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MPPSC AE 2021: State Engineering Service Examination, Civil Engineering

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SECTION-A
                                        (General Studies)
  1. The highest peak of Madhya Pradesh Is         4. Consider the following statement with
     located                                             reference to soils.
     (A) Mahadeo hills
                                                         1. Large amount of iron and lime are
     (B) Kaimur range
                                                             found in black soil.
     (C) Vindhyachal range
                                                         2. Red and yellow soil is found in
     (D) Bhander range
                                                            Baghelkhand.
  2. Match List - I with List - II and select            3. Alluvial soil is found in Bhind and
     the correct answer from the codes given                 Morena District.
     below.
           List -1               List - II            Select the correct statement from the
           (River)        (River drainage              above.
                         area Town/District)          (A) 1,2 and 3
      a. Wainganga             1. Multai
                                                      (B) 1 and 2
      b. Tapti                 2. Seoni
                                                      (C) only 1
      c.   Narmada             3. Jabalpur
                                                      (D) only 2
      d. Betwa              4. Vidisha

     Codes:
                                                   5. Which ofthe following pair is hot correctly
           a    b    c     d                             matched ?
    (A) 2       1    3     4
                                                           District             Mining area
    (B) 1       2    3     4
                                                      (A) Panna                 Diamond
    (C) 2       1    4     3
    (D) 1       2    4     3                          (B) Balaghat              Copper
                                                      (C) Katni                 Limestone
  3. The most important Geographical
                                                      (D) Sagar                 Manganese
     factor affecting average temperature in
     Madhya Pradesh
    (A) Proximity to the Bay of Bengal             6. Which Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh
    (B) Tropic of Cancer passes through               has been declared the Biosphere
        the middle of Madhya Pradesh
                                                       Reserve by UNESCO ?
    (C) About 25 percent part of the land
                                                      (A) Kanha Tiger Reserve
        area of Madhya Pradesh is covered
        by forests                                    (B) Pench Tiger Reserve
    (D) Proximity to the Equator of the              (C) Satpuda Tiger Reserve
        Southern part of Madhya Pradesh              (D) Panna Tiger Reserve

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7, The two States that have been recently in   10. Yogesh Malviya has been awarded the
    news for inter-state border dispute are         Dronacharya Award - 2020 for.which
                                                    sport ?
    (A) Mizoram - Meghalaya
                                                    (A) Kabaddi
    (B) Manipur-Meghalaya
                                                    (B) Wrestling
    (C) Mizoram - Arunachal Pradesh
                                                   (C) Mallakhamba
    (D) Mizoram - Assam
                                                   (D) Boxing


 8. Match List - I with List - II and using     11. Which of the following is an example of
     the given codes, select the correct
                                                    input devices ?
     answer.
                                                    (A) Trackball
              List -1           List-ll
                                                    (B) Speaker
          (Player)              (Sport)
                                                    (C) Printer
      a. Chinki Yadav        1. Horse Riding
                                                    (D) Plotter
      b. AkshatJoshi         2. Shooting
      c. Muskan Kirar        3. Hockey
      d. Khamman Singh 4. Archery               12. Who is called the 'father of artificial

     Codes:                                         intelligence'?

          a     b   0   d                           (A) V. Rajaraman
    (A) 1       2   3   4                           (B) Alan Turing
    (B) 2       1   3   4                           (C) John McCarthy
    (C) 2       1   4   3
                                                    (D) Tim Berners-Lee
    (D)   1     2   4   3



                                                13. The smallest unit of memory in a
  9. With which sport is "Rajmata Vijya Raje
                                                    computer is
     Sindhia Competition" associated ?
                                                    (A) Megabyte
     (A) Cricket
    (B) Hockey                                      (B) Nibble

    (C) Football                                    (C) Byte
    (D) Chess                                       (D) Bit

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14. E-Pathshala App is related to              18. Who built Sanchi Stupa ?
     (A) Books                                      (A) Chandragupta first
     (8) Scholarship                                (B) BImbisara
     (C) Medicine .                                 (C) BIndusara
     (D) Farmers                                    (D) Ashoka



 15. Which of the following Is an anti-virus    19. Amritlai Vegad is related to
      software ?
                                                    (A) Sculpture
     (A) Monkey
                                                    (B) Painting
     (B) Norton
                                                    (0) Singing
     (C) Adware
                                                    (D) Music
     (D) Trojan Horse


                                                20. Who is the 'Bhilat Baba'?
 16. It was the Capital of 'Rajabhoj'               (A) The Chief deity of the 'Bharia'
     (A) Ujjain                                     (B) The Chief deity of the 'Bhils'
     (B) Dewas                                     (C) The Chief deity of the 'Baiga'
     (0) Dharanagari                               (D) The Chief deity of the 'Saharia'
     (D) Bhopal

                                                21. Which of the following campaign has
 17. Who was the last successful and glorious       been Initiated under the "Beti Bachao

     King of Garha Mandala ?
                                                    Beti Padhao" Scheme run by Madhya
                                                    Pradesh Government ?
     (A) Raja Shah
                                                   (A) Sankh
     (B) Vikram Shah
                                                   (B) Lado
    (0) Shankar Shah
                                                   (C) Uma
    (D) Vishnu Shah
                                                   (D) Pankh
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22. Underthe Madhya Pradesh Mukhyamantri          25. Singorgarh fort is situated in which
     Kisan Kalyan Yojana, how much amount               district of Madhya Pradesh ?
     is to be given to beneficiary family in a
                                                       (A) Sagar
     financial year ?
     (A) ? 4,000
                                                       (B) Damoh

     (B) 15,000                                        (C) Jabalpur

     (C) T 6,000                                       (D) Chhatarpur
     (D) ^7,000

                          I                        26. Which of the following is not a mobile
 23. Consider the following statements                  Operating System ?
     related to Mission Gramodaya Yojana               (A) PalmOS
     of Madhya Pradesh Government.
                                                       (B) Web OS
       i. Families living in rural areas will be
          provided with residential facility.          (C) Symbian OS
       ii. Basic amenities of rural areas will         (D) Mac OS
          be expanded.
      iii. This scheme was inaugurated in the
           district headquarter of Bhopai.         27. Which of the following is the core protocol
     Choose the correct option ;                        of WWW?

     (A) i and iii                                     (A) DSi
     (B) ii and iii                                    (B) HTTP
    (C) i and ii                                       (C) NNTP
    (D) All of the above
                                                       (D) FTP


24. Which award has been given to
                                                   28. URL stands for
    Prof. Sharad Pagare ?
    (A) Saraswati Samman -2020
                                                       (A) Universal Reference Location

    (B) Kalidas Samman -2020                           (B) Uniform Resource Locator

    (C) Vyas Samman -2020                              (C) Universal Resource Locator
    (D) Tansen Samman -2020                            (D) University Resource Locator

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29. Which of the following describe           33. 'Matkr dance is famous in which area ?
      E-Commerce ?                                 (A) Malwa
                                                   (B) Nimar
     (A) Business of Electronic Goods
                                                   (0) Bundelkhand
     (B) Business of Electrical Goods
             \
                                                   (D) Baghelkhand
     (C) Doing Business Electronically
     (D) All of the above                      34. In which District is'chldikho tourist place'
                                                    located ?
                                                   (A) Bhopal
                                                   (B) Rajgarh
 30. Which of the computer language Is used
                                                   (C) Raisen
     in "Artificial Intelligence" ?
                                                   (D) Sehore
     (A) JAVA

     (B) Pascal                                35. 'Poet Biharl' was related from
                                                   (A) Madhya Pradesh
     (C) PROLOG
                                                   (B) Bihar
     (D) FORTRAN                                   (C) Rajasthan
                                                   (D) Uttar Pradesh
 31. Venganga river flows
                                               36. Which of the following correct order of
     (A) Balaghat
                                                   Ministers from senior to junior In the
     (B) BetuI                                      State Council of Ministers ?
                                                   (A) Minister of State, Cabinet Minister,
    (C) Khandwa
                                                       Deputy Minister, Parliamentary
    (D) Dindori                                        Secretary
                                                   (B) Cabinet Minister, Deputy Minister,
                                                       Minister of State, Parliamentary
 32. Chanderl Is famous for                            Secretary
    (A) Sarees                                     (C) Cabinet Minister, Minister of
                                                        State, Parliamentary Secretary,
    (B) Wooden work                                     Deputy Minister
    (0) BIdi Industry                             (D) Cabinet Minister, Minister of State,
                                                      Deputy Minister, Parliamentary
    (D) Diamond industry                                Secretary

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37. Who was the first leader of opposition         41. By whom is the work of diamond mining
     of Madhya Pradesh Legislative
                                                        done in Panna District ?
     Assembly ?
                                                        (A) National Mineral Development
     (A) Vishnu Vinayak Sarvate
                                                             Corporation
     (B) Vishnu Nath Tamashkar
     (C) V. G. Ghate                                    (B) Bharat Diamond Bourse

     (D) VIshwanath Yadavrao Tamashkar                  (C) Jindal Sales Corporation
                                                        (D) Alrosa

 38. Which of the following body is the
     highest decision making body in the
                                                    42. Which of the following option is not
     politico-administrative system
     according to Indian Constitution ?                  correct ?

     (A) Ruling party                                   (A) The coal found in Madhya
     (B) Cabinet                                             Pradesh is deposit in Gondwana
     (C) Legislative Assembly                                rock group
     (D) Collectively all                               (B) Pench Kanhan coalfield is an
                                                             important coal mining area in
                                                             Madhya Pradesh
 39. In which Article of the Indian Constitution
      there is a provision to constitute Gram           (C) Singrauli coalfield is spread over
      Sabha in Gram Panchayat ?                              Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh
     (A) 243 A                                          (D) Pathakheda coalfield is situated in
     (B) 243 B                                               BetuI district and provides coal to
     (C) 243 C                                               Sarni Thermal Power Station
     (D) 243 D

                                                    43. Which coalfield is not located in Madhya
 40. When Madhya Pradesh was declared as
                                                        Pradesh ?
     "Open Defection Free" State ?
                                                        (A) Korba coalfield
     (A) 16 January 2016
     (B) 01 May 2018                                    (B) Mohpani coalfield
     (C) 15 August 2016                                 (C) Sohagpur coalfield
     (D) 02 October 2018                                (D) Pathakheda coalfield

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44. Which of the following pair is not correctly    48. As per 2011 Census, what is the
      matched ?                                          population density of Madhya Pradesh
      Irrigation Project      River/Tributary
                                                         from the following ?
     (A) Ban Sagar           Son
         Project                                         (A) 225/sq. km.
     (B) Tawa Project        Tawa                        (B) 236/sq. km.
     (C) Pench Project       Pench
                                                         (0) 246/sq. km.
     (D) Kolar Project        Betwa
                                                         (D) 382/sq. km.

 45. Balaghat District gets irrigation facility
      from the canal of which river ?                49. In which district of Madhya Pradesh
     (A) Wainganga                                       thickest layer of coal of India Is found ?
     (B) Narmada
                                                         (A) Chhindwara
     (C) Tapti
     (D) Matiyarl                                        (B) Singrauli

                                                        (0) Shahdol

 46. Which of the following tribe is not a              (D) BetuI
     sub-tribe of "Baiga Tribe" ?
     (A) Bijhwar
     (B) Narotia                                     50. How much amount is being provided by
     (C) Badoya                                          the Madhya Pradesh Government under

     (D) Kathmaina                                       the "KIsan Kalyan Yojana" annually in
                                                         addition to the amount announced by
                                                         the Central Government under "KIsan
 47. The scale of measuring the values of the
     components of "Physical Quality of Life             Samman Nidhi Yojana" ?
     Index" lies between                                (A) Rs. 2,000
     (A) In between 0 to 1
                                                        (B) Rs. 3,000
     (B) In between 1 to 100
                                                        (C) Rs. 4,000
     (C) In between 1 to 50
     (D) In between 0 to 100                            (D) Rs. 5,000

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SECTION - B
                                      Civil Engineering
 51. A riveted connection with 18 mm                  54. A column base is subjected to combined
     diameter rivets in double shear are
      used to connect 10 mm thick plates. If               action of axial load and moment. If the
      permissible stresses for rivets in shear             intensity of bearing pressure due to
      and bearing are 80 MPa and 250 MPa                   axial load is equal to maximum pressure
      respectively as well as for the plate In
      bearing is 250 MPa, then the strength                generated due to moment,then the total
      of rivet is                                          bearing pressure between the column
     (Values are rounded off to nearest
                                                           base and concrete is
      integer value)
     (A) 48750 N                                          (A) Uniform compression throughout
     (B) 23892 N
                                                          (B) Zero at one end and compression
     (C) 97500 N
                                                               at other end
     (D) 47784 N
                                                          (0) Tension at one end and compression
 52. An ISLB 300 section is used as a simply                   at other end
      supported beam having span of 5 m. If
      the sectional modulus is 4.889 x 10^ mm^            (D) Uniform tension throughout
      and plastic modulus is 5.4206 x 10^ mm^
      then the shape factor of the beam is
     (A) 1.10
                                                      55. Butt weld used in a welded connection
     (B) 0.90
                                                          Is subjected to combined action of
     (0) 0.80
                                                          bearing, bending and shear. If bearing
     (D) 0.72
                                                          stress fjjj. = 200 MPa, bending stress
 53. A steel section is being used as tension             fjj= 120 MPa and shear stress q =90 MPa,
      member. The cross section area is                   then the equivalent stress f^ the butt
     1100 mm^ and yield strength of steel
     section is 250 MPa. If the design is                 weld subjected is equal to
     governed by yielding of the cross section           (Values rounded off to integer)
     under axial tension, then the design
     strength (T^J of the member is                      (A) 420 MPa
     (A) 150kN
                                                         (B) 200 MPa
     (B) 250 kN
    (C) 100 kN                                           (C) 270 MPa
    (D) None of the above                                (D) 320 MPa

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56. An activated sludge process operates at         60. In children "Methaemoglobinaemia"
     a flow rate of 540 m^/d having influent             disease is caused by
     BODg of 200 mg/L. Volume of aeration                (A) Conversion of nitrites to nitrates
     tank is 60 m^ and biomass concentration             (B) Due to total nitrogen
     in aeration tank is 3000 mg/L.The Food             (C) Conversion of nitrates to nitrites
                                                         (D) Reaction between haemoglobin
     to Microorganism (F/M) ratio is
                                                              and COg
     (A) 0.4
     (B) 0.6                                         61. Find the specific energy of flowing water
     (C) 0.8                                             through a rectangular channel of width
     (D) 0.2                                             5m, when the depth of water is 3m and
                                                          discharge is 10m^/s.
 57. An egg shaped section of sewer                      (A) 30.2m
     (A) Is economical than circular section             (B) 3.0226m

     (B) Provides self-cleansing velocity                (C) 3022.4cm
     (C) Is more stable than circular                    (D) 3.0224cm

     (D) Is easy to construct
                                                     62. Find the rate of flow of water through
                                                         a rectangular channel of 6m wide and
 58. Suitable layout of distribution system              3m deep, when it is running full. The
     for a city with road of rectangular                 bed slope of channel is 1 in 2000. Take
     pattern                                             Chezy's constant C = 55.

     (A) Grid iron system                              "(A) 27.108 m^/s

     (B) Ring system
                                                         (B) 2.7108 m3/s
                                                         (C) 1.506 m3/s
     (C) Radial system
                                                         (D) 0.2710 m^/s
     (D) Dead end system

 59. Dissolved oxygen in stream is                   63. Which of the following devices are
                                                         usually used in measuring pipe flow ?
     (A) Minimum at noon
                                                         (A) Mouthpiece
     (B) Maximum at mid night                            (B) Cipolletti weir
     (C) Same throughout the day                         (C) Pitot tube
     (D) Maximum at noon                                 (D) Venturimeter

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64. The most desirable location for the surge    68. Morgan keys are suitable for Cl chairs,
       tank is                                         plate sleepers and metal sleepers. There
      (A) Immediately upstream of the turbine             specifications are
      (B) Immediately upstream of the tail water         (A) 12 cm long with a taper of 1 in 48
      (C) Immediately downstream of the                  (B) 12 cm long with a taper of 1 in 30
           reservoir                                     (C) 18 cm long with a taper of 1 In 48
      (D) Immediately upstream of the                    (D) 18 cm long with a taper of 1 in 32
           reservoir

                                                   69. Train resistance due to gradient is
 65. For the laminar boundary layer, its                  given as
     thickness is expressed by the relationship          (A) Weight of train x rate of grade
     (Where is the local Reynolds number
                                                                                       1
     based on distance x from the leading                (B) Weight of train x
      edge)                                                                      rate of grade
                                                                                      2
     (A) 5 = 0.664x/R°-^°                                (C) Weight of train x
                                                                                 rate of grade
     (B) 5 = 0.664x/^
                                                         (D) Twice the weight of train x rate of
     (C) 6 = 5x/7^                                            grade

     (D) 5=1.75x/^
                                                   70.   Worn up rail should not be used if the
                                                          wear exceeds the limit between
 66. The size of the wooden sleeper used on              (A) 7% to 10%
     . broad gauge is                                    (B) 3% to 4.5%
     (A) 275 cm X 32 cm X 13 cm                          (C) 10% to 12.5%
     (B) 275 cm X 25 cm X 18 cm                          (D) 5% to 8.0%
     (C) 275 cm X 25 cm X 13 cm
     (D) 275 cm x 25 cm x 32 cm
                                                   71    If drainage is permitted throughout
                                                         the test, during the application of both
                                                         normal and shear stresses, so that full
 67. Fish plates used in Indian Railway should           consolidation occurs and no excess
     have the carbon contents equal to                   pore pressure is set-up at any stage of
     (A) 0.38% to 0.47%                                  the test, is known as
                                                         (A) Drained test
     (B) 0.30% to 0.42%
                                                         (B) Quick test
     (C) 0.25% to 0.42%
                                                         (C) C-Utest
     (D) 0.15% to 0.47%                                 (D) Compression test

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72. In site exploration, depth upto which the        76. The stress in cement concrete pavement
    increase in pressure is likely to cause              changes
     shear failure is known as                           (A) Seasonally
     (A) Significant depth                               (B) Annually
                                                         (C) Daily
     (B) Failure depth
                                                         (D) None of the above
     (C) Pressure depth
     (D) Exploration depth                           77. The rise of water level near bridge due to
                                                         obstruction caused by the construction
                                                         of bridge is called as
73. The minimum net pressure intensity                   (A) Superlex
    causing shear failure of soil, is                    (B) Afflux
     known as                                            (0) Dulex
     (A) Safe bearing capacity                           (D) Scouring
     (B) Net safe bearing capacity
                                                     78. According to ICAO, all markings on the
     (C) Ultimate bearing capacity                        runways are
     (D) Net ultimate bearing capacity                   (A) Yellow
                                                         (B) White
74. Which of the following is a characteristic           (C) Black
    of general shear failure ?                           (D) Red
     (A) Failure is accompanied by
                                                     79. The maximum transverse grade as per
          compressibility of soil
                                                         ICAO of 'D' type airport is
     (B) Failure is sudden                               (A) 1.5%
     (C) Bulging of shearing mass of soil                (B) 2.0%
     (D) Depression of soil                              (C) 2.5%
                                                         (D) 3.0%
 75. The piles that are used for protecting
     structures from ships and floating              80. Airport elevation is the reduced level
     objects are                                          above mean sea level of

     (A) Anchor piles                                    (A) Control tower

     (B) Compaction piles                                (B) Hanger
                                                         (C) Highest point of the landing area
     (0) Batter piles
     (D) Fender piles                                    (D) Lowest point of the landing area

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81, A steel rod of 2.5 m in height and area of   85. The strain energy per unit volume due to
      125 mm^ Is subjected to a pull of 30kN.         direct stress 'cf and strain 'g'is equal to the
      if Young's modulus Is 200 GPa, the               (A) 2a7E
      elongation of the rod will be                   (B) 2 Eg 2
     (A) 3 mm
     (B) 30 mm
                                                      (C) |Ee2
     (C) 300 mm                                       (D) None of the above
     (D) 0.3 mm
                                                  86. The limitation of Bligh's theory observed as
 82, For a given material, If E, G, and v are         (A) Made no distinction between
      Young's modulus, modulus of rigidity                horizontal and vertical creep
      and Polsson's ratio respectively, then          (B) Made no explanation of exit gradient
     the relation E =                                 (C) Made no distinction between outer
     (A) 2G(1 + v)                                        and inner faces of sheet piles
     (B) 2G(1-v)                                      (D) All the above
     (C) 2G/(1+v)
     (D) 2G/(1-v)                                 87. A device where silt is excluded from
                                                      water entering the canal is known as the
                                                       following and placed at
 83, Every material obeys the Hook's law
                                                      (A) Silt ejector placed infront of head
     within its
                                                            regulator
     (A) Elastic limit
                                                      (B) Silt ejector placed behind the head
     (B) Limit of proportionality
                                                            regulator
     (C) Plastic limit
                                                      (C) Silt excluder placed infront of head
    (D) Modulus of elasticity
                                                            regulator
                                                      (D) Silt excluder placed behind the head
 84, A framed structure is perfect, if the                  regulator
     number of members are       (2J - 3),
     where J Is joint.                            88. Which statement is not true for canal
    (A) Equal to                                      lining ?
     (B) Less than                                    (A) Minimize the seepage losses
                                                      (B) Reduce maintenance of canal
    (C) Greater than
                                                      (C) Prevent erosion
    (D) None of the above                             (D) Decrease discharge

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89, A larger length of groyne pointing                  92. If the fillet welds are subjected to a
    upstream used for river training works                  combination of normal stress (f^) and
    is known as
                                                            shear stress (q), the equivalent stress
    (A) Attracting Groyne
    (B) Repelling Groyne                                    (fe) is
    (0) Deflecting Groyne                                   (A) ^/M
    (D) Sedimentary Groyne
                                                            (B) V3fa+3q=
90, In cross drainage works, if natural
    drainage is carried over the canal                      (C) ^f=+3q=
     where F.S.L. of the canal is lower than
     the underside of the trough carrying                   (D) ^
     drainage water, then it can be said as
    (A) Aqueduct                                        93, An angle ISA 75 x 75 x 6 is connected
    (B) Syphon aqueduct                                      to a gusset plate through single leg as
    (C) Canal syphon                                         shown in figure. Bolt used are M 20
    (D) Super passage                                        grade 4.6. What is net area of angle ?

91, In a bracket with riveted connections the                         gusset plate
     no. of rivets(n)essential for resisting the
     external moment M is equal to             .
     Where, R - rivet value, m - no. of rivet
                                                                        M 20 Bolt
     lines and p - pitch of rivets
                                                                              -ISA 75x75x6

                                                                              3
                fSRm
     (A) n =
                 Mp

                I 6M
     (B) n =
                mpR
                                                            (A) 732 mm2
               |6M
    (C) n =                                                  (B) 862 mm2
                mR

                                                            (0) 600 mm2
                feMm
     (D) n =
                  pR                                         (D) 432 mm^

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94. A steel structure subjected to a
                                                      96.       V.
      combination of Dead Load (DL) and                     (A) Porosity
      Earthquake Load (EL),the partial safety               (B) Water content
      factors for limit state of strength are               (C) Void ratio
      and                respectively.                      (D) Degree of saturation

     (A) 1.2:1.2                                     97. At shrinkage limit, the soil is
                                                            (A) Dry
     (B) 1.5; 1.0
                                                            (B) Fully Saturated
     (C) 1.5:1.5                                            (C) Partially Saturated
                                                          (D) None of the above
     (D) 1.0:1.2
                                                     98. If the natural water content of the
                                                            soil mass lies between its liquid limit
 95. If the intermediate transverse stiffners               and plastic limit, the soil mass is said
      to web are not subjected to external                  to be in

      loading, then it shall be designed to              (A) Liquid state
                                                         (B) Semi-solid state
      withstand a minimum shear force
                                                         (C) Solid state
     (in kN/mm) of
                                                         (D) Plastic state
     (Where, t^= Web thickness in mm,
     bg = Outstand width of the stiffner in mm.)     99. The co-efficient of compressibility of soil
                                                            is the ratio of
                                                         (A) Stress to strain
    '*'1:                                                (B) Strain to stress
           t2                                            (C) Stress to settlement
          5bs                                            (D) Rate of loading to settlement

        5t^
    (C) ^                                          100. Under-reamed piles are generally
                                                        (A) Driven piles
                                                        (B) Pre-cast piles
                                                        (C) Bored piles
                                                        (D) None of the above

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101. The activity does notinvolve consumption 105. The cost slope is given by
         of resources and does not need any                 Normal cost - Crash cost
         time is cailed as                            (A)
                                                                Normal time - Crash time
         (A) Negative activity                                      Crash cost - Normal cost
                                                          (B)
         (B) True activity                                      Crash duration - Normal time

         (C) Dummy activity                                          Crash cost- Normal cost
                                                          (C)
                                                                Normal duration - Crash duration
         (D) Positive activity
                                                          (D) None of the above

                                                   106.   A simply supported beam of span 7'
    102. The difference between total float and           carries a concentrated load 'W' at
         free float is defined as                         the centre. The bending moment at
         (A) Independent float                            mid-point will be

         (B) Interference float                           (A) -w/
                                                                8
         (C) Dependent float
                                                          (B) -W/
                                                                2
         (D) Independent slack time
                                                          (C) -W/
                                                                4

    103, Which of the following contract is not           (D) -W/2
          measurement contract ?                                8

         (A) Lump-sum contract                     107. The two hinged arch is an example of
                                                          (A) Statically Indeterminate structure
         (B) Item rate contract
                                                          (B) Statically determinate structure
         (C) Percentage rate contract                     (C) Both (A) and (B)
         (D) None of the above                            (D) None of the above

                                                   108. The bending equation is written as

    104. Worker's productivity is defined as
         (A) Total work done per week                           M     a'
                                                                      a         E'
         (B) Quantity of work done per man                             y
              hour                                              M     a
                                                          (C)
         (C) Quantity of work done per month                          y
                                                                           .2   ^2
         (D) None of the above                            (D) ^
                                                              I
                                                                =^
                                                                 y
                                                                   =^
                                                                    R
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109. For ductile materials,the mostappropriate 113 The displacement of the track from
       failure theory is
                                                           its original position due to insufficient
      (A) Maximum principal stress theory                  expansion gap in the track is known as
      (B) Maximum shear stress theory                      (A) Distorting
      (C) Maximum principal strain theory                  (B) Hogging
      (D) Shear-strain energy theory                       (0) Creeping
                                                           (D) Buckling
 110. The maximum principal stress theory
      was postulated by
                                                           Heel Divergence is defined as
      (A) Rankine
                                                          (A) Ratio of length of tongue rail to
      (B) St. Venant
                                                               switch angle
     (C) Mohr
                                                          (B) Ratio of switch angle to length of
     (D) Tresca
                                                               tongue rail

                                                          (C) Multiplication of length of tongue rail
111. Width of Ballast section at bottom of track               and switch angle
      forB.G. is

     (A) 4200 mm                                          (D) Multiplication of wing rail and switch
                                                               angle
     (B) 4600 mm
     (C) 4800 mm
     (D) 5000 mm
                                                    115. The outer rim of the railway wheels

                                                          are coned to prevent the rubbing of
112. Which type of transition curve is mostly             the wheel flanges with sides of the top
      used by Indian Railways ?                           flanges of the rail at a slope of
     (A) Cubic parabola curve                             (A) 1 in 20
     (B) Spiral curve                                     (B) 1 in 24
     (C) Sine curve                                       (C) 1 in 26
     (D) Lemniscate of Bernoulli's curve                  (D) 1 in 30

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116, The deflection of a beam with straight 119, As per IS:456:2000, in case of flat slab
     tendon's having uniform eccentricity        the minimum thickness of slab shall be
     below the centroid axis is given by
                                                 (A) 100 mm
     (where P = effective prestressing force ,
     e = eccentricity, L = length of beam,       (B) 115 mm
     a = deflection)                            (0) 125 mm
                PeLf                                 (D) 150 mm
     (A) a =-
                12EI

                                                120, As per IS:1893:2002,the critical damping
                PeL^
     (B) a =                                         ratio in case of steel structures, concrete
                "l2EI                                 structures and earthen structures are
                PeL^                                  respectively
     (C) a =
                 8EI                                 (A) 5%,2% and 20%
                PeL^                                 (B) 2%,20% and 5%
     (D) a =
                 8EI
                                                     (C) 20%,5% and 2%

117, Thefoundation that is used when bearing  (D) 2%,5% and 20%
     power of soil is so low that independent
     column footings are impracticable 121, Classification of road in India was
     and pile foundation cannot be used               done by
     advantageously is
                                                     (A) Central Government
     (A) Strap foundation
                                                     (B) Indian Road Congress
     (B) Combined foundation
     (0) Raft or Mat foundation                      (C) Ministry of Surface Transport
     (D) Rectangular combined foundation             (D) Nagpur Road Plan


118, As per IS : 1343 :1980, in prestressed "*22, The drainage layer in the highway
     concrete minimum grade of concrete for           pavement is known as
      pre-tensioned system will be                   (A) Base course
     (A) M40
                                                     (B) Sub-base course
     (B) M55
     (C) M30                                         (C) Surface course
     (D) M20                                         (D) Subgrade

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123. If R is the radius of a main curve and         127. Modern turbidimeters working on the
      L Is the length of the transition curve,the         principles of scattering of light, are
      shift of the curve Is
                                                          known as
     (A) L2/24R
                                                         (A) Jackson turbidimeter
     (B) L/24R
                                                         (B) Modern ion chromatography
     (C) L4/24R
                                                         (0) Nephio turbidimeter
     (D) L3/24R
                                                         (D) Atomic turbidimeter
124. In California Bearing Ratio test, the value
      of GBR is calculated at
                                                    128. In a waste water treatment plant, grit
     (A) 2.5 mm penetration only
                                                         chamber are designed to remove
     (B) 5.0 mm penetration only
     (C) Both 2.5 mm and 5.0 mm penetrations             particles by using the principles of
     (D) 7.5 mm penetration only                         (A) Type - I settling
                                                         (B) Type"II settling
125. For the construction of cement concrete
     pavement slabs, the desirable limit of              (C) Type-111 settling
      maximum aggregate crushing value is
                                                         (D) Type - IV settling
     (A) 35%
     (B) 30%
                                                    129. London Smog was primarily caused by
     (0) 27%
     (D) 24%                                             (A) Burning of oil

126. The water required for firefighting(known           (B) Burning of coal
     asfire-demand) may be computed using                (0) Eruption of volcano
      National Board of Fire underwrites
      formula given as                                   (D) None of the above
      Q = 4637^/p (1 -0.01 ^)where
     (A) Q = quantity of water in m^/s and          130. Which one of the following method is
           P is more than 2,00,000                       generally not adopted for safe disposal
     (B) Q = quantity of water in LVmin and              of biomedical wastes ?
           P is more than 2,00,000
                                                         (A) Shredding after disinfection
     (C) Q = quantity of water in m^/s and
                                                         (B) Incineration
         P is less than or equal to 2,00,000
                                                         (0) Sanitary landfill
     (D) Q = quantity of water in L7min and
         P is less than or equal to 2,00,000             (D) None of the above

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131. A singly reinforced beam 200 mm wide 134, Whatis the recommended value of effective
     Is 400 mm deep to the center of the
                                               length, if the column is effectively held in
     tensile reinforcement. Determine the
                                               position and fixed against rotation in both
     limiting rrioment of resistance of the
      beam section. Use M 20 Concrete and                ends ?(/ = unsupported length of column)
      Fe 250 Steel.                                     (A) 0.65/
     (A) 9.536 kN.m                                     (B) 0.80/
     (B) 95.36 kN.m
                                                        (0) 1.00/
     (0) 953.60 kN.m
                                                        (D) 1.20/
     (D) 80.00 kN.m

                                                    135. The development length (L^j) of a
132. For bond stress of deformed bars
                                                         deformed bar {(j)= nominal diameter) as
     conforming to IS 1786, design bond                  per IS :456 : 2000 in limit state design
     stress of plain bars In tension In limit            is given by (where Og = stress in a bar
     state method shall be increased by                  at the section considered at design load,
     (A) 25%                                                 = design bond stress)
     (B) 40%
     (C) 60%                                            (A) I         —
                                                                  ^       4 St
     (D) 75%
                                                        (B) L =—5®^
133. The Hoop tension per meter height for                    ' S.OTb,
     circular tank with a flexible joint between        (C)   I       _


     the walls and base is given by (where
     w = specific wt. of water, D = internal
                                                        (D) I         _
     diameter of tank, h = depth and T = hoop                             ^^bd
     tension)
     (A) D = wh X —                                136. An object placed in a fluid stream may
                   2                                    experience drag and lift forces. These
          T     u D                                     forces are due to
    (B) T = wh X —
                   4
                                                        (A) Viscosity and turbulence
    (C) T    UX—
        T = wh D
                                                        (B) Pressure and gravity
                   6
                                                        (0) Pressure and turbulence
    (D) T    uX—
        T = wh D
                   2                                   (D) Pressure and viscosity

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137. In 1 in 40 model of a spillway,the velocity 141, Which is not the hydro power scheme /
     and discharge are 2m/s and 2.5 m^/s,              plant ?
     respectively. Find the velocity in the           (A) Run-off river Scheme
      prototype.
                                                         (B) Storage Scheme
      (A) 126.5 m/s
                                                         (C) Pumped Storage Scheme
      (B) 12.65 mm/s
                                                         (D) Canal Scheme
     (C) 12.65 m/s
     (D) 0.126 m/s
                                                  142.    Measurements of duty should not be
                                                          taken
138. The flownet Is a graphical representation
      of              irrotational flow.                 (A) At the head of the main canal
     (A) One dimensional                                 (B) At the head of the branch canal
     (B) Two dimensional                                 (0) At the middle of the canal
     (C) Three dimensional                               (D) At the outlet of the canal
     (D) None of the above
                                                  143.   A unit hydrograph consists of a hydrograph
                                                         of direct runoff resulting from the following
139. The energy loss in pipe is due to                   mentioned below which takes place
     (A) Surface roughness only                          uniformly over the basin at a uniform rate
     (B) Turbulent shear stress                          during a specified period of time
     (C) Friction offered by pipe wall and               (A) One cm of rainfall
           viscous action                                (B) Ten cm of rainfall
     (D) Viscous action only                             (0) One cm of effective rainfall
                                                         (D) Ten cm of effective rainfall
140. A wide unlined channel carrying silt free
      water has a depth of 2 m.The maximum 144. Ground water is widely distributed under
      tractive stress permissibles on the bed   the ground and the geologic formation
      to prevent scour is 1.96 N/m^. What is             which can absorb water but cannot
      maximum slope that can be given to the             transmit significant amount of water
      channel ?
                                                         known as with example
     (A) 3 in 10^                                        (A) Aquiclude such as shale
     (B) 2^10-*                                          (B) Aquiclude such as basalt
     (C) 1 in 103                                        (0) Aquifuge such as clay
     (D) l inlC*                                         (D) Aquifuge such as granite

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145. Stilling basin Is used for                 148. A concrete mixer having a initial cost
     (A) Drip irrigation                             of Rs. 2 lakh and a salvage value of
                                                     Rs. 50,000 at the end economic life of
     (B) Sprinkler irrigation                        5 years. What will be annual depreciation
     (C) Dissipation of energy                       each year using straight line method ?

     (D) Cross drainage work                         (A) Rs. 30,000
                                                     (B) Rs. 40,000
146. If N = No. of years prescribed for              (C) Rs. 50,000
            completion of project                    (D) Rs. 33,333
      A = Maximum value of works completed
          during last 5 years
      B = Value of on going work in the         149. Performance security is refunded to the
                                                     contractor
          next N years
      then Bid capacity is calculated as             (A) After issue of defect liability
                                                          certificate
     (A) 2AB-N
                                                     (B) After issue of completion
     (B) 2BN-A
                                                          certificate
     (C) 2AN-B
                                                     (C) As per contractor demand after
     (D) None of the above
                                                         completion of work
                                                     (D) None of the above
147. Building and other construction workers
      Central Rules, 1998 is not related
                                                150. The estimate prepared for approval to
     (A) To ensure all mechanical equipments         include additional item of work during
         are provided with safety features           execution which was not foreseen in
     (B) To ensure minimum salary to be              initial stage is called as
          provided to all labours                    (A) Rough order of magnitude
                                                          estimate
     (C) To ensure workers do not lift weight
          beyond prescribed limit                    (B) Cube rate estimate
                                                     (C) Indicative cost estimate
     (D) To maintain clean and hygienic
          conditions on site                         (D) Suppiementary estimate




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