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- Question
A soil formation through which only seepage is possible, being partly permeable and capable of giving insignificant yield, is classified as
Options- A. Aquifer
- B. Aquitard
- C. Aquifuge
- D. Aquiclude
- Correct Answer
- Aquitard
- 1. The function of ballast in railaway tracks is to
Options- A. facilitate drainage
- B. serve as an elastic support for the track structure
- C. provide the necessary resilience against the dynamic effect of the loads
- D. all the above Discuss
- 2. 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 Discuss
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. Horizontal stiffness coefficient, K11 of bar ab is given by :
Options- A. A E/l 2
- B. A E/2 1
- C. A E/l
- D. 2 A E/l Discuss
- 7. The flow of water (mass density = 1000 kg/m3 and kinematic viscosity = 10-6 m2/s) in a commercial pipe, having equivalent roughness ks as 0.12 mm, yields an average shear stress at the pipe boundary = 600 N/m2. The value of ks/?' (?' being the thickness of laminar sub-layer) for this pipe is
Options- A. 0.25
- B. 0.50
- C. 6.0
- D. 8.0 Discuss
- 8. Coagulation-flocculation with alum is performed :
Options- A. immediately before chlorination
- B. immediately after chlorination
- C. after rapid sand filtration
- D. before rapid sand filtration Discuss
- 9. Pipingin soil occurs when
Options- A. the soil is highly porous
- B. sudden change in permeability occurs
- C. effective pressure becomes zero
- D. the soil is highly stratified Discuss
- 10. A reinforced concrete structure has to be constructed along a sea coast. The minimum grade of concrete to be used as per IS : 456-2000
Options- A. M 15
- B. M 20
- C. M 25
- D. M 30 Discuss
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Correct Answer: all the above
Correct Answer: 94 m3
Correct Answer: 1.04 m
Correct Answer: super-critical
Correct Answer: 180
Correct Answer: A E/l 2
Correct Answer: 8.0
Correct Answer: before rapid sand filtration
Correct Answer: effective pressure becomes zero
Correct Answer: M 30
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