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1.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Slaked lime contains calcium hydroxide
Quick lime contains calcium oxide
Slaked lime may be obtained from quick lime
Slaked lime is obtained by adding water to quick lime
All the above.
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2.
Two columns 50 cm x 50 cm and 60 cm x 60 cm carry 80 tonnes and 120 tonnes of loads respectively. The centre to centre distance between columns is 5.00 metres. The permissible bearing capacity of the soil is 20 t/m2. If the footing is not to project more than 25 cm beyond the outside of the smaller column, pick up the correct design parameters of the footing from the following:
distance of C.G. of the loads from the smaller column = 3.00 m
the length of the foundation slab = 7.00 m
area of footing slab = 11.00 m2
width of the footing = 1.57 m.
all the above.
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3.
The compressibility of clays, is caused due to:
expulsion of double layer water from in between the grains
sliping of particles to new positions of greater density
bending of particles as elastic sheets
all the above.
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4.
Gradient resistance of moving vehicles along down slopes, is
+ 7 kg/tonne
+ 9 kg/tonne
- 9 kg/tonne
- 7 kg/tonne
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5.
If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure above the bottom is
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6.
The specifications of most commonly used standard gauges in India, are
200 sq. cm collector and 4 litres bottle
100 sq. cm collector and 2 litres bottle
200 sq. cm collector and 10 litres bottle
100 sq. cm collector and 4 litres bottle.
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7.
With self cleansing velocity in sewers
silting occurs at bottom
scouring occurs at bottom
both silting and scouring occur at bottom
neither silting nor scouring occurs at bottom.
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8.
The force in AC of the truss shown in the given figure, is

5t tension
4t tension
4t compression
5t compression
None of these.
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9.
The following operations are required for tunnelling in rocky terrain :
1. Removing the foul gases
2. Marking the tunnel profile
3. Setting up and drilling
4. Checking misfire
5. Mucking
The correct sequence is :
1 2 3 4 5
2 3 5 4 1
4 2 1 3 5
2 3 1 4 5
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10.
Which one of the following is included in financial ratios of the firm ?
Profitability ratio
Liquidity ratio
Turnover ratio
Ratio of overall performances
All of these
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11.
The ratio of the total solar radiant energy returned by a planetary body to the total radiant energy incident on the body, the called:
reflectance
reflectance factor
albedo
none of these
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12.
The ratio of the "standard error of a single observation of unit weight" to the standard error of the arithmetic mean of 'n' observation all of unit weight, will be
(1/n)
n2
3n
n
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13.
Consider the following statements :
1. Tests on cement paste to determine initial and final setting times are done at normal consistency condition.
2. Low heat cement has a high percentage to tricalcium aluminate.
3. High early strength portland cement contains a larger percentage of tricalcium silicate and a lower percentage of dicalcium silicate.
Which of these statements are correct ?
1 and 2
1 and 3
2 and 3
1, 2 and 3
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14.
Consider the following statements :
I. The intersection of the first and last ray in funicular diagram is on the line of action of the resultant.
II. Intersection of first and last ray in polar diagram gives the magnitude of the resultant.
Of these statements :
both I and II are true
I is false but II is true
I is true but II is false
both I and II are false
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15.
An elementary structural frame ABC consists of a vertical member BC and a cantilever beam AB which carries a load P at the free end A, as shown in the given figure. The bending moment diagram consists of
triangle for both AB and BC
rectangle for both AB and BC
triangle for AB and rectangle for BC
rectangle for AB and triangle for BC
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16.
A soil has liquid limit of 60%, plastic limit of 35% and shrinkage limit of 20% and it has a natural moisture content of 50%. The liquidity index of soil is
1.5
1.25
0.6
0.4
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17.
An equipment is purchased for Rs. 40, 000.00 and is fully depreciated by straight line method over 8 years. Considering interest on average annual cost at 15% p.a., the charge on the Company due to use of this equipment, if made uniformly over the 8 years, is
Rs. 5, 750
Rs. 8, 000
Rs. 8, 375
Rs. 14, 000
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18.
A 100 m tape is held 1 m out of line. The true length is
100.0050 m
99.9950 m
100.0100 m
99.9800 m
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19.
The given figure shows the arrow diagram for a particular project. The arrow 'A' is known as
critical activity
sub-critical activity
logic arrow
dummy activity
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20.
A simply supported rectangular beam of span 'L' and depth 'd' carries a central load 'W' What ratio of maximum deflection to maximum bending stress is
L2/6Ed
L28Ed
L2/48Ed
L2/12Ed
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