MPPSC AE 2020: State Engineering Service Examination, Civil Engineering
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SECTION - A
1. Malanjkhand is famous for which of the 5. Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power
Station is established in which of the
following mineral ?
following district ?
(A) Bauxite (A) Shahdol
(8) Copper (B) BetuI
(0) Dolomite (C) Umaria
(D) Limestone (D) Singrauli
2. Bansagar Project is situated on which of 6, Number of moveable joints in robot is
the following river ? called
(A) Ken (A) Degree of independence
(B) Betwa (B) Degree of joints
(C) Son (0) Degree of freedom
(D) Dhasan (D) Degree of movement
3. In Madhya Pradesh, which of the 7. Technique to verify message integrity is
following resources has the highest known as
established capacity among the
non-conventional sources of energy ? (A) Message encrypt
(A) Wind energy (B) Message checksum
(B) Solar energy (C) Message digest
(C) Biomass energy (D) None of the above
(D) Energy from garbage
is a software program that
4, Which of the following sources has filters all the data coming through the
highest proportion of irrigation in Madhya internet.
Pradesh ?
(A) Antivirus
(A) Canals
(B) Cookies
(B) Tanks
(C) Maiware
(C) Wells-tubewells
(D) Other sources (D) Firewall
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9. Infrastructure aspects provided by 12, Which of the following is a famous
Government in formation of National folk-drama of f^alwa ?
e-Governance Plan for application and (A) Hingola
data hosting and connectivity are (8) Chhahur
(C) Mansukha
(A) SDC,SWAN and ESDG
(D) Maach
(B) SWAN. SDC and NIC
13. What was the ancient name of
(C) SWAN,SDLC and NISG Baghelkhand ?
(A) Karush
(D) None of these
(8) Mahishmati
(C) Teerbhukti
(D) Shuktimati
10. The scope of cyber security is
14, The famous Chandela Generals Alha
(A) Vulnerability reduction
and Udal lost their lives while fighting
against which ruler ?
(8) Incident response
(A) Ajayraj
(C) Recovery policy (8) Arnoraj
(D) All of the above (C) Sindhuraj
(D) Prithviraj Chauhan
11. Which of the following folk-dance is not
15, Which ofthefollowing is nota composition
associated to Nimari folk-dance ?
of Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi ?
(A) Gangour (A) Himkiritani
(8) Rai (8) Bijuri
(C) Kathi (C) Himtarangini
(D) Rasikpriya
(D) Fefariya
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16. On what dates were the Olympic Games 19. On which date the National Education
held in Tokyo ? Policy 2020 was launched by the
Government of Madhya Pradesh ?
(A) 21 July to 5 August 2021
(A) 16 August 2021
(B) 22 July to 10 August 2021
(B) 26 August 2021
(C) 22 July to 11 August 2021
(0) 28 August 2021
(D) 23 July to 8 August 2021 (D) 30 August 2021
17, Where is the 2024 Olympic Games
Scheduled to be held ? 20. How many gold medals did the Indian team
win in the Paralympics held in 2021 ?
(A) Paris
(A) 5
(B) London (B) 6
(C) Johannesburg (C) 7
(D) 19
(D) Budapest
21. Rain occurs in the month of August in
18. On which date the Arogya Setu App was Madhya Pradesh is mainly receives from
launched by the Government of India ? which of the following ?
(A) 17 June 2021 (A) North-Eastern Monsoon
(B) 17 January 2021 (B) South-Western Monsoon
(0) 2 April 2020 (0) Winter Monsoon
(D) 14 March 2020 (D) Cyclonic Rain
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22. According to the Government of Madhya 26. Who among the following is not a
Pradesh,what percentage of the following Bundeli writer ?
area is under protected forests out of the (A) Jagnik
total forest area ?
(A) 45.6% (B) Maharaj Vishwanath Singh
(B) 44.6% (C) Isuri
(C) 32.8% (D) Gangadhar Vyas
(D) 70.2%
27. In which district of Madhya Pradesh,
23. Which of the following mountain range is Jageshwari fair is organized ?
situated between Narmada-Tapti rivers
and South of the Son river ? (A) Satna
(A) Kaimur range (B) Ashok-nagar
(B) Bhander range
(C) Balaghat
(C) Vindhyachal range
(D) Satpura-Maikal range (D) Badwani
24. Which is the origin of the West direction 28. Which revolutionary was hanged by the
British Government during the Bundela
flowing river Tapti (Tapi)?
rebellion ?
(A) Shahpur
(A) Madhukar Shah of Narhot
(B) Chicholi (B) Bandeshah of Bhanpur
(C) Bhainsdehi (C) Jujhar Singh of Herapur
(D) Multai (D) None of these
25. Which of the following is the share of According to the Baiga tradition, who was
Madhya Pradesh in the total manganese the creater of ^^3
the Universe
Universe ?
?
production of the country ?
(A) Thakurdev
(A) 18.84%
(B) Indradev
(B) 15.02%
(C) Agnidev
(C) 12.50%
(D) 4.56% (D) Somdev
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30. Thefamous artist AnnasahebRaghunath 33. Which of these is used as CPU in
K. Phadke is associated with which of computer ?
the following art ? (A) Microprocessor
(A) Sculpture (B) Microcontroller
(B) Dance (0) Microcomputer
(C) Music (D) Microprogrammer
(D) Painting
34. How many megabytes represent one
gigabyte (in binary)?
31. Which of these Is not an open source (A) 2048
Operating System ? (B) 1024
(0) 1024x1024
(A) UNIX
(D) 1048
(B) ANDROID
(C) WINDOWS 35. The space In which a robot operates is
called
(D) None of these (A) Environment
(B) Spatial space
(0) Workspace
(D) Work envelope
32. (1101 0001)2 binary number is same as
( )g octal number.
36. In which Article of the Constitution, the
(A) (321), function of the Council of Ministers is
said to "Assistance and Advise" the
(B) (123), Govemor ?
(A) Article-162
(C) (641), (B) Article-163
(C) Article-164
(D) Article-165
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37. What is the level of PanchayatI Raj 41. In which year the Sports Authority of
System in Madhya Pradesh ? India was established ?
(A) Two tier
(B) Three tier (A) 1976
(C) Four tier
(B) 1981
(D) None of these
(0) 1984
38. The scheme One Stop Center (Sakhi)
is related with (D) 1991
(A) Providing facilities to women victims
of violence
(B) Providing ration
(0) Self employment
(D) Skill and training 42. When was the ladli Lakshmi Yojna'
started by the Government of
39. The lowest population density district of
Madhya Pradesh is Madhya Pradesh ?
(A) Jhabua (A) 1 April 2006
(B) Mandia
(B) 1 April 2007
(C) Dindori
(D) Sidhi (0) 1 April 2008
(D) 1 July 2006
40. Arrange the following district of Madhya
Pradesh in descending order of sex
ratio and select the correct answer from
below codes.
1. Mandia 43. When was the Chief Minister's Women
2. Dindori Empowerment Scheme started in
3. Alirajpur Madhya Pradesh ?
4. Balaghat
(A) April 2012
Codes:
(A) 1,2,3.4 (B) July 2012
(B) 4,3,1,2
(C) September 2013
(C) 2, 1.4,3
(D) 3.4,2.1 (D) November 2013
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44. From which date the present Governor of 47. In a year 2005-06,average size of
Madhya Pradesh Shrl Mangu Bhai Ch. agricultural holding in Madhya Pradesh is
Patel has taken over ? (A) 1.28 Hectare
(A) 03 July 2021 (B) 2.22 Hectare
(C) 1.8 Hectare
(8) 13 July 2021
(D) 2.25 Hectare
(0) 08 July 2021
(D) 28 July 2021
48. Which district Irrigated by "BenGanga'
Canal in Madhya Pradesh ?
(A) Jabatpur
45. In which famous place Jyotlrling (B) Mandia
Mamleshvar Is situated ? (0) Sidhi
(D) Balaghat
(A) Mandsour
(B) Omkareshvar
49. Soil Health Card is related with
(0) Kapil Dhara (A) Use of balanced fertilizer
(B) High yields
(D) Ujjain
(C) Soil test
(D) All of the above
46. When was Chief Minister Krishak
Udhyami Yojana launched ? 50. Lowest female literacy rate district In
Madhya Pradesh is
(A) Year 2016-2017
(A) Jhabua
(B) Year 2017-2018
(B) Aiirajpur
(C) Year 2018-2019 (C) Sheopur
(D) Year 2019-2020 (D) Barwani
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51. What is the unit of dynamic viscosity of a 54. Velo( ity potential function exist only
54. Veloc
fluid termed as 'Poise' equivalent to ? when
when
(A) dyne/cm^ (A) flow
^ is laminar
(8) flow is turbulent
(B) dyne-sec/cm^ (C) flow is irrotational
(C) gm-sec/cm2 (D) flow is rotational
(D) gm-cm/sec^
55. Three pipes of lengths 800 m, 500 m
and 400 m and of diameter 500 mm,
400 mm and 300 mm respectively are
52, What is the height of the fluid raise (h), connected in series. These pipes are to
when the capillary with the diameter(d) be replaced by a single pipe of length.
is dipped in the fluid having a density(p) Find the diameter of the single pipe.
and surface tension (a)? (A) 271.8 mm
(8) 371.8 mm
(A) h = (C) 471.8 mm
pgd (D) 571.8 mm
/D\ u
(B) h = 4ctcos0
—
56. A sample of dry soil weighs 68 grams.
Find the volume of voids if the total
. 4ctCOS0 volume of the sample is 40 mL and the
specific gravity of solids is 2.65.
(A) 14 mL
/r^v t- 4o^COS0 (8) 14.34 mL
(C) 14.74 mL
(D) 15 mL
53. The pressure intensity at a point in a
fluid is given 3.925 N/cm^. Find the 57. The capillary rise in one soil sample
having = 0.05 mm is 52cm. If another
corresponding height of the fluid when
soil having 0,^ = 0.10 and same voids
the fluid has specific gravity 1. ratio as of first soil then the value of
(A) 2 m capillary rise in second soil is
(B) 3 m (A) 13 cm
(8) 26 cm
(C) 4 m
(C) 52 cm
(D) 5 m (D) 65 cm
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58. The surface of a saturated clay deposit 61. The domestic sewage of a town was
is located permanently below the tested for total solids and following
groundwater table. The clay has natural results were obtained:
water content of 43% and specific Weight of sample of sewage = 1000 gm
gravity of 2.70, the vertical intergranular Weight of solids after evaporation of
pressure at depth of 11 meter is liquid = 0.952 gm
(A) 84.92 kN/m2 Weight of dry residue after
ignition = 0.516 gm
(B) 72.62 kN/m2
(A) 436 ppm
(C) 43.56 kN/m2
(B) 952 ppm
(D) 36.41 kN/m2
(C) 516 ppm
59. A normally consolidated clay layer settles (D) 1468 ppm
2cm when the effective stress is increased
from 80 to 160 kN/m^. When the effective
stress is further increased to 320 kN/m^, 62. Following Is one of the example of
the further settlement will be secondary air pollutant.
(A) 8 cm (A) Organic compounds
(B) 4 cm
(B) Nitrogen oxides
(C) 6 cm I
(D) 2 cm
(C) Ozone {O3)
(D) Halogen compounds
60. Which of the following statement is
correct ?
63. An unit operation in which a solid or solid
(A) Relative compaction and Relative liquid mixture Is Intimately mixed with
density are same. a liquid for the purpose of transferring
(B) Vibratory rollers are effective for certain components to the liquid
cohesive soil. (A) Chemical conditioning
(C) Zero air void and 100% saturation (B) Sludge thickening
lines are same.
(D) For dense sand, maximum and (C) Elutriatlon
minimum void ratios are identical. (D) Dewatering of sludge
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64. In case of wastewater disposal In a river, 67. Strain energy stored in a hollow shaft
minimum dissolved oxygen level occurs of extemal diameter (D) and Internal
in the zone of diameter (d) when subjected to shear
stress (t) Is equal to
(A) Zone of clear water
(B) Zone of active decomposition (A)
^' C D
(C) Zone of recovery
(D) Zone of degradation
4C[ D J
65. Sedimentation with coagulation treatment (C)
^' C D
of water is effective when water is
D'-d'
(A) Slightly acidic
d
(B) Slightly alkaline
(C) Strong acidic 68. A cantilever truss is loaded as shown in
(D) Strong alkaline figure. The force in the member AB is
given by
66. A rectangular beam 300 mm deep
is simply supported over a span of
4 m and having moment of inertia T4m
I = 225 X10® mm^. Beam is loaded with
2kN/m uniformly distributed load. The
section modulus of beam is
:Prob
(A) 0.87x10® mm®
(A) 3kN
(B) 1.03x10® mm® (8) 5kN
(C) 1.25x10® mm® (C) 6kN
(D) 1.50x10® mm® (D) 8kN
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69. In statically indeterminate frame total pull 72. The following method may not be useful
(T) can be calculated by relation with to correct the creep
usual notations (A) Apply anti creep coating
(B) Pulling back rails
(A) Z
AE AE (C) Use of creep anchors
(D) Increase in sleeper density
(B) Z AE AE
73. Wherever reverse curves are necessary,
a long straight portion between two
4K^ U
(C) Z' reverse curves provided should have a
AE AE
minimum length of
^4K^L L, (A) 54 m
(D) Z- (B) 48 m
AE AE
(C) 36 m
(D) 24 m
70. A simply supported beam of span
4 m Is carrying a uniformly distributed
load of 2 kN/m over the entire span. 74. As per the rule with one locomotive the
Find the maximum slope and deflection following gradients are recommended in
of the beam. Take El of the beam as plains
80x10^ N/mm^. (A) 1 in 50 to 1 in 200
(B) 1 in 50 to 1 in 300
(A) Slope 0 deflection 80 mm
(C) 1 in 30 to 1 in 200
(B) Slope 0.5 radian deflection 83.3 mm (D) 1 in 50 to 1 in 267
(C) Slope 0.067 radian deflection 81.3 mm
75. The reduction in gradients at curve
(D) Slope 0.67 radian deflection 83.3 mm is known as grade compensation. In
India, the following value of grade
71. On Indian railways, the following length compensation have been allowed for
of rail is adopted for broad gauge broad gauge track
(A) 10 m (A) 0.04% per degree curve
(B) 13 m (B) 0.06% per degree curve
(C) 18 m (C) 0.067% per degree curve
(D) 21 m (D) 1.23% per degree curve
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76. Modulus of rigidity Is defined as, within 79. The vertical deflection of the joint of a
elastic limit shear stress Is proportional to perfect frame (5v) Is given as
..V vPv/
(A) Torsional strain (A) 2
(B) Shear strain 1.5 pv/
(B) Z
(C) Circumferential strain
(D) Longitudinal strain 2pv/
(C) I
7t pv/
(D) I
77. When a body is subjected to direct
tensile stress (a) In one plane and
accompanied by a single shear (x), the 80. The term virtual work refers to
maximum normal stress Is
(A) Actual work done by virtual forces
(A) |-|Vct=+4t^ (B) Virtual work done by actual forces
(0) Virtual work done by virtual forces
|
(B) +lVa^+4x= (D) Virtual work done by uniform
forces
(C) l+
81. For which of the following conditions,the
|
(D) +^Vct^-4t hydraulic jump formation will be perfect
and It will be formed at the toe of the
spillway at all discharges ?
78. A structure may be redundant both (where J. H.0.- Jump Height Curve
Internally as well as externally and the T. W. C.- Tall Water Curve)
total redundancy (T) Is given as (A) J. H. C. and T. W. C. coincides at
all discharges
(A) m-(2J-R)
(B) J. H. C. lies lower than T. W. C. at
(B) m-(J-2R) all discharges
(C) J. H. C. lies above T. W. C. at all
(C) m +{2J-R)
discharges
(D) m-(2J + R) (D) None of the above
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82. According to Lacey's theory of channel The ultimate width to which an alluvial river
design, what will be the velocity of flow in can be constructed may be computed
the channel corresponding to a discharge from which of the following relations ?
of 140 cumec and silt factor 1.0 ?
(where L = Width of river in m
Q = Estimated Max-discharge in
(A) 1,0 m/s cumecs)
(B) 1.2 m/s (A) L = 4.75^/Q
(C) 2.0 m/s (B) L = 4.75Q^
(D) 2.2 m/s (C) L = 3.75VQ
(D) L = 4.8Q^
83. As per Kennedy's theory of design of
canal, if the depth of water in the canal
is 1.0 m, which of the following will be For 22 mm diameter rivet, the diameter
value of critical velocity, if the critical of the rivet hole is
velocity ratio is 1.0 ? (A) 22 mm
(A) 1 m/sec (B) 23.5 mm
(C) 24 mm
(B) 0.55 m/sec
(D) 25.5 mm
(C) 0.64 m/sec
(D) 2.0 m/sec
In case when plates are connected by
zigzag or staggered riveting the net
sectional area A net is given by
84. The percentage quantity of water
required for maintaining equilibrium in (A) A„=j^b-nd„+n'—Jt
the salt content of the soil is known as
(A) Drainage coefficient
(B) A„=[b+nd„-n'^ t
(B) Leaching requirement (C) A„= b+nd„+n'—Jt
(C) Saturation soil extract
(D) A„= b-nd„+n'^ 1
(D) Salt content of irrigation water 9
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88. A Start used in a roof truss having a length 92. Radius of relative stiffness of cement
of 4.0 m between the c/c intersection. concrete pavement is not dependent
The effective length of strut is upon
(A) 4.0 m
(A) Modulus of subgrade reaction
(B) 3.0 m
(B) Poisson's ratio of concrete
(C) 3.4 m
(D) 3.1 m (C) Wheel load
(D) Modulus of elasticity of cement
89. Three rolled steel beam ISWB 300 concrete
as shown in figure are used as
built up section for column having
l^==9021.6x10^ mnri*and l^=990xiamnf. 93. Benkelmann Beam deflection method
The moment of inertia of the combined is used for the design of
section I is given as (A) Flexible overlay on flexible
pavement
(B) Rigid overlay on rigid pavement
(C) Flexible overlay on rigid pavement
(D) Rigid overlay over flexible
pavement
94. According to FAA guidelines the runway
(A) 407.78 X 10® mm^ length is to be increased at a rate of
(B) 308.63 X 10® mm-^ 20% for
(C) 284.53 X 10® mm* (A) One percent of effective gradient
(D) 20.63x10® mm* (B) Two percent of effective gradient
90. AS per IB800 ; 1984 for battened (C) Three percent of effective gradient
struts the effective length shall be (D) Five percent of effective gradient
increased by
(A) 5% 95. The best direction of runway is
(B) 8% (A) Along the direction of the longest
(C) 10% line on the windrose diagram
(D) 12%
(B) Along the direction perpendicular
91. The result of ring and ball test on bitumen to the longest line on the windrose
is given in terms of diagram
(A) Viscosity (C) Along 30° to the direction of the
(B) Time longest line on the windrose
(C) Flow diagram
(D) Temperature (D) None of the above
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96, Safe Speed (V) on the BG, MG or 100. The maximum permissible speed for
transition curve can be calculated broad gauge have been recommended
by empirical formulae suggested by by the Indian railways for crossing
Martin (A) 1 in8y2-16kmph
(B) 1 in 81/2 - 12 kmph
(A) 2nV(R-70)
(C) 1 in 12- 12 kmph
(B) icV(R -70) (D) 1 in 12- 16 kmph
(C) 4.4V(R-70)
(D) 4.4V(70-R) 101, The shear strength of plastic undrained
clay depends upon
97, Cant deficiency is (A) Internal friction
(A) Deficiency in super elevation to (B) Cohesion
maintain average speed (C) Internal friction and cohesion
(B) Sudden jump of rail due to joint (D) Unit weight of clay
deficiency
(C) Deficiency in maintaining speed in 102, A vertical wall 6.0 m high with a smooth
straight run back pure and dry sand behind it. The
(D) Deficiency in rail due to wear level of sand is horizontal and has
C = 0.0 kN/m^, <|) = 30° and Y= 18 kN/m^.
The active pressure at the base of the
98, If the track is laid on the place in a curve wall using Rankine's theory is
of 5 degree,the allowable ruling gradient
(A) 24kN/m2
on the curve is
(B) 36kN/m2
(A) 1 in 334
(B) 1 in 318 (C) 72kN/m2
(C) 1 in 297 (D) 108kN/m2
(D) 1 in 253
103, If the gross bearing capacity of a strip
footing 1.5 m wide located at depth of
99, The following switches are used in Indian 1 m clay is 400 kN/m^, its net bearing
Railways
capacity for y = 20 kN/m=^ is
(A) Wharton's switch (A) 370kN/m2
(B) John Richard switch (B) 380kN/m2
(C) Clark switch (C) 390kN/m2
(D) Stub switch (D) 360 kN/m2
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104, The method of slices for the stability of 107. Turnover ratio is the ratio between
slope (A) Annual sales and investment
(A) Can be used for stratified soil (B) Capital and investment
(B) Can be used when seepage occurs (C) Purchase and investment
and the pore pressure exists within (D) Annual sales and purchase
the soil
108. Due to change in price level, a revised
(0) Gives the factor of safety based on
estimate is prepared if the sanctioned
moments and not the forces
estimate exceeds
(D) Ail the above
(A) 2.0%
(B) 2.5%
105. A pile group consists of 9 friction piles of (C) 4.0%
300 mm diameter and 10 m length driven (D) 5.0%
in clay (Cu = 100 kN/m^, y = 20 kN/m®),
The centre to centre distance of piles 109. A supplier sends steel plates in a huge
is 0.75 m in both direction. Factor of quantity to a contractor. The first batch
safety = 3, adhesion factor a = 0.60,then was exhaustively examined for thickness
the safe load for pile group is and gave a standard deviation of 1.8.
The contractor feels that the knowledge
(A) 628.8 kN
of mean within a range of 0.5 to its true
(B) 5659.2 kN value for a probability of 95% would be
(0) 1886.4 kN satisfactory. At 95% probability z = 1.96
(D) 2243.4 kN the size of the sample would be
(A) 30
(B) 40
106. Original cost of property is Rs. 18,00,000 (C) 50
and its expected life is 60 years. Salvage (D) 60
value of the property Is Rs. 75,000.
Depreciation per year using straight line
method would be
110. Which one of the following is not
separated contract ?
(A) Rs. 25,150
(A) Lumpsum
(B) Rs. 29,450 (B) Item rate
(C) Rs. 29,770 (0) Joint venture
(D) Rs. 28,750 (D) Cost plus percentage
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111. The slenderness ratio of the lacing bars 114. The live load for sloping roof with slope
for compression member shall not
15° where access is not provided to roof
exceed
is taken as
(A) 200
(B) 175 (A) 0.55kN/m2
(C) 165
(D) 145
(B) 0.65kN/m2
(C) 0.75kN/m2
112. For plate girder, where load bearing
stiffeners at supports are the role means
(D) 1.10kN/m2
of providing restraint against torsion,the
moment of inertia of the stiffeners about
the centre of web plate I shall not be less
than
115. In the analysis of structures by plastic
theory, the following conditions must be
satisfied
(B) g'<yw (A) Equilibrium condition
(B) Mechanism condition
(C) Yield condition
(D) All the above
113. Where the horizontal stiffeners are
provided'd' in mm shall be taken as
clear distance between the horizontal 116. The carbonate and non-carbonate
stiffeners and tension flange. These hardness of a water having a total
vertical stiffeners shall be designed so
that I is not less than alkalinity of 200 mg/L as CaCOg and
d3*3 120 mg/L of Ca^ and 60 mg/L of Mg^
(A) 1.3^ as ions. Calculate total hardness of the
water in mg/L as CaCOg.
(B) 1.5^ (A) 450
^3*3
(C) 0.87^ (B) 550
(0) 650
(D) 0.85^ (D) 750
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117. In a continuous flow settling tank 3 m 120. Calculate the 'fire demand' for a city
deep and 60 m long, what flow velocity having population using "Freeman
of water would recommend for effective
formula".
removal of 0.025 mm particles. The
specific gravity of particles is 2.65 and (A) 0.829 cumecs
kinematic viscosity V for water may be (B) 0.719 cumecs
taken as 0.01 cm^/sec
(C) 0.789 cumecs
(A) 0.0462 cm/sec
(D) 0.879 cumecs
(B) 0.0562 cm/sec
(C) 0.0662 cm/sec
(D) 0.0762 cm/sec 121. If the free haul distance is 200 m, the
cost of borrow (including excavation
and hauling) is Rs. 4/m^ at station,
118. A water supply scheme has to be cost of haulage beyond free haul is
designed for a city having a population Rs. 0.75/m=^ - station meter, what is the
of 100000, Estimate the maximum
limit of economical haul distance ?
daily draft in million litres/day (Mid)
for an average water consumption of (A) 340 m
250 Ipcd
(B) 360 m
(A) 25 Mid
(B) 50 Mid (0) 380 m
(C) 45 Mid (D) 400 m
(D) 90 Mid
122. Critical path is defined as one that
119. Sewage is flowing with a velocity of gives
0.90 m/sec. in a 300 mm diameter
sewer. Find the hydraulic gradient. (A) The longest time of completion of
Assume Manning's rugosity coefficient the project
"n" as 0.013. (B) The smallest time of completion of
(A) 0.0043 the project
(B) 0.0053 (C) The average time of the completion
(0) 0.0063 of the project
(D) 0.0073 (D) None of the above
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123. A preliminary survey indicates that 126. Water Is flowing with velocity 0.15 m/sec
20% of the time of a gang of workers is over a plate 1 m long and 0.8 m wide.
spent idly. Estimate the total number of Calculate the Reynold's number.
observations required to determine the (Take viscosity of water p = 0.001 Ns/m']
proportion of idle time within ±5% with (A) 100000
95% confidence limit, (z value for 95% (B) 150000
confidence limit = 1.96) (C) 200000
(D) 250000
(A) 246
(B) 256 127. Condition for the most economical
rectangular channel in open channel
(C) 266 flow when width and depth of the
(D) 276 channel are 'b' and'd' respectively and
*m' is the hydraulic mean depth.
(A) b = 2d
124, BOX contract means
(B) m = b/3
(C) d = 2b
(A) Building Of Transfer
(D) m =%
(B) Built Own Transfer
128. A stationary hydraulic jump occurs In a
(C) Build Operate Transfer rectangular channel with the initial and
sequent depth being equal to 0.20 m
(D) Building Operate Trade and 1.20 m respectively. Estimate the
energy loss.
(A) 0.5 m
125. A four wheel tractor whose operating (B) 1.04 m
weight Is 13,000 kg is pulled along a (C) 2.50 m
level haul road at a uniform speed by (D) 3.52 m
another tractor. The average tension
in the toe cable is 585 kg. The rolling 129. If the boundary layer over a flat plate,
kept parallel to the flow, is laminar.
resistance of the haul road is
Determine the ratio of the skin - skin
(A) 25Kg/t friction drags on the front half of the plate
to the rear half.
(B) 35Kg/t (A) 3.52
(C) 45Kg/t (B) 1.51
(C) 2.41
(D) 60Kg/t
(D) 4.21
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130. Froude's number is defined as the 133. Assertion (A): The behaviour of an
ratio of over-reinforced beam is more ductile
than that of under-reinforced beam.
(A) Inertia force to viscous force
Reason (R): Over reinforced beam
(B) Square root of inertia force to
contains more steel and steel is more
pressure force ductile than concrete.
(C) Square root of inertia force to gravity (A) Both (A) and (R) are individually
force true and (R) is correct explanation
of(A)
(D) Square root of inertia force to elastic
(B) Both(A)and(R)are individually true
force
and (R) is not correct explanation
of(A)
(C) (A) is true but(R) is false
131, The value of strength of concrete below (D) (A) is false but(R) is true
which not more than 5% of results are
expected to fall is called
The side face reinforcement is provided
(A) Ultimate strength in a beam along the two faces, when
(B) Permissible strength depth of the web in a beam exceeds
(A) 300 mm
(C) Characteristic strength
(B) 750 mm
(D) Design strength
(0) 500 mm
(D) 450 mm
132, A simply supported beam has an
In case of continuous slab, the torsion
effective span of 12 m. What shall be reinforcement provided in an inner
the limiting ratio of span to effective corner with all the face side continuous
depth as per IS :456-2000 ? an amount equal to
(A) 20 (A) 0.75 A
(B) 0.75 A/2
(B) 26
(C) 0.50 A
(0) 7
(D) No torsion reinforcement is
(D) 16.67 required
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136. The "Pradhana Mantri Gram Sadak 140. A road sign indicates "No Parking" in
Yojana"(PMGSY)Scheme was (A) Warning sign
launched in the year
(B) Prohibitory sign
(A) 1998
(C) Regulatory sign
(B) 1999
(D) Informatory sign
(C) 2000
(D) 2001
141. Which of the following is the world's
largest river ?
137. As per IRC : 73 - 1980, the width of (A) Brahmaputra
the carriageway for double lanes (with (B) Ganga
raised curbs) is (C) Amazon
(A) 7.5 m
(D) Yamuna
(B) 7.6 m
(0) 7.7 m 142. A crop requires twelve waterings at an
(D) 8.0 m interval of 10 days and water depth of
10 cm is applied in every watering. What
will be the total water depth required by
138. According to the IRC : 73 guidelines, the crop during entire period ?
extra widening of curves Is not required (A) 1.10 m
on single lane carriageways if the radius (B) 1200 cm
of the curve is longer than
(C) 1.20 m
(A) 60 m (D) 100 cm
(B) 80 m
(C) 100 m 143. In case of synthetic unit hydrograph, which
(D) 120 m of the following relation was suggested by
Synder relating standard duration(D)with
the basin lag in hours (tp)?
139. Which one of the following is not a
desirable property of the subgrade soil
(A) D = Atp
as a highway material ?
(B) D =
(A) Bitumen adhesion
(B) Strength (C) D^tp
(C) Stability
(D) Good drainage (D) D =^ b
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144. The equilibrium equation for steady flow in 148. A pre-stressed concrete simply supported
a confined aquifer is popularly known as rectangular beam is having'A'cross-sectional
(A) Lacey's equation area has a span 'S' and is subjected
(B) Thiem's equation to a bending moment 'M' at mid span
sections. The pre-stressing tendons
(C) Dupuit's equation are located at an eccentricity 'e' from
(D) Bligh's theory the centroidal axis provide an effective
pre-stress of'P'. The extreme bottom fibre
145. In case of gravity dam,the water pressure stress at mid-span section is given as
acts at a distance of
(where h^ - height of water in metre) A Z,
P Pe
(A) ^h^ from still water surface
(B) ^h^ from still water surface P Pe
_+— +
(C) h^ from still water surface
(D) y^ h^ from still water surface
149. A simply supported concrete beam
146. In case of helically reinforced column,the pre-stressed with a force of 2500 kN is
ratio of volume of helical reinforcement designed by load balancing concept for
to the volume of the core shall be an effective span of 10 m and to carry a
total load of 40 kN/m, the central dip of
(A) <0.36[^^-lj.f^/f^ the cable profile should be
(A) 100 mm
(B) S0.36(Aj/A,-1)U/f, (B) 200 mm
(C) 300 mm
(C) >0.36(A,/A,+1)f,,/^ (D) 400 mm
(D) ^0.36(1-A,/A,)-U/i;, 150. As per IS: 1893(Part I) 2016.the design
horizontal seismic co-efficient K for a
147. The critical section for one way shear structure is determined by
action in the design of isolated column
footing shall be taken as (A) Ah-^xlx —
(A) column face . Z R Sa
(B) a distance'd' from column face
(C) a distance 'from column face A,=Z~.^
' R 9
(D) a distance'^'from column face A _Z R Sa
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