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  • Bituminous materials are commonly use in highway construction because of their good


  • Options
  • A. tensile and compression properties.
  • B. binding and water proofing properties.
  • C. shear strength and tensile properties.
  • D. bond and tensile properties.

  • Correct Answer
  • binding and water proofing properties. 


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    • 1. A footing 2 m x 1 m exerts a uniform pressure of 150 kN/m2 on the soil. Assuming a load dispersion of 2 vertical to 1 horizontal the average vertical stress (kN/m2) at 1.0 m below the footing is

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    • A. 50
    • B. 75
    • C. 80
    • D. 100
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    • 2. The stepped cantilever is subjected to moments, M as shown in the figure below. The vertical deflection at the free end (neglecting the self weight) is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D. Zero
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    • 3. If the shear force at a section of beam under bending is equal to zero then the bending moment at the section is

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    • A. zero
    • B. maximum
    • C. minimum
    • D. minimum or maximum
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    • 4. The maximum permissible deflection for a gantry girder, spanning over 6 m, on which an EOT (electric overhead travelling) crane of capacity 200 kN is operating, is

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    • A. 8 mm
    • B. 10 mm
    • C. 12 mm
    • D. 18 mm
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    • 5. Use of coagulants such as alum

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    • A. results in reduction of pH of the treated water.
    • B. results in increase of pH of the treated water.
    • C. results in no chnage in pH of the treated water.
    • D. may cause an increase in decrease of decrease of pH of the treated water.
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    • 6. A road is provided with a horizontal circular curve having deflection angle of 55° and centre line radius of 250 m. A transition curve is to be provided at each end of the circular curve of such a length that the rate of gain of radial acceleration is 0.3 m/s3 at a speed of 50 km per hour. Length of the transition curve required at each of the ends is

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    • A. 2.57 m
    • B. 33.33 m
    • C. 35.73 m
    • D. 1666.67 m
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    • 7. Group symbols assigned to silty sand and clayey sand are respectively

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    • A. SS and CS
    • B. SM and CS
    • C. SM and SC
    • D. MS and CS
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    • 8. A hyetograph is a graph representing

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    • A. rainfall volume with time
    • B. rainfall intensity with time
    • C. rainfall intensity with duration
    • D. rainfall intensity over an area
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    • 9. Cavitation is caused by

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    • A. high velocity
    • B. low pressure
    • C. high pressure
    • D. high temperature
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    • 10. Two completely penetrating wells are located L (in metres) apart, in homogeneous confined aquifer. The drawdown measured at the mid point between the two wells (at a distance of 0.5 L from both the wells) is 2.0 m when only the first well is being pumped at the steady rate of Q1 m3/sec. When both the wells are being pumped at identical steady rate of Q2 m3/sec, the drawdown measured at the same location is 8, 0 m. It may be assumed that the drawdown at the wells always remains at 10.0 m when being pumped and the radius of influence is larger than 0.5 L Q1/Q2 is equal to

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    • A. 8/5
    • B. 4/3
    • C. 5/8
    • D. ln (L/2)
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