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General Ability
Q. No. 1 – 5 Carry One Mark Each
1. In the following the question choose the word which best expresses the opposite meaning of the
given word.
SOPORIFIC
(A) Sedative (B) Balmy (C) Conscious (D) Nodding
2. The term lead pencil is a____; pencils are filled with graphite not lead
(A) misnomer (B) peccadillo (C) Metaphor (D) euphemism
3. Choose a pair that has most similar relationship to the given pair:
PLANE: AUSTERE
(A) Neutral : Detached (B) Clean : Sterile
(C) Lonely : Gloomy (D) Deserted : Barren
4. If P means 'add to', Q means 'multiply by', R means 'subtract from' and S means 'divide
by' then 30 S 2 P 3 Q 6 R 5 = ___________.
5. The ratio of the number of scientists and technicians in an organisation is 7:8. If the
percentage increase in the number of scientists and technicians be 20% and 10%
respectively. What will be the new ratio?
(A) 21:22 (B) 46:47 (C) 31:32 (D) 6:7
Q. No. 6 –10 Carry Two Marks Each
6. In the question below a statement is given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You
have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together
and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information
given in the statement.
Statement:
In a recent survey report, it has been stated that those who undertake yoga and meditation for at
least half an hour a day are less prone to have any heart ailments.
Conclusions:
I. Moderate level of yoga and meditation is necessary for leading a healthy life.
II. All people who do desk-bound jobs definitely suffer from heart ailments.
(A) Only conclusion I follows (B) Only conclusion II follows
(C) Either I or II follows (D) Neither I nor II follows.
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7. A manufacturer of large truck engines recently developed a new engine with increased horse
power than the earlier engine put out by the company. During the last year, when both engines
were sold, the earlier engine outsold the new model by a factor of two to one. The management of
the truck engine manufacturer concluded that the company's customers do not care about
increased horse power.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion reached by the
management of the truck engine manufacturer?
(A) Many types of customers buy this company's truck engines, including private truck
enthusiasts and commercial truck companies.
(B) A number of horse power increasing accessories for the earlier engine sold well during the
last year and these products are not yet available for the new engine.
(C) Many customers of this truck engine manufacturer also purchase truck engines from
companies that did not come out with a new, higher horse power, engine in the last year.
(D) The newer engine can be used in all the same trucks as the earlier engine.
8. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and there
by gains 50%.The proportion of water and milk in the mixture is ________.
(A) 4:5 (B) 3:8 (C) 1:2 (D) 5:7
9. A man travelled a total distance of 1800 km. He travelled one-third of the whole trip by
plane and the distance travelled by train is three-fifth of the distance travelled by bus. If
he travelled by train, plane and bus, then the distance travelled by bus is ______km
10. A Robot walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while a man runs
around it at the rate of seven rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the
same point at 11:30 a.m. They shall first cross each other at_________
(A) 11:40 a.m. (B) 11:35 a.m. (C) 11:45 a.m. (D)11:50 a.m.
Civil Engineering
Q. No. 1 – 25 Carry One Mark Each
1. The system of equations λ x+y+z=0, 2x+y-2z=0 and x+2y-3z=0 has trivial solution
only for λ =______.
(A) -7 (B) 7
(C) Any real value except -7 (D) Any real values except 7
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2. In a city, 6% of all drivers get at least one parking ticket per year, then the probability the
among 80 drivers,4 drivers will get at least one parking ticket in a year is____(up to
three decimal places)
2π
sin x
3. ∫ 1 + cos
0
3
x
dx = _____
x2
4. ∫x1
(ax + b) dx x 2 > x1 > 0 is evaluated analytically as well as Numerically by the
trapezoidal Rule. If I is the exact value of the integral obtained analytically and J is
the approximate value obtained using the trapezoidal Rule, which of the following
statement is correct about their relationship.
(A) J > I
(B) J < I
(C) J = I
(D) Insufficient Data to determine the relationship.
x 2 y2
5. The value of the integral ∫ F.dr; where ‘C’ is the boundary of ellipse + = 1 oriented
c
a 2 b2
− yi + x j
anti-clockwise and F = is
x 2 + y2
6. The value of MA is _____kN-m.
20kN/m
20kN 10kN 20kN
1m 2m 4m
MA
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7. The length of a 5mm diameter copper wire so that it can be twisted through one complete
revolution without exceeding a shearing stress of 42 MN / m 2 is _____m. [Take G = 27 GN / m 2 ].
 4 3
8. Stiffness matrix of a plane frame is K =   EI
 3 4
Flexibility matrix is :
1  4 3 1 3 − 4 
(A)  3 4 (B)
EI   7EI  −4 3 
1  4 −3  1  −4 3 
(C) (D)
7EI  −3 4  2EI  3 −4
9. Pensky-Marten test is used for testing of which of the following properties;

(A) viscosity of bitumen (B) Ductility
(C) Fire point (D) Penetration
10. Consider a Plain concrete footing for a column 300mm × 300 mm, carrying an axial load of 330
KN (under service load. Due to dead and live loads). Assume M20 concrete and Fe 415 steel, the
value of limiting bearing stress at column – footing interface, is ;
(A) 810 ×103N (B) 1620 × 103N (C) 1210 × 103N (D) 610 × 103N
11. The properties of ISLB200 section are

Depth of section, h = 200 mm
Width of flange, bf = 100 mm
Thickness of flange, t f = 7.3mm
Thickness of web, t w = 5.4 mm
Effective depth of web = d = 166.4mm
As per IS:800, the section is classified as which of following stem category ?
(A) Semi-plastic (B) Plastic
(C) Compact (D) None of the above.
12. 18mm thick plate is joined to a 16mm plate by 200mm long (effective) single V butt weld. The
strength of the joint is ______KN
13. A triaxial test was conducted on dry sand specimen. The cell pressure maintained was 50kpa and
deviator stress at failure is 100kpa, the angle of internal friction for sand specimen is:
(A) 30° (B) 37° (C) 35° (D) 45°
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14. A 350gm of soil sample was placed in pycnometer. The mass of pycnometer with soil and water
to the top of conical cap is 2189gm and the mass of pycnometer with only clean water 1972gm.
Determine the moisture content of the soil by pycnometer method Take G = 2.66.
(A) 1.6% (B) 0.65% (C) 1.23% (D) None
15. A Square pile group similar to the one shown in the figure, passes through a recently constructed
fill of 3m. The diameter of the pile is 30cm and the piles are spaced 135 cm centre to centre. If the
soil is cohesive with qu = 60 kN/m2 and γ = 15 kN/m3, compute negative skin friction.
(A) 1475kN
(B) 1485kN
(C) 1495kN
(D) 1500kN
16. A precast concrete pile is driven with a 75kN hammer falling through a height of 1.5m with an
efficiency of 0.5. The set value observed is 5mm per blow and the combined temporary
compression of the pile, pile cap and the ground is 10mm. As per Modified Hiley Formula, the
ultimate resistance of the pile in kN is
(A) 5650 (B) 5625 (C) 5600 (D) 5575
17. For a fluid with v = 4xi + 3yj , the acceleration at (1, 2 ) is ________ units.
18. A jet of water of diameter 60mm strikes a fixed plate in such a way that the angle between the
plate and the jet is 60o . The force exerted in the direction of jet is 1821.45 N. The rate of flow of
water is ___________lt/s.
19. The peak of a 4 hour flood hydrograph is 360 m3/sec. If the rainfall excess is 100 mm and base
flow which is constant is 50 m3/sec, then the peak of 4-hours unit hydrograph will be
(A) 20 m3/sec (B) 31 m3/sec (C) 45 m3/sec (D) 76 m3/sec
20. 6ml of wastewater is diluted to 300ml distilled water in standard BOD bottle. Initial DO in bottle
is determined to be 8.5 mg/l. DO after 5 days at 20°C is found to be 5mg/l. The (ultimate) BOD
of wastewater is ________mg/l
21. The BOD versus time data for first five days of BOD test are obtained as.
Time ( in t days ) BOD, y ( mg / l )
2 10
4 16
6 20
5
From graph, the intercept B = 0.545 and slope is m = 0.021. The deoxygenating constant, K and
ultimate BOD, L are respectively
(A) 0.23d −1 , 17 mg l (B) 0.21d −1 , 27 mg l
(C) 0.21d −1 , 17 mg l (D) 0.23d −1 , 27 mg l
22. The Stopping sight distance for a descending gradient of 2% for a design speed of 80 kmph is :
(Use data from IRC standard specification, coefficient of friction = 0.35)
(A) 92m (B) 112m (C) 132m (D) 122m
23. At an intersection if the normal flows on two approach roads are respectively 500pcu per hr and
300pcu per hr, the saturation flows are 1600 pcu per hr on each road and the total lost time per
signal cycle is 16sec, then the optimum cycle time by webster’s method is:
(A) 48sec (B) 72 sec (C) 39 sec (D) 58sec
24. In the “two-peg test” in leveling, back sight and fore sight readings are taken at a setup midway
between two points P and Q. Then both points are sighted form an instrument setup outside of the
line PQ, and the results are used to determine the
(A) Errors on the rods
(B) Reading errors of the surveyor
(C) Mis levelment of the line of sight
(D) accuracy of circular bubble
25. The maximum length of offset so that displacement of point on the paper should not exceed
0.25mm, given that maximum error expected is 2.5 from its true direction and scale is 1:2000. is
(A) 10.264 m (B) 8.462m (C) 11.462m (D) 9.264m
Q. No. 26 – 55 Carry Two Marks Each
26. The two linearly independent eigen vectors for an eigen value ‘2’ of the matrix
 6 −2 2 
 −2 3 −1 are
 
 2 −1 3 
(A) [1 1 −1] , [1 0 0] (B) [ 0 1 1] , [1 0 1]

T T T T
(C) [1 1 −1] , [ 0 1 −1] (D) [ 0 1 1] , [1 1 −1]

T T T T
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27. It is known that screws produced by a certain company will be defective with probability
0.01, independently of each other. The company sells screws in pack of 10 and offers a
money-back guarantee that atmost 1 of the 10 screws is defective what is probability that a
pack will have to be replaced.
x
28. ∫x dx = ___ ( x > 1)
4
−1
 x2 −1  1  x2 −1 
(A) ln  +c (B) ln  +c
 x +1 2  x2 +1 
2
1  x2 −1  1  x2 −1 
(C) ln  +c (D) ln  +c
4  x2 +1  8  x2 +1 
∫∫∫ (x + y 2 + z)dxdydz; where

2
29. The value of the integral
D
D = {x + y ≤ 9, −5 ≤ z ≤ 5} is_____.
2 2
(A) 405π (B) 2π (C) π (D) 0
30. The area of the triangle on the argand diagram formed by the complex numbers
z, iz & z+iz is ____
2 2 2
2 z z z
(A) z (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4
33. A bar 1m long, diameter 30mm with a hole of 15mm diameter upto 500mm length is suspended
vertically as shown below. Take weight density of the bar as 0.07644 N / cm3 and
E = 210 KN / mm 2 .
φ 30 mm
500 mm
500 mm
φ 15mm
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The total change in the length of the bar is

(A) 4.55 × 10−5 mm (B) 6.82 × 10−5 mm
(C) 9.81× 10−5 mm (D) 15.92 × 10−5 mm
34. A uniform cantilever beam of square cross section with polar moment of inertia 400m4 deflects
due to transverse load of 15N acting at free end and Young’s modulus is 210GPa. The radius of
curvature of deflected beam at a distance 5mm from free end is _____m.
35. A 3- hinged arch as shown in figure. What is the magnitude of resultant reaction at support
C 3KN
2 KN m
3KN m 4m
A B
6m
6m
3m 3m
(A) 6.75 KN (B) 7.85 KN (C) 8.40 KN (D) 10.25
36. The activities in PERT network is shown below with to, tm. and tp durations. The probable range
of total duration of project completion is
8,8,11 9,15,15 6,8,10 4,7,10
A B C D E
(A) 31.6 to 43.30 (B) 34.6 to 44.40 (C) 32.6 to 44.40 (D) 34.3 to 42.40
37. The cross-section of prestressed concrete beam used over a span of 6m is 100mm wide and
300mm deep. The initial stress in the tendons located at constant eccentricity of 50mm is 1000
N/mm2 having sectional area of tendons 100mm2. The rotation due to prestress is (EC=
36KN/mm2, ES = 210 KN/mm2)
(A) 0.0185 radians (Sagging) (B) 0.00185 radians (hogging)
(C) 0.0360 radians (hogging) (D) 0.00360 radians (sagging)
38. A concrete beam (300mm×500mm) is prestressed by 2 post tensioned cables of 600mm2 each
initially stressed to 1600 N/mm2 The cables are located at constant eccentricity of 100mm having
span length 10m. The deflection at centre of the span when it is supporting its own weight
neglecting all losses is; (ES=210 KN/mm2 and EC = 38 KN/mm2) γc = 24KN/m3.
(A) 16.3 mm (up ward) (B) 16.3 mm (down ward)
(C) 14.2 mm (down ward) (D) 14.2 mm (up ward)
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39. The shape factor for a section of square of side ‘a’ with its diagonal parallel to xx-axis is:
(A) 1.5 (B) 2.0 (C) 2.5 (D) 1.8
40. The total weld length for the angle section of weld is to be done on three sides is given assuming
strength of tie member 222.27KN
l w1 →
80mm
lw 2 →
Assume fu=410 (for Fe410 steel), γ mw = 1.5 , size of weld 6mm

(A) 336 mm (B) 256 mm (C) 306 mm (D) 296 mm
41. A strip footing is to be designed to carry a gross load of 300kN/m at a depth of 1m in a clayey
soil. The approximate shear strength parameters are C=60kPa and φ =0. The width of footing if a
factor of safety of 3 against shear failure to be assured is ____________. Water table is found to
be at the foundation level. Above water table unit weight is 18kN/m³ and below the water table
20kN/m³
42. The relative compaction of a sandy road base soil is 95%. The maximum and minimum dry unit
weights of the sandy soil are γ d (max) = 20.5 kN/m³ and γ d (min) = 15.2kN/m³. The relative density
of the compaction is
(A) 85 % (B) 58% (C) 88% (D) 55%
43. A vertical cut excavation was made in saturated clay. When the depth of foundation reached 4m
the sides carved in. A retaining wall 6m high, with smooth vertical back is backfilled with this
clay soil. Unit weight of the soil is 20kN/cum. A surcharge load of 50 kN/sqm is applied on the
backfill. What is the resultant active thrust if the wall is 10m wide.
(A) 1900kN (B) 2100 kN (C) 2400 kN (D) 3025 kN
44. A group of 9 pile 12m long and 250mm dia is to be arranged in square form in saturated clay soil
with an unconfined compressive stress of 60 kN/m2.(Neglect end bearing and take adhesion factor
between soil pile is 0.9) The center-center spacing of the piles for group efficiency of 1 is
_____mm.
45. A thin plate of very large area is placed in a gap of height ‘h’ with oils of viscosities µ1 and µ2 on
the two sides of the plate. The plate is pulled at a constant velocity ‘V’. If the force required to
drag the plate is minimum, the position of the plate y will be
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h h
(A) (B)
1 + µ1 / µ 2 1 + µ 2 / µ1
h h
(C) (D)
1 − µ1 / µ 2 1 − µ 2 / µ1
46. For an incompressible fluid, the volume flow Q across the upper surface is
Q
y=δ
u0
xy
y=0 u = u 0 sin
δ
plate( width b into plane)
(A) 0.363 u 0 bδ (B) 0.726 u 0 bδ

(C) 1.089 u 0 bδ (D) None of these
47. A storm with 10.0 cm precipitation produced a direct runoff of 5.8 cm. Given the time distribution
of the storm as below, estimate φ - index of the storm.
Time from
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
start (h)
Incremental
rainfall in
0.4 0.9 1.5 2.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 0.5
each hour
(cm)
(A) 0.55 cm/h (B) 0.90 cm/h (C) 1.60 cm/h (D) 1.90 cm/h
48. The concrete floor of a hand regulator is level with the channel bed and is 15 m long. The depth
of upstream and downstream cutoff wall is 2.6m and 2.0 m. The upstream F.S.L is 1.5m above the
floor level, then the value of exit gradient is___.
[Use khosla’s theory]
49. In continuous flow settling tank 3.5m deep and 65m long, if the flow velocity of water is
1.22cm/sec. The size of particle of specific gravity 2.65 which can be effectively removed is
(Assume temperature 25°c and freeboard 0.5m and Vw = 0.01cm 2 sec
(A) 0.025 (B) 0.033 mm (C) 0.041mm (D) 0.016 mm
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50. A trickling filter plant treats 1500 m3/day of sewage with BOD5 of 220mg/l and a suspended solid
concentration of 250 mg/l. Assuming the primary clarification removes 30% of BOD and 60% of
influent solids. And solid production in trickling filter as a 0.5 kg/kg of applied BOD, the total
solid production is ;
(A) 314.21 kg/day (B) 284.60 kg/day
(C) 294.26 kg/day (D) 340.50 kg/day
51. A dual medium filter is composed of 0.30m anthracite (mean size of 2mm) placed over a 0.60m
layer of sand (mean size 0.7mm) with filtration rate of 9.78 m/hour. Assume gain sphericity is
ψ = 0.75 and porosity for both is 0.42 at T = 15°C, h1 data for filter at 131 × 10−6 m 2 sec The head
loss through anthracite layer is
(A) 0.0579m (B) 0.0410m (C) 0.5579m (D) 0.4101m
52. A parabolic summit curve for a national highway is to be designed for a stopping sight distance of
180m at the junction of a rising gradient of 1 in 50 and a falling gradient of 1 in 40. The profile of
the curve is (where ‘x’ is horizontal distance from the start of the summit curve)
(A) y = 4.56 × 10−4 x 2 (B) y = 6.79 × 10−4 x 2
(C) y = 4.56 × 10−5 x 2 (D) y = 6.79 × 10−5 x 2
53. For a portion of highway descending gradient of 1 in 30 meets an ascending gradient of 1 in 25. A
valley curve needs to be designed at a velocity of 85 kmph. Reaction time = 2.5 sec, coefficient
of longitudinal friction µ = 0.35, Height of head light = 0.75m, beam angle =10
Rate of change of acceleration = 0.6 m/s3______m.
54. A river is flowing from west to east. Two points A and B are selected on southern bank such that
AB=75m. Point A is westwards. The bearings of trees C on the northern bank are observed to be
38° and 338° respectively from A and B. The width of river is ______m.
55. A line is measured with steel tape which was exactly 30m at 20°C at a pull of 98.1N, the
measured length being 1650m. The temperature during measurement was 30°C and pull was
147.15m. The length of tape line is
(Atape=0.025cm2 ; αtape=3.5×10-6 ; Etape=2.06×105N/mm2)
(A) 1650.2194m (B) 1650.0577m
(C) 1650.9124m (D) 1650.2 149m
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Q. No. 6 –10 Carry Two Marks Each

only for λ =______.

statement is correct about their relationship.

(D) Insufficient Data to determine the relationship.

6. The value of MA is _____kN-m.

20kN 10kN 20kN

9. Pensky-Marten test is used for testing of which of the following properties;

11. The properties of ISLB200 section are

(A) 30° (B) 37° (C) 35° (D) 45°

Q. No. 26 – 55 Carry Two Marks Each

(A) [1 1 −1] , [1 0 0] (B) [ 0 1 1] , [1 0 1]

(C) [1 1 −1] , [ 0 1 −1] (D) [ 0 1 1] , [1 1 −1]

∫∫∫ (x + y 2 + z)dxdydz; where

(A) 405π (B) 2π (C) π (D) 0

The total change in the length of the bar is

Assume fu=410 (for Fe410 steel), γ mw = 1.5 , size of weld 6mm

(A) 0.363 u 0 bδ (B) 0.726 u 0 bδ

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