1. What is the area of AO size drawing sheet?

A) 0.00 square metre

B) 1.00 square metre.

C) 2.00 square metre

D) 4.00 square metre

Ans: B

2. What is the use of French curves?

A) To draw smooth curves

B) To draw irregular curves

C) To draw circles, ellipses, arcs

D) To write letters and numerals

Ans: B

3. What is the description of G2 in lines of symmetry?

A) Chain thin

B) Chain thin double dashed

C) Dashed thick.

D) Continuous thick

Ans: A

4. Which is a small shaped instrument of the drafting machine?

A) T scale

B) Scale set

C) Mini drafter.
D) Planimeter

Ans: C

5. What is the height in mm for title of drawing?

A) 3,4

B) 10, 12

C) 6, 8

D) 4,5

Ans: C

6. Which of the following is not a linear scale?

A) Plain scale

B) Diagonal scale

C) Scale of chord.

D) Comparative scale

Ans: C

7. What is the line of intersection of the picture plane with ground plane?

A) Station point

B) Picture plane

C) Ground plane

D) Ground line

Ans: D

8. What is the sum of the interior angle and the corresponding external angle of a
polygon?
A) 0°

B) 180°

C) 90°

D) 360°

Ans: D

9. What is the standard line thickness of the border line?

A) 0.10 mm.

B) 0.60 mm

C) 0.15 mm

D) 0.20 mm

Ans: B

10. What is the point at which the conic cuts its axis?

A) Locus

B) Axis

C) Directrix

D) Vertex.

Ans: D

11. How many metres equals one nautical mile?

A) 100 m

B) 1000 m

C) 1674 m

D) 1852 m

Ans: D
12. What is the length of one link in Engineers chain?

A) 20 centimetres
B) 30 centimetres

C) 1 foot

D) 21/16 feet

Ans: C

13. What is the angle which the needle makes with horizontal?

A) Declination

B) Dip

C) Bearing

D) Local attraction

Ans: B

14. What is the name of triangle formed by joining the three ground points in plane
table survey?

A) Well conditioned triangle.

B) Equilateral triangle

C) Great triangle

D) Scalene triangle

Ans: C

15. Which test is done to make the horizontal axis perpendicular to vertical axis of
a theodolite?

A) Plate level test

B) Cross hair ring test

C) Collimation test

D) Spire test.

Ans: D
16. Where two contours of different elevation cross each other?

A) Vertical cliff

B) Overhanging cliff.

C) Uniform slope

D) Valley

Ans: B

17. Where 00 is marked in prismatic compass is?

A) North

B) South

C) East

D) West

Ans: B

18. What is used to take inclined line of sights in plane table surveying?

A) U frame

B) Plain alidade A

C) Telescopic alidade.

D) Prismatic compass

Ans: C

19. What colour is used for symbol for road metalled?

A) H-green

B) Burnt sienna

C) Crimpson lake
D) Burnt blue.

Ans: B
20. What is the full form of UTM?

A) Universal Transverse Meridian

B) Universal Transverse Mercator

C) Universal Transportation Media

D) Universal Traverse Median

Ans: B

21. The permissible closing error for accurate levelling is expressed as

A) E ± 0.100 Km

B) E ± 0.025 Km

C) E ± 0.012 Km

D) E ± 0.006 Km

Ans: C

22. What is the term used for rotating telescope in clockwise direction about its
vertical axis?

A) Transiting

B) Right swing.

C) Left swing

D) Plunging

Ans: B

23. What is meant by the departure of a line?

A) Projection onto the east-west meridian

B) Projection onto the north-east meridian

C) Projection onto the south-east meridian

Ans: A

24. What is the term used for line joining the optical centre of the object glass and
the centre of the eye piece?

A) Line of collimation

B) Horizontal line

C) Axis of telescope

D) Height of instrument

Ans: C

25. What is the basis of GPS?

A) Traversing.

B) Triangulation

C) Resection

D) Radiation

Ans: B

26. Which of the following is the choice of co-ordinate for specifying the position
of a point?

A) Latitude, departure and elevation.

B) Southing, latitude, departure

C) Northing, southing, easting

D) Latitude, longitude and elevation

Ans: D
27. The shortcut key for undo last action in AutoCAD

A) Ctrl+Z.

B) Ctrl+Y

C) Ctrl+Shift+C

D) Ctrl+Shift+V

Ans: A

28. What is dpi in printing?

A) Dash per inch

B) Dots per inch.

C) Dash printing ink

D) Dot printing ink

Ans: B

29. What factor mainly determines the quality of a monitor?

A) CPU

B) Colour

C) Resolution

D) Hard disk

Ans: C

30. Which command controls the extents of the display of the grid?

A) Area

B) Dimension

C) Limits
D) Display

Ans: C
31. Which command reinserts the last erased set of objects?

A) OOPS

B) REINSERT

C) REDO.

D) COPY

Ans: A

32. Which is the shortcut key for polar tracking ON/OFF?

A) F3

B) F7

C) F8

D) F10

Ans: D

33. Which of the following command is used to copy the properties from one
object to one or more objects?

A) CHPROP

B) Block

C) Match properties.

D) Insert block

Ans: C

34. To study the mineral constituents grain size etc. is test.

A) Microscopic.

B) Smiths

C) Water absorption
D) Acid

Ans: A

35. The total height of a clamp kiln is about

A) 30 cm to 4 mm

B) 4 m to 6 m

C) 10 cm to 20 cm.

D) 3 m to 4 m

Ans: D

36. I.S. code of clay terracing tiles

A) 1464-1959

B) 654-1972

C) 2690-1964

D) 712-1973

Ans: *

IS 1464 : 1992 – CLAY RIDGE AND CEILING TILES SPECIFICATIONS

IS 654 : 1992 – CLAY ROOFING TILES, MANGALORE PATTERN SPECIFICATIONS

IS 2690 (PART 1) : 1993 – BURNT CLAY FLAT TERRACING TILES SPECIFICATIONS

IS 712 : 1984 – SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDING LIMES

37. IS. code of PSC

A) 455-1989

B) 12330-1988

C) 12600-1989
D) T40-1985

Ans: A

38. The purpose of this test is to assess the plasticity of lime

A) Impurity test

B) Workability test

C) Plasticity test

D) Ball test

Ans: C

39. In a mortar, the binding material is

A) Sand

B) Cement

C) Surkhi

D) Clay

Ans: B

40. The sand particles which sand pass through 1.5875 mm is sieves are known as

A) Coarse sand

B) Gravelly sand

C) Mud sand

D) Fine sand.

Ans: D
41. Grass or air bubbles are introduced into the plastic-cement mortar mix to
produce a material with a cellular structure

A) Cellular concrete.

B) Light weight concrete

C) No fines concrete

D) Heavy weight concrete

Ans: A

42. Hot rolled deforming bars conforming to I.S. code

A) 1139

B) 1785

C) 1566

D) 226

Ans: A

43. These piles are driven at an inclination to resist larger horizontal or inclined
forces

A) Sheet piles

B) Anchor piles

C) Fender piles

D) Batter piles

Ans: D

44. Minimum height 50 mm only three stones are to be used to make up the
height of one course, mortar joint is 16 mm

A) Coursed rubble (1st sort)

B) Coursed rubble (2nd sort)

D) Coursed rubble (4th sort)

Ans: C

45. It prevent the tendency of stone joint to pull apart. This joint is used instead of
dowel joint.

A) Cramped joint.

B) Plugged joint

C) Butt joint

D) Dowelled joint

Ans: A

46._____roof has four sloping sides with zero vertical roof lines.

A) Gable

B) Hip

C) Sheet

D) Gambrel

Ans: B

47. This truss is in the form of a bow

A) Steel truss

B) Truncated truss

D) Mansard truss-

(C) Latticed roof truss

Ans: C
48. Single joist timber floor is adopted for maximum span of

A) 4.6 m

B) 3.6 m

C) 7.5 m

D) 4 m

Ans: B

49. Vertical members of brick layers scaffolding are called

A) Ridge

B) Put logs.

C) Improved

D) Standards

Ans: D

50. For protecting the coping and parapets ____should be provided at various
locations.

A) D.P.C.

B) White wash

C) Cement

D) Plaster

Ans: A

51. Garnet hinge used in

A) Batten, ledged and braced door.

B) Lantern window

C) Sky light window

Ans: A
52. Minimum slope of ramp

A) 1 in 30

B) 1 in 20

C) 1 in 10

D) 1 in 50

Ans: C

53. This step has a curved rise and tread

A) Lift step

B) Dancing step.

C) Commode step

D) Splayed step

Ans: C

54. The timber of evergreen trees that are soft in nature

A) Hard wood

B) Annual rings

D) Soft wood.

C) Medullary rays

Ans: D

55. A projecting moulded stone having its under surface throated is called

A) Drip stone

B) Hard stone

C) Soft stone
D) Through stone

Ans: A

56. The geometrical point from where the curve of the arch is drawn

A) Ring course

B) Crown

C) Centre

D) Clear span

Ans: C

57. Front open space residential building should be provided with a front yard of
minimum width of m.

A) 3

B) 6

C) 3.50

D) 6.50

Ans: A

58. The minimum width of a habitable room shall be

A) 3.4

B) 4.40

C) 5.40

D) 3.00

Ans: D
59. NBC of India 1979 types of buildings Group - E

A) Business building

B) Assembly building.

C) Institutional building

D) Residential building

Ans: A

60. The total usable covered area of a building

A) Covered area

B) Plinth area

C) Floor area

D) Open area

Ans: C

61. Horizontal circulation area it may be of plinth area.

A) 10% to 12%

B) 10% to 15%

C) 10% to 13%

D) 10% to 20%

Ans: B

62. Estimation process helps in working out the____ of construct.

A) Labour

B) Rate of materials

C) Plot value
D) Cost.

Ans: D
63. Unit of payment in cement lime concrete on terracing is

A) Cu: m

B) Sq: m.

C) S: ft

D) C: ft

Ans: A

64. Construction work is allowed after receiving of

A) Cost

B) Bill of materials

C) Contingencies

D) Technical sanction.

Ans: D

65. Unit of payment in damp proof course of cement concrete

A) sq.m

B) cm²

C) cft

D) cu.m.

Ans: A

66. Portable pipes or larger hoses may also be used in place or ditches

A) Border flooding

B) Free flooding

C) Basin flooding.
D) Check flooding

Ans: C

67. When the water is available at a higher level, and it is supplied to lower level by
the mere action of gravity, then it is called

A) Artificial irrigation

B) Flow irrigation.

C) Lift irrigation

D) Well irrigation

Ans: B

68. It is the ratio of the mean supply discharge to the full capacity discharge

A) Time factor

B) Base factor

C) Intensity factor

D) Capacity factor.

Ans: D

69. Masonry gravity dams are now-a-days constructed of only_______height.

A) Small

B) Big

C) Medium

D) Full width

Ans: A
70. A gravity dam may be either______plan.

A) Curved

B) Bevelled
C) Circle

D) Straight

Ans: *

A gravity dam may be either straight or curved in plan.

71. The water thus accumulated in the form of an artificial lake is known as

A) Pond

B) Reservoir.

C) River

D) Streams

Ans: B

72. A gravity dam is the one in which the external force such as

A) Vacuum pressure

B) Wind pressure

C) Waver pressure

D) Pressure in pipe

Ans: *

A gravity dam is the one in which the external forces (such as water pressure,
wave pressure, uplift pressure, silt pressure etc.) are resisted by the weight of the
dam itself.

73. A notch is usually made of

A) Metallic

B) Iron

C) Aluminium
D) G.I.

Ans: A

74. Canal over the drainage

A) Super passage

B) Canal siphon

C) Aqueduct

D) Level crossing

Ans: C

75. The use of water for raising the crops is known as

A) Irrigation

B) Water supply

C) Field

D) Corps

Ans: A

76. The structure, made to pass surplus flood water from reservoir to the
downstream of the dam is known as

A) Canal

B) Spill way

C) Weir

D) River

Ans: B

77. The solid obstruction constructed across the river to raise the water level in
river is known as
A) Canal

B) Dam

C) Weir

D) Reservoir

Ans: C

78. It is passage for the flow of surplus water or waste in a weir or conduct

A) Head work

B) Heard regulator

C) Spill way

D) Level passage

Ans: C

79. It include the waste discharge from sink, bath and wash basin

A) Garbage

B) Sullage

D) Sewerage

C) Sewer

Ans: B

80. The flow of the water in the channel may be continuous for the whole year or
seasonal

A) Lift irrigation

B) Non-perennial irrigation

C) Artificial irrigation
D) Perennial irrigation.

Ans: D
81. The dam made of earth is known as

A) Earthen dam.

B) Rock filling dam

C) Arch dam

D) Gravel dam

Ans: A

82. A is a horizontal member which lintel is placed across an to support the

A) Bottom rail

B) Lock frame

C) Sill level

D) Door frame.

Ans: D

83. What is the minimum area of window with respect to floor area?

A) 10% of floor area-

B) 25% of floor area

C) 5% of floor area

D) 2% of floor area

Ans: A

84. Hydraulic turbines are the machines which convert water energy into

A) Solar energy

B) Electrical energy.

C) Power energy
D) Mechanical energy

Ans: D

85. Pelton wheel is a

A) Tangential flow turbine

B) Radial flow turbine

C) Mixed flow turbine

D) Axial flow turbine

Ans: A

86. Irrigation capacity of a unit of water is

A) Delta

B) Base period

C) Time factor

D) Duty.

Ans: D

87. Trees grow length wise through their ends

A) Exogenous

B) Endogenous

C) Soft wood

D) Hard wood

Ans: B

88. Cement paint is added in

A) Water
B) Thinner

C) Spirit

D) Turpentine

Ans: A

89. 1000 cubic feet =____litres.

A) 28317

B) 28.317

C) 283.17

D) 0.28317

Ans: A

90.Difference between circumference and diameter of a circle is 60 cm. Find the

A) 10 cm

B) 12 cm

C) 14 cm

D) 16 cm

Ans: C

91. Unit of temperature in Sl system

A) Kelvin

B) Fahrenheit

C) Celsius

D) Calorie

Ans: A
92. What is the height of a cylindrical tank of base area 154 Sq.cm and Volume
3080 Cub.mtr?

A) 50 m

B) 40 m
C) 30 m

D) 20 m.

Ans: *

Give, Base area = 154 sq.cm and volume = 3080 cub.mtr

Height = Volume/ Base area

Height = 3080 m3/154 cm2 = 20 x 104 m

93. How many spherical balls of 2 cm radius can be made from a sphere of 24 cm
diameter?

A) 216 balls

B) 316 balls

C) 214 balls

D) 314 balls

Ans: A

94. 1 HP = _____ Kg.m/s.

A) 4500

B) 33000

C) 75

D) 550

Ans: C

95. The ratio between the ultimate stress and the working stress is called

A) Factor of safety.

B) Load Factor

C) Young's Modulus
D) Safe Stress

Ans: A

96. Find the efficiency of a machine having velocity ratio 5, if a force of 250 kg is
applied to lift a weight of 1000 kg with the help of simple machine.

A) 75%

B) 80%

C) 85%

D) 90%

Ans: B

97. Which of the following is not a unit of power?

A) Nm/s

B) J/s

C) Watt

D) Nm

Ans: D

98. Which force act on rivet?

A) Tensile Force

B) Shear Force

C) Compressive Force

D) Bending Force

Ans: B
99. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 30 m/s. Find the
maximum height to which it travels. (Taken g = 10 m/s²)

A) 45 m

B) 50 m

C) 55 m

D) 60 m

Ans: A

100. The ratio of stress to strain within elastic limit is known as

A) Modulus of Elasticity.

C) Factor of Safety

B) Poisson's Ratio

D) Yield Point

Ans: A