (B) loess
(C) sand
47. Minimum thickness of shear walls (D) silt
as per IS: 13920 is
(A) 180 mm 9t. Gantt chart is drawn for
(B) 400 mm (A) time versus activity
(C) 200 mm (B) activity versus resources
(D) 150 mm (C) resources versus progress
(D) progress versus time
88. RCC beams and columns can be
strengttrened by o., The Indian Road Congress came into
existence in
(A) grouting
(A) te27
(B) guniting
(B) 1e30
(C) splint and bonding
(c) 7e34
(D) jacketing (D) re47
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If the bearing of line AB is 97. Which type of orientation is best for
N 87"32'00" E and that of the line plane table surweying?
BC is S 65"35'20" E, then the
deflection angle at B is (A) By backsighting
(A) .26o52',4o" L (B) By magnetic needle
(B) 2652',40" R (C) Both (A) and (B)
(c) 36'52',20" R (D) None of the above
(D) 36o52',2o" L
98. The morimum limit for total arsenic
A revised estimate is prepared when content for potable water is
there is variations with sanctioned
estimate by
(A) nil
(A) 2'5o/o (B) 0'01 mgllit
(B) 4o/o (c) 0'05 mg/lit
(C) 5o/o (D) 0'1 mg/lit
(D) to%
99. In chain surveying, which operation
is done first?
For ordinary levelling survey for a
building, the benchmark considered (A) Chaining
is
(A) GTS benchmark (B) Ranging
(B) arbitrary benchmark (C) Both (A) and (B) are done
simultaneously
(C) temporary benchmark
(D) None of the above
(D) permanent benchmark
1OO. Isogonic line on a map represents
The surface of water of a still lake is lines connecting points of
an example of af an
(A) equal elevations
(A) horizontal surface
(B) level surface (B) same temperatures
(C) undulating surface (C) equal magnetic declination
(D) vertical plane (D) equal local attractions
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Provisional Answer Key of screening Test (oMR based MCe type)
for the post of
Junior Engineer (Civil) under Fishery Department.
(Advt. No. l7 1202s Dtd. 25t04t2025)
Date of Examination: 08.03.2026
Subiect: (Paper-I) CIVIL ENGINEERING
Series : B
Marks: 100
Time: 2:00 hours
Q.NO. ANS-KEY Q.NO. ANS_KEY Q.NO. ANS_KEY Q.NO. ANS-KEY
I A 26 B 51 D 76 C
2 C 27 A 52 B 77 C
J B 28 C 53 B 78 C
4 B 29 D 54 C 79 D
5 B 30 D 55 B 80 C
6 B 31 C 56 B 81 A
7 A 32 C 57 C 82 B
8 C 53 B 58 B 83 B
9 C 34 A 59 C 84 A
10 C 35 C 60 B 85 B
ll D 36 C 6t B 86 C
12 D J/ B 62 C 87 B
t3 B 38 B 63 B 88 C
t4 C 39 D 64 C 89 B
15 A 40 C 65 B 90 A
16 C 4t C 66 D 9I A
l7 B 42 B 67 A 92 B
l8 C 43 C 68 B 93 D
t9 B 44 D 69 C 94 D
20 B 45 B 70 A 95 A
21 A 46 A 71 C 96 D
22 B 47 C 72 C 97 C
23 B 48 D 73 B 98 C
24 C 49 C 74 C 99 C
25 B 50 B 75 A 100 D
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Provisional Answer Key of Screening Test (oMR based MCQ type) for the post of
Junior Engineer (Civil) under Fishery Department.
(Advt. No. 17 12025 Dtd. 2510412025\
Date of Examination: 08.03.2026
Subiect: (Paper-I) CIVI ENGINEERING
Series : D
Marks: 100 Time: 2:00 hours
Q.NO. ANS_KEY Q.NO. ANS_KEY Q.NO. ANS-KEY Q.NO. ANS_KEY
I C 26 B 51 A 76 C
2 B 27 B 52 C 77 B
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J C 28 A 53 C 78 A
4 B 29 B 54 C 79 C
5 B 30 C 55 D 80 C
6 C 3l B s6 D 81 B
7 B 32 C 57 B 82 B
aa
8 C JJ B 58 C 83 D
9 B 34 A 59 A 84 C
10 D 35 A 60 C 85 C
11 A 36 B 6t B 86 B
12 B )t D 62 C 87 C
13 C 38 D 63 B 88 D
t4 A 39 A 64 B 89 B
15 C 40 D 65 A 90 A
t6 C 4T C 66 B 91 C
17 B 42 C 67 B 92 D
18 C 43 C 68 C 93 C
t9 A 44 D 69 B 94 B
20 C 45 A 70 B 95 D
2t C 46 C 71 A 96 B
22 C 47 B 72 C 97 B
23 D 48 B 73 D 98 C
24 C 49 B 74 D 99 B
25 A 50 B 75 C 100 BPage 1 of 16
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