SAMPLE QUESTIONS CIVIL ENGINEERING

1. The standard size of a masonry brick, is
A) 18cm x 8cm x 8cm
B) 19cm x 9cm x 9cm
C) 20cm x 10cm x 10cm
D) 21cm x 11cm x 11cm

2. The portion of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the
length, is called
A) closer
B) queen closer
C) king closer
D) squint brick

3. Good quality cement contains higher percentage of
A) Tricalcium silicate
B) Di-calcium silicate
C) Tri-calcium aluminate
D) Tetra calcium alumino ferrite

4. Veneering means
A) carving out designs on timber planks
B) chemically treating timber planks
C) thick layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood
D) thin layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood

5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following
A) The function of foundation is to distribute the load of super structure over a large
bearing area
B) No timbering is required for shallow trenches
C) Shallow foundations can be constructed on made-up soil
D) Black cotton soil is very good for foundation bed

6. Dampness causes
A) efflorescence
B) bleaching of paints
C) crumbling of plaster
D) growth of termites

7. The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of a wall, is known as
A) header
B) stretcher
C) closer
D) none of these

8. The type of bond in a brick masonry containing alternate courses of stretchers and headers, is
called
A) Flemish bond
 B) English bond
C) Stretcher bond
D) Header bond

9. The curvature of the earth’s surface, is taken into account only if the extent of survey is more
than
A) 100 sq km
B) 160 sq km
C) 200 sq km
D) 260 sq km


10. The main principle of surveying is to work
A) from part to the whole
B) from whole to the part
C) from higher level to the lower level
D) from lower level to higher level

11. Correct distance obtained by an erroneous chain is:
A) (Erroneous chain length x Observed distance) / Correct chain length
B) (Correct chain length x Observed distance) / Erroneous chain length
C) (Correct chain length x Erroneous chain length) / Observed distance
D) None of these

12. In chain surveying a tie line is primarily provided
A) to check the accuracy of the survey
B) to take offsets for detail survey
C) to avoid long offsets from chin lines
D) to increase the number of chain lines

13. Determining the difference in elevation between two points on the surface of the earth, is
known as
A) leveling
B) simple leveling
C) differential leveling
D) longitudinal leveling

14. An imaginary line joining the points of equal elevation on the surface of the earth, represents
A) contour surface
B) contour gradient
C) contour line
D) level line

15. The contour interval is kept inversely proportional to
A) time and expense of field work
B) steepness of the configuration of the area
C) scale of the map
D) all the above