RECRUITMENT DRIVE - 2016

Name of the Candidate:

Roll No:..

College:..

Degree:B.Tech/ Diploma

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

The paper contains 30 questions and maximum duration is 30 minutes

For each CORRECT answer, one mark will be provided and for WRONG answer, 0.5 mark will be
deducted

Question paper must handover to the instructor/invigilator at the end of the examination

If candidates found malpractice, exchanging papers, communicating by any sign etc. will be
disqualified.

1.

2.

At Liquid limit of Soils

(a) Soil flows
(c) Becomes plastic

Density of Gap graded soils in comparison with Well graded soils are
(a) No Relation

3.

4.

(b) Less

(c) More

(b) kg/m2

(c) All of these

(b) 25

(
( c) 56

(d)

26

Soil A has Liquid limit 25, Soil B has Liquid Limit 30, Soil C has Liquid limit 35, Soil D has Liquid Limit

(a) Soil A is non plastic

(b) Soil B is Intermediate compressible

(c) Soil D is non plastic

(d) All of These

Which soil has maximum cohesion

(a) Silt

(b) Sand

(c) Gravel

California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of a soil is expressed in

(a) Kg

8.

(d) None of These

40. Tick the correct statement.

7.

As per IS 2720, how many Blows of hammer is provided in Modified Procter test for finding

(a) 55

6.

Maximum Dry Density of soils

5.

(d) Same

What is the unit of cohesion

(a) Kg/cm2

(
(b) Soils possess zero shear strength
(d) Offers maximum shear strength

(b) Percentage

(c) meter

The mixture of different ingredients of cement, is burnt at

(a) 1000C

(b) 1200C

(c) 1400C

(d) Clay

(d) fraction
(

(d) 1600C

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9.

Construction joints are generally provided in concrete

(a) Roads

(b) Lining of canals

(
(c) Lining of tunnels

(d) All the above

10. Workability of concrete is measured using

(a) Slump test

b) Vee-bee Test

(
(c) Compaction factor

(c) Aluminum compound (d) All the above

12. Hydration of cement is due to chemical action of water with

(a) Tricalcium silicate and dicalcium silicate

(d) All the above

11. Workability of concrete improved by using

(a) Air-entraining agent (b) Foaming agent

(b) Dicalcium silicate and tricalcium aluminate

(c) Tricalcium aluminate and tricalcium alumino ferrite

(d) All the above

13. The standard sand now a days used in India, is obtained from
(
(a) Jaipur (Rajasthan) (b) Ennore (Madras)
(c) Ernakulam (Kerala) (d) None

14. Inert material of a cement concrete mix, is

(a) Cement

(b) Water

(
(c) Aggregate

(d) None of these

15. Hydrograph is a plot between

(a) Rainfall intensity Vs Time

(b) Discharge Vs Time

(c) Rainfall Depth Vs Time

(d) None of these

16. Aquiclude is

(a) Highly Permeable and Highly Porous

(b) Less Permeable and Highly Porous

(c) Less Permeable and Highly Porous

(d) Non-porous and Non-Permeable

17. Principle of Surveying is

18. The bearings of the lines AB and BC are 146 30' and 68 30'. The included angle ABC is (

(a) Work from whole to part

(b) Work from part to whole

(c) Work in Plots

(d) None

(a) 780

(b) 330 30

(c) 2130

19. Closed contours of decreasing values towards their centre, represent

(a) Hill

(b) Valley

(c) Plane

20. Choose the right relation among the following used in fluid mechanics
(a) Cd= Cc/Cv

(b) Cv=Cc*Cd

(c) Cd= Cc*Cv

(d) 2480 30

(d) None

(d) Cv=Cc/Cd

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21. The maximum vacuum created at the summit of a syphon is
(a) 7.4 m of water

(b) 2.7 m of water

(c) 5.5 m of water

(
(d) None

22. Example for a compression member

(a) Column

(b) Stanchion

(
(c) Strut

(b) ML/2EI

(c) ML2/EI

(b) Shear force

(d) ML2/2EI

24. Double derivative of equation of a slope gives

(a) Bending moment

(d) All of these

23. The deflection due to couple M at the free end of a cantilever length L is
(a) ML/EI

(
(c) Rate of Loading

(d) Deflection

25. Beams composed of more than one material, rigidly connected together so as to behave as one piece,
are known as
(a) Compound Beams

(
(b) Flitched Beams

(c) Composite Beams

(d) None

26. NH-9 connects

(a) Chennai- Mumbai

(b) Chennai Kolkata

(c) Kanyakumari Jammutavi

(d) Delhi Kolkata

27. As per the PMGSY Scheme, villages with what population shall be connected with all-weather roads
(
(a) 500

(b) 1000

(c) 1500

(d) 2000

28. The slope of camber shall be provided more in

(a) Earthen Roads

(b) Bituminous roads

(
(c) WBM Roads

(d) Same for all

29. For design of pavement which factor shall be considered

(a) Traffic and Material Properties

(b) Climatic Conditions

(c) Both a and b

(d) None

30. Rigid Pavements in comparison with Flexible are

(a) Expensive and Durable

(b) Inexpensive and Durable

(c) Inexpensive and less durable

(d) None of these

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