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  • For calculating critical compression stress in bending Cs for sections symmetrical about the x-x axis, from the formula For calculating critical compression stress in bending Cs for sections symmetrical about the x-x axi, the value of G is taken


  • Options
  • A. 0.2 E
  • B. 0.3 E
  • C. 0.4 E
  • D. 0.5 E

  • Correct Answer
  • 0.4 E 


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    • 1. The commercial name of white and coloured cement in India, is

    • Options
    • A. colocrete
    • B. rainbow cement
    • C. silvicrete
    • D. snowcem
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. 23 cm x 23 cm photographs are taken from a flying height with a camera of focal length of 3600 m and 15.23 cm respectively. A parallax difference of 0.01 mm represents

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    • A. 1 m
    • B. 2 m
    • C. 3 m
    • D. 4 m
    • E. 5 m.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Lapped splices in tensile reinforcement are generally not used for bars of size larger than

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    • A. 18 mm diameter
    • B. 24 mm diameter
    • C. 30 mm diameter
    • D. 36 mm diameter
    • E. 32 mm diameter
    • Discuss
    • 4. The rate of an item of work depends on

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    • A. Specifications of works
    • B. Specifications of materials
    • C. Proportion of mortar
    • D. Method of construction
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. For shear strength, triaxial shear test is suitable because

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    • A. it can be performed under all three drainage conditions
    • B. precise measurement of the pore pressure and volume change during the test is possible
    • C. stress distribution on the failure plane, is uniform
    • D. state of stress within the specimen during any stage of the test as well as at failure, is completely determined
    • E. all the above.
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    • 6. The radius of gyration of a rectangular section (depth D, width B) from a centroidal axis parallel to the width is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 7. If A is the projected area of a vehicle in square metres, V is speed of the vehicles in kilometres per hour and C is a constant, then the wind resistance R to the moving vehicles, is given by

    • Options
    • A. R = CAV
    • B. R = CAV2
    • C. R = CAV3
    • D.
    • E. R = C2AV
    • Discuss
    • 8. When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress develops on

    • Options
    • A. bottom fibre
    • B. top fibre
    • C. neutral axis
    • D. every cross-section.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Plastic bitumen is generally used for

    • Options
    • A. road pavements
    • B. expansion joints
    • C. crack fillings
    • D. none to these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. In a centrifugual pump casing, the flow of water leaving the impeller, is

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    • A. rectilinear flow
    • B. radial flow
    • C. free vortex motion
    • D. forced vertex.
    • Discuss


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