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  • A pile of 0.50 m diameter and of length 10 m is embedded in a deposit of clay. The un-drained strength parameters of the clay are cohesion = 60 kN/m2 and the angle in internal friction = 0. The skin friction capacity (kN) of the pile for an adhesion factor of 0.6, is


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  • A. 671
  • B. 565
  • C. 283
  • D. 106

  • Correct Answer
  • 565 

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    • 1. The force in the member DE of the truss shown in the below figure is,

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    • A. 100.0 kN
    • B. zero
    • C. 35.5 kN
    • D. 25.0 kN
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    • 2. If duty (D) is 1428 hectares/cumec and base period (B) is 120 days for an irrigated crop, then delta (?) in meters is given by

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    • A. 102.8
    • B. 0.73
    • C. 1.38
    • D. 0.01
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    • 3. Effective length of a rafter member between two nodes at a distance L, perpendicular to the plane of the truss, is : .

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    • A. 2.00 L
    • B. 0.85
    • C. 1.50
    • D. 1.00 L
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    • 4. The group efficiency of a pile group

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    • A. will be always less than 100%.
    • B. will be always greater than 100%.
    • C. may be less than 100% or more than 100%.
    • D. will be more than 100% for pile groups in cohensionless soils and less than 100% for those in cohesive soils.
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    • 5. A wastewater sample contains 10-5.6 mmol/l of OH ions at 25° C. The pH of this sample is

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    • A. 8.6
    • B. 8.4
    • C. 5.6
    • D. 5.4
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    • 6. Two primary air pollutants are

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    • A. sulphur oxide and ozone
    • B. nitrogen oxide and peroxyacetylnitrate
    • C. sulphur oxide and hydrocarbon
    • D. ozone and peroxyacetynitrate
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    • 7. Muskingum method for routing of flood

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    • A. is used for routing floods through reservoirs
    • B. is a method of routing that uses continuity the momentum equations
    • C. is a hydrologic method of routing floods through streams
    • D. is one in which only energy equation is used
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    • 8. In a section, shear centre is a point through which, if the resultant load passes, the section will not be subjected to any

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    • A. Bending
    • B. Tension
    • C. Compression
    • D. Torsion
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    • 9. The total active thrust on a vertical wall 3m high retaining a horizontal sand backfill (unit weight ?t = 20 kN/m3, angle of shearing resistance ?' = 30°) when the water table is at the bottom of the wall, will be:

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    • A. 30 kN/m
    • B. 35 kN/m
    • C. 4 kN/m
    • D. 45 kN/m
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    • 10. A frame ABCD is supported by a roller at A and is on a hinge at C as shown below

      The reaction at the roller end A is given by

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    • A. P
    • B. 2P
    • C. P/2
    • D. Zero.
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