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Civil Engineering - UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions

Exercise : UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Section 12
26.
What is the predominating coagulation mechanism for raw water having high turbidity and high alkalinity?
Ionic layer compression
Adsorption and charge neutralization
Sweep coagulation
Inter particle bridging
Answer: Option
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27.
The momentum correction factor (β) is used to account for
change in the direction of flow
change in total energy
change in mass rate of flow
non-uniform distribution of vel-ocities
Answer: Option
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28.
Where is d'Alembert's principle employed ?
In the design of long columns
To determine stresses induced in thick cylinders
To reduce a problem of kinetics to an equivalent problem of statics
In the analysis of many geotechnical problems
Answer: Option
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29.
The hoop stress in a dome subjected to uniformly distributed load
is always compressive
is tensile at sections whose radius vectors are at angles less than 51°51' with the vertical
is tensile at sections whose radius vectors are at angles greater than 51°51' with the vertical
is always tensile
Answer: Option
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30.
A commonly used handpump is the
centrifugal pump
reciprocating pump
rotary pump
axial flow pump
Answer: Option
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