Sub-Engineer Mock Test of 50 Past Question #86

1. An ideal transition curve is

2. Pantagraph is used for

3. If the angular measurements of a traverse are more precise than its linear measurements, balancing of the traverse, is done by

4. Profile levelling is usually done for determining

5. A piece of timber whose thickness and width are respectively 5 cm and 10 cm is called

6. Vanadium steel is generally used for

7. Generally wooden moulds are made from

8. The process of manufacturing steel by heating short lengths of wrought iron bars mixed with charcoal in fire clay crucibles and collecting the molten iron into moulds, is known as

9. The reaction at the supports will be vertical to the plane of the support if the frame structure rests on

10. A cylinder is said to be thin if the ratio of its thickness and diameter, is less than

11. The shear force on a simply supported beam is proportional to

12. An arch with three hinges, is a structure

13. If jet of water coming out from a nozzle with a velocity 9.81 m/s, the angle of elevation being 30°, the time to reach the highest point is

14. The discharge through a 100 mm diameter external mouth piece fitted to the side of a large vessel is 0.05948 m³/s. The head over the mouth piece is

15. If cohesion between the molecules of a fluid is more than adhesion between the fluid and glass, the free level of fluid in a dipped glass tube will be

16. The velocity distribution of viscous fluid through a circular/pipe is :

17. The maximum shear stress occurs on the filament which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to

18. Buoyant unit weight equals the saturated density

19. The ratio of settlement at any time ‘t’ to the final settlement, is known as

20. The soil moisture driven off by heat, is called

21. The creep coefficient i.e. the ratio of ultimate creep and elastic strain after

22. For rolled I-beams and channels, permissible tensile and compressive stresses does not exceed

23. In compression members, the lap length of a bar should not be less than

24. The piece of a brick cut with its one corner equivalent to half the length and half the width of a full brick, is known as

25. The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of a wall, is known as

26. To obtain cement dry powder, lime stones and shales or their slurry, is burnt in a rotary kiln at a temperature between

27. The bulk density of aggregates does not depend upon :

28. Turbidity of raw water is a measure of

29. If V is total consumption of water in litres for a population of N individuals, per capita consumption or water allowance for the water supply Q, is given by

30. Aeration of water is done to remove

31. Service connections to consumers houses, are generally provided with

32. F.S.L. of a canal at its head with respect to parent channel is kept

33. Attracting groynes are built

34. Culturable commanded area is the gross area of an irrigation canal system less

35. On concrete roads, the camber generally provided, is

36. If the number of lanes on the carriageway of a road is more than two, the total width of lane ways is equal to 3.0 m

37. Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cut off capillary rise of water completely, should be

38. Which of the following surfaces will give highest rolling resistance for a rubber tyred vehicle?

39. For the supply of materials for concrete, form work reinforcing and placing of concrete, removal of form work and curing of concrete, number of bars required on bar chart, is

40. Critical path lies along the activities having total float

41. If the thickness of a structural member is small as compared to its length and width, it is classified as

42. Set-back distance is the distance between

43. Flexible pavement distribute the wheel load

44. The best method of interpolation of contours, is by

45. For initial estimate for a beam design, the width is assumed

46. Which of the following is dimensionless?

47. Mercury does not wet glass. This is due to property of liquid known as

48. A flow in which __________ force is dominating over the viscosity is called turbulent flow.

49. Continuous flow of water can be expected from

50. During treatment of water, sedimentation is done