Civil Engineering MCQ’s

210. Higher workability of concrete is required floor, the maximum permissible size of
if the structure is _____. aggregate, is _____.

(a) Made with cement concrete (a) 4 mm

(b) Thick and reinforced (b) 6 mm
(c) Thin and heavily reinforced (c) 8 mm
(d) Thick and heavily reinforced (d) 10 mm
Ans. (d) Ans. (d)

211. For a cantilever of effective depth of 0.5 m, 216. The specifications of a cement bag for
the maximum span to satisfy vertical deflection storage, are _____.
limit is _____.
(a) Weight 50 kg
(a) 3.5 m (b) Height 18 cm
(b) 4 m (c) Plan area 3000 sq. cm
(c) 4.5 m (d) All of the above
(d) 5 m Ans. (d)
Ans. (a)
217. The main reinforcement in the heel of a T-
212. The bulk density of aggregates does not shaped R.C. retaining wall is provided on _____.
depend upon _____.
(a) Top face perpendicular to wall
(a) Size and shape of aggregates (b) Bottom face perpendicular to wall
(b) Specific gravity of aggregates (c) Both top and bottom faces perpendicular
(c) Grading of aggregates to wall
(d) Size and shape of the container (d) None of the above
Ans. (d) Ans. (a)

213. How long will it take for the concrete to 218. Separation of coarse aggregates from
achieve 100% of its strength? mortar during transportation, is known _____.

(a) 7 days (a) Bleeding

(b) 14 days (b) Creeping
(c) 21 days (c) Segregation
(d) 28 days (d) Shrinkage
Ans. (d) Ans. (c)

214. A higher modular ratio shows _____. 219. A flaky aggregate is said to be elongated if
its length is _____.
(a) Higher compressive strength of concrete
(b) Lower compressive strength of concrete (a) Equal to the mean size
(c) Higher tensile strength of steel (b) Twice the mean size
(d) Lower tensile strength of steel (c) Thrice the mean size
Ans. (b) (d) Four times the mean size
Ans. (b)
215. For the construction of cement concrete

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220. Assertion A : The load factor for live load is (a) Bulking of sand is caused due to
greater than that for dead load. formation of a thin film of surface
moisture
Reason R : The live loads are more uncertain (b) Fine sand bulks more than coarse sand
than dead loads. (c) The volume of fully saturated sand, is
Select your answer based on the coding system equal to the volume of dry and loose sand
given below. (d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
(a) Both A and R is true and R is the correct
explanation of A 225. The minimum percentage of chemical
(b) Both A and R is true but R is not the ingredient of cement is that of _____.
correct explanation of A
(a) Magnesium oxide
(c) A is true but R is false
(b) Iron oxide
(d) A is false but R is true
(c) Alumina
Ans. (a)
(d) Lime
221. You are asked to construct a massive dam, Ans. (a)
the type of cement you will use, is _____.
226. Poisson's ratio for concrete _____.
(a) Ordinary Portland cement
(a) Remains constant
(b) Rapid hardening cement
(b) Increases with richer mixes
(c) Low heat cement
(c) Decreases with richer mixes
(d) Blast furnace slag cement
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
Ans. (b)
222. An ideal ware house, is provided _____.
227. Shrinkage in concrete can be reduced by
(a) Water proof masonry walls using _____.
(b) Water proof roof
(a) Low water cement ratio
(c) Few windows which remain generally
(b) Less cement in the concrete
closed
(c) Proper concrete mix
(d) All of the above
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d)
Ans. (d)
223. Normally pre-stressing wires are arranged
228. The shuttering of a hall measuring 4 m × 5
in the _____.
m, can be removed after _____.
(a) Upper part of the beam
(a) 5 days
(b) Lower part of the beam
(b) 7 days
(c) Center
(c) 10 days
(d) Anywhere
(d) 14 days
Ans. (b)
Ans. (b)
224. Pick up the correct statement from the
229. The approximate value of the ratio between
following.

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direct tensile strength and flexural strength is Ans. (d)

(a) 0.33 234. Inert material of a cement concrete mix, is

(b) 0.5
(c) 0.75 (a) Water
(d) 1.0 (b) Cement
Ans. (b) (c) Aggregate
(d) None of the above
230. An aggregate is said to be flaky if its least Ans. (c)
dimension is less than _____.
235. If a beam fails in bond, then its bond
(a) 1/5th of mean dimension strength can be increased most economically by
(b) 2/5th of mean dimension
(c) 3/5th of mean dimension (a) Increasing the depth of beam
(d) 4/5th of mean dimension (b) Using thinner bars but more in number
Ans. (c) (c) Using thicker bars but less in number
(d) Providing vertical stirrups
231. Workability improved by adding _____. Ans. (b)

(a) Fly ash 236. Pick up the incorrect statement from the
(b) Hydrated lime following.
(c) Calcium chloride
(d) All of the above (a) A rich mix of concrete possesses higher
Ans. (d) strength than that a lean mix of desired
workability with excessive quantity of
232. Workability of concrete is inversely water
proportional to _____. (b) The strength of concrete decreases as the
water cement ratio increases
(a) Time of transit (c) Good compaction by mechanical
(b) Water-cement ratio vibrations, increases the strength of
(c) The air in the mix concrete
(d) Size of aggregate (d) None of the above
Ans. (a) Ans. (a)

233. Pick up the correct statement from the 237. Ordinary Portland cement is manufactured
following. from _____.
(a) The free water is the amount of water (a) Lime stone and clay
added while mixing and the amount of (b) Gypsum and lime
water held on the surface of the (c) Pozzolana
aggregates prior to mixing (d) Lime, pozzolana and clay
(b) The total water is the free water and the
Ans. (b)
amount actually absorbed by the
aggregates 238. The percentage of reinforcement in case of
(c) Neither (a) nor (b) slabs, when high strength deformed bars are
(d) Both (a) and (b)

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used is not less than _____.

(a) 0.15
(b) 0.12
(c) 0.30
(d) 1.00
Ans. (b)

239. Addition of pozzolana to cement _____.

(a) Decreases workability

(b) Increases strength
(c) Increases heat of hydration
(d) None of the above
Ans. (d)

240. If 50 kg of fine aggregates and 100 kg of

coarse aggregates are mixed in a concrete whose
water cement ratio is 0.6, the weight of water
required for harsh mix, is _____.

(a) 8 kg
(b) 10 kg
(c) 12 kg
(d) 14 kg
Ans. (c)

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