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  • The three time estimates for the activities of the network shown in the given figure are shown above their arrows. The earliest expected time for the event 4, is
    The three time estimates for the activities of the network shown in the given figure are shown above


  • Options
  • A. 19
  • B. 14
  • C. 24
  • D. None of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • 19 


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    • 1. If the normal stresses due to longitudinal and transverse loads on a bar are ?1 and ?2 respectively, the tangential component of the stress on an inclined plane through ?°, the longitudinal load is

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    • A. ?1 sin ? + ?2 cos ?
    • B. ?1 sin ?2 + ?2 cos2 ?
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The slotted template method

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    • A. is prepared, by graphical method
    • B. is suitable for large areas with less control
    • C. is rapid and accurate
    • D. may be done on any scale
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. It is proposed to widen and strengthen an existing 2-lane NH section as a divided highway. The existing traffic in one direction is 2500 commercial vehicles (CV) per day. The construction will take 1 year. The design CBR of soil subgrade is found to be 5 percent, Given: traffic growth rate for CV = 8 percent, vehicle damage factor = 3.5 (standard axles per CV), design life = 10 years and traffic distribution factor = 0.75. The cumulative standard axles (msa) computed are

    • Options
    • A. 35
    • B. 37
    • C. 65
    • D. 70
    • Discuss
    • 4. In a simply supported beam (l + 2a) with equal overhangs (a) and carrying a uniformly distributed load over its entire length, B.M. at the middle point of the beam will be zero if

    • Options
    • A. l = 2a
    • B. l = 4a
    • C. l < 2a
    • D. l > a
    • E. l > 3a.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The principal stresses at a point are 100, 100 and-200 kgf/cm2, the octo hedral shear stress at the point is :

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    • A. 100 2 kg/cm2
    • B. 200 2 kg/cm2
    • C. 300 2 kg/cm2
    • D. 400 2 kg/cm2
    • E. 500 2 kg/cm2.
    • Discuss
    • 6. If W is weight of a retaining wall and P is the horizontal earth pressure, the factor of safety against sliding, is

    • Options
    • A. 1.0
    • B. 1.25
    • C. 1.5
    • D. 2.0
    • E. 2.5
    • Discuss
    • 7. According to Robert E. Horton, the equation of infiltration capacity curve, is (where letters carry their usual meanings)

    • Options
    • A. f = fc (fo - fc) ekt
    • B. f = ft - (fo - fc) e-kt
    • C. f = ft + (fo - fc) e-kt
    • D. f = f + (fo - fc) ekt
    • Discuss
    • 8. For a number of columns constructed in a rcjw, the type of foundation provided, is

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    • A. footing
    • B. raft
    • C. strap
    • D. strip
    • E. a combination of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Long and short spans of a two way slab are ly and lx and load on the slab acting on strips parallel to lx and ly be wx and wy respectively. According to Rankine Grashoff theory

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. M.I. of a thin ring (external diameter D, internal diameter d) about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the ring, is

    • Options
    • A. (D4 + d4)
    • B. (D4 - d4)
    • C. (D4 + d4)
    • D. (D4 x d4).
    • Discuss


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