MCQ FOR PLACEMENT DRIVE ON 16/03/2017

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, HKCET - PAMPAKUDA

1. In a mortar, the binding material is
A
cement
.

B. sand

C
surkhi
.

D
cinder.
.
2. A badly mixed cement concrete results in
A
segregation
.

B. bleeding

C
honey combing
.

D
none to these.
.

3.
A nuisance is experienced in diluting water if dilution factor is less than

A
100
.

B. 60

C
40
.

D
20
.

4. Acrylic is the name of

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 A
cellulose resin
.

B. alkyd resin

C
methyl metha crylate
.

D
cumarone-indene.
.
5.
Traps

A
are water seals which prevent the entry of foul gases
.

B. are used to trap the rats entering sewers

C
dissolve the foul gases
.

D
create syphonic action to increase the quick disposal of sewerage.
.

6.
Flocculation is a process

A
that removes algae from stabilization pond effluent
.

that promotes the aggregation of small particles into larger particles to enhance their
B.
removal by gravity

C
both (a) and (b)
.

D
none of these.
.

7.
Standard 5-day BOD of a waste water sample is nearly x% of the ultimate BOD, where x is

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 A
48
.

B. 58

C
68
.

D
78
.

8. Number of links per metre length of a chain are

A
2
.

B. 5

C
8
.

D
10
.

E. 20
9. Planimeter is used for measuring
A
volume
.

B. area

C
contour gradient
.

D
slope angle
.

E. none of these
10.
A district road with a bituminous pavement has a horizontal curve of 1000 m for a design
speed of 75 km ph. The super-elevation is

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 A
1 in 40
.

B. 1 in 50

C
1 in 60
.

D
1 in 70
.

E. none of these.

11.
The total length of a valley formed by two gradients - 3% and + 2% curve between the two
tangent points to provide a rate of change of centrifugal acceleration 0.6 m/sec2, for a design
speed 100 km ph, is

A
16.0 m
.

B. 42.3 m

C
84.6 m
.

D
none of these.
.

12. A short column 20 cm x 20 cm in section is reinforced with 4 bars whose area of cross
section is 20 sq. cm. If permissible compressive stresses in concrete and steel are 40
kg/cm2 and 300 kg/cm2, the Safe load on the column, should not exceed
A
4120 kg
.

B. 41, 200 kg

C
412, 000 kg
.

D none of these.

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13. Design of a two way slab simply supported on edges and having no provision to prevent the
corners from lifting, is made by
A
Rankine formula
.

B. Marcus formula

C
Rankine Grashoff formula
.

D
Grashoff formula
.

E. Rankine-Marcus formula.
14. If q is the punching shear resistance per unit area a, is the side of a square footing for a
column of side b, carrying a weight W including the weight of the footing, the depth (D) of
the footing from punching shear consideration, is

A
.

B.

C
.

D
.
15. For the design of a simply supported T-beam the ratio of the effective span to the overall
depth of the beam is limited to
A
10
.

B. 15

C
20
.

D
25
.

E. 30
16. The pitch of the main bars in a simply supported slab, should not exceed its effective depth

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A
three times
.

B. four times

C
five times
.

D
six times
.

E. seven times.
17.
In the truss shown in given figure the force in member DC is

A
100 t compressive
.

B. 100 t tensile

C
zero
.

D
indeterminate
.

18.
A cantilever of length L is subjected to a bending moment M at its free end. If EI is the
flexural rigidity of the section, the deflection of the free end, is

A
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 B.

C
.

D
.

19.
The maximum bending moment for a simply supported beam with a uniformly distributed
load w/unit length, is

A
.

B.

C
.

D
.

20. Side face reinforcement shall be provided in the beam when depth of the web in a beam
exceeds
A
50 cm
.

B. 75 cm

C
100 cm
.

D 120 cm

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21.
In a shaft rotated by a couple, the shear force varies

A
from zero at the centre to a maximum at the circumference
.

B. from minimum at the centre of maximum at the circumference

C
from maximum at the centre to zero at the circumference
.

D
equally throughout the section
.

E. none of these.

22.
During a tensile test on a ductile material

A
nominal stress at fracture is higher than the ultimate stress
.

B. true stress at fracture is higher than the ultimate stress

C
true stress at fracture is the same as the ultimate stress
.

D
none of these.
.

23.
If b is the width of a plate joined by diamond riveting of diameter d, the efficiency of the
joint is given by

A
.

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 B.

C
.

D
.

24.
For heavily reinforced concrete member, the nominal maximum size of the aggregates should
be restricted to

A
5 mm less than the minimum clear distance between the main bars
.

B. 5 mm less than the minimum cover to the reinforcement

C
smaller of (a) and (b)
.

D
greater of (a) and (b)
.

25.
For rolled I-beams and channels, permissible tensile and compressive stresses does not
exceed

A
1400 kg/cm2
.

B. 1500 kg/cm2

C
1650 kg/cm2
.

D
1800 kg/cm2
.

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26.
From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so
that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done?

A
564
.

B. 645

C
735
.

D
756
.

E. None of these

27.
Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the
top of the lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30 and 45 respectively. If the
lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is:

A
173 m
.

B. 200 m

C
273 m
.

D
300 m
.

28.
Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half
times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age?

A
2 times
.

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B. 2 times
2

C 3
2 times
. 4

D
3 times
.

The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the
29. digits is 36. What is the difference between the sum and the difference of the digits of the
number if the ratio between the digits of the number is 1 : 2 ?

A
4
.

B. 8

C
16
.

D
None of these
.

30.
331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 362, 284

A
263
.

B. 383

C
331
.

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551
.

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