civil engineering MCQs – Page 126

Practise multiple-choice questions from civil engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

civil engineering Mcqs
2501. Lands, buildings, plants and machineries are example of what type of asset ?
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A. Intangible asset

B. Trade investment asset

C. Fixed asset

D. Current asset

2502. If the length of overland flow from the critical point to the mouth of drain is 13.58 km and difference in level between the critical point and drain mouth is 10 m, the inlet time is___________________?
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A. 4 hours

B. 8 hours

C. 2 hours

D. 6 hours

2503. If the side of a square sewer is 1000 mm, the diameter of a hydraulically equivalent circular section, is___________________?
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A. 1045 mm

B. 1065 mm

C. 1095 mm

D. 1075 mm

2504. th or th extra space is left in sewer pipes at maximum discharge for_________________?
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A. Unexpected increase in population

B. All the above

C. Large scale infiltration of storm water

D. Low estimates of the average and maximum flows

2505. In what method of computing depreciation where it assumes that the loss in value is directly proportional to the age of the equipment or asset ?
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A. Declining balance method

B. Sinking fund method

C. Straight line method

D. Sum-of-year digit method

2506. What type of depreciation is due to the reduction of the physical ability of an equipment or asset to produce results ?
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A. Demand depreciation

B. Design depreciation

C. Functional depreciation

D. Physical depreciation
2507. The arrangement made for passing the sewer line below an obstruction below the hydraulic gradient lines called ____________________?
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A. all of these

B. Sag pipe

C. Inverted syphon

D. Depressed sewer

2508. In detritus tanks______________________?
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A. Detention period is kept 3 to 4 minutes

B. All the above

C. Organic and inorganic materials are separated

D. Flow velocity is kept 0.09 m/sec

2509. Oxidation process results in the formation of___________________?
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A. Sulphates

B. Carbon dioxide

C. All the above

D. Nitrates

2510. A rainfall may be classified as acidic if its pH value is less or equal to________________?
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A. 6

B. 7

C. 6.5

D. 5
2511. A five day B.O.D. at 15C of the sewage of a town is 100 kg/day. If the 5 day B.O.D. per head at 15C for standard sewage is 0.1 kg/day, the population equivalent is____________________?
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A. 100

B. 1000

C. 5000

D. 10000
2512. The sludge does not contain waste water from_________________?
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A. Kitchen sinks

B. Toilets

C. Wash basins

D. Bath rooms

2513. The screens are fixed___________________?
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A. None of these

B. At an angle 30 to 60 to the direction of flow

C. Parallel to the direction of flow

D. Perpendicular to the direction of flow

2514. Cash money and credit necessary to establish and operate an enterprise are generally called _____________________?
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A. Capital

B. Liabilities

C. Funds

D. Assets

2515. Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
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A. The feature at the principal point has no height displacement

B. All of the above

C. For the same feature, the photograph taken from the satellite vertically above the aircraft, the height displacement is lesser than the aerial photograph

D. The scale of the aerial photograph depends upon the scale of the topography

2516. What is the main reason why the sinking fund method of computing depreciation is seldom used in the industry ?
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A. Unstable economy

B. The initial deprecation is high

C. Rate of interest cannot be exactly determined

D. The initial depreciation is low
2517. The rainfall at any place may be determined by__________________?
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A. Its direction

B. Its frequency

C. Its intensity

D. All the above
2518. For sewer mains of 0.5 to 1 m diameter, the ratio of maximum daily sewage flow to the average daily sewage flow is assumed__________________?
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A. 2.0

B. 3

C. 1.5

D. 2.5

2519. The ratio of the net income before taxes to net sales is called __________________?
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A. Inventory turnover

B. Price-earnings ratio

C. Current ratio

D. Profit margin ratio
2520. Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
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A. The first man-made satellite, Sputnik-l was launched on 4th October, 1957

B. The United States Explorer 6 transmitted the first picture of the earth in August 1959

C. Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) designed for meteorological observations, started systematic earth observations from space from 1, April, 1960

D. All of these