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Basic of Civil Engineering | Set 2
1. Which of the below should be avoided in brick masonry?
A. Horizontal joints
B. Queen closer
C. Brick bat
D. Vertical joints
Correct : D. Vertical joints
2. _________ bond is better in appearance than English bond.
A. Flemish
B. Double Flemish
C. Single Flemish
D. Poly Flemish
Correct : B. Double Flemish
3. Flemish bond is expensive than English bond.
A. True
B. False
Correct : B. False
4. In Herringbone bond, bricks are placed at _________ angle from __________ line in both directions.
A. 600, central
B. 600, vertical
C. 450, central
D. 450, vertical
Correct : C. 450, central
5. The portion of bricks cut across the width in half is called:
A. Half split
B. Half closer
C. Half bed
D. Half bat
Correct : D. Half bat
6. What should be placed at the beginning of every header course in English bond to avoid vertical joint?
A. Queen closer
B. Half bat
C. Three fourth bat
D. Three fourth bat
Correct : A. Queen closer
7. The bricks used for corners of walls of a structure are called:
A. Spalls
B. Quoins
C. Hearting
D. Side
Correct : B. Quoins
8. Which bond comprises of one course of a header to three or five courses of stretchers?
A. Dutch bond
B. Zig-zag bond
C. English garden-wall bond
D. Facing bond
Correct : C. English garden-wall bond
9. How many components are mainly used to prepare concrete?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 2
D. 4
Correct : D. 4
10. Which of the below is the most common alternative to cement in concrete?
A. Slag
B. Fly ash
C. Asphalt
D. Lime
Correct : C. Asphalt
11. What is the ideal water-cement ratio to be used while hand mixing?
A. 0.4-0.5
B. 0.5-0.6
C. 0.6-1
D. 1.6-2
Correct : B. 0.5-0.6
12. Retarders are used for:
A. Construction of high rise building
B. Repair works
C. Cold weather conditions
D. Grouting deep oil wells
Correct : D. Grouting deep oil wells
13. _________ is added to make white concrete.
A. Fly ash
B. Metakaolin
C. Rise husk
D. Pigments
Correct : B. Metakaolin
14. As water cement ratio increases, ________ also increases.
A. Compressive strength
B. Tensile strength
C. Bleeding
D. Workability
Correct : D. Workability
15. Which of the below is an example of plasticizer?
A. Hydroxylated carboxylic acid
B. Fluoro-silicate
C. Gypsum
D. Surkhi
Correct : A. Hydroxylated carboxylic acid
16. Which component of concrete gives it desired compressive strength?
A. Water
B. Cement
C. Aggregates
D. Admixture
Correct : C. Aggregates
17. What is the ratio of the component in grade M20 concrete?
A. 1:3:6
B. 1:1.5:3
C. 1:1:2
D. 1:2:4
Correct : B. 1:1.5:3
18. The most common type of door is:
A. Double leaf door
B. Louvred door
C. Single leaf door
D. Battened door
Correct : C. Single leaf door
19. A casement window hung horizontally is called:
A. Hopper
B. Awning
C. Pivot
D. Tr
Correct : B. Awning
20. Light, a term used in windows, is:
A. Area between outer parts of a window
B. Glazed part of the window
C. Area between inner parts of a window
D. Opening of the window allowing light
Correct : A. Area between outer parts of a window
21. If a door swings towards the person opening it, it is called:
A. Left handed
B. Reverse
C. Normal
D. Right handed
Correct : B. Reverse
22. Which of the below material of window has life span of 50 years?
A. PVC
B. Steel
C. UPVC
D. Aluminum
Correct : C. UPVC
23. ________ door swings both ways.
A. Mead
B. Dutch
C. Garden
D. French
Correct : A. Mead
24. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is:
A. Dip
B. Strike
C. Declination
D. Bearing
Correct : C. Declination
25. In the triangulation method, the whole area is divided into:
A. Scale triangles
B. Triangles
C. Obtuse triangles
D. Well-conditioned triangles
Correct : D. Well-conditioned triangles
26. A stone that marks boundary is called:
A. Merestone
B. Milestone
C. Metestone
D. Linestone
Correct : A. Merestone
27. Which of the below is not a classification of surveying?
A. Marine
B. Basement
C. Astronomical
D. Land
Correct : B. Basement
28. EDM stands for:
A. Errorless Distance Measurement
B. Electronic Direct Measurement
C. Electronic Distance Measurement
D. Errorless Direct Measurement
Correct : C. Electronic Distance Measurement
29. Plane and geodetic surveying are classifications of surveying based on:
A. Methodology
B. Earth’s curvature
C. Object of survey
D. Instrument
Correct : B. Earth’s curvature
30. _________ errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.
A. Random
B. Gross
C. Systematic
D. Mistake
Correct : A. Random
31. Which of the below is not a means of linear surveying methods?
A. Theodolite
B. EDM
C. Tape
D. Chain
Correct : A. Theodolite
32. An offset is a _________ distance of an object measured from the survey line.
A. Lateral
B. Horizontal
C. Normal
D. Inclined
Correct : A. Lateral
33. Which of the below is not an instrument used to set right angles?
A. Cross staff
B. Site square
C. Optical staff
D. Prism square
Correct : C. Optical staff
34. How many types of chains are used in chain surveying?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
Correct : B. 5
35. Gunter’s chain consists of _________ links.
A. 500
B. 50
C. 1000
D. 100
Correct : D. 100
36. The process of a location of intermediate points on a survey line is:
A. Aligning
B. Extending
C. Ranging
D. Offsetting
Correct : C. Ranging
37. The biggest of the survey line is called:
A. First line
B. Base line
C. Tie line
D. Main survey line
Correct : B. Base line
38. Chain surveying uses the principle of:
A. Traversing
B. Chaining
C. Ranging
D. Triangulation
Correct : D. Triangulation
39. In how many ways can ranging be carried out?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Correct : A. 2
40. The book in which chain measurements are entered is called:
A. Field book
B. Record book
C. Study book
D. Chain book
Correct : A. Field book
41. How many types of cross staff are available?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 4
Correct : C. 3
42. Survey stations may be marked on the ground using a:
A. Pole
B. Rod
C. Pointer
D. Peg
Correct : D. Peg
43. The direction of a line relative to a given meridian is called:
A. Bearing
B. Declination
C. Angle
D. Dip
Correct : A. Bearing
44. How many types of a compass are used in surveying?
A. 4
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
Correct : B. 2
45. ___________ bearing is measured in the direction of survey.
A. Primary
B. First
C. Fore
D. Front
Correct : C. Fore
46. In a reduced bearing system, bearing is measured from:
A. Nearest one (North or South)
B. South
C. West
D. North
Correct : A. Nearest one (North or South)
47. Prismatic Compass is based on the reduced bearing system.
A. True
B. False
Correct : B. False
48. The bearing of line AB as shown below is represented in reduced bearing as:
A. N150o
B. E60oS
C. S30o
D. S30oE
Correct : D. S30oE
49. How many meridians are used in surveying?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 3
D. 5
Correct : C. 3
50. ________ is a term used that prevents the needle from pointing to the magnetic North in a given locality.
A. Local attraction
B. Declination
C. Deviation
D. Local distraction
Correct : A. Local attraction
51. ___________ line is the line drawn through points of the same declination.
A. Polygonic
B. Isogonic
C. Syngonic
D. Agonic
Correct : B. Isogonic
52. Which of the below is not a temporary adjustment of the prismatic compass?
A. Centring
B. Levelling
C. Focussing prism
D. Adjusting sight vane
Correct : D. Adjusting sight vane
53. How many types of variations in declination are there?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 2
D. 3
Correct : A. 4
54. A levelling staff is used to establish:
A. Horizontal line of sight
B. Vertical line of sight
C. Location of points
D. Distance of points
Correct : A. Horizontal line of sight
55. Dumpy level was originally designed by:
A. Fennel
B. Heerbrugg
C. Stanley
D. Gravatt
Correct : D. Gravatt
56. Which of the below is used to make a line of sight horizontally in a level?
A. Foot screws
B. Levelling head
C. Telescope
D. Tangent screws
Correct : A. Foot screws
57. A digital level reads a:
A. Target staff
B. Barcoded staff
C. Digital staff
D. Telescopic staff
Correct : B. Barcoded staff
58. Which of the below cannot be used to measure vertical heights?
A. Self level
B. Aneroid barometer
C. Transit
D. Hypsometer
Correct : C. Transit
59. How many types of self-reading staff are available?
A. 5
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Correct : C. 3
60. Which of the below is not common in all levelling equipment?
A. Telescope
B. Level vials
C. Level rods
D. Tilting screws
Correct : D. Tilting screws
61. Trigonometric levelling is also called:
A. Indirect levelling
B. Differential levelling
C. Fly levelling
D. Profile levelling
Correct : A. Indirect levelling
62. In _________ levelling, the first and last point are at a far distance.
A. Fly
B. Differential
C. Profile
D. Reciprocal
Correct : B. Differential
63. Stadia levelling is a modified form of:
A. Fly levelling
B. Differential levelling
C. Simple levelling
D. Trigonometric levelling
Correct : D. Trigonometric levelling
64. Reciprocal levelling is used when,
A. Flat terrain
B. Obstacles are there
C. BM not visible
D. Highway construction
Correct : B. Obstacles are there
65. In a hilly terrain, staff reading is more at:
A. Lower point
B. Higher point
C. First point
D. Last point
Correct : A. Lower point
66. Which is the arithmetic check for the height of instrument method?
A. ∑FS + ∑BS = First RL + Last RL@
B. ∑BS – ∑FS = Last RL – First RL@
C. ∑FS + ∑BS = Last RL + First RL@
D. ∑BS – ∑FS = First RL – Last RL@
Correct : B. ∑BS – ∑FS = Last RL – First RL@
67. Which instrument is used in trigonometric levelling?
A. Wye level
B. Compass
C. Theodolite
D. Dumpy level
Correct : C. Theodolite
68. In levelling, error due to earth’s curvature is to be corrected using:
A. Cc=0.0673D2
B. Cc=0.0112D2
C. Cc=0.0136D2
D. Cc=0.0785D2
Correct : D. Cc=0.0785D2
69. Contours can be found in a __________ map.
A. Political
B. Topographical
C. Physical
D. Thematic
Correct : B. Topographical
70. Contour Maps are not mandatory in civil engineering projects like road works, dams, canals,etc.
A. True
B. False
Correct : B. False
71. How many methods of contouring are present?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 2
D. 4
Correct : C. 2
72. Indirect methods uses how many methods?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 6
Correct : A. 3
73. The commonly used squares in the method of a square is:
A. 10m x 10m to 5m x 5m
B. 10m x 10m to 15m x 15m
C. 5m x 5m to 20m x 20m
D. 5m x 5m to 10m x 15m
Correct : C. 5m x 5m to 20m x 20m
74. Which of the below methods is used for interpolating contour points between 2 points?
A. Arithmetic calculation
B. Using measuring tapes
C. Taking pictures of area
D. Using a theodolite
Correct : A. Arithmetic calculation
75. The contour interval is the same for all purposes.
A. True
B. False
Correct : B. False
76. The curves used for drawing lines between points in a contour line is:
A. Radial curve
B. French curve
C. C-curve
D. Inverted curve
Correct : B. French curve
77. Which shaped lines indicate the presence of a ridge?
A. V-shaped
B. U-shaped
C. L-shaped
D. S-shaped
Correct : B. U-shaped
78. The line which separates the catchment basin from the rest of the area is:
A. Ridge line
B. Dam line
C. Catchment line
D. Watershed line
Correct : D. Watershed line
79. Which of the below is used up to a range of 100km?
A. Infrared
B. Microwave
C. Visible range
D. Ultra-violet
Correct : B. Microwave
80. A total station is a combination of:
A. EDM and Theodolite
B. Compass and EDM
C. Electronic Theodolite and EDM
D. EDM and electronic Compass
Correct : C. Electronic Theodolite and EDM
81. Which unit in total station processes data collected?
A. Data collector
B. EDM
C. Storage system
D. Microprocessor
Correct : D. Microprocessor
82. Which is the latest development in a total station?
A. High resolution
B. High accuracy
C. Robotic
D. Automatic
Correct : C. Robotic
83. Which of the below is not an application of total station?
A. Crime scene investigation
B. Furniture manufacture
C. Mining
D. Archaeology
Correct : B. Furniture manufacture
84. What is the range of medium range EDM?
A. <5kms
B. 15-25kms
C. 5-25kms
D. >25kms
Correct : C. 5-25kms
85. Each point entered in a total station is stored in:
A. Hard discs
B. Electronic books
C. Data storage
D. Chip
Correct : B. Electronic books
86. Which of the below is a commercial element in highway construction?
A. Traffic
B. Installation technique
C. Environmental aspects
D. Material
Correct : C. Environmental aspects
87. ___________ can provide a 3-5 dB reduction in tyre-pavement noise emissions.
A. Asphalt
B. Bituminous
C. Rubberised asphalt
D. Concrete
Correct : C. Rubberised asphalt
88. In a building, to provide ultimate comfort to occupants ________ can be used.
A. AC
B. HVAC
C. Ventilators
D. HAC
Correct : B. HVAC
89. Which IS codes gives details about elevators?
A. IS 27752
B. IS 38665
C. IS 14665
D. IS 27855
Correct : C. IS 14665
90. The slope of a ramp should not be more than:
A. 1 in 35
B. 1 in 20
C. 1 in 15
D. 1 in 10
Correct : C. 1 in 15
91. How many types of ventilation are there?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 5
Correct : A. 3
92. A fire detector cannot detect:
A. Radiation
B. Heat
C. Light
D. Smoke
Correct : C. Light
93. When exposed to fire, concrete has very little strength left after:
A. 500oC
B. 300oC
C. 200oC
D. 600oC
Correct : D. 600oC
94. Desiccants are chemicals that:
A. Remove humidity
B. Add humidity
C. Add moisture
D. Remove moisture
Correct : D. Remove moisture