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Corrosion of well pipes may not be reduced by
Options
A. reducing the draw down and the pumping rate
B. reducing the flow velocity
C. using thicker pipes
D. using screens having larger area of openings
E. none of these.
Correct Answer
using screens having larger area of openings
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1. Diaphragm of a surveying telescope is held inside
Options
A. eye-piece
B. objective
C. telescope tube at its mid point
D. telescope at the end nearer the eye-piece
E. telescope at its end nearer the objective.
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Correct Answer: telescope at the end nearer the eye-piece
2. Distribution mains of any water supply, is normally designed for its average daily requirement
Options
A. 100%
B. 150%
C. 200%
D. 225%.
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Correct Answer: 225%.
3. Ramsden eye-piece consists of
Options
A. two convex lenses short distance apart
B. two concave lenses short distance apart
C. one convex lens and one concave lens short distance apart
D. two plano-convex lenses short distance apart, with the convex surfaces facing each other.
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Correct Answer: two plano-convex lenses short distance apart, with the convex surfaces facing each other.
4. The ratio of inertia force of a flowing fluid and the viscous force of the liquid is called :
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A. Renold's number
B. Froude's number
C. Euler's number
D. Weber's number.
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Correct Answer: Renold's number
5. Probable systematic error in precise levelling as recommended by International Geodetic Association should not exceed
(where
k
is in kilometers.)
Options
A. ± 0.1
k
mm
B. ± 0.2
k
mm
C. ± 0.1
k
D. 0.2
k
mm.
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Correct Answer: 0.2
k
mm.
6. Pick up the correct equation from the following :
Options
A. Run off = Surface run off + Ground water flow
B. Run off = Surface run off - Ground water flow
C. Run off = Surface run off / Ground water flow
D. Run off = Surface run off x Ground water flow.
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Correct Answer: Run off = Surface run off + Ground water flow
7. Pathogens (or pathogentic bacterias) in water may cause
Options
A. typhoid
B. cholera
C. dysentery
D. infectious hepatitis
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
8. Which one of the following statements is true with regard to the flexibility method of analysis?
Options
A. The method is used to analyse determinate structures
B. The method is used only for manual analysis of indeterminate structures
C. The method is used for analysis of flexible structures
D. The method is used for analysis of indeterminate structures with lesser degree of static indeterminacy.
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Correct Answer: The method is used for analysis of indeterminate structures with lesser degree of static indeterminacy.
9. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options
A. The corss fall of the shoulder should be at least 0.5% steeper than camber
B. On superelevated sections, the shoulders should be provided a cross fall equal to camber
C. Earthern roads in general are provided steepest crossfall
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
10. Width of vehicles affects the width of
Options
A. lanes
B. shoulders
C. parking spaces
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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