Sub-Engineer Mock Test of 50 Past Question #79

1. In chain surveying field work is limited to

2. Two concave lenses of 60 cm focal length are cemented on either side of a convex lens of 15 cm focal length. The focal length of the combination is

3. One of the tacheometric constant is additive, the other constant is:

4. The limiting length of an offset does not depend upon

5. Gniess is obtained from

6. The rocks formed by gradual deposition, are called

7. Galvanising means covering iron with a thin coat of

8. Wrought iron contains carbon about:

9. Influence lines are drawn for structures

10. In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are

11. A simply supported beam carrying a uniformly distributed load over its whole span, is propped at the centre of the span so that the beam is held to the level of the end supports. The reaction of the prop will be

12. The range within which a load can be applied on a rectangular column, to avoid any tensile stress, is the intensity of the load per meter length is:

13. An independent mass of fluid does not posses:

14. In steady flow of a fluid, the total acceleration of any fluid particle

15. Discharge Q over a rectangular weir of length L and height H, is given by the equation

16. A short tube mouthpiece will not run full at its outlet if the head under which the orifice works, is

17. According to Coulomb’s wedge theory, the active earth pressure slides the wedge

18. The effective size of particles of soil is denoted by

19. Degree of saturation of a natural soil deposit having water content 15%, specific gravity 2.50 and void ratio 0.5 is:

20. The coefficient of compressibility of soil, is the ratio of

21. The test strength of the sample is taken as the average of the strength of

22. The maximum deflection of a structure should not exceed lesser of the span/350 or

23. Honey combed structure is found in

24. Which of the following canal structures is used to remove surplus water from an irrigation channel into a natural drain?

25. In case of foundations on black cotton soils, the most suitable method to increase the bearing capacity of soils is to

26. The exterior angle between outer faces of a wall, is known as:

27. For quality control of Portland cement, the test essentially done is:

28. If 1500 g of water is required to have a cement paste 1875 g of normal consistency, the percentage of water is

29. Most commonly used pump for lifting water in water supply mains is:

30. Economic height of a dam is the height corresponding to which:

31. In olden days the type of section adopted in trunk and out fall sewers was

32. For the survival of fish in a river stream, the minimum dissolved oxygen is prescribed

33. Groynes are generally built

34. The top of the capillary zone

35. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. Culturable commanded area is the gross area of an irrigation canal system less

36. Silt excluders are constructed on the

37. Design of flexible pavements is based on

38. The efficiency of the brakes of a vehicle depends upon

39. Maximum super-elevation on hill roads should not exceed:

40. The type of transition curves generally provided on hill roads, is

41. For 12 mm thick cement plastering 1: 6 on 100 sq.m new brick work, the quantity of cement required, is

42. The minimum width of a septic tank is taken

43. The item of the brick structure measured in sq.m is

44. The inspection pit or chamber is a manhole provided in abase drainage system

45. If a is the optimistic time, b is the pessimistic time and m is most likely time of an activity, the expected time of the activity, is

46. The time by which activity completion time can be delayed without affecting the start of succeeding activities, is known as

47. The artificial activity which indicates that an activity following it, cannot be started unless the preceding activity is complete is known as

48. Henry Gantt developed Bar charts for planning and scheduling of projects in

49. An aggrading river is a

50. The meander pattern of a river is developed by