NEW QUESTION PAPER (J.E.) CIVIL

                                                             J.E. CIVIL HPSSC 2017

1. for a material stress at proportional limit is 200 MPa and modulus of elasticity is 200 Gpa the modulus of resilience for this material will be 

     a. 0.1 Mpa            b. 1.0 Mpa                c. 10 Mpa               d. 100 Mpa  

2. For concrete of grade M50, short-term modulus of elasticity will be nearly 
     a. 20000 N/mm²       b.35000 N/mm²          c. 50000 N/mm²       d. 75000 N/mm²

3. joint filler used during highway construction are 
    a. Soft wood        b. impregnated fire board         c. both a. & b.     d. none of these. 

4. As per  IS 456:2000, in limit state method of design, maximum strain in concrete at the outermost compression fiber in bending is taken as 
       a. 0.0020                  b. 0.0025                        c. 0.0030                    d. 0.0035

5. which of the following is used for measurement of local velocities of fluid flowing through pipe ?
          a. venturimeter      b. pitot tube      c. orificemeter      d. all of these  

6. For a laminar flow b/w two parallel fixed plates, maximum velocity observed as 3 m/s average velocity of the flow will be  
        a. 1 ms                  b. 1.5 m/s                      c. 2 m/s               d. 2.5 m/s 



7. A king closer is 
        a. 1/4 of brick      b. 4/3 of brick               c. 3/4 of brick         d. none  of these. 

8. carbon content of steel is increased. which of the following parameter of steel will be reduced 

        a. brittleness          b. strength                   c. hardness            d. ductility  

 

9. In a tree, the cambium layer is situated b/w  

a. the outer bark and inner bark                b. the inner bark  and  sapwood

c. the sapwood and heartwood                    d. the pitch and heartwood 

 

10. If 1% solution of sewage sample is incubated for 5 days at 20⁰C  and depleted of oxigen was found to be 7 ppm, B.O.D. of sewage is   

           a. 7 ppm                b. 70 ppm               c. 700 ppm               d. 0.07 ppm 

 

11.  Deciduous trees are having

       a. broad and well defined leaves      b. narrow and not well defined leaves

      c. broad and not well defined leaves   d. none of these.

 

12. The total unit weight of soil is 22 KN/mᶟ . The specific gravity of soil particles is 2.67 and the water contact of soil is 10% the dry unit weight would be

   a. 20 KN/mᶟ        b. 2 KN/mᶟ       c. 0.02 KN/mᶟ       d. 200 KN/mᶟ

 

13.  A 30 m chain is found to be 0.5 m too short throughout the measurement. If the distance measured is recorded as 300 m, the actual distance measured wil be

      a. 295 m          b. 300 m          c. 299 m           d. 303 m

 

14. The fore bearing of a line is S39⁰42’E the back bearing of line will be

       a. S39⁰42’E    b. S39⁰42’W    c. N50⁰18’E   d. N39⁰42’W

 

15. Average annual rainfall recorded over six rain gauge station is 100 cm and standard deviation from mean is 20 cm. for a 10% error is the estimation of mean rainfall, the optimum no. of rain gauges required is     

        a. 3                 b. 4             c. 5                    d. 6  

 

16. Property of soil by virtue of which loss in shear strength caused due to remolding is recover with time is known as

   a. activity          b. sensitivity            c. collapsibility        d. thixotropy

 

17. A plate of thickness 0.010 mm, distant from a fixed plate, moving at 10 cm/s and required a force of 1 N per unit area i.e. 1 N/ mm² to maintain this speed. What would be the fluid viscosity b/w the plates

    a. 10^-3 poise       b. 10^-4 poise        c. 2 x 10^-3 poise         d. none of above

 

18. Deflection at the free end of prismatic cantilever beam of length L, modulus of elasticity E and moment of inertia I, under load P at the free end will be

    a. PL³/48EI       b. PL³/16EI        c. PL³/EI           d. PL³/EI 

 

19. Which of the following will be significant in case of fluid flows where compressibility effects are predominant?

    a. Mach number  b.  weber number  c. reynold’s number   d. Froude’s number

 

20.  Objective of seasoning are

         a. Decrease in weight                        b. increase in strnght 

        c. increase in workability                 d. all of the above

 

21. If load stress are 24kg/cm², warping stress are 30 kg/cm² and frictional stresses are 25.5 kg/cm², then what would be the value of critical stresses combination at edge region during summer mid day ?

   A 24                    b. 54                 c. 28.5                       d. 57

 

22.  Find the coefficient of permeability of soil sample, if the value of hydraulic gradient is 6 and area of cross section is 50 cm^2.  Also the quantity of water equal to 600 ml passed down in 10min under an effective constant head of 40 cm.

A 0.33 x 10^-2  cm/s    b. 3.3 x 10^-2  cm/s     c. 33 x 10^-2  cm/s     d. 0.033 x 10^-2  cm/s      

 

23.  On the basis of geology of area, if clayey foundation is there then the type if dam will be

a.  gravity dam                                              b. earthen dam                                         c. rock fill dam                                              d. low height gravity dam

 

24. If the specific gravity and void in soil sample are G and e respectively, then the hydraulic gradient i is represented

A                             b.                                    c.                                 d.  

 

25.  The coefficient of compressibility of soil is the ratio of

 a. stress to strain                                  b. strain to stress

 c. stress to settlement                                 d. rate of loading to that of settlement

 

26. Coarse gained soil are best compacted by

a. drum roler                                     b. rubber tyred roller    

c. sheep’s foot roller                          d. vibratory roller

 

27. The rise of water table below the foundation influence the bearing capacity of soil mainly by reducing

a. cohesion and effective angle of shearing resistance

b. cohesion and effective unit weight if soil

c. effective unit weight if soil and effective angle of shearing resistance

d. effective angle of shearing resistance

 

28. The maximum differential settlement in isolated footing on clayey soil should be limited to

a. 25 mm           b. 40 mm          c. 65 mm           d. 100 mm

 

29. lime stabilization is very effective in treating

a. sandy soil                                                  b. silty soil

c. non plastic soil                                                    d. plastic clayey soil

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

a. coefficient of consolidation       b. degree of consolidation

c. consolidation index                   d. consolidation of undisturbed soil

 

31. A bar L meter long and having its area of cross section A is subjected to a gradually applied tensile load W. the strain energy stored in bar is

a.                                         b.                           c.                         d.

 

32. The radius of gyration of a rectangular section from a centroidal axis parallel to width is 

a. D/2                    b. D/2√3                c. D/4√3                d. 2D/√3

 

33. slenderness ratio of long column is

a. area of cross section divided by radius of gyration

b. area of cross section divided by least radius of gyration

c. length of column divided by least radius of gyration

d. ^rad2ius of gyration divided by area of cross section

 

34. A rigid plan frame is stable and statically determine if

a. (m+r) = 2j            b. (m+r) = 3j       c. (3m+r) = 3j          d. (m+3r) = 3j

 

35. The BM of a cantilever beam shown in fig. at A is

1. 8 Tm               b.  zero                    c. 12 Tm                            d. 20 Tm

 

36. The point of contraflexure occur in

a. cantilever beam only                               b. continuous beam only

c. overhanging beam only                           d. both a & b

 

37. Rate of change of angular momentum is equal to

a. torque                                  b. force

c. linear momentum                 d. impulse

 

38. Four columns of building are to be located within a plot of 10 m X 10 m. The expected load on each column is 4000 KN. Allowable bearing capacity of soil deposit is 100KN/m². The type of foundation best suited is

a. isolated footing    b. raft footing    c. pile foundation    d. combined footing

 

39. A beam of square cross section with side 100 mm is placed with one diagonal vertical. If the shear force acting on the section is 10 KN. The maximum shear stress is

a. 1 N/mm²            b. 2 N/mm²                   c. 1.125 N/mm²               d. 2.25 N/mm²

 

40.If the length of a simple supported beam carrying a concentrated loads at the centre is doubled, the deflaction ar the centre will become

a. two times                    b. six times           c. four times                   d. eight times

 

41. The following statements  are related to bending of beam

1. The slope of the bending moment diagram is equal to shear force.
2. The slope of shear force diagram is equal to load intensity.
3. The slope of curvature is equal to flexural rotation.
4. The second derivation of the deflection is equal to curvature.

The onlyt false statement is

1. I                  b.  II                    c. III                  d.  IV

 

42. The ratio of the theoretical critical buckling load for a column with fixed ends to that of another column with the same dimension and material, but pinned ends is equal to

a. 0.5                              b. 4.0                    c. 2.0                     d. 1.0

 

43. The effective stress friction angle if a saturated cohesionless soil is 43⁰. The ratio of shear stress and normal effective stress on the failure plan is

a. 0.781                 b. 0.616                          c. 0.839                 d.0.932

 

44. Which one of the following is categorized as a long term loss of prestress in a prestressed conc. Member ?

a. loss due to elastic shortness            b. loss due to relaxation of strands

c. loss due to friction                         c. loss due to anchorage slip

 

45. A rectangular open channel of width 5.0 m is carried a discharge of 100 m³/s. The Froude number of the flow is 8.0. The depth of flow (in m) in the channel is

a. 4                       b. 5                                 c. 16                               d. 20

 

46. A bar of dia. D embedded in a concrete block with a pull-out force P applied to it. The length of embedment is represented by L and Ʈ_bd is the bond strength and fy is tensile strength of bar. Which one of the following options represent the max.  Value of P?

a. 0.87 fy  D²             b. 0.87 fy  D              c. 0.87 fy  D²                 d. 0.87 fy  D

 

47. As per the figure which of the statements is true ?

 

 

1. T₁ = T₂               b. T₁ > T₂                c. T₁ < T₂               d. none of the above

 

48. The reaction at support C in the structure shown in figure is

1. 52.5 KN                b. 60 KN               c. 67.5 KN            d. 75 KN

 

49. As per IS: 800, the max. deflection in a beam should not exceed

 a. L/360               b. L/325                c. L/250                d. L/180

 

50. The max. shear stress of steel beam should not exceed

a. 0.45 fy               b. 0.55 fy              c. 0.66 fy               d. 0.50 fy