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| 3201. |
The process of working a flat for the finishing coat, is known |
| A. | dubbing out |
| B. | floating |
| C. | knetting |
| D. | blistering. |
| Answer» C. knetting | |
| 3202. |
The window which projects outside a room of a building for admitting more light and air, is known |
| A. | bay window |
| B. | casement window |
| C. | lantern window |
| D. | dormer window. |
| Answer» B. casement window | |
| 3203. |
Weep holes are provided in retaining and breast walls |
| A. | to drain off the water from the filling |
| B. | to ventilate the stone masonry |
| C. | to add architectural beauty |
| D. | to reduce the weight of the earth retained |
| E. | to increase compaction of the earth retained. |
| Answer» B. to ventilate the stone masonry | |
| 3204. |
The window which is provided on a sloping roof of a building, is called |
| A. | lantern window |
| B. | dormer window |
| C. | louvered window |
| D. | rash window |
| E. | air window. |
| Answer» C. louvered window | |
| 3205. |
Pick up the consideration to the taken while designing a hospital from the following : |
| A. | the operation theatre unit to be detached as it requires sterlized zone but near the ward for the patients and doctor |
| B. | the mortuary should be detached from the main circulation with a postmortem room |
| C. | causalty unit should be provided a separate entrance |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3206. |
The voussoir placed at crown of an arch, is known as a |
| A. | key |
| B. | soffit |
| C. | springer |
| D. | haunch. |
| Answer» B. soffit | |
| 3207. |
The stone masonry of finely dressed stones laid in cement or lime, is |
| A. | random rubble masonry |
| B. | coursed rubble masonry |
| C. | dry rubble masonry |
| D. | ashlar masonry. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3208. |
The process of filling hollow spaces of walls before plastering, is known |
| A. | hacking |
| B. | dubbing out |
| C. | blishering |
| D. | peeling |
| E. | all the above. |
| Answer» C. blishering | |
| 3209. |
The stone blocks approximately triangular in shape, used as steps, are known |
| A. | stone steps |
| B. | built up steps |
| C. | spandril steps |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 3210. |
Gravels |
| A. | are cohesionless aggregates |
| B. | vary in size between 2 to 20 mm |
| C. | never swell when they come into contact with water |
| D. | seldom shrink when dried |
| E. | all the above. |
| Answer» F. | |
| 3211. |
The pile which supports the load due to friction between pile face and surrounding soil, is generally known as |
| A. | bearing pile |
| B. | friction pile |
| C. | sheet pile |
| D. | battered pile. |
| Answer» C. sheet pile | |
| 3212. |
A wooden block fixed on back side of a door frame on its post, is known as |
| A. | cleat |
| B. | stop |
| C. | horn |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. horn | |
| 3213. |
In ordinary residential and public buildings, the damp proof course is generally provided at |
| A. | ground level |
| B. | plinth level |
| C. | water table level |
| D. | midway ground level and watertable level. |
| Answer» C. water table level | |
| 3214. |
The width of the hollow space between two walls of a cavity wall should not exceed |
| A. | 5 cm |
| B. | 7.5 cm |
| C. | 10 cm |
| D. | 15 cm. |
| Answer» D. 15 cm. | |
| 3215. |
The service area in a building means the area occupied by |
| A. | stairs |
| B. | toilets |
| C. | light and shafts |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3216. |
Slate |
| A. | is a metamorphic rock |
| B. | splits into thin sheets along its bedding planes |
| C. | has a smooth surface and contains alumina and silica |
| D. | possesses good water absorption capacity |
| E. | is found in many colours. |
| Answer» B. splits into thin sheets along its bedding planes | |
| 3217. |
The X-ray rooms are plastered with |
| A. | Plaster of Paris |
| B. | Barium plaster |
| C. | Martin's cement |
| D. | Keen's cement. |
| Answer» C. Martin's cement | |
| 3218. |
Vertical construction joints are provided where the shearing forces are minimum in the case of |
| A. | slabs |
| B. | beams |
| C. | girders |
| D. | all of these. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3219. |
The ceiling height of a building is |
| A. | between ceiling and ground level |
| B. | between ceiling and floor level |
| C. | upto roof above ground level |
| D. | upto ceiling from the ground level. |
| Answer» C. upto roof above ground level | |
| 3220. |
The mortar in which both cement and lime are used as binding materials, is called |
| A. | cement mortar |
| B. | lime mortar |
| C. | fire resistant mortar |
| D. | gauged mortar |
| E. | light weight mortar. |
| Answer» E. light weight mortar. | |
| 3221. |
The rock formed from the solidification of molten matter (magma) is called : |
| A. | sedimentary rock |
| B. | metamorphic rock |
| C. | igneous rock |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» D. none of the above. | |
| 3222. |
A concrete structure is set on fire and the temperature raises to 1000 C. The strength of concrete as compared to original strength reduces to |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 15% |
| C. | 20% |
| D. | 25%. |
| Answer» D. 25%. | |
| 3223. |
The type of pointing in which a V-shaped projection outside the wall surface, is provided, is called |
| A. | recessed pointing |
| B. | weather pointing |
| C. | V-pointing |
| D. | tuck pointing. |
| Answer» C. V-pointing | |
| 3224. |
Pick up the correct statement about silt soil from the following : |
| A. | the silt soil has particle size from 0.02 mm to 0.06 mm. |
| B. | in organic fine grained silt soil possesses no plasticity. |
| C. | the least plastic type normally consists of more or less equi-dimensional grains of quartz |
| D. | all the above. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3225. |
The bond in which headers and stretchers are laid in alternate courses and every stretcher course is started with a three fourth brick bat, is known as |
| A. | English cross bond |
| B. | Dutch bond |
| C. | Monk bond |
| D. | Rat-trap bond. |
| Answer» C. Monk bond | |
| 3226. |
The minimum width of a stair in residential buildings, is |
| A. | 55 cm |
| B. | 70 cm |
| C. | 85 cm |
| D. | 100 cm |
| E. | 120 cm. |
| Answer» D. 100 cm | |
| 3227. |
A short column (30 cm x 20 cm) carries a load P1 at 4 cm on one side and another load P2 at 8 cm on the other side along a principal section parallel to longer dimension. If the extreme intensity on either side is same, the ratio of P1 to P2 will be |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-88-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-88-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-88-4.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-88-3.png"> |
| Answer» D. <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-88-3.png"> | |
| 3228. |
Slenderness ratio of a long column, is |
| A. | area of cross-section divided by radius of gyration |
| B. | area of cross-section divided by least radius of gyration |
| C. | radius of gyration divided by area of cross-section |
| D. | length of column divided by least radius of gyration. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3229. |
is the equation of Euler's crippling load if |
| A. | both at the ends are fixed |
| B. | both the ends are hinged |
| C. | one end is fixed and other end is free |
| D. | one end is fixed and other end is hinged. |
| Answer» B. both the ends are hinged | |
| 3230. |
A steel plate d x b is sandwiched rigidly between two timber joists each D x B/2 in section. The moment of resistance of the beam for the same maximum permissible stress in timber and steel will be (where Young's modulus of steel is m times that of the timber). |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/87-21-72-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/87-21-72-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/87-21-72-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/87-21-72-4.png"> |
| Answer» C. <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/87-21-72-3.png"> | |
| 3231. |
The ratio of crippling loads of a column having both the ends fixed to the column having both the ends hinged, is |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3232. |
A two hinged parabolic arch of span l and rise h carries a load varying from zero at the left end to per unit run at the right end. The horizontal thrust is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-179-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-179-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-179-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-179-4.png"> |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3233. |
Maximum strain theory for the failure of a material at the elastic limit, is known as |
| A. | Guest's or Trecas' theory |
| B. | St. Venant's theory |
| C. | Rankine's theory |
| D. | Haig's theory |
| E. | Von Mises's theory. |
| Answer» C. Rankine's theory | |
| 3234. |
A cantilever of length L is subjected to a bending moment M at its free end. If EI is the flexural rigidity of the section, the deflection of the free end, is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-82-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-82-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-82-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/88-21-82-4.png"> |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3235. |
The maximum bending moment for a simply supported beam with a uniformly distributed load w/unit length, is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/84-21-41-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/84-21-41-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/84-21-41-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/84-21-41-4.png"> |
| Answer» D. <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/84-21-41-4.png"> | |
| 3236. |
A composite beam is composed of two equal strips one of brass and other of steel. If the temperature is raised |
| A. | steel experiences tensile force |
| B. | brass experiences compressive force |
| C. | composite beam gets subjected to a couple |
| D. | composite beam bends |
| E. | All the above. |
| Answer» F. | |
| 3237. |
Shear centre of a half circular section of radius r and of constant thickness, lies at a distance of x from the centre where x is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/96-21-171-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/96-21-171-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/96-21-171-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/96-21-171-4.png"> |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3238. |
The equivalent length is of a column of length L having both the ends fixed, is |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | <i>L</i> |
| C. | <i>L</i> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/94-21-151-1.png"> |
| E. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/94-21-151-2.png"> |
| Answer» D. <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/94-21-151-1.png"> | |
| 3239. |
For calculating the allowable stress of long columns is the empirical formula, known as |
| A. | Straight line formula |
| B. | Parabolic formula |
| C. | Perry's formula |
| D. | Rankine's formula. |
| Answer» C. Perry's formula | |
| 3240. |
The ratio of tangential and normal components of a stress on an inclined plane through to the direction of the force, is : |
| A. | sin |
| B. | cos |
| C. | tan |
| D. | cos |
| E. | sec |
| Answer» D. cos | |
| 3241. |
The moment of inertia of a rectangular section of width B and depth D about an axis passing through C.G. and parallel to its width is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/86-21-56-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/86-21-56-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/86-21-56-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/86-21-56-4.png"> |
| E. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/86-21-56-5.png"> |
| Answer» D. <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/86-21-56-4.png"> | |
| 3242. |
Maximum principal stress theory for the failure of a material at elastic point, is known |
| A. | Guest's or Trecas' theory |
| B. | St. Venant's theory |
| C. | Rankine's theory |
| D. | Haig's theory |
| E. | Von Mises's theory. |
| Answer» D. Haig's theory | |
| 3243. |
In case of a simply supported I-section beam of span L and loaded with a central load W, the length of elasto-plastic zone of the plastic hinge, is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-185-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-185-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-185-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/97-21-185-4.png"> |
| E. | none of these. |
| Answer» E. none of these. | |
| 3244. |
The eccentricity (e) of a hollow circular column, external diameter 25 cm, internal diameter 15 cm for an eccentric load 100 t for non-development of tension, is |
| A. | 2.75 cm |
| B. | 3.00 cm |
| C. | 3.50 cm |
| D. | 4.25 cm |
| E. | 5.0 cm |
| Answer» E. 5.0 cm | |
| 3245. |
Maximum shear stress theory for the failure of a material at the elastic limit, is known |
| A. | Guest's or Trecas' theory |
| B. | St. Venant's theory |
| C. | Rankine's theory |
| D. | Haig's theory |
| E. | Von Mises's theory. |
| Answer» B. St. Venant's theory | |
| 3246. |
The equation of a parabolic arch of span l and rise h, is given by |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/95-21-159-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/95-21-159-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/95-21-159-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/95-21-159-4.png"> |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3247. |
If D and d are external and internal diameters of a circular shaft respectively, its polar moment of inertia, is |
| A. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/91-21-118-1.png"> |
| B. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/91-21-118-2.png"> |
| C. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/91-21-118-3.png"> |
| D. | <img src="/_files/images/civil-engineering/theory-of-structures/91-21-118-4.png"> |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3248. |
The vertical faces of a door opening which support frame of the door, are |
| A. | jambs |
| B. | posts |
| C. | reveals |
| D. | styles. |
| Answer» B. posts | |
| 3249. |
The normal and tangential components of stress on an inclined plane through to the direction of the force, will be equal if is |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» B. 30 | |
| 3250. |
Brick nogging type of partition wall, is constructed by |
| A. | laying bricks as stretchers in cement mortar |
| B. | laying bricks as headers in cement mortar |
| C. | reinforcing brick wall with iron straps |
| D. | constructing brick work within a wooden framework. |
| Answer» E. | |