MCQ
1. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as:
Supporting end of the column
Top of the column
Capital
Drop panel
2. When a cohesionless soil attains quick condition, it looses:
Shear strength
Bearing capacity
Both (ক) and (খ)
Neither (ক) and (খ)
3. The member of independent equations to be satisfied for static equilibrium of a plane structure is:
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2
3
6
4. Workability of concrete is measured by:
Vicat apparatus test
Slump test
Setting time test
Fineness test
5. A pre-cast pile generally used is:
Circular
Octagonal
Square
Rectangular
6. Why are steel reinforcing rods used in concrete beams:
To make it carry compression
To make it carry tension
To make it carry both compression and tension
None of these
7. After pre-stressing process is completed, loss of stress occurs due to-
Shrinkage of concrete
Creep of concrete
Elastic shortening of concrete
All of the above
8. The entrained air in concrete-
increase workability
decrease workability
decrease resistance to weathering
increase strength
9. The transverse reinforcements provided at right angles to the main reinforcements in a slab--
Distributed load
Resist the temperature stress
Resist the shrinkage stress
All of the above
10. The roof type suitable in plains where rainfall is meagre and temperature is high is:
Pitched and sloping roof
Flat roof
Shell roof
None of these
11. The maximum permissible limit for iron in drinking water is:
0.1 mg/L
0.3-1 mg/L
2-2.5 mg/l.
5 mg/L
12. The book in which chain measurements are entered is called:
Field book
Study book
Record book
Chain book
13. Loss Angeles testing machine is used to conduct:
Abrasion test
Attrition test
Crushing strength test
Impact test
14. Machine foundation is subjected to:
Static loads
Wind loads
Dynamic loads
Static and dynamic loads
15. The type of bond in a brick masonry containing altenate courses of stretcher and headres is called:
Flemish bond
English bond
Stretcher bond
Header bond
16. The spacing of transverse reinforcement of column is decided by the following considerations:
The teast lateral dimension of the column.
Sixteen times the diameter of the smallest longitudinal reniforcing rod is the column.
Forty-eight times the diameter of transverse reinforcement.
all the above.
17. The most suitable equipment for compacting clay soil is a:
Smooth wheet roller
Preumatic tyred roller
Sheep foot roller
Vibrator
18. A soil consolidated under the existing over- burden pressure, is called:
Pre-consolidated
Normally consolidated
Over-consolidated
None of these
19. Standard BOD is measured at:
20°C-1 day
25°C-3 day
20°C-5 day
30°C-5 day
20. Which types of forces are generated during earthquake?
Vertical Shear
Horizontal Shear
Combination of both horizontal & vertical shear
Bending moment