civil engineering MCQs – Page 273

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civil engineering Mcqs

5441. Pick up the correct statement in case of water supply ?
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A. Pipes laid in trenches and pipes fixed to walls are measured separately

B. All the above

C. Pipes are classified according to their sizes and quality

D. Cutting through walls and floors are included with the item

5442. Berms are provided in canals if these are__________________?
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A. Fully in excavation

B. Fully in embankment

C. All the above

D. Partly in excavation and partly in embankment

5443. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. All the above

B. Cement is paid per 50 kg bag

C. Bricks are paid per thousand

D. Lime is paid per quintal

5444. Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
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A. All the above

B. Pointing is measured in sq.m

C. Glazing is measured in sq.m

D. Plastering is measured in sq.m

5445. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. The bending of bars near supports is generally at 45

B. The bent up bars at a support resist the negative bending moment

C. The bent up bars at a support resist the sharing force

D. All the above

5446. Pick up the item whose weight is added to the weight of respective item, is________________?
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A. All the above

B. Cleats

C. Bolts

D. Brackets

5447. The damp proof course (D.P.C.) is measured in________________?
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A. None of these

B. Sq. m

C. Cub. m

D. Metres

5448. The weight of an item is measured correct to nearest_________________?
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A. 0.75 kg

B. 1.00 kg

C. 0.25 kg

D. 0.50 kg

5449. The ground surface slopes 1 in 50 along a proposed railway embankment 150 m in length. The height of the embankment at zero chainage is 0.5 m, the width is 11 m and side slopes 2:1. If the falling gradient of the embankment is 1 in 150, the quantity of the earthwork calculated by Prismoidal formula, is____________________?
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A. 3225 m3

B. 3250 m3

C. 3275 m3

D. 3300 m3

5450. The height of the sink of wash basin above floor level is kept____________________?
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A. 80 cm

B. 70 cm

C. 75 cm to 80 cm

D. 60 cm

5451. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. All the above

B. The earth work in trenches or borrow pits, where neither a nor b is feasible, are measured from the fillings after deduction of voids

C. The earth work in trenches or borrow pits in irregular ground is measured by taking the difference in levels before and after completion of work

D. The earth work of cutting in trenches or borrow pits in fairly uniform ground is measured with the help of average depths of the dead men

5452. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following?
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A. The unit of lead is 50 m for a distance upto 500 m

B. The unit of lead is 1 km where the lead exceeds 2 km

C. Lead is the average horizontal straight distance between the borrow pit and the place of spreading soil

D. The lead is calculated for each block of the excavated area

5453. A body of weight W on inclined plane of a being pulled up by a horizontal force P will be on the point of motion up the plane when P is equal to___________________?
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A. Wtana

B. Wan(a-)

C. W

D. W sin (a + $)

E. Wtan(a +

5454. Coulomb friction is the friction between_________________?
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A. bodies having relative motion

B. solids and liquids

C. electrically charged particles

D. two lubricated surfaces

E. two dry surfaces

5455. Which is the correct statement about law of polygon of forces ?
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A. if any number of forces acting at a point can be represented in direction and magnitude by the sides of a polygon taken in order, then the forces are in equilibrium

B. if a polygon representing forces acting at a point is closed then forces are in equilibrium

C. none of the above

D. if any number of forces acting at a point can be represented by the sides

E. a polygon taken in order, then the forces are in equilibrium

F. if any number of forces acting at a point can be represented in direction and magnitude by the sides of a polygon, then the forces are in equilibrium

5456. The co-efficient of friction depends upon________________?
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A. shape of the surfaces

B. nature of surfaces

C. ail of the above.

D. A. and B. above

E. area of contact

5457. The algebraic sum of moments of the forces forming couple about any point in their plane is________________?
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A. equal to the moment of the couple

B. constant

C. both of above are correct

D. both of above are wrong

E. none of the above