civil engineering MCQs – Page 13

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
241. Highway facilities are designed for_________________?
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A. annual average daily traffic

B. thirtieth highest hourly volume

C. peak hourly volume of the year

D. annual average hourly volume

242. Maximum number of vehicles can be parked with_______________?
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A. 30 angle parking

B. 45 angle parking

C. 90 angle parking

D. parallel parking

243. When two equally important roads cross roughly at right angles, the suitable shape of central island is________________?
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A. elliptical

B. circular

C. turbine

D. tangent

244. A metallic tape is made of ______________ ?
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A. cloth and wires

B. invar

C. linen

D. steel

245. If ruling gradient is I in 20 and there is also a horizontal curve of radius 76 m, then the compensated grade should be_________________?
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A. 5%

B. 3%

C. 6%

D. 4%
246. For a tacheometer the additive and multi-plying constants are respectively________________?
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A. 0 and 100

B. 100 and 100

C. 100 and 0

D. 0 and 0

247. Which of the following is known as design capacity ?
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A. practical capacity

B. theoretical capacity

C. possible capacity

D. basic capacity
248. The direct interchange ramp involves____________?
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A. diverging to the right side and merging from left

B. diverging to the left side and merging from right

C. diverging to the right side and merging from right

D. diverging to the left side and merging from left

249. Air entrainment in the concrete increases________________?
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A. the unit weight

B. workability

C. strength

D. the effects of temperature variations

250. If in a closed traverse, the sum of the north latitudes is more than the sum of the south latitudes and also the sum of west departures is more than the sum of the east departures, the bearing of the closing line is in the________________?
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A. NW quadrant

B. SE quadrant

C. NE quadrant

D. SW quadrant

251. The type of surveying which requires least office work is________________?
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A. theodolite surveying

B. trigonometrical levelling

C. plane table surveying

D. tacheomefry

252. A negative declination shows that the magnetic meridian is to the________________?
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A. southern side of the true meridian

B. none of the above

C. eastern side of the true meridian

D. western side of the true meridian
253. The difference between a level line and a horizontal line is that_______________?
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A. level line is a curved line while hori-zontal line is a straight line

B. level line is normal to plumb line while horizontal line may not be normal to plumb line at the tangent point to level line

C. horizontal line is normal to plumb line while level line may not be normal to the plumb line

D. both are same

254. In the penetration macadam construction, the bitumen is__________________?
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A. none of the above

B. sprayed before the aggregates are spread and compacted

C. sprayed after the aggregates are spread and compacted

D. premixed with aggregates and then spread

255. In hill roads the side drains arc provided________________?
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A. only on the hill side of road

B. only on the opposite side of hill

C. on both sides of road

D. none of the above

256. The relation between modulus of rupturefcr and characteristic strength of concrete fck is given by_______________?
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A. re fcr and fck are in N/mm2?

B. fcr=1.2Vf7

C. fcr=0.7Vf7

D. fcr=0.57f7

E. fcr=0.35Vf7

257. An imaginary line lying throughout the surface of ground and preserving a constant inclination to the horizontal is known as__________________?
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A. contour line

B. contour interval

C. contour gradient

D. horizontal equivalent

258. In highway construction, rolling starts from________________?
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A. one side and proceed to other side

B. any of the above

C. centre and proceed to sides

D. sides and proceed to centre
259. The allowable length of an offset depends upon the______________?
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A. all of the above

B. scale of plotting

C. degree of accuracy required

D. method of setting out the perpendiculars and nature of ground

260. If a tripod settles in the interval that elapses between taking a back sight reading and the following foresight reading, then the elevation of turning point will_________________?
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A. not change

B. increase

C. decrease

D. either a or b