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Civil Engineering - UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions

Exercise : UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions - Section 26
21.
Which one of the following would contain water with the maximum amount of turbidity ?
Lakes
Oceans
Rivers
Wells
Answer: Option
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22.
The following steps are necessary to obtain sufficient accuracy with the tape :
1. Keeping uniform tension on tape for each measurement:
2. "Breaking" tape on slopes are necessary to keep the tape level.
3. Keeping accurate count of the stations.
4. Keeping the tape on the line being measured.
The correct sequence of these steps is
4, 2, 1, 3
2, 3, 4, 1
4, 1, 2, 3
3, 2, 1, 4
Answer: Option
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23.
A bar of length l is uniformly tapering from a diameter d1 at one and to a diameter d2 at the other end. The bar is subjected to an axial tensile loads. What is the total elongation (where E = Young's modulus of elasticity. )
4 +
Answer: Option
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24.
A welded steel plate girder consisting of two flange plates of 350 mm x 16 mm and a web plate of 1000 mm x 6 mm, requires
nostiffeners
vertical stiffeners
intermediate vertical stiffeners
vertical and horizontal stiffeners
Answer: Option
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25.
ABCD is a beam of length 5l which is supported at B and C (having supported length BC = 'l') and having two equal overhangs AB and CD of length 2l each. It carries a u.d.l. of intensity p per unit length throughout the beam as shown in the given figure.
The points of contraflexure will occur
at B and C
no where in the beam
at the mid-point of BC
at the mid-points of AB and CD
Answer: Option
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