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Basic of Civil Engineering | Set 2

1. Which of the below should be avoided in brick masonry?

Correct : D. Vertical joints

2. _________ bond is better in appearance than English bond.

Correct : B. Double Flemish

3. Flemish bond is expensive than English bond.

Correct : B. False

4. In Herringbone bond, bricks are placed at _________ angle from __________ line in both directions.

Correct : C. 450, central

5. The portion of bricks cut across the width in half is called:

Correct : D. Half bat

6. What should be placed at the beginning of every header course in English bond to avoid vertical joint?

Correct : A. Queen closer

7. The bricks used for corners of walls of a structure are called:

Correct : B. Quoins

8. Which bond comprises of one course of a header to three or five courses of stretchers?

Correct : C. English garden-wall bond

9. How many components are mainly used to prepare concrete?

Correct : D. 4

10. Which of the below is the most common alternative to cement in concrete?

Correct : C. Asphalt

11. What is the ideal water-cement ratio to be used while hand mixing?

Correct : B. 0.5-0.6

12. Retarders are used for:

Correct : D. Grouting deep oil wells

13. _________ is added to make white concrete.

Correct : B. Metakaolin

14. As water cement ratio increases, ________ also increases.

Correct : D. Workability

15. Which of the below is an example of plasticizer?

Correct : A. Hydroxylated carboxylic acid

16. Which component of concrete gives it desired compressive strength?

Correct : C. Aggregates

17. What is the ratio of the component in grade M20 concrete?

Correct : B. 1:1.5:3

18. The most common type of door is:

Correct : C. Single leaf door

19. A casement window hung horizontally is called:

Correct : B. Awning

20. Light, a term used in windows, is:

Correct : A. Area between outer parts of a window

21. If a door swings towards the person opening it, it is called:

Correct : B. Reverse

22. Which of the below material of window has life span of 50 years?

Correct : C. UPVC

23. ________ door swings both ways.

Correct : A. Mead

24. The difference between magnetic north and geographic north is:

Correct : C. Declination

25. In the triangulation method, the whole area is divided into:

Correct : D. Well-conditioned triangles

26. A stone that marks boundary is called:

Correct : A. Merestone

27. Which of the below is not a classification of surveying?

Correct : B. Basement

28. EDM stands for:

Correct : C. Electronic Distance Measurement

29. Plane and geodetic surveying are classifications of surveying based on:

Correct : B. Earth’s curvature

30. _________ errors are small unavoidable fluctuation.

Correct : A. Random

31. Which of the below is not a means of linear surveying methods?

Correct : A. Theodolite

32. An offset is a _________ distance of an object measured from the survey line.

Correct : A. Lateral

33. Which of the below is not an instrument used to set right angles?

Correct : C. Optical staff

34. How many types of chains are used in chain surveying?

Correct : B. 5

35. Gunter’s chain consists of _________ links.

Correct : D. 100

36. The process of a location of intermediate points on a survey line is:

Correct : C. Ranging

37. The biggest of the survey line is called:

Correct : B. Base line

38. Chain surveying uses the principle of:

Correct : D. Triangulation

39. In how many ways can ranging be carried out?

Correct : A. 2

40. The book in which chain measurements are entered is called:

Correct : A. Field book

41. How many types of cross staff are available?

Correct : C. 3

42. Survey stations may be marked on the ground using a:

Correct : D. Peg

43. The direction of a line relative to a given meridian is called:

Correct : A. Bearing

44. How many types of a compass are used in surveying?

Correct : B. 2

45. ___________ bearing is measured in the direction of survey.

Correct : C. Fore

46. In a reduced bearing system, bearing is measured from:

Correct : A. Nearest one (North or South)

47. Prismatic Compass is based on the reduced bearing system.

Correct : B. False

48. The bearing of line AB as shown below is represented in reduced bearing as:

Correct : D. S30oE

49. How many meridians are used in surveying?

Correct : C. 3

50. ________ is a term used that prevents the needle from pointing to the magnetic North in a given locality.

Correct : A. Local attraction

51. ___________ line is the line drawn through points of the same declination.

Correct : B. Isogonic

52. Which of the below is not a temporary adjustment of the prismatic compass?

Correct : D. Adjusting sight vane

53. How many types of variations in declination are there?

Correct : A. 4

54. A levelling staff is used to establish:

Correct : A. Horizontal line of sight

55. Dumpy level was originally designed by:

Correct : D. Gravatt

56. Which of the below is used to make a line of sight horizontally in a level?

Correct : A. Foot screws

57. A digital level reads a:

Correct : B. Barcoded staff

58. Which of the below cannot be used to measure vertical heights?

Correct : C. Transit

59. How many types of self-reading staff are available?

Correct : C. 3

60. Which of the below is not common in all levelling equipment?

Correct : D. Tilting screws

61. Trigonometric levelling is also called:

Correct : A. Indirect levelling

62. In _________ levelling, the first and last point are at a far distance.

Correct : B. Differential

63. Stadia levelling is a modified form of:

Correct : D. Trigonometric levelling

64. Reciprocal levelling is used when,

Correct : B. Obstacles are there

65. In a hilly terrain, staff reading is more at:

Correct : A. Lower point

66. Which is the arithmetic check for the height of instrument method?

Correct : B. ∑BS – ∑FS = Last RL – First RL@

67. Which instrument is used in trigonometric levelling?

Correct : C. Theodolite

68. In levelling, error due to earth’s curvature is to be corrected using:

Correct : D. Cc=0.0785D2

69. Contours can be found in a __________ map.

Correct : B. Topographical

70. Contour Maps are not mandatory in civil engineering projects like road works, dams, canals,etc.

Correct : B. False

71. How many methods of contouring are present?

Correct : C. 2

72. Indirect methods uses how many methods?

Correct : A. 3

73. The commonly used squares in the method of a square is:

Correct : C. 5m x 5m to 20m x 20m

74. Which of the below methods is used for interpolating contour points between 2 points?

Correct : A. Arithmetic calculation

75. The contour interval is the same for all purposes.

Correct : B. False

76. The curves used for drawing lines between points in a contour line is:

Correct : B. French curve

77. Which shaped lines indicate the presence of a ridge?

Correct : B. U-shaped

78. The line which separates the catchment basin from the rest of the area is:

Correct : D. Watershed line

79. Which of the below is used up to a range of 100km?

Correct : B. Microwave

80. A total station is a combination of:

Correct : C. Electronic Theodolite and EDM

81. Which unit in total station processes data collected?

Correct : D. Microprocessor

82. Which is the latest development in a total station?

Correct : C. Robotic

83. Which of the below is not an application of total station?

Correct : B. Furniture manufacture

84. What is the range of medium range EDM?

Correct : C. 5-25kms

85. Each point entered in a total station is stored in:

Correct : B. Electronic books

86. Which of the below is a commercial element in highway construction?

Correct : C. Environmental aspects

87. ___________ can provide a 3-5 dB reduction in tyre-pavement noise emissions.

Correct : C. Rubberised asphalt

88. In a building, to provide ultimate comfort to occupants ________ can be used.

Correct : B. HVAC

89. Which IS codes gives details about elevators?

Correct : C. IS 14665

90. The slope of a ramp should not be more than:

Correct : C. 1 in 15

91. How many types of ventilation are there?

Correct : A. 3

92. A fire detector cannot detect:

Correct : C. Light

93. When exposed to fire, concrete has very little strength left after:

Correct : D. 600oC

94. Desiccants are chemicals that:

Correct : D. Remove moisture