Civil Engineering - UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions

When two roads with two-lane, two-way traffic, cross at an uncontrolled intersection, the total number of potentional major conflict points would be

If the load, warping and frictional stresses in a cement concrete slab are 210 N/mm², 290 N/mm² and 10 N/mm² respectively, the critical combination of stresses during summer midday is

From a circular plate of diameter D, whose centre is C, another circular plate of diameter AC is cut, removed and kept over CB (in the given figure). The thickness of the plate is uniform. The shift of the centroid due to this operation will be

Consider the following statements :
1. Infiltration galleries are placed along the river beds at a depth of 4 to 6 m.
2. The draw-down for the infiltration galleries is more than that for radial wells.
3. Clogging of pipe pores in inflitration galleries is less than that for radial wells.
4. The cost of extracting unit volume of water is more in case of infiltration galleries as compared to radial wells.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

What is the actual ground area covered by a 20 cm x 20 cm size vertical aerial photograph, at an average scale of 1 cm = 200 m having 60% forward overlap and 30% side overlap ?