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DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 1

The bubble rube parallel to the telescope of a theodolite should be more sensitive since it controls :

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 1

The bubble tube parallel to the telescope of a theodolite controls the horizontal axis. This axis must remain perfectly horizontal during measurements to ensure accurate vertical angle readings. A more sensitive bubble tube detects even minor misalignments, allowing precise adjustments.

Errors in the horizontal axis alignment directly affect vertical angle measurements, making sensitivity critical.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 2

What is the primary determinant of a country's foreign policy?

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 2
History plays a crucial role in determining a country's foreign policy. The historical events, conflicts, and alliances shape a nation's approach to international relations. For example, the Cold War and colonial history have had a significant impact on the foreign policies of various countries. Understanding a nation's history is essential in analyzing its foreign policy decisions.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 3

Between 3 and 4 there are

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 3

There is no single number between 3 and 4, there is an infinite amount of numbers. If you are asking for INTEGERS, there are none. If not, you can have unlimited numbers between 3 and 4. For example, a number could be 3.0000000000000000005 or 3.9999999999999997.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 4

Two dimensional figure is a  

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 4
A two-dimensional figure, also called a plane or planar figure, is a set of line segments or sides and curve segments or arcs, all lying in a single plane. The sides and arcs are called the edges of the figure. The edges are one-dimensional, but they lie in the plane, which is two-dimensional.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 5

20 kg of rice costing Rs. 30 per kg is mixed with 130 kg of rice costing Rs. 75 per kg. What is the average per kg price of the mixture?

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 5


Hence, Option A is correct.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 6

Direction: If a Paper (Transparent Sheet) is folded in a manner and a design or pattern is drawn. When unfolded this paper appears as given below in the answer figure. Choose the correct answer figure given below.

If the following pattern is drawn in a transparent square sheet and folded along the dotted lines, how does it appear?

Question Figure

Answer figure

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DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 7

In each of the following questions, a series is given. Find the term that will replace the question mark.

27, 64, 125, ?, 343, 512

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 7

The pattern followed is:

Hence, the correct answer is "216".

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 8

A is father of C and D is son of B. E is brother of A. If C is sister of D, then how is B related to E?

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 8

The family chart is as follows:

i) A is father of C and D is son of B.

ii) E is brother of A.

iii) If C is sister of D

Drawing the family tree as per the given information:

Thus we can see B is the wife of A.

E is the brother of A.

Thus we can conclude B is the sister-in-law of E.

Hence, the correct answer is "Sister-in-law".

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 9

Directions to Solve

In each of the following questions find out the alternative which will replace the question mark.

Question -

Conference : Chairman :: Newspaper : ?

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 9

As Chairman is the highest authority in a conference similarly Editor is in Newspaper.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 10
उस विकल्प का चयन करें जो निम्न मुहावरे का सही अर्थ व्यक्त करता है।
​सब्ज़ बाग़ दिखाना
Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 10

दिए गए मुहावरे का सही अर्थ 'अच्छी-अच्छी बातें कहकर बहकाना' होगा।

  • मुहावरा - सब्ज़ बाग़ दिखाना
  • अर्थ - अच्छी-अच्छी बातें कहकर बहकाना
  • वाक्य प्रयोग - नौकरी दिलाने ‌‌‌का ​सब्ज़ बाग़​ दिखाकर आज-कल लोग फरार हो जाते हैं।

Key Points

  • जब कोई वाक्यांश अपने सामान्य अर्थ को छोड़ किसी विशेष अर्थ में रूढ़ हो जाता है उसे ही मुहावरा कहते हैं।
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 11
निम्नलिखित प्रश्न में, दिए गए चार विकल्पों में से, उस विकल्प का चयन करें, जो मुहावरे के सही अर्थ को व्यक्त करता है।
​भेड़ बना लेना
Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 11

सही विकल्प '4 वश में कर लेना' है।

Key Points

  • भेड़ बना लेना मुहावरे का अर्थ है 'वश में कर लेना'
  • वाक्य प्रयोग - श्याम ने राम को अपने वश में कर लिया।

Additional Information

अन्य विकल्प-

  • 'घोर विपत्ति आना' - बिजली गिरना।
  • 'मन में जगह बना लेना'- मन मोह लेना।
  • 'दीवार में चुनना' का सही मुहावरा होता है : 'दीवार तोड़ना' जिसका अर्थ होता है पुरानी दुश्मनी भुलाना।

Important Points

  • मुहावरे - सामान्य अर्थ का बोध न कराकर विशेष अथवा विलक्ष अर्थ का बोध कराने वाले पदवंध को ही मुहावरा कहते है।
  • मुहावरा अरबी भाषा का शब्द है मुहावरा अपूर्ण वाक्य होता है किन्तु वाक्य में प्रयोग करने से वाक्य का अभिन्न अंग बन जाता है ।
  • मुहावरा एक वाक्यांश होता है।

अन्य मुहावरे-

  • आग बबूला होना - अत्याधिक क्रोधित होना।
  • आगे कुआं पीछे खाई - दोनों ओर संकट।
  • आकाश के तारे तोड़ना - असंभव कार्य करना।
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 12

अंग्रेज भारतीय राजाओं का राज्य हड़पते थे :

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 12

सही उत्तर है- राज्य की सुरक्षा के बहाने अव्यवस्था फैलाकर।

Key Points

  • गद्यांश के अनुसार-  
    • अंग्रेज भारतीय राजाओं का राज्य हड़पते थे- राज्य की सुरक्षा के बहाने अव्यवस्था फैलाकर।
    • याद आता है वह समय जब अंग्रेजों ने भारतीय राजाओं को चुग्गा डालना शुरू किया था।
    • भारत के प्रतिष्ठित एवं संपन्न राज्यों में रेजीडेंसी बनाई गई।
    • जानबूझकर राज्य में अव्यवस्था फैलाई जाती थी
    • और मौका पाते ही राजा को राज्य से, शासन से बेदखल करके राज्य हड़प लिया जाता था ।

Additional Information

  • हड़पना-
    • अर्थ- दूसरे की वस्तु अनुचित रीति से ले लेना।
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 13

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given questions:
A brief biography of each author and criticism covering the main characteristics of his writings serve as starting points for the _____X_____. The references following both the _____Y_____ and criticism are given so that the study of the short story may be amplified and that high school teachers may build a _____Z_____ and serviceable library about their class work in the teaching of the story.

Q. Select the most appropriate word from the options against _____Y_____

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 13

Look at the meaning of the selected word: 

  • Biography- an account of someone's life written by someone else.
  • Look at the following example:
    • She wrote my biography.

Hence, the correct answer is "option 2"

  • Look at the meanings of other words:
    • Hydrography- the science of surveying and charting bodies of water, such as seas, lakes, and rivers.
    • Geography- the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere
    • cardiography- The graphic recording of the movement.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 14

Direction: In the following question, the sentences have been given in Active/ Passive Voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one that best expresses the given sentence in Passive/ Active Voice.

They will inform the police.

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 14

Use structure “subject + auxiliary + past participle + by + object”
As per the given above sentence is given in Passive Voice.
The police will be informed by them.
Hence , option A will be correct answer .

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 15

A person who knows many foreign languages

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One word substitution is Linguist.

Linguist: a person skilled in foreign languages.
Grammarian: a person who studies and writes about grammar.
Polyglot: knowing or using several languages.
Bilingual: speaking two languages fluently.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 16

Fill in the blanks with the correct modal verb.

You _________ smoke near children.

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 16

Correct Answer:

  • C: shouldn't

Explanation:

  • The correct modal verb in this case is "shouldn't" because it expresses a recommendation or advice not to perform an action.
  • "Have to" is used for expressing obligation, "may" is used for expressing permission, and "couldn't" is used for expressing impossibility or inability, which are not suitable in this context.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 17

In an industrial steel building, which of the following elements of a pitched roof primarily resist loads parallel to the ridge?

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 17
Purloins resist lateral loads. The wind / horizontal load on a building acting on an end wall panel is dispersed through end wall framing into the continuous purloin system. The purloins transmit the load into the roof bracing and then through the eave purloin to the wall diagonal bracing on the adjacent wall and finally to the building foundation.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 18

Age of a tree may be ascertained by :

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 18
If you know when the tree was planted, you can easily and accurately determine its age. The second most accurate way to estimate tree age is to count the annual rings of wood growth. Annual rings can be counted using two different methods. You can extract an increment core from the tree using an increment borer.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 19

In a pre-stressed member, it is advisable to use-

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 19
To withstand high stresses in prestressed concrete members, high-grade material is required.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 20

Bitumen emulsion is :

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 20
Bitumen emulsion is a liquid product in which bitumen is suspended in a finely divided condition in an aqueous medium and stabilized by suitable material.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 21

A sewer which receives the discharge of a number of house sewers is called:

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 21
The building, or house, sewer is the smallest pipe in a wastewater collection system. Lateral sewer is the piping that receives the discharge from house sewers.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 22

Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against web buckling due to-

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When a plate girder bends, its curvature creates vertical compression in the web is due to the downward vertical component of compression flange and the upward vertical component of tension flange bending stress. The web must have sufficient vertical buckling strength to withstand this squeezing effect.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 23

Which one of the following states falls under the 'Limit state of Serviceability' as per IS - 456?

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Floor Vibration

Excessive floor vibration can render a structure to be of little or no use

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 24

If the maximum bending moment of a simply supported slab is M kg-cm, the effective depth of the slab is-

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 24
If the maximum bending moment of a simply supported slab is M kg-cm, the adequate depth of the slab is; hence correct answer is option D.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 25

The length of the straight portion of a bar beyond the end of the hook should be at least-

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 25
As per IS 456 : 2000, clause 26.2.2.4 (b)

Hence the correct answer is option C.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 26

Cross staff is used for:

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 26

Cross staff is an essential tool in surveying and construction, used for various purposes:

  • It assists in measuring horizontal angles.

  • It is also used for setting out right angles.

In summary:

  • Cross staff is versatile and can perform both functions effectively.
  • Understanding its applications enhances accuracy in surveying tasks.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 27

Directions: In this question, the second figure of the problem figures bears a certain relationship to the first figure. Similarly, one of the figures in the answer figures bears the same relationship to the third problem figure. You have to select the figure from the set of answer figures which would replace the sign of the question mark (?).

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 27
Problem figure (2) is the mirror image of problem figure (1), but with inverse operations. Hence, to get the missing figure, the operations in problem figure (3) will become opposite, that is, '÷' will become '×' and vice versa.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 28

The method of design of steel framework for greatest rigidity and economy in weight is known as-

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 28
The method of design of steel framework for greatest rigidity and economy in weight is known as Fully rigid design.
DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 29

If any tension reinforcement in an RC beam attains its yield stress during loading before the concrete in the compression zone fails due to crushing, the beam is said to be-

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 29
If any tension reinforcement in an RC beam attains its yield stress during loading before the concrete in the compression zone fails due to crushing, the beam is said to be under-reinforced.

Hence the correct answer is option A.

DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 30

The minor loss due to sudden contraction is due to :

Detailed Solution for DSSSB AE Civil Tier 1 Mock Test - 8 - Question 30
The loss due to contraction is not for the contraction itself but due to the expansion followed by the contraction.
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