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1. The function of aggregates in concrete is to serve as
a. Binding material
b. Catalyst
c. Filler
d. All of the above
2. If the cement is stored for 2 years, the compressive strength reduces to
a. 1/2
b. 3/4
c. 20%
d. 90%
3. The initial setting time of cement is up to
a. 10 hours
b. 30 minutes
c. 45 minutes
d. 1 hour
4. If same materials and same ratio is adopted, the compressive strength of _____ will be more
a. Cylinder
b. Cube
c. Compressive strength will same for both
d. None of the above
5. After curing of 7 days, the concrete gains strength up to
a. 50%
b. 70%
c. 90%
d. 100%
6. Minimum longitudinal steel % in columns is
a. 1%
b. 2%
c. 4%
d. 8%
7. An R.C.C. beam not provided with shear reinforcement may develop cracks in its bottom
inclined roughly to the horizontal at
a. 25 degree
b. 35 degree
c. 45 degree
d. 90 degree
8. Thickened part of a flat slab over its supporting column, is technically known as
a. Drop panel
b. Column capital
c. Column head
d. Waffle
9. The moments due to which Retaining wall usually fails is called
a. Overturning
b. Sliding
c. Uplift pressure
d. All of the above
10. Recently long span bridges constructed in Pakistan are
a. Pretensioned I girder Bridges
b. Pretensioned box girder Bridges
c. Segmental Bridges
d. T beam Bridges
11. Punching shear is also called
a. One-way shear
b. Two-way shear
c. Midway shear
d. None of the above
12. The columns usually fail due to buckling are
a. Long columns
b. Short columns
c. Intermediate columns
d. Circular columns
13. In hilly terrain the culverts usually recommended are
a. Slab culverts
b. Box culverts
c. Brick masonry culverts
d. Wooden culverts
14. The factor by which shear capacity of beams are reduced is
a. 0.75
b. 0.8
c. 0.9
d. 0.95
15. Falling drops of water become spheres due to
a. Adhesion
b. Cohesion
c. Viscosity
d. Surface tension
16. The most efficient channel section, is
a. Semi circular
b. Rectangular
c. Triangular
d. Half hexagonal in the form of trapezoidal
17. In flowing liquids pitot tubes are used to measure
a. Discharge
b. Pressure
c. Velocity
d. Depth
18. Hydraulic radius is equal to
a. area divided by the square of wetted perimeter
b. area divided by wetted perimeter
c. wetted perimeter divided by area
d. square root of the area
19. For a long pipe, the head loss
a. at the entrance is ignored
b. at the outlet is ignored
c. at the entrance and outlet both are ignored
d. due to friction is ignored
20. The channel from forebay tank to power house is called
a. Head race channel
b. Tail race channel
c. Gravel trap channel
d. Silting basin channel
21. The upper surface of the weir over which water flows, is known as
a. Vein
b. Sill
c. Nappe
d. None of these
22. The minimum water content at which the soil just begins to crumble when rolled into threads 3
mm in diameter, is known
a. Liquid limit
b. Plastic limit
c. Shrinkage limit
d. Permeability limit
23. In swimming pools, the steel preferred is
a. Epoxy coated Deform bar
b. Uncoated deform bars
c. Plain bars
d. 270ksi strands bars
24. For low bearing capacity soil usually ______ footing is preferred
a. Deep footing
b. Raft footing
c. Mat footing
d. Spread footing
25. The surcharge soil loads on retaining walls are taken as
a. Triangular, Uniform varying load
b. Uniformly distributed load
c. Point load
d. Gravity load
26. Mostly preferred structure on the bank of streams is
a. Plum concrete wall
b. Gravity concrete retaining walls
c. Stone masonry retaining walls
d. Gabion
27. Under-reamed piles are generally
a. Bored piles
b. Driven piles
c. Precast piles
d. All of the above
28. Speedy apparatus is used to calculate ______ of soil
a. Porosity
b. Water content
c. Density
d. Specific weight
29. Accurate determination of water content, is made by
a. Calcium carbide method
b. Sand bath method
c. Alcohol method
d. Oven drying method
30. Silty sand soil contains ____ in more proportion
a. Sand
b. Silt
c. Clay
d. Gravels
31. Clayey sand soil is represented as
a. SC
b. CS
c. SS
d. OS
32. In ______ system water wastage is minimum
a. Drip Irrigation
b. Free flooding
c. Sprinkle Irrigation
d. Surface Irrigation
33. The top soil of a water-logged field becomes more alkaline and infertile if its pH value is
a. 6
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10
e. 11
34. The main function of a diversion head works of a canal from a river, is
a. To remove silt
b. To control flood
c. To store water
d. To raise water level
e. All of the above
35. Coffer dams are constructed
a. To divert water
b. To remove silt
c. To store water
d. To raise water level
36. Detention dams are constructed
a. To divert water
b. To remove silt
c. To store water
d. To raise water level
e. To control flood
37. Dado is usually provided in
a. Dinning halls
b. Bath rooms
c. Living rooms
d. Veranda
e. Roof
38. There are five seismic zones established by Pakistan building code, Peshawar lies in
a. Zone 1
b. Zone 2A
c. Zone 2B
d. Zone 3
e. Zone 4
39. The most severe zone prone to earth quake is
a. Zone 1
b. Zone 2A
c. Zone 2B
d. Zone 3
e. Zone 4
40. According to Pakistan Building code Chitral and Shangla lies in
a. Zone 4 and 3
b. Zone 3 and 4
c. Both in zone 4
d. Zone 2 and 1
41. The grain to grain load transfer occurs in
a. Rigid pavement
b. Flexible pavement
c. Cause ways
d. Earthen roads
42. Super Elevation in roads is provided to overcome
a. Centripetal force
b. Centrifugal force
c. Braking force
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
43. The type of transition curves generally provided on hill roads, is
a. Circular
b. Cubic parabola
c. Lemniscate
d. Spiral
e. Compound
f. Simple
44. Increase in traffic volume, due to increase in transport vehicles, is known as
a. Development traffic
b. Normal traffic growth
c. Generated traffic growth
d. Current traffic
e. None of the above
45. The road pavement layer constructed usually from river bed is called
a. Subgrade
b. Subbase
c. Base course
d. Wearing course
46. The structure preferred across water in the area prone to land slide is
a. Cause way
b. Box culvert
c. Bridge
d. Drain
e. None of the above
47. The bending moment diagram for Simply supported beam with UDL is ____ in shape
a. Parabolic curve
b. Hyperbolic curve
c. Circular curve
d. Arc
e. Ellipse curve
48. The 5ft retaining wall retains soil having unit wt of 120 lb/ft3 the pressure at base of the wall will
be
a. 600 kip/ft2
b. 0.6 kip/ft2
c. 1 kip/ft2
d. 500 kip/ft2
49. The Circular water tanks are design for
a. Hoop stresses
b. Axial stresses
c. Normal stresses
d. Transverse stresses
e. All of the above
50. Shell structure is more suitable for slab design as compare to membrane and plate because
a. It resists in plane stresses, out plane stresses, and axial stresses
b. It resists axial stresses
c. It resists bending moment
d. It resists shear force
e. None of the above
