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  • The return period for the annual maximum flood of a given magnitude is 8 years. The probability that this flood magnitude will be exceeded once during the next 5 years is


  • Options
  • A. 0.625
  • B. 0.966
  • C. 0.487
  • D. 0.529

  • Correct Answer
  • 0.487 


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    • 1. The ultimate bearing capacity of a soil is 300 kN/m2. The depth of foundation is 1 m and unit weight of soil is 20 kN/m3. Choosing a factor of safety of 2.5, the net safe bearing cacpacity is

    • Options
    • A. 100 kN/m2
    • B. 112 kN/m2
    • C. 800 kN/m2
    • D. 100.5 kN/m2
    • Discuss
    • 2. The deflection of a cantilever beam at free end b applied with a moment M at the same point is :

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    • A. M l2/EI
    • B. M l2/2 EI
    • C. M l2/3 EI
    • D. M l2/4 EI
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    • 3. Blue baby disease (methaemoglobinemia) in children is caused by the presence of excess

    • Options
    • A. Chorides
    • B. Nitrates
    • C. Fluoride
    • D. Lead
    • Discuss
    • 4. One of the following statements is true with regards to bodies that float or are submerged in liquids :

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    • A. For a body wholly submerged in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity of the body
    • B. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity of the body
    • C. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy and the centre of gravity, regardless of the relative positions of the centre of buoyancy and gravity
    • D. For a body floating in a liquid the stability is ensured if the centre of buoyancy is below the centre of gravity and the metacentre is above both the centres of gravity and buoyancy.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Mechanical stabilization requires :

    • Options
    • A. mixing of two or more types of natural soils
    • B. addition of chemicals to soils
    • C. addition of lime to soils
    • D. addition of cementing material to soils
    • Discuss
    • 6. Transition curves are provided on the approach to horizontal curves in order to :

    • Options
    • A. increase jerk to allowable levels
    • B. minimize the length of the horizontal curve
    • C. simplify the laying-out and construction of the horizontal curve
    • D. reduce jerk to allowable levels
    • Discuss
    • 7. As per IS : 800-1984 the maximum allowable slenderness ratio of compression members carrying forces resulting from dead load and superimposed load is

    • Options
    • A. 180
    • B. 250
    • C. 300
    • D. 400
    • Discuss
    • 8. A person standing on the bank of a canal drops a stone on the water surface. He notices that the disturbance on the water surface in not travelling upstream. This is because the flow in the canal is

    • Options
    • A. sub-critical
    • B. super-critical
    • C. steady
    • D. uniform
    • Discuss
    • 9. Water flows at a rate of 10 m3/s in a rectangular channel 3 m wide. The critical depth of flow is

    • Options
    • A. 1.13 m
    • B. 2 m
    • C. 1.45 m
    • D. 1.04 m
    • Discuss
    • 10. A borrow pit soil has a dry density of 17 kN/m3. How many cubic meters of this soil will be required to construct an embankment of 100 m3 volume with a dry density of 16 kN/m3.

    • Options
    • A. 94 m3
    • B. 106 m3
    • C. 100 m3
    • D. 90 m3
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