KDRB Assistant Engineer Civil Paper 2018
| S.No. | Questions with options |
| 1 | Hardness of Quartz in Mohs Scale is
(a) 6 (b) 6.6 (c) 7 (d) 7.5 |
| 2 | Smith test is conducted to test which property of stone?
(a) Hardness (b) Durability (c) Strength (d) Fire Resistance |
| 3 | Detachment of paint film from a surface is known as
(a) Chalking (b) Grinning (c) Flaking (d) Alligatoring |
| 4 | In cavity wall construction, each leaf of the cavity wall shall not be less than
(a) 75 mm (b) 70 mm (c) 65 mm (d) 60 mm |
| 5 | The outer projection of a tread in a stair is called
(a) Winder (b) Scotia (c) Nosing (d) Soffit |
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| 6 | V-groove pointing is done generally in
(a) Brick Masonry (b) Lock Masonry (c) Laterite Masonry (d) Rubble Masonry |
| 7 | A roof which slopes in two directions is called
(a) Shed roof (b) Hip roof (c) Gable roof (d) North Light roof |
| 8 | Los Angeles test on aggregate is conducted to determine
(a) Hardness (b) Toughness (c) Soundness (d) Strength |
| 9 | The compaction factor value of 0.92 corresponds to the workability class of
(a) Very low (b) Low (c) Medium (d) High |
| 10 | According to IS 456-1978, minimum slenderness ratio for a short column is
(a) Less than 18 (b) Less than 12 (c) Between 18 to 24 (d) More than 12 |
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| 11 | Minimum distance between horizontal reinforcements of the same size should not be less than
(a) 3.5 times diameter (b) 3 times diameter (c) 2 times diameter (d) One diameter |
| 12 | Maximum permissible slenderness ratio of a member normally acting as a tie in a roof truss is
(a) 350 (b) 300 (c) 250 (d) 200 |
| 13 | If ‘d’ is the distance between the flange angles, the vertical stiffeners in plate girders are spaced not greater than
(a) 2.0 d (b) 1.75 d (c) 1.50 d (d) 1.25 d |
| 14 | For double angles carrying tension, placed back to back and connected to either side of the gusset plate, the sectional area of the section, is equal to cross sectional are of
(a) The section (b) The section plus area of rivet holes (c) The section minus area of rivet holes (d) The section multiplied by the area of the rivet hole |
| 15 | A soil sample has a porosity of 40%. The specific gravity of soil is 2.70, Void ratio will be
(a) 0.667 (b) 0.676 (c) 0.766 (d) 0.666 |
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| 16 | Minimum centre to centre spacing of friction pile of diameter ‘D’ as per BIS specification
(a) 2 D (b) 3 D (c) 2.5 D (d) 3.5 D |
| 17 | A soil has liquid limit of 60%, plastic limit 35% and shrinkage limit of 20% and it has a natural moisture content of 50%. The liquidity index of soil is
(a) 0.8 (b) 0.6 (c) 1.5 (d) 1.25 |
| 18 | The angle of internal friction is least for
(a) Fine sand (b) Medium sand (c) Coarse sand (d) Clays |
| 19 | The length to diameter ratio of cylindrical soil sample used in triaxial test is take as
(a) 1.5 (b) 2.0 (c) 2.5 (d) 3.0 |
| 20 | The minimum open length of the sample in Standard penetration test should be
(a) 40 cm (b) 50 cm (c) 60 cm (d) 70 cm |
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| 21 | Design the rate of super elevation for a horizontal highway curve of radius 500 meters and speed 10 kmph. Assume mixed traffic condition
(a) 0.07 (b) 0.089 (c) 0.087 (d) 0.090 |
| 22 | Average speed maintained by a vehicle over a particular stretch of road, while vehicle in motion is called
(a) Space-mean speed (b) Time-mean speed (c) Spot speed (d) Running speed |
| 23 | P C U value of bus and truck in a signalized inter-section is
(a) 2.2 (b) 2.8 (c) 3.2 (d) 4.6 |
| 24 | In a rotary road way, as per IRC the recommended minimum radii of Central Island are _______ times the radius of entry curves.
(a) 1.33 (b) 1.43 (c) 2.33 (d) 2.43 |
| 25 | In irrigation, actually irrigated area within the Gross Command Area is called
(a) Culturable area (b) Commanded area (c) Culturable command area (d) Culturable cultivated area |
| Data Collected By – Rashmi | |
| Published On – 2nd June 2022 | |
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