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  • Question
  • Pick up the correct statement from the following :


  • Options
  • A. the apparent error on reversal is twice the actual error
  • B. the correction may be made equal to half the observed discrepancy.
  • C. the good results may be obtained from a defective instrument by reversing and taking the mean of two erroneous results
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


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    • 1. The force in the member DE of the truss shown in the below figure is,

    • Options
    • A. 100.0 kN
    • B. zero
    • C. 35.5 kN
    • D. 25.0 kN
    • Discuss
    • 2. Minimum thickness of steel work directly exposed to weather but not accessible for cleaning and repainting, the thickness should be not less than

    • Options
    • A. 4 mm
    • B. 6 mm
    • C. 7 mm
    • D. 8 mm
    • Discuss
    • 3. One of the following statements is true with regards to bodies that float or are submerged in liquids :

    • Options
    • A. For a body wholly submerged in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity of the body
    • B. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity of the body
    • C. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy and the centre of gravity, regardless of the relative positions of the centre of buoyancy and gravity
    • D. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity and the metacentre is above both the centres of gravity and buoyancy.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The thickness of the rectangular plate for the cap or base of a solid round steel columns, is calculated from the formula where d is

    • Options
    • A. the reduced diameter of the column
    • B. the dimension of the base
    • C. the diameter of the base
    • D. the diameter of the top.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Useful soil moisture for plant growth, is

    • Options
    • A. capillary water
    • B. gravity water
    • C. hygroscopic water
    • D. chemical water
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. The cover of a longitudinal reinforcing bar in a column is kept not less than the diameter of the bar or 40 mm
    • B. The cover of a longitudinal reinforcing bar in beam is kept not less than the diameter of the bar or 25 mm
    • C. The end cover of a longitudinal reinforcing bar in a beam is kept not less than twice the diameter or 25 mm
    • D. The cover for tensile reinforcement in a slab is kept not less than diameter of the bar or 15 mm
    • E. All the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Pick up the correct statement for the web stiffeners.

    • Options
    • A. vertical stiffeners are spaced at a distance not greater than 1.5 d and not less than 0.33 d
    • B. d is the distance between flange angles or the clear distance between flanges
    • C. for horizontal stiffeners, d is the clear distance between the horizontal stiffener and the tension flange
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. Water with hardness upto 75 ppm is considered soft
    • B. Water with hardness more than 200 ppm is considered hard
    • C. Water needed for laundaries should contain hardness less than 75 ppm
    • D. To provide taste during drinking, water should possess hardness between 75 to 120
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Spring tides are caused when

    • Options
    • A. sun and moon are in line with earth
    • B. solar tidal force acts opposite to lunar tidal force
    • C. solar tidal force and lunar tidal force both coincide
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Limiting gradient for locating the base line on evenly-sloping ground, is

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 12
    • B. 1 in 10
    • C. 1 in 8
    • D. 1 in 6.
    • Discuss


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