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  • If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weight w per unit volume, the minimum depth (h) of the foundation from the free surface of the earth, is


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  • A. If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weig
  • B. If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weig
  • C. If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weig
  • D. If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weig

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    • 1. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slabs is technically .known as

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    • A. supporting end of the column
    • B. top of the column
    • C. capital
    • D. drop panel
    • E. none of these.
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    • 2. A ribbed slab is provided for

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    • A. a plain ceiling
    • B. thermal insulation
    • C. acoustic insulation
    • D. all the above.
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    • 3. In a cantilever retaining wall without a heel slab

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    • A. thickness of the stem is kept same throughout
    • B. base slab is made 10 cm thicker than the stem
    • C. width of the base slab is kept 0.7 time the total height of the wall
    • D. all the above.
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    • 4. A column is regarded as long column if the ratio of its effective length and lateral dimension, exceeds

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    • A. 10
    • B. 15
    • C. 20
    • D. 25
    • E. 30
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    • 5. If L is the effective span of a R.C.C. beam which is subjected to maximum shear qmax at the ends, the distance from either end over which stirrups for the shear, are provided, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 6. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than

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    • A. one-sixth of the effective span
    • B. breadth of the rib + four times thickness of the slab
    • C. breadth of the rib + half clear distance between ribs
    • D. least of the above.
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    • 7. The structure constructed to allow drainage water to flow under pressure through an inverted syphon below a canal, is called

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    • A. syphon
    • B. super passage
    • C. aqueduct
    • D. super-aqueduct
    • E. syphon aqueduct.
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    • 8. The sensitivity of a rigid module, is

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    • A. 2.00
    • B. 1.50
    • C. 1.00
    • D. 0.50
    • E. zero
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    • 9. A hydraulic jump is generally formed when a stream moving with

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    • A. a hyper-critical velocity meets a stream moving with a critical velocity
    • B. a hyper-critical velocity meets a stream moving with a hyper-critical velocity
    • C. A hyper-critical velocity meets a stream moving with a sub-critical velocity
    • D. a sub-critical velocity meets a stream moving with a hyper-critical velocity.
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    • 10. Meandering of a river generally occurs, in

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    • A. rocky stage
    • B. delta stage
    • C. boulder stage
    • D. trough stage.
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