SECTION: GENERAL APTITUDE Sol.

Volume of wall = 30 × 12 × 6 = 2160 m 3

= 2160 × 106 cm3
1. Daytime temperature in Delhi can ___ 40°C
Total volume of bricks required = 2160 × 106
(a) Peak (b) reach × 0.6 cm3 = 1296 × 106 cm3

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(c) get (d) stand
Volume of one brick = 8 × 6 × 6 = 288 cm 3
Ans. (b)
1296  106

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 No. of bricks required =
2. The growth rate of ABC Motors in 2017 was 288
the same ___ XYZ Motors in 2016. = 4.5 × 106 = 45 lakhs
(a) As those of (b) As that off
5. Hima Das was ___ only Indian athlete to
(c) As that of (d) As off win___ gold for India.
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Ans. (c) (a) the, many (b) an, the
Sol. “As that of” (c) an, a (d) the, a

3. Suresh wanted to lay a new carpet in his new Ans. (d)

mansion with an area of 70 55 sq. mts. Sol. the, a
However an area of 550 sq. mts had to be left
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out for flower pots. If the cost of carpet is Rs.
50 per sq. mts, how much money (in Rs.) will
be spent by Suresh for the carpet now?
(a) 1,65,000 (b) Rs. 1,92,500
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6. Population of state X increased by x% and the
population of state Y increased by y% from
2001 to 2011. Assume that x is greater than y.
Let P be the ratio of the population of state X
to state Y in a given year. The percentage

(c) Rs. 1,27,500 (d) Rs. 2,75,000

increase in P from 2001 to 2011 is____
Ans. (a)
100 (x  y)
(a) x – y (b)
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Sol. Area of mansion = 70 × 55 = 3850 m2 100  x

Area for flower pots = 550 m2 100 (x  y) x
(c) (d)
100  y y
 Area left for carpet = 3850 – 550 = 3300m 2
Ans. (c)
 Cost = 3300 × 50 = 165000
Sol. Let population of X is ‘A’ in 2001
4. A retaining wall with measurements 30 m × 12
m × 6m was constructed with bricks of & Population of Y is ‘B’ in 2001
dimensions 8 cm × 6cm. If 60% of the wall  x 
 Population of A in 2011 = A  1  100 
consists of bricks used for the construction is  
___ lakhs.
 y 
(a) 45 (b) 30 & Population of B in 2011 = B  1  
 100 
(c) 40 (d) 75
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Given, P
Ans. (a) B
  x  drainage hole is open, the oil is drained in 20
A 1  
 100   A hours. If initially the tank was empty and
 y  B someone started the two pumps together but
B 1  
 100   100 left the drainage hole open, how many hours
% increase in P =
A will it tak for the tank to be filled? (Assume that
B
the rate of drainage is independent of the head)

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  x  
 P  1  100   (a) 2.50 (b) 1.50
  P (c) 2.00 (d) 4.00
 1  y  
 

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  100    100 Ans. (a)
=
P
1
Sol. Pipe X will fill how much in one hour = tank
 x  5
 1  100  (x  y) 100
=   1  100 = 1
y 100  y tank
1   Pipe Y will fill how much in one hour =
 100  4
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Drainage will drain out how much water in 1
7. The Newspaper report that over 500 hectares
of tribal land spread across 28 tribal 1
hour = tank
seetlements in Mohinitampuram forest division 20
have already been “alienated’. A top forest
 Total tank filled in one hour
official said, “First the tribals are duped out of
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their land holdings. Second, the families thus 1 1 1 

=     tank
rendered landless are often forced to enroach  5 4 20 
further into the forests”. 2
= tank
On the basis of the information available in the 5
paragraph, ___ is/are responsible for duping
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the tribals. 2
tank gets filled in = 1 hour
5
(a) The newspaper
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1
(b) Landless families  Full (i) tank gets filled in = 1
2
(c) forest officials  
5
(d) it cannot be inferred who
5
= = 2.5 hr
Ans. (d) 2
Sol. “it cannot be inferred who” 9. Mohan, the manager, wants his foru workers
From given information, nobody can be held to work in pairs. No paper should work for
responsible. more than 5 hours. Ram and Johan have
worked together for 5 hours. Krishna and Amir
8. An oil tank can be filled by pipe X in 5 hours have worked as a team for 2 hours. Krishan
and pipe Y in 4 hours, each pump working on does not want to work with Ram whom should
its own. When the oil tank is full and the mohan allot to work with Johan, if we wants all
the workers to continue working?
 (a) Amir (b) Krishna (a) 14zi  2x2k (b) 6zi  4xj  2x2k
(c) Ram (d) None of the three
(c) 6zi  8xyj  2x2 yk (d) 14zi  6yj  2x2k
Ans. (b)
Ans. (a)
Sol. Conditions given:
(i) Ram & John have worked for 5 hours. Sol.

(ii) Krishna doesn’t want to work with Ram.

ˆi ˆj kˆ
(iii) No pair should work beyond 5 hours.

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Hence, Krishna should work with John to   
Curl =
satisfy the above conditions. x y z

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2 2
10. “Popular Hindi fiction, despite – or perhaps 2x y 5z 4yz
because of – its wide reach, often does not
appear in our cinema. As ideals that viewers ˆ  2x 2 )
= ˆi(4z  10z)  ˆj(0  0)  k(0
are meant to look up to rather than identify
with, Hindi film protagonisits usually read books 2
of apsirational value: textbooks, English books, = 14ziˆ  2x kˆ
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or high value literature”.
2. Analysis of a water sample revealed that the
Which one of the following CANNOT be inferred sample contains the following species.
from the paragraph above?
CO32 , Na ,H , PO34 , Al3 , H2CO3 ,Cl ,Ca2 ,
(a) Textbooks, English books or high literature
have apsirational value, but not popular Mg2 , HCO3 , Fe2 ,OH
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Hindi fiction
(b) People do not look up to writers of Concentrations of which of the species will be
textbooks, English book or high value required to compute alkalinity?
litrature (a) CO32 ,H , HCO3 , OH
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(c) Though popular hindi fiction was wide

readh, it often does not appear in the (b) H , H2CO3 ,HCO3 , OH
movies
(c) CO23  ,H2CO3 ,HCO3 ,OH
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(d) Protagonists in Hindi movies, being ideals

for viewers, read only books of aspirational (d) CO23  , H ,H2CO3 ,HCO3
value.
Ans. (b) Ans. (a)
Sol.
SECTION : CIVIL ENGINEERING H2CO3 and HCO3– never come together

1. What is curl of the vector field

3. The value of the function f(x) is given at n
2 2
2x yi  5z j  4yzk ? distinct values of x and its value is to be
interpolated at the point x* using all the n points.
 The estimate is obtained first by the Lagrange
polynomial, denoted by IL, and then by the
Newton polynomial, denoted by IN.
Which one of the following statements is
correct?
5. The command area of a canal grows only one
crop, i.e., wheat. The base period of wheat is
120 days and its total water requirement,  , is
40 cm. If the canal discharge is 2 m3/s, the
area, in hectares, rounded off to the nearest
integer, which could be irrigated (neglecting all
losses) is ____

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(a) IL is always greater than IN
(b) No definite relation exists between IL and Ans. (5184)
IN.
Sol.

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(c) IL is alway less than IN
B = 120 days
(d) IL and IN are always equal
 = 0.4 m
Ans. (c)
and D = 8.64B
Sol. Rate of convergence of newton polynomial is
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greater than lagrange’s. So IL will be less than  D = 2592 has per (m3/s)
IN.
 For 2m3/sec water, area will be 5184 ha
4. If the fineness modulus of a sample of the fine 6. The characteristic compressive strength of
aggregates is 4.3, the mean size of the particles concrete required is a project is 25 MPa and
in the sample is between standard deviation in the observed compressive
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(a) 150m and 300 m strength expected at site is 4 MPa. The average
compressive strength of cubes tested at
(b) 2.36 mm and 4.75 mm
different water-cement (w/c) ratios using the
(c) 300 m and 600 m same material as is used for the project is
(d) 1.18 mm and 2.36 mm given in the table.
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Ans. (d) w/c (%) 45 50 55 60

Average compressive
Sol. 35 25 20 15
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strength of cubes (MPa)

150µm, 300µm, 600µm, 1.18mm, 2.36mm,
The water-cement ratio (in percent, round off
4.75mm, 10mm, 20mm, 40mm, 80mm
to the lower integer) to be used in the mix
150 – 1 is______
300 – 2 Ans. (46)
600 – 3 Sol. f ck = 25 ;  = 4 MPa
1.18 – 4  f m = f ck + 1.65 = 31.6 MPa
 4.3
2.36 – 5 
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. (50  45)
. w/c req. = 50   (31.6  25)
(35  25)
 = 46.7 (Rounded off to the lowest integer). 9. A closed thin walled tube has thickness, t, mean
enclosed area within the boundary of the
7. A solid sphere of radius, r, and made of material
centrline of tube’s thickness, Am, and shear
with density s , is mov ing through the stress  . Torsional moment of resistance, T of
atmosphere (constant pressure, p) with a the section would be
velocity,  . The net f orce ONLY due to
atmospheric pressure (Fp) acting on the sphere (a) 2Am t (b) Am t
at any time, t, is
(c) 0.5Am t (d) 4Am t

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4 3 dv
(a) r s (b) Zero Ans. (a)
3 dt
Sol.
(c) r2p (d) 4r2p

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T
t 
Ans. (b) 2A m
Sol.
 T  2A m t
Force = area × P
10. For a channel section subjected to a downward
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vertical shear force at its centroid, which one
of the f ollowing represents the correct
distribution of shear stress in flange and web?
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Net force will be zero as pressure acts from (a) (b)

all sides.
8. An earthen dam of height H is made of
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cohesive soil whose cohesion and unit weight

are c and , respectively. If the factor of safety
against cohesion is Fc, the Taylor’s stability
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H Fc H
(a) cF (b) (c) (d)
c c
c cFc
(c) F H (d)
c H
Ans. (c)
Ans. (c)
Sol.
Sol. Standard result
C
Sn  11. The degree of static indeterminancy of the
Fc  H plane frame is shown in the figure is____
 (a) Ozone and peroxyacetyl nitrate
Hinge
(b) Nitrogen oxides and peroxyacetyl nitrate
(c) Hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides
(d) Hydrocarbons and ozone

Ans. (c)

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Sol.
Ans. (15) Ozone PAN are secondary air pollutants.
Sol.

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14. The following inequality is true for all x close to
0.

x2 x sin x
2  2
3 1  cos x
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x sin x
What is the value of lim ?
x 0 1  cos x

(a) 2 (b) 1/2

R = 0 (c) 0 (d) 1
R = 1 R = 1
(Total R  = 2) Ans. (a)
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Sol.
Ds = 3C – R'
x sin x
C = 6 lim
x 0 1  cos x
Ds = (3 × 6 – 2) – 1 (due to hinge)
0
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= 15 It is form
0

12. Structural failures considered in the mechanistic L’s hospital rule (differentiate)
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method of bituminous pavement design are x cos x  sin x

 lim
(a) Shear and slippage
x 0 ( sin x)

(b) Fatique and Shear 0

Putting 0 everywhere  still form.
0
(c) Fatique and shear Differentiating numerator and denominator
again,
(d) Rutting and shear
x(  sin x)  cos x  cos x
Ans. (b) lim = 2
x 0 cos x
Sol. As per IRC66:2012 15. The velocity field in a flow system is given by
v = 2i  (x  y)j  (xyz)k. The acceleration of
13. Which one of the options contains ONLY
the fluid at (1, 1, 2) is
primary air pollutants?
 (a) j + k (b) 2i + 10 k translate at the other end. Theoretical and
(c) 4j + 10k (d) 4i + 12 k design (IS: 800 – 2007) values, respectively,
of effective length factor of the column are
Ans. (c)
(a) 1.0 and 1.0 (b) 1.2 and 1.0
Sol.
(c) 1.2 and 1.2 (d) 1.0 and 1.2
u u u u
ax = u v w  Ans. (d)
x y z t
Sol. As per IS:800-2007

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2  (2) (2) (2) (2)
 ax =  (x  y)  (xyz)  17. Euclindean norm (length) of the vector
x y z t
[4 –2 – 6]T is
ax  0

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(a) 48 (b) 24
v v v v
and ay = u x  v y  w z  t (c) 12 (d) 56
Ans. (d)
2(x  y) (x  y)
=  (x  y)
x y Sol.
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(x  y) (x  y) Length = 4 2  (2)2  (6)2  56
(xyz) 
z t
18. An inflow hydrograph is routed through a
= 2 + (x + y) + (xyz)(0) + 0
reservoir to produce an outflow hydrograph.
ay  2  x  y The peak flow of the inflow hydrograph is PI
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and the time of occurrence of the peak is tI.

The peak flow of the outflow hydrograph is P0
 ay = 2 + 1 + 1
and the time of occurance of the peak is t0.
 Which one of the following statements is
 a y  4ˆj
correct?
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w w w w
and az = u x  v y  w z  t (a) PI < P0 and tI > t0
(b) PI > P0 and tI > t0
= 2(yz) + (x + y)(xz) + (xyz)(xy) + 0
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(c) PI < P0 and tI < t0

az = 2(1×2) + (1+1)(1×2) + (1×1 × 2)(1×1) (d) PI > P0 and tI < t0
 Ans. (d)
a z  (4  4  2)kˆ = 10kˆ
Sol.

a  ax ˆi  a y ˆj  az kˆ
Inflow hydro
 PI
a  4 ˆj  10kˆ
Outflow
P0
16. A steel column is restrained against both hydrograph
translation and rotation at one end and is
restrained only against rotation but free to
tI t0
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19. Construction of a new building founded on a (c) Calyey sand (d) Silty clay
clayey soil was completed in January 2010. In Ans. (c)
January 2014, the average consolidation
settlement of the foundation in clay was Sol.
recorded as 10 mm. The ultimate consolidation SC : clayey sand

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settlement was estimated in design as 40 mm.
21. The speed-density relationship in a mid-block
Considering double drainage to occur at the
section of a highway follows the Greenshield’s
clayey soil site, the expected consolidation
model. If the free flow speed is vf and the jam
settlement in January 2019 (in mm, round off

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density is kj, the maximum flow observed on
to the nearest integer) will be____
this ection is
Ans. (15) vfk j vfk j
(a) (b)
Sol. 2 8
Ultimate consolidation = 40 mm vfk j
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(c) vf k j (d)
Recorded consolidation = 10 mm 4
Ans. (d)
10
 U% =  100 = 25%
40 Sol.

 U  0.25   Vf 
Q =  K K  Vf  K
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... (1)
 j 
 2 CVt
TV = U  2
4 H dQ  Vf
  2K  Vf  0
dK Kj
 t1  4 yrs ; U1  0.25 
 U2  t  t  9 yrs ; U  ? 
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 2 2  Kj
 K
2
U12 t1

  Vf K j  K j Vf K j
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2 t2
U2
 Q =  K  2  Vf  2  4
 j 
(0.25) 2 4
 
2
U2 9 22. An anisotropic soil deposit has coefficient of
permeability in vertical and horizontal directions
0.25 2 as kz and kx, respectively. For constructing a
   U2  0.375
U2 3 flow net, the horizontal dimension of the
problem’s geometry is transformed by a
 Total recorded consolidation multiplying factor of
 40 × 0.375
kz kx
(a) k (b) k
 15 mm x z

20. The notation “SC” as per Indian standard Soil kz kx

Classification System refers to (c) kx (d) kz
Ans. (c) 24. The data from a closed traverse survey PQRS
(run in the clockwise direction) are given in the
Sol. Flow net for anisotropic soil.
table
 2h  2h Included angle
kx  kz = 0
x 2 z 2 Line
(in degree)
k x 2h  2h PQ 88
  = 0 ...(i)
k z x 2 z2 QR 92
RS 94

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If we transformed geometry in x direction let x
cordinate be transformed to the new cordinate SP 89
xt by the transformation.
The closing error for the traverse PQRS


xt = x

kx
x = xt k
z
kz
kx

...(ii)
TE (in degrees) is_____

Ans. (3°)
Sol. n = 4 (number of sides of closed traverse)
(2n – 4) × 90° = 360°
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From eq. (i) & (ii), so, error in included angle
= (88 + 92 + 94 + 89) – 360 = +3°
kx  2h  2h
  = 0
kz 
2
z2 25. A vehicle is moving on a road of grade +4% at
kx 
  x t  a speed of 20 m/s. Consider the coefficient of
 k z 
rolling friction as 0.46 and acceleration due to
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gravity as 10 m/s2. On applying brakes to reach

 2h  2h a speed of 10 m/s, the required braking
  0 Hence prove
x t 2 z 2 distance (in m, round off to nearest integer)
along the horizontal, is ______.
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kz
So, multiplied factor = Ans. (30)
kx
Sol. Given: grade = +4%
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23. The Laplace transform of sinh (at) is V1 = 20 m/sec.

f = 0.46
s s
(a) (b) g = 10 m/sec.
s2  a2 s2  a 2
V1 = 10 m/sec.
a a We know,
(c) (d)
s  a2
2
s  a2
2

V22 = V12 + 2as

Ans. (c)
2   n% 
Sol. Laplace transform of sinh (at) (10)2 = (20)  2s  g  f  
  100 
a
= 2
s  a2  s  30 m
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horizontal curved section (radius = 875 m) of or
length 200 m. The allowable speed on this
portion is 100 km/h. For calculating the cant, Stress
consider the gauge as centre-to-centre distance Ecc =
Long term strain
between the rail heads, equal to 1750mm, The
maximum permissible cant (in mm, round off

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to 1 decimal place) with respect to the centre- 12.5
=  12500 MPa
to-centre distance between the rail heads is 1000  10 6
______.
28. The probability density function of a continuous

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Ans. (157.5) random variable distributed uniformly between
x and y (for y > x) is
Sol. Given data:
1
R = 875 mm (a) x  y (b) x – y
Allowable speed = 100 kmph
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1
Gauge length G = 1750 mm (c) y – x (d) y  x
2
GVall Ans. (d)
Allowable cant =
127R
Sol. Probability density function of a uniformly
1750  1002 distributed random variable.
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= = 157.5 mm
127  875
27. When a specimen of M25 concrete is loaded 1
to a stress level of 12.5 MPa, a strain of ba
500×10–6 is recorded. If this load is allowed to
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stand for a long time, the strain increases to

1000×10–6. In accordance with provisions of
IS: 456-2000, considering the long-term effects,
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the effective modulus of elasticity of the a b x

concrete (in MPa) is ________ 29. The uniform arrival and uniform servie rates
observed on an approach road to a signalized
Ans. (12500)
intersection are 20 and 50 vehicles/minutes,
Sol. Short term strain = 500 × 10–6 respectively. For this signal, the red time is 30
s, the effective green time is 30 s, and the
Long term strain = 1000 × 10–6
cycle length is 60s. Assuming that initially there
(1000  500)  10 6 are no vehicles in the queue, the average delay
So, creep coefficient,  =
500  106 per vehicle using the approach road during a
 = 1
cycle length (in s, round off to 2 decimal places)
is _______
Long-term effective modulus
Es 5000 25 Ans. (15)
= =
1  1 1
Sol. Effective area in bearing = [75 + 2.5 (flange
thickness + root length)] × 8

= [75 + 2.5 (20 + 10)] × 8

n = 1200 mm2

fy
30 sec 30 sec so, web bearing strength = A g
1.1
C

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C  Cycle time 250
= 1200   103
Average delay per vehicle 1.1

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Total delay = 272.73 kN
=
Total no. of vehicle 31. The critical bending compressive stress in the
1 extreme fibre of a structural steel section is
 30  n
2 1000 MPa. It is given that the yield strength of
= = 15 sec
n the steel is 250 MPa, width of flange is 250
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30. A rolled I-section beam is supported on a 75 mm and thickness of flange is 15 mm. As per
mm wide bearing plate as shown in the figure. the provisions of IS: 800-2007, the non-
Thickness of flange and web of the 1-section dimensional slendeness ratio of the steel cross-
are 20 mm and 8mm, respectively. Root radius section is
of the I-section is 10mm. Assuming: material (a) 0.50 (b) 2.00
yield stress, f y = 250 MPa and partial safety
(c) 0.25 (d) 0.75
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Ans. (a)
Sol. Non-dimensional slenderness ratio
Beam (I-section)
fy
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250
Bearing plate  = fcc
= = 0.50
1000
75mm
32. At the foot of a spillyway, water flows at a
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As per IS: 800-2007, the web bearing strength depth of 23 cm with a velocity of 8.1 m/s, as
(in kN, round off to 2 decimal places) of the shown in the figure.
beam is _______
Hydraulic
Ans. (272.73) Jump

Sol.
Spillway M-3 profile
23 cm y1= ?

2.5 H
root length The flow enters as an M-3 profile in the long
1V
wide rectangular channel with bed slope =
1
75mm and Manning’s n = 0.015. A hydraulic
1800
 jump is formed at a certain distance from the 1/3
foot of the spillway. Assume the acceleration  1.8632 
 yc =  9.81   0.707 m
due to gravity, g = 9.81 m/s2. Just before the  
hydraulic jump, the depth of flow y1 (in m, round
off to 2 decimal places) is _____ Here, yn = y2 = 1.11 m

Ans. (0.417)
q2

R
Sol. Given data: F22 = gy3
2

y = 0.23 m

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V = 8.1 m/sec. 1.8632
 F2 = = 0.508
9.81 1.113
1
Slope, s =
1800
y1 1  2 
h = 0.015 Again, y  2  1  8F2  1
2
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g = 9.81 m/sec2
q = yV = 8.1 × 0.23 y1 1
1  8  0.5082  1
 y2 = 2  
= 1.863 m3/sec/m
It is given that flow enters as an M-3 profile in  y1 = 0.417 m < yc [supercritical]
the long wide rectangular channel with bed
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33. Consider the reactor shown in the figure. The

1 concentration (in mg/l) of a compound in the
slope = influent and effluent are C0 and C flow rate
1800
through the reactor is Q m3/h. The respectively.
From manning equation at M3 profile section. The compound is degraded in the reactor
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2 following the first order reactions. The mixing

1 3
Q = R sA condition of the reactor (CMFR) or a plug-flow
n
reactor (PFR). The length of the reactor can
1 2/3
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qB = y s  y B be adjusted in these two mixing conditions to

n LCMFR and LPER while keeping the cross-section
[for wide channel R = y] of the reactor constant. Assuming steady state
and for C/C0 = 0.8, the value of LCMFR/LPER
1 1
1.863 = y5/3 (round off to 2 decimal places) is _______
0.015 1800
Q,C0 Q,C
 yn = 1.11 m
The flow profile will follow normal depth (yn) L
after jump. Ans. (0.89)
For wide rectangular channel, Sol.

1/3 Co C
 q2 
yc =  g 
 
 A = constant 35. A water treatment plant treats 6000 m3 of water
Q = AL per day. As a part of the treatment process,
kt d discrete particles are required to be settled in
For plug flow = C = Co e 1
a clarifier. A column test indicates that an
[ t d1 = detention time for plug flow reaction] overflow rate of 1.5 m per hour would produce
the desired removal of particles through settling
Co
For completely max = C = in the clarifier having a depth of 3.0 m. The
1  kt d2
volume of the required clarifier, (in m3, round
off to 1 decimal place) would be

R
[ t d2 = detention time for completed max
reaction] Ans. (500)

 0.8 = e ktd1 Sol. Given data:

 kt d1  0.223  k 

Also, 0.8 
1
V
ALplug

1  kt d2
TE Flow rate = 6000 m3/day
Over flow rate = 1.5 m/hour
= 1.5 × 24 m/day = 36 m/day

Flow rate
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6000
V Flow area = =
 kt d2  0.25  k. over flow rate 36
AL com
= 166.67 m2
kt d1 L com 0.223
   0.892  0.89 Volume required for clarifier = Flow area ×
kt d2 L plug 0.25
depth
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34. A series of perpendicular offsets taken from a = 166.67 × 3 = 500 m3

curved boundary wall to a straight survey line
36. A flexible pavement has the following class of
at an interval of 6 m are 1.22, 1.67, 2.04, 2.34,
loads during a particular hour of the day.
2.14, 1.87, and 1.15 m. The area (in m2, round
off to 2 decimal places) boundary by the survey i. 80 buses with 2-axles (each axle load of
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line, curved boundary wall, the first and the 40 kN);

last offsets, determined using Simpson’s rule, ii. 160 trucks with 2-axles (front and rear axle
is _______. loads of 40 kN and 80 kN, respectively)
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The equivalent standard axle load repetitions

Ans. (68.50)
for this vehicle combination as per IRC:37-2012
would be
h
Sol. Area by simpson’s rule = [(y1 + yn) + (a) 320 (b) 250
3
4 (y2 + y4 + ...yn–1) + 2 (y3 + y5 + ...+ yn–2)] (c) 240 (d) 180
Ans. (d)
6
= [ (1.22 + 1.15) + 4 (1.67 + 2.34 + 1.87)
3 4 4
 40   40 
Sol. ESAL = 80     80   
+ 2 (2.04 + 2.14)]  80   80 
= 68.50 m2
 4 4  Qs1Ls1 
 40   80   
+ 160     160    k s1
 80   80   as1hs1 
 k s2 =
 Qs2 Ls2 
= 5 + 5 + 10 + 160  
 as2 hs2 
= 180
Qs1 L s1 hs2 as2

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37. Constant head permeability tests were = Q L  h  a
performed on two soil specimens, S1 and S2. s2 s2 s1 s1

The ratio of height of the two specimens (LS1:

3 1 1
LS2) is 1.5, the ratio of the diameter of = 1  

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2 2 (0.5)2
specimens (DS1:DS2) is 0.5, and the ratio of
the constant head (hs1:hs2) applied on the 3
specimens is 2.0. If the discharge from both =  22 = 3
22
the specimens is equal, the ratio of the
permeability of the soil specimens (ks1:ks2) is 38. A long uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m
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________ and a concentrated load of 60 kN are moving
together on the beam ABCD shown in the figure
Ans. (c) (not drawn to scale). The relative positions of
Sol. For constant head permeability test, the two loads are not fixed. The maximum
shear force (in kN, round off to the nearest
QL integer) caused at the internal hinge B due to
k =
the two loads is _______
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ah
Q  discharge Internal hinge

L  length of specimen A B C D

a  area of cross-section of specimen

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2m 2m 4m
h  constant head
Ans. (70 kN)
Given,
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L s1 Sol.
3
= B
L s2 2 A C D

Ds1
Ds 2 = 0.5 2m 4m

2
as1  Ds1 
–
 as2 =  D 
 = (0.5)2 1
ILD of
 s2  SF at B

hs1 1 
Maximum SF = 60 × 1 +   1 2  × 10
hs2 = 2 2 

Qs1 = Qs2 = 60 + 10 = 70 kN
39. A square footing of 2m sides rests on the Sol. Given:
surface of a homogeneous soil bed having the
D4 = 90 mm
properties: cohesion c = 24 kPa, angle of
internal friction  = 25°, and unit weight  = D2 = 100 mm
18 kN/m3. Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factor  D2  D4
 Outside clearance =  100
= 25° are Nc = 25.1, Nq = 12.7, N = 9.7, Nc D4
= 14.8, Nq = 5.6, and N = 3.2. The ultimate 100  90
=  100 = 11.11%
bearing capacity of the foundation (in kPa, 90

R
round off to 2 decimal places) is ______.
41. A plane frame shown in the figure (not to scale)
Ans. (353.92) has linear elastic springs at node H. The spring
constants are kx = ky = 5 × 105 kN/m3 and k
Sol. Qultimate = 1.3c Nc  qNq  0.4B N

2 
= 1.3    24   14.8  0  0.4
3 
× 2 × 18 × 3.2
TE = 3 × 105 kNm/rad.

30 kNm

F
Internal
hinge H
G ky
k

kx
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6m
= 353.92 kPa
E
Here,   29
Footing rests on the ground 3m 3m
For the externally applied moment of 30 kNm
Hence, q = 0
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at node F, the rotation (in degrees, round off to

2 3 decimals) observed in the rotational spring
so, c' = c
3 at node H is ________

use, Nq , Nc , N accordingly.. Ans. (0.006 degree)

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40. The dimensions of a soil sampler are given in Sol.

30 kNm R R k
the tale.
kx
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Cutting Sampling 3m 0 0 3m
Parameter ky
edge tube
Inside 6m
80 86
diameter  mm 
Outside 0
100 90
diameter  mm 

For this sampler, the outside clearance ratio R × 3 = 30

(in percent, round off to 2 decimal places) is  R = 10 kN
_________.
From right side of FBD
Ans. (11.11%)
 Piezometer P
R × 3 = K   Piezom Piezometer Q
etric S
urface
55.2m
3R 3  10 kNm Aquiclude
 
K  3  105 kNm / rad 34.1m
Aquifer
= 10–4 rad = 0.0057
Aquiclude
= 0.006 degree L = 2500

R
m

42. Chlorine is used as the disinfectant in a

The heads indicated by two piezometers P and
municipal water treatment plant. It achieves 50
Q are 55.2 m and 34.1 m, respectively. The

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percent of disinfection efficiency measured in
aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 80 m/
terms of killing the indicator microorganisms
day and its effective porosity is 0.25. If the
(E-Coli) in 3 minutes. The minimum time
distance between the piezometers is 2500 m,
required to achieve 99 percent disinfection
the time taken by the water to travel through
efficiency would be
the aquifer from piezometer location P to Q (in
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(a) 9.93 minutes (b) 11.93 minutes days, round off to 1 decimal place) is ______.
(c) 21.93 minutes (d) 19.93 minutes
Ans. (925.9)
Ans. (d) Sol. Given,
No  N 80
Sol. Disinfection eff. = k = 80 m/day = m/s
No 24  3600
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= 9.259 × 10–4 m/s

kt
No  No e
= = (1 – e–kt) h = 55.2 – 34.1 = 21.1 m
No
L = 2500 m
0.5 = 1 – e–k×3
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n = 0.25
n2
 k = B = 15 m
3
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n 2
As per Darcy’s law,
 t
Again, 0.99 = 1  e 3
V = ki
n 2 h
 t 4
0.01 = e 3 = 9.259  10 
 L
n 2 4 21.1
 –4.605 =  t = 9.259  10 
3 2500
 t = 19.93 min. = 7.814 × 10–6 m/s

V 7.814  106
43. A confined aquifer of 15 m constant thickness Seepage velocity Vs = =
is sandwiched between two aquicludes as n 0.25
shown in the figure (not drawn to scale) = 3.125 × 10–5 m/s
 L 2500
 Time taken (t) = V = (20, max)
s 3.125  105
A (80,25)
5
800  10 
= 800 × 105 sec. = = 925.9 days
24  3600

44. For a plane stress problem, the state of stress C(30,0) B
at a point P is represented by the stress element
as shown in the figure.

R
(–20,–25)
20MPa
25MPa

80MPa

25MPa
P

20MPa
80MPa

By how much angle   in degrees the stress

TE = (30, 0)
 80  20 25  25 
Coordinates of C = 
 2
,
2


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In ABC ,
element should be rotated in order to get the
planes of maximum shear stress? BC = 80 – 30 = 50 MPa
AB = 25 MPa

1  25 
  tan    26.56
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P  50 

   90    63.44 

 63.44
(a) 26.6 (b) 48.3 Angle to be rotated =   31.7
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2 2
(c) 31.7 (d) 13.3
Ans. (c) 2 3 4
 
The inverse of the matix  4 3 1 is
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Sol. 45.
20MPa  1 2 4 

25MPa  4 9  4 9 
 2 5  
5  2 5 5 
   
 3 4 14   3 4 14
 
80MPa 80MPa  5 5   5 5
(a)   (b)  
 1 1 6
   1 1 6 
 5 5   5 5 
25MPa

20MPa
  10 4 9   10 4 9   10 4 9 
   15 4 14  1
A–1  15 4 14 
(c)  15 4 14  (d)   = 5 5 1 6 
 5 1 6   5 1 6  

Ans. (b)  2 4/5 9/5 

 14 / 5 
= 3 4 / 5
 1 1/ 5 6 / 5 
2 3 4

R
 1
Sol. A = 4 3 46. Two identical pipes (i.e. having the same length,
1 2 4  same diameter,and same roughness) are used
to withdraw water from a reservoir. In the first

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Det. of matrix, |A| = 2 (12 – 2) – 3(16 – 1) + case, they are attached in series and also
4(8 – 3) discharge freely into the atmosphere. In the
= 20 – 45 + 20 second case, they are attached in parallel and
friction factor is same in both the cases, the
= –5 ratio of the discharge in the parallel
arrangement to that in the series arrangement
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1 (round off to 2 decimal places) is _____
A–1 = (adj  A)
A
Ans. (2.828)
(adj A) = (cof A)'
Sol. Case (1): Series connection,
cof of A11 = 12 – 2 = 10
d
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cof of A12 = –(16 – 1) = –15

Qseries
cof of A13 = 8 – 3 = 5
l l
cof of A21 = –(12 – 8) = –4
2
f  (2 ) Qseries
cof of A22 = (8 – 4) = 4 then h = ...(i)
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12.1 d5
cof of A23 = –(4 – 3) = –1
Case (ii) : parallel connection
cof of A31 = (3 – 12) = –9
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Qparallel/2
cof of A32 = –(2 – 16) = 14
cof of A33 = (6 – 12) = –6 Qparallel/2
10 15 5 l
 1
cof A =  4 4
 9 14 6  f    (Qparallel /2)2
then, h = ...(ii)
adj A = (cof A)' 12.1 d5

 10 4 9  then from equation (i) and (ii)

 14 
=  15 4
 5 1 6  2
f(2)  Qseries f    (Qparallel /2)2
=
12.1 d5 12.1 d5
 2
Qparallel C : H : O: N : other = 44 : 6 : 43 : 0.8 :
 2Q2series = 6.2
4
The methane production of the
Qparallel decomposable material is governed by the
 Q = (8)1/2 = 2 2
series following stoichiometric relation

Qparallel CaHbOc Nd + nH2O  mCH4 + sCO 2 +

 2.828 dNH3
Qseries
Given atomic weights: C = 12, H = 1, O

R
= 16, N = 14. The mass of methane
47. A camera with a focal length of 20 cm fitted in produced (in grams, round off to 1 decimal
an aircraft is used for taking vertical aerial place) per kg of raw MSW will be _______

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photographs of a terrain. The average elevation
of the terrain is 1200 m above mean sea level Ans. (169.1 g)
(MSL). What is the height above MSL at which
Sol. For the MSW, the phase diagram is as
an aircraft must fly in order to get the aerial
follows
photographs at a scale of 1:8000?
Moisture contant = 35%
(a) 3200 m (b) 2800 m
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W For 1 kg of Raw MSW
(c) 2600 m (d) 3000 m
wt. of water = 0.35 kg
Ans. (b) Decompossible 0.455 kg wt. of solid = 0.65 kg
solid
Sol. Given that wt. of decomposable

f = 0.2 m Non-decompossible solid = 0.65 × 0.7

solid
M

= 0.455 kg
h = 1200 m
From the mass percent given,
1
s = 12a = 44x
8000
b = 6x
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 f  16c = 43x
then, s =  
Hh
14d = 0.8x
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  100x
1 0.2 100x = wt of decomposable
 =
8000 H  1200 waste
= 0.455 kg
H = 2800 m
0.455
48. Raw municipal solid waste (MSW) collected  x = kg = 4.55 g
from a city contains 70% decomposable 100
material that can be converted to methane. From the balance of reaction
The water content of the decomposable  32 × s = 43 × 4.55
material is 35%. An elemental anlysis of the
43  4.55
decomposable material yields the following  s = = 6.114
32
mass percent.
   92.2  
 12m + 12s = 44 × 4.55 = 1%  0.6%     as Na2O
  62  
44  4.55  12  6.114
 m =
12 = 1.89%
= 10.569
Methane produced = 10.569 × 16 g So, both assertion are false

= 169.104 g = 169.1 g 50. The ordinates, u of a 2-hour unit hydrograph

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(i.e. for 1 cm of effective rain), for a catchment
49. In the context of provisions relating to durability
are shown in the table.
of concrete, consider the following assertion:

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t  hour  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Assertion (1): As per IS 456-2000, air
entrainment to the extent of 3% to 6% is u  m s  0 2 8 18 32 45 30 19 12 7
3
3 1 0
required for concrete exposed to marine A 6-hour storm occurs over the catchment such
environment. that the effective rainfall intensity is 1 cm/hour
Assertion (2): The equivalent alkali content for the first two hours, zero for the next two
hours, and 0.5 cm/hour for the last two hours.
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(in terms of Na2O equivalent) for a cement
containing 1% and 0.6% of Na2O and K2O, If the base flow is constant at 5 m3/s, the peak
respectively, is approximately 1.4% (rounded flow due to this storm (in m3/s, round off to 1
to 1 decimal place). decimal place) will be ________
Which one of the following statements is Ans. (d)
correct?
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Sol.
(a) Assertion (1) is true and Assertion (2) is
FALSE 0–2 hr — total rainfall = 1 × 2 = 2 cm
(b) Both Assertion (1) and Assertion (2) are
2–4 hr — total rainfall = 0 cm
TRUE
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(c) Both Assertion (1) and Assertion 2) are 4–6 hr — total rainfall = 2 × 0.5 = 1 cm
FALSE
(d) Assertion (1) is false and Assertion (2) is a× u 1× u
Time u sum
u× 2cm lagged lagged
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TRUE hour m3 / sec by 2hr by 1 hr.

= 1+ 2 + 3
0 0 0 0
Ans. (c) 1 2 4 4
2 8 16 0 16
Sol. IS456-2000, does not talk about the air
3 18 36 0 36
entrainment concrete. 4 32 64 0 0 64
5 45 90 0 2 92
Molecular wt. of Na2O = (23 × 2 + 16) 6 30 60 0 8 68
7 19 38 0 18 56
= 62 gm 8 12 24 0 32 56
9 7 14 0 45 59
 92.2  10 3 6 0 30 36
Molecular wt. of K2O = 94.2 gm =   gm 11 1 2 0 19 21
 62 
12 0 0 0 12 12
as Na2O
Maximum ordinate is 92 m3/sec.
 % equivalent Alkali contant (in terms of Na2O)
 Maximum flood discharge = 92 + 5 Y

= 97 m3/sec

51. The speed-density relationship of a highway is 6.0

given as
u = 100 – 0.5 k
where, u = speed in km per hour, k = density
in vehicles per km. The maximum flow (in

R
vehicles per hour, round off to the nearest
integer) is ______  (x  0)2  (y  13)2 = 132

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y2
Ans. (5000) 2
Volume =   x dy
Sol. Given that, y1

u = 100 – 0.5 k 6
2
=  (169  (y  13) dy
uf k jam 0
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Maximum flow =
4 = 396 

at k = 0, u = uf = 100 km/hr 53. A timber pile of length 8m and diameter of

0.2m is driven with a 20 kN drop hammer,
and u = 0, then k = kjam = 200 Veh/km.
falling freely from a height of 1.5m. The total
penetration of the pile in the last 5 blows is
200  100
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so, maximum flow = 40mm. Use the engineering news record

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expression. Assume a factor of safety of 6 and
= 5000 vehicles/hr empirical factor (allowing reducing in the
theoretical set, due to energy losses) of 2.5
52. Consider the hemi-spherical tank of radius 13 cm. The safe load carrying capacity of the pile
m as shown in the figure (not drawn to scale).
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(in kN, round off to 2 decimal places) is ______

What is the volume of water (in m3) when the
depth of water at the centre of the tank is 6 m? Ans. (151.515)
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13m
Sol. Engineering news record expression

6m  wh 
Qu =  
sc
(a) 78  (b) 468 
s = penetration of pile per hammer
(c) 156  (d) 396  blow.

Ans. (d) 40 mm
= = 8 mm = 0.008 m
Sol. Volume generated by the Y axis revolution 8
equaton of circle
C = 2.5 cm = 0.025 m
 20  1.5 The solution for the above equation is
so, Qu =
(0.025  0.008) (Note: K denotes a constant in the options)
= 909.09 kN (a) y = K ln x (b) y = Kx ln x
then safe load carrying capacity (c) y = Kxex (d) y = Kxe–x
Ans. (a)
909.09

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= = 151.515 kN
6 dy
Sol. x nx = y
dx
54. A 2 m × 4 m rectangular footing has to carry

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a uniformly distributed load of 120 kPa. As per dy dx
the 2:1 dispersion method of stress distribution,   y
=  x nx
the increment in vertical stress (in kPa) at a
depth of 2 m below the footing is _______. taking  nx = t
Ans. (40) 1
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 dx = dt
Sol. Increment in the vertical stress x

120  2  4 dy dt
=   y
=  t
(2  h)(4  h)

120  2  4   nx =  nt   nk
= = 40 kPa
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(2  2)(4  2)  y = kt
55. An ordinary differential equation is given below:  y  k  nx
 dy 
   x ln x   y
 dx 
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