Multiple Choice Questions on Civil Engineering
MCQ 1. The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed
(A) 100
(B) 120
(C) 145
(D) 180
MCQ 2. Economical depth of plate girder corresponds to
(A) minimum weight
(B) minimum depth
(C) maximum weight
(D) minimum thickness of web
MCQ 3. Gantry girders are designed to resist
(A) lateral loads
(B) longitudinal loads and vertical loads
(C) lateral, longitudinal and vertical loads
(D) lateral and longitudinal loads
MCQ 4. The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is called
(A) Air content
(B) Porosity
(C) Percentage air voids
(D) Voids ratio
MCQ 5. If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is
(A) sand
(B) silt
(C) clay
(D) clayey Silt
MCQ 6. Rankine’s theory of earth pressure assumes that back of the wall is
(A) plane and smooth
(B) plane and rough
(C) vertical and smooth
(D) vertical and rough
MCQ 7. In a steel plate with bolted connections, the rupture of the net section is a mode of failure under
(A) Tension
(B) Compression
(C) Flexure
(D) Shear
MCQ 8. Westergaard’s analysis for stress distribution beneath loaded areas is applicable to
(A) Sandy soils
(B) Clayey soils
(C) Stratified soils
(D) Silty soils
MCQ 9. The fundamental natural period for vibration of steel frame building is
(A) 0.075h0.75
(B) 0.085h^0.75
(C) 0.075h0.85
(D) 0.085h0.85
MCQ 10. As per IS 1893:2002, dynamic analysis shall ber performed for regular buildings of height greater than ______ m in zones IV
(A) 50
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 60
MCQ 11. Percentage of imposed load to be considered ______ in seismic weight consideration for Imposed uniformly distributed floor load above 3 kN/m2
(A) 25
(B) 30
(C) 50
(D) 75
MCQ 12. The safe bearing capacity of the soil is equal to
(A) Normal strength × Factor of safety
(B) Ultimate bearing power/Factor of safety
(C) Ultimate tensile strength/ Factor of safety
(D) Ultimate compressive strength/Factor of safety
MCQ 13. Minimum thickness of a layer of fine sand required to cutoff capillary rise of water completely should be
(A) 40 cm
(B) 52 Cm
(C) 64 cm
(D) 76 cm
MCQ 14. The consistency and flow resistance of bitumen can be determined from which of the following?
(A) Ductility test
(B) Penetration test
(C) Softening point
(D) Viscosity test
MCQ 15. How many number of point of contraflexture will form in continuous beam shown in figure below?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
MCQ 16. A simply supported beam of span length L and flexure stiffness EI has another spring support at the centre span of stiffness K as shown in figure. The central deflection of the beam due to a central concentrated load of P would be
(A) [PL3/48EI]+[P/K]
(B) PL^3/[48EI+KL^3]
(C) [PL3/48EI][P/K]
(D) [PL3/48EI]+K
MCQ 17. For a linear elastic frame, if stiffness matrix is doubled with respect to the existing stiffness matrix, the deflection of the resulting frame will be
(A) twice the existing value
(B) half the existing value
(C) the same as existing value
(D) indeterminate value
MCQ 18. Two shaft of different diameter d1 and d2 are made from same material and are of same length under the action of same torque T the ratio of strain energy V1/V2
(A) [d2/d1]3
(B) [d1/d2]2
(C) [d2/d1]2
(D) [d2/d1]^4
MCQ 19. Two people weighing W each are sitting on a plank of length L floating on water at L/4 from either end. Neglecting the weight of the plank, the bending moment at the centre of the Plank is
(A) WL/8
(B) WL/16
(C) WL/32
(D) zero
MCQ 20. The Indian navigation system similar of GPS of USA is called as
(A) BHAVUN
(B) NAVIC
(C) GLONASS
(D) Galileo
No comments:
Post a Comment