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- Question
The following steps are involved in making a spigot and socket joint of cast iron pipes used in water supply systems :
1. Tarred gasket or hemp yarn in wrapped around the spigot.
2. The sipgot end is centered into the socket end of the preceding pipe.
3. A joining ring end is placed around the barrel and against the face of the socket.
4. The gasket or hemp yarn in caulked slightly.
5. Molten pig lead is poured and then caulked.
The correct sequence of these steps is
Options- A. 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
- B. 2, 1, 3, 4, 5
- C. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
- D. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4
- Correct Answer
- 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
- 1. Assertion (A) : Discharging the effluents from the oxidation ponds just up stream of lakes or reservoirs is undesirable.
Reason (R) : The discharged algae get settled in the reservoirs and cause anaerobic decomposition and other water qualities.
Options- A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- B. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
- C. A is true but R is false
- D. A is false but R is true. Discuss
- 2. Which one of the following methods is generally adopted for tunnelling in firm ground
Options- A. Full face method
- B. Top heading and benching method
- C. Drift method
- D. All the above. Discuss
- 3. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Options- A. sand consists of coarse particles of silica formed due to the disintegration of rocks.
- B. the grains of sand are not affected by frost
- C. sand beds are permeable and do not allow water to rise up between pores due to capillary action
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 4. Discharge through a totally submerged orifice, is directly proportional to
Options- A. difference in elevation of water surfaces
- B. square root of the difference in elevation of water surface
- C. square root of the opening
- D. reciprocal of the area of the opening
- E. none of these. Discuss
- 5. Systematic errors are those errors
Options- A. which cannot be recognised
- B. whose character is understood
- C. whose effects are cumulative and can be eliminated
- D. none of these. Discuss
- 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
Options- A. The ratio of the quantity of the diluting water to that of the sewage, is known as dilution factor
- B. The automatic purification of polluted water, is known self purification phenomenon
- C. The photosynthesis is carried out in the presence of sun light
- D. Grab sample is generally obtained from the surface where turbulence mixes the sewage particles
- E. All the above. Discuss
- 7. In levelling operation
Options- A. when the instrument is being shifted, the staff must not be moved
- B. when the staff is being carried forward, the instrument must remain stationary
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. neither (a) nor (b). Discuss
- 8. The reaction at support A of the beam shown in below figure, is
Options- A. zero
- B. 5 T
- C. 10 T
- D. 1 T
- E. 4 T. Discuss
- 9. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
Options- A. In single engine aeroplanes, the engine is provided in the nose of the aircraft
- B. In double engine aeroplanes, one engine on either wing is placed symmetrically
- C. In three engine aeroplanes, two engines are placed on both wings and one engine is placed in the tail
- D. None of these. Discuss
- 10. The floor slab of a building is supported on reinforced cement floor beams. The ratio of the end and intermediate spans is kept
Options- A. 0.7
- B. 0.8
- C. 0.9
- D. 0.6
- E. none of these. Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: square root of the difference in elevation of water surface
Correct Answer: whose effects are cumulative and can be eliminated
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: zero
Correct Answer: In three engine aeroplanes, two engines are placed on both wings and one engine is placed in the tail
Correct Answer: 0.9
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