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Rapid curing cut back bitumen is produced by blending bitumen with
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A. Kerosene
B. Benzene
C. Diesel
D. Petrol
Correct Answer
Petrol
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1. Unit Hydrograph theory was enunciated by
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A. Merril Bernard
B. W.W. Horner
C. Le-Roy K. Shermen
D. Robert E. Horten.
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Correct Answer: Le-Roy K. Shermen
2. Bottom-most component of a flexible pavement, is
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A. subgrade
B. sub-base
C. base
D. base course.
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Correct Answer: subgrade
3. For a wall carrying heavy load on low bearing capacity soil,
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A. lean concrete bed is provided
B. thick concrete bed is provided
C. reinforced concrete bed is provided
D. (a) and (c) of the above
E. (b) and (c) of the above.
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Correct Answer: (a) and (c) of the above
4. M10 grade of concrete approximates
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A. 1 : 3 : 6 mix
B. 1 : 1 : 2 mix
C. 1 : 2 : 4 mix
D. 1 : 1.5 : 3 mix
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: 1 : 3 : 6 mix
5. Design of a riveted joint, is based on the assumption:
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A. Load is uniformly distributed among all the rivets
B. Shear stress on a rivet is uniformly distributed over its gross area
C. Bearing stress is uniform between the contact surfaces of the plate and the rivet
D. Bearing stress in the rivet is neglected
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
6. Pick up the correct statement from the following :
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A. the sand in the sand pile is well compacted
B. the sand is kept moist at the time of placing and tamping
C. the top one metre of the pile is filled up with cement concrete to provide a cap for the filled up sand
D. sand piles are generally used under column loads
E. all of the above.
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Correct Answer: all of the above.
7. The shape of the bending moment diagram over the length of a beam, carrying a uniformly distributed load is always
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A. linear
B. parabolic
C. cubical
D. circular.
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Correct Answer: parabolic
8. The least bearing capacity of soil is that of
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A. hard rock
B. moist clay
C. soft rock
D. laminated
E. coarse sandy soil.
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Correct Answer: moist clay
9. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. Failure plane carries maximum shear stress
B. Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress
C. Failure plane carries shear stress equal to maximum shear stress
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: Failure plane does not carry maximum shear stress
10. If the beam is supported so that there are only three unknown reactive elements at the supports. These can be determined by using the following fundamental equation of statics
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A. ?
H
= 0
B. ?
V
= 0
C. ?
H
= 0; ?
H
= 0
D. ?
H
= 0; ?
V
= 0; ?
M
= 0
E. ?
M
= 0; ?
H
= 0
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Correct Answer: ?
H
= 0; ?
V
= 0; ?
M
= 0
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