ESE (CE) Paper II Mock Test - 6 - Civil Engineering (CE) MCQ

Consider the following statements:

1. Efflorescense of bricks is due to high silt content in bank clay.
2. Slenderness ratio of masonry decides the strength of the wall.
3. Fly ash bricks are lighter in weight and are stronger than burnt clay bricks.

Which of the above statements are CORRECT?

A turnout on a BG track has a heel divergence of 10 cm and number of crossing is 1 in 12. The curve is starting from toe of the switch and ends at TNC. The switch lead will be

[Gauge distance = 1.676 m]

If an over lapping pair of vertical photographs taken with 160 mm focal length camera has an air base of 2200 m and the elevation of the control point A on it is 900 m above MSL and the parallax of the point is 75 mm, then the flying height above MSL of the stereo pair will be

In the following questions two statements are given. Read them carefully and choose from the options given below:

a) Both I and II are true and II is the correct explanation of I.

b) Both I and II are true and II is NOT the correct explanation of I.

c) I is true but II is false.

d) I is false but II is true.

Statement (I): Aerated concrete is used in RCC multistored construction.

Statement (II): Dead weight of a structure can be reduced by using light weight concrete.

A prismatic bar of uniform cross-sectional area of 5 cm² is subjected to axial loads as shown in the figure.

Portion BC is subjected to on axial stress of

The thickness of web for unstiffened plate girder with clear distance ‘d’ between the flanges shall not be less than

A soil sample has a shrinkage limit of 10% and specific gravity of soil solids is 2.7. The porosity of the soil at shrinkage limit is

In cement concrete pavements, tie bars are installed in

2400 m³ of water passes through a sedimentation tank which has the rate of flow 300 cubic meter per day. The detention time for the tank is:

The drainage discharge of a town of 16 hectares area, consisting of 40% hard paved area (K = 0.80), 30% unpaved area (K = 0.20) and remaining area wooded (K = 0.10), with a maximum rain intensity of 5 cm/hr, would be computed by rational formula, as equal to:

Three vehicles with speeds 60 m/sec, 50 m/sec and 40 m/sec are passing through the 10 m length of road. The space mean speed and time mean speed of vehicles are respectively

In the following questions two statements are given. Read them carefully and choose from the options given below:

a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Assertion (A): Effluent irrigation and sewage farming are the same things.

Reason (R): Objective of both are the same.

The beam AB shown below is of span 10 m and having uniform flexural rigidity EI = 10000 kNm².

It is subjected to a rotation of 0.002 radian at end B. What is the fixed end moment at A?

The kinematic indeterminacy of the beam shown below is

The following figure refers to a channel section of uniform thickness of 1 cm used as a beam with the cross-sectional dimensions as shown. Moment of inertia of channel I_xx  is equal to 246 cm⁴ and C is the shear center. The value of  as shown in figure is

Consider the following shown two hinged parabolic arch subjected to uniformly distributed load of w per unit length.

The bending moment at point C is

Sinking fund factor is useful in assessment of

A direct runoff hydrograph due to a storm idealized into a triangular shape has a peak flow 50 m³/s occurring at 30 hours from start. If the base width of hydrograph is 80 hours and catchment area is 1000 km² then the runoff from the storm is

Consider the following statements:

1. Stress block of concrete for an etimate of ultimate strength in flexure of a prestressed beam may be of any shape which provides agreement with test data.
2. In prestressed concrete, high grade concrete is used for controlling prestress loss.
3. In limit state design of prestressed concrete structures, the strain distribution is assumed to be linear.

Which of the above statements is(are) CORRECT?

A flow net constructed to determine the seepage through an earth dam which is homogeneous but anisotropic, gave 4 flow channels and 15 equipotential drops. The coefficients of permeability in the horizontal and vertical directions are 4.0 x 10^–7 and 2 x 10^–7 m/s respectively. If the storage head was 25 m, then the seepage per unit length of the dam (in m³/s/m) would be

Consider the following statements regarding Taguchi loss function.

1. Taguchi loss function value increases by the square of deviation from the large value.
2. The loss may includes failure to meet customer requirements failure to meet ideal performance and damage to companies reputation etc.
3. Optimum customer satisfaction can be achieved by minimizing the quality loss by developing the products which meet the target value on consistent basis.

Which of the following is/are correct?

A foundation is designed for a column carrying an axial load of 1250 kN, the safe bearing capacity of the soil is 100 kN/m². The soil at the sight weighs 18kN/m³ and has an angle of repose of 30°. Assume approximate weight of foundation as 10% of column load. The area and depth of foundation required will respectively be

Traffic volume data can be in the form of

1. Annual average daily traffic

2. Modal averages

3. Trend charts

Which of the above statements are CORRECT?

At a Tee-junction between  brick thick wall and a 1 brick thick wall, one uses a

The stiffness k of beam deflecting in a symmetric mode as shown in the figure is

In a two dimensional flow situation for an anisotropic soil, the permeabilities of soil in x and z direction is 32 units and 8 units respectively. Then the effective permeability for the soil is

The phenomenon of reflection cracking is observed in which one of the following?