civil engineering MCQs – Page 98

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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
1941. Where a structural component or a system is providing lateral support to five or more walls or columns, the lateral load to be resisted may be taken as_______________?
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A. 4 percent

B. 5 percent

C. 6 percent

D. 7 percent
1942. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. The bent up bars at a support resist the sharing force

B. All the above

C. The bending of bars near supports is generally at 45

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

1943. The weight of an item is measured correct to nearest_________________?
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A. 1.00 kg

B. 0.75 kg

C. 0.25 kg

D. 0.50 kg

1944. For strengthening a 50 m long and 5 m high straight compound wall built in brick work, which one of the following would be most suitable?
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A. providing buttresses at certain intervals

B. using stronger bricks

C. using a richer mortar

D. providing a deeper foundation

1945. The underground sources of water, is from______________?
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A. k up the incorrect statement from the following?

1946. A portion of an embankment having a uniform up-gradient 1 in 500 is circular with radius 1000 m of the centre line. It subtends 180 at the centre. If the height of the bank is 1 m at the lower end, and side slopes 2:1, the earth work involved ?
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A. 27,000 m3

B. 26,500 m3

C. 27,500 m3

D. 26,000 m3

1947. Which of the following is used for servicing and repairs of the aircraft ?
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A. holding apron

B. Terminal building

C. Apron

D. Hanger
1948. Surge tanks are used_______________?
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A. to guard against water hammer

B. to increase the velocity in a pipeline

C. as overflow valves

D. for storage water

1949. The maximum harbour depth below lowest low water is generally equal to_________________?
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A. loaded draft + 1.2 m when bottom is rock

B. ) loaded draft + 1.8 m when bottom is soft

C. ) loaded draft + 1.8 m when bottom is rock</strong>

D. i) loaded draft + 1.2 m when bottom is soft

1950. The mode of failure of a very short masonry member having h/t ratio of less than 4 is by _______________?
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A. any of the above

B. vertical tensile splitting

C. shear

D. buckling

1951. The slope of the outlet of P trap below the horizontal is kept________________?
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A. 14

B. 10

C. 8

D. 12

1952. Assertion A : For identical strength, a composite cement-lime mortar is preferred over cement mortar. Reason R : Composite cement-lime mortar has higher drying shrinkage than cement mortar_____________?
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A. ect your answer based on the codes given below Codes?

1953. For designing masonry components of a structure, seismic forces provision in the design calculation is not necessary for buildings constructed in________________?
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A. Zone I only

B. Zone I, II, III and IV

C. Zone I, II and III

D. Zone I and II
1954. If four fires break out in a city of population 40 lakhs and if each hydrant has three streams and duration of each fire is four hours, the total quantity of water required, is______________________?
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A. 1880 kilo litres

B. 4880 kilo litres

C. 3880 kilo litres

D. 2880 kilo litres
1955. The assumption on which the trapezoidal formula for volumes is based, is________________?
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A. The end sections are parallel planes

B. All the above

C. The mid-area of a pyramid is half the average area of the ends

D. The volume of the Prismoidal is over-estimated and hence a Prismoidal correction is applied

1956. By boiling water, hardness can be removed if it is due to_________________?
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A. calcium nitrate

B. calcium bicarbonate

C. magnesium sulphate

D. none of these

E. calcium sulphate

1957. The factor affecting per capita demand, is___________________?
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A. size of the city

B. all the above

C. pressure in water mains

D. cost of water

E. climatic conditions

1958. The brick work is measured in sq metre, in case of_________________?
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A. Honey comb brick work

B. All the above

C. Half brick walls or the partition

D. Brick flat soling

1959. By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided ?
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A. shear failure of the plate

B. tension failure of the plate

C. crushing failure of the rivet

D. shear failure of the rivet

1960. The expected out turn of brick work in cement mortar in foundation and plinth per mason per day, is ________________?
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A. 1.25 m3

B. 1.50 m3

C. 1.00 m3

D. 1.75 m3