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  • Question
  • Negative skin friction occurs when :


  • Options
  • A. an upward drag exists in the pile
  • B. the surrounding soil settles more than the pile
  • C. the pile passes continuously through a firm soil
  • D. the driving operation begins

  • Correct Answer
  • the surrounding soil settles more than the pile 


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    • 1. The correct reinforcement-details at the corner of a rectangular water tank, in horizontal plane is shown by :

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • Discuss
    • 2. The dimension of a pressure gradient in a fluid flow are :

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    • A. ML-1T2
    • B. ML-3T-2
    • C. ML-2T-2
    • D. M-1L-1T-2
    • Discuss
    • 3. Presence of ifluoride in water greater than permissible level of 1.5 mg/l causes

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    • A. cardiovascular disease
    • B. methemoglobinemia
    • C. hepatitis
    • D. dental fluorosis
    • Discuss
    • 4. MPN index is a measure of one of the following :

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    • A. Coliform bacteria
    • B. BOD5
    • C. Dissolved Oxygen Content
    • D. Hardness
    • Discuss
    • 5. Maximum strain at the level of compression steel for a rectangular section having effective cover to compression steel as d' and neutral axis depth from compression face as xu is

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    • A. 0.0035 (1 - d'/xu)
    • B. 0.002 (1 - d'/xu)
    • C. 0.0035 (1 - xu/d')
    • D. 0.002 (1 - xu/d')
    • Discuss
    • 6. The basic assumption of plane sections normal to the neutral axis before bending, remaining plane and normal to the neutral axis after bending, leads to :

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    • A. uniform strain over the beam cross section
    • B. uniform stress over the cross section
    • C. linearly varying strain over the cross section
    • D. stresses which are proportional to strains at all cross sections
    • Discuss
    • 7. At a rated capacity of 44 Cumecs, a centrifugal pump develops 36 m of head when operating at 1450 rpm. Its specific speed is :

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    • A. 654
    • B. 509
    • C. 700
    • D. 90
    • Discuss
    • 8. A direct shear test was conducted on a cohesionless soil (c = 0) specimen under a normal stress of 200 kN/m2. The specimen failed at a shear stress of 100 kN/m2. The angle of internal friction of the soil (degrees) is

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    • A. 26.6
    • B. 29.5
    • C. 30.0
    • D. 32.6
    • Discuss
    • 9. Both Reynolds and Froude numbers assume significance in one of following examples :

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    • A. Motion of submarine at large depths
    • B. Motion of ship in deep seas
    • C. Cruising of a missile in air
    • D. Flow over spillways
    • Discuss
    • 10. The repeating variables in dimensional analysis should :

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    • A. include the dependent variable
    • B. have amongst themselves all the basic dimensions
    • C. be derivable from one another
    • D. exclude one of the basic dimensions
    • Discuss


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