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  • Question
  • Rails are bent to correct curvature if the degree of curve, is more than


  • Options
  • A. 1°
  • B. 2°
  • C. 3°
  • D. 4°
  • E. 6°

  • Correct Answer
  • 4° 


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    • 1. The reduced level of third floor of a building near a column is 205.350 m. The reduced levels of the undersides of four beams supporting the fourth floor framing into the column mutually perpendicular are 208.350 m, 208.450 m, 208.500 m and 208.550 m. The supported length of the column is

    • Options
    • A. 3.000 m
    • B. 3.100 m
    • C. 3.150 m
    • D. 3.200 m
    • Discuss
    • 2. The tangential component of stress on an plane inclined ?° to the direction of the force, may be obtained by multiplying the normal stress by

    • Options
    • A. sin ?
    • B. cos ?
    • C. tan ?
    • D. sin ? cos ?
    • E. sin2?
    • Discuss
    • 3. Shrinkage in concrete can be reduced by using

    • Options
    • A. low water cement ratio
    • B. less cement in the concrete
    • C. proper concrete mix
    • D. presaturated aggregates
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The shear resistance of a soil is con-tituted basically of the following component.

    • Options
    • A. The frictional resistance to translocation between the individual soil particles at their contact point
    • B. To the structural relation to displacement of the soil because of the interlocking of the particles
    • C. Cohesion and adhesion between the surfaces of the soil particles
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Particles of 0.002 mm size are that of

    • Options
    • A. clay
    • B. sand
    • C. gravel
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The most important constituent of an oil paint, is

    • Options
    • A. thinner
    • B. vehicle
    • C. pigment
    • D. base
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. A footing 2 m x 1 m exerts a uniform pressure of 150 kN/m2 on the soil. Assuming a load dispersion of 2 vertical to 1 horizontal the average vertical stress (kN/m2) at 1.0 m below the footing is

    • Options
    • A. 50
    • B. 75
    • C. 80
    • D. 100
    • Discuss
    • 8. An isolated T beam is used as a walkway. The beam is simply supported with an effective span of 6 m. The effective width of flange, for the cross-section shown in the below figure is

    • Options
    • A. 900 mm
    • B. 1000 mm
    • C. 1259 mm
    • D. 2200 mm
    • Discuss
    • 9. The width of expansion joint gap is 2.5 cm in a cement concrete pavement. The spacing between expansion joints for a maximum rise in temperature of 25°C is, (assuming coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete as 10 x 10-6 per degree C),

    • Options
    • A. 5 m
    • B. 50 m
    • C. 100 m
    • D. 25 M
    • Discuss
    • 10. 'Loess' is silty clay formed by the action of

    • Options
    • A. water
    • B. glacier
    • C. wind
    • D. gravitational force.
    • Discuss


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