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The performance of a specific task in CPM, is known

A Milestone chart

Which one of the following frequency regions is a part of sun's radiation?

Coherence of two electromagnetic waves takes place if their phase difference is :

The part radiation due to scattered/diffused radiation entering the field of view of a remote sensor other than that from the required target,

The instruments which provide electromagnetic radiation of specified wave length or a band of wave lengths to illuminate the earth surface, are called :

A dummy activity

If t_o, t_p and t_m are the optimistic, pessimistic and most likely time estimates of an activity respectively, the expected time t of the activity will be

In the given figure, the network of a project represents

Final technical authority of a project lies with

Various activities of a project, are shown on bar charts by

Time and progress chart of a construction, is also known as

Critical Path Net Work helps an engineer

A concentrated load P is supported by the free end of a quadrantal ring AB whose end B is fixed. The ratio of the vertical to horizontal deflections of the end A, is

Stress may be defined as

Total strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is known

The refractive index of the ocean water:

Electromagnetic radiation :

Pick up the important characteristic of a target which facilitates its identification from the following:

The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, is known

Mile Stone charts were invented in the year of

Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as

The shape factor of standard rolled beam section varies from

Shear strain energy theory for the failure of a material at elastic limit, is due to

The point of contraflexure is the point where

The assumption in the theory of bending of beams, is :

Wooden sleepers used on the girders of bridges, are generally made of

Mr. W. Simms, the consulting Engineer to the Government of India recommended the gauge for Indian railways

If absolute levels of rails at the consecutive axles A, B, and C separated by 1.8 metres are 100.505 m, 100.530 m, and 100.525 m respectively, the unevenness of rails, is

If a 0.7% upgrade meets a 0.65% downgrade at a summit and the permissible rate of change of grade per chain length is 0.10%, the length of the vertical curve, is

If L₁ and L₂ are actual and theoretical lengths of a tongue rail, d is heel divergence and t is thickness of tongue rail at toe, the switch angle is

A scissors cross-over consists of

A kink is made in stock rails, ahead of the toe of switch at a distance of

If L is length of a rail and R is the radius of a curve, the versine h for the curve, is

Overall depth of a dog spike, is

For calculating the allowable stress of long columns. The empirical formula , is known as

Rails are bent to correct curvature if the degree of curve, is more than

A material is said to be perfectly elastic if

In case of a simply supported rectangular beam of span L and loaded with a central load W, the length of elasto-plastic zone of the plastic hinge, is

For determining the support reactions at A and B of a three hinged arch, points B and C are joined and produced to intersect the load line at D and a line parallel to the load line through A at D'. Distances AD, DD' and AD' when measured were 4 cm, 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. The angle between the reactions at A and B is

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following : The torsional resistance of a shaft is directly proportional to

Beams composed of more than one material, rigidly connected together so as to behave as one piece, are known as

The maximum magnitude of shear stress due to shear force F on a rectangular section of area A at the neutral axis, is

The first Indian railway was laid in

The weight of the rails depends upon

In plastic analysis, the shape factor for a triangular section, is

The ratio of the deflections of the free end of a cantilever due to an isolated load at l/3rd and 2/3rd of the span, is

If Q is load factor, S is shape factor and F is factor of safety in elastic design, the following:

Minimum depth of ballast prescribed of B.G. trunk lines of Indian Railways, is

A shaft is subjected to bending moment M and a torque T simultaneously. The ratio of the maximum bending stress to maximum shear stress developed in the shaft, is