civil engineering MCQs – Page 95

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
1881. Which one of the following tunnelling methods is used for laying under ground sewers ?
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A. Italian method

B. German method

C. Army method

D. Needle beam method

1882. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam_________________?
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A. slope

B. bending moment

C. deflection

D. curvature

1883. If the excavation of earth is done manually then it costs Rs. 10 per cum. A machine can excavate at a fixed cost of Rs. 4000 plus a variable cost of Rs. 2 per cum. The quantity of earth for which the cost of excavation by machine will be equal to the cost of manual excavation is_________________?
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A. 2000 cum

B. 1500 cum

C. 500 cum

D. 1000 cum

1884. Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?
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A. Drag line

B. Hoe

C. Dipper shovel

D. Clam shell

1885. Independent displacement components at each joint of a rigid-jointed plane frame are_________________?
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A. three rotations

B. one linear movement and two rotations

C. two linear movements and one rotation

D. three linear movements

1886. Select the incorrect statement?
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A. Critical activities control the project duration

B. Critical activity is the one for which free float is zero

C. A critical path always begins at the very first event

D. A critical path always terminates at the last event

1887. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. All the above

B. The diameter of a rivet, before driving is taken as the nominal diameter of the rivet

C. For rivets of nominal diameters less than 25 mm, the diameter of the rivet hole is taken as the nominal diameter of the rivet plus 1.5 mm

D. The diameter of the rivet hole is taken as the gross area of the rivet

1888. Which one of the following surfaces will give highest coefficient of traction while using crawler track tractors?
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A. Loose sand

B. Ice

C. Earth

D. Concrete

1889. The engine failure case for determining the basic runway length may require________________?
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A. only clearway

B. either a clearway or a stopway

C. either a clearway or a stopway or both

D. only stop way ,

1890. Which of the following lining material is useful for shield driven tunnels in sub aqueous regions ?
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A. cement concrete

B. stone masonry

C. cast iron

D. timber

1891. Flangeway clearance is the distance_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. between the gauge faces of the stock rail and the tongue rail

C. between the adjoining faces of the running rail and the check rail near the crossing

D. through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch

1892. The length of runway under standard conditions is 2000 m. The elevation of airport site is 300 m. Its reference temperature is 33.05C. If the runway is to be constructed with an effective gradient of 0.25 percent, the corrected runway length will be________________?
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A. 2700 m

B. 2800 m

C. 2500 m

D. 2600 m

1893. If the monthly mean of average daily temperature for the hottest month of the year is 25 C and the monthly mean of the maximum daily temperature of the same month of the year is 46 C, the airport reference temperature is____________________?
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A. 48C

B. 32C

C. 35.5C

D. 25C

1894. The correct sequence of these activities is________________?
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A. sider the following activities in a building construction?

1895. The correct sequence of drilling equipment for increasing size of holes in tunnels is________________?
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A. churn drill, wagon drill, shot drill

B. wagon drill, shot drill, churn drill

C. wagon drill, churn drill, shot drill

D. shot drill, churn drill, wagon drill

1896. PERT technique of network analysis is mainly useful for__________________?
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A. deterministic activities

B. research and development projects

C. small projects

D. large and complex projects

1897. For a symmetrical two hinged parabolic arch, if one of the supports settles horizontally, then the horizontal thrust__________________?
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A. becomes zero

B. remains unchanged

C. is increased

D. is decreased
1898. If the expected time for completion of a project is 10 days with a standard deviation of 2 days, the expected time of completion of the project with 99.9% probability is________________?
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A. 6 days

B. 4 days

C. 16 days

D. 10 days

1899. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method ?
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A. three moment equation

B. none of the above

C. moment distribution method

D. column analogy method

1900. In compressed air tunneling, the volume of free air provided is______________?
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A. 6 m3 per hour per m2 of face area

B. 6 mJ per second per m2 of face area

C. 20 m3 per minute per m2 of face area

D. 6 m3 per minute per m2 of face area