Civil Engineering Quiz - Set 06 Civil Quiz Quiz Questions 01. For stairs spanning horizontally, the minimum waist provided is (A) 4 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 8 cm (D) 12 cm 02. Water formed transported soil is (A) Alluvial (B) Marine (C) Lacustrine (D) Loess 03. The form work from the slabs excluding props, can be removed only after (A) 1 day (B) 4 days (C) 7 days (D) 14 days 04. Slump test for concrete is carried out, to determine (A) Strength (B) Durability (C) Workability (D) Water content 05. An intense rain is falling at a uniform rate of 7.5 cm/hour for a period of 60 minutes on a basin whose area is 500 hectares. If the average infiltration capacity during the entire rain period is assumed to be 1.5 cm/hr, the maximum run-off rate based on 10 minute peak percentage of 16% from distributing graph of the basin, is (A) 40 cumecs (B) 60 cumecs (C) 80 cumecs (D) 100 cumecs 06. The toe projection of foundation slabs is taken (A) As one third of the base (B) As one sixth of overall height of the wall (C) Equal to heel slab (D) Below ground surface 07. Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The phenomenon of quicksand generally occurs in the cohesionless soil (B) At critical hydraulic gradient, the saturated sand becomes quick (C) The critical gradient depends on the void ratio and the specific gravity (D) All the above 08. The process of filling hollow spaces of walls before plastering, is known (A) Hacking (B) Dubbing out (C) Blistering (D) Peeling 09. The neutral axis of a beam cross-section must (A) Pass through the centroid of the section (B) Be equidistant from the top of bottom films (C) Be an axis of symmetry of the section (D) None of these 10. Reactions at the supports of a structure can be determined by equating the algebraic sum of (A) Horizontal forces to zero (B) Vertical forces to zero (C) Moment about any point to zero (D) All the above 11. Granite mainly composed of quartz and feldspar particles, is obtained from (A) Sedimentary rocks (B) Metamorphic rocks (C) Igneous rocks (D) All the above 12. Segregation is responsible for (A) Honey-combed concrete (B) Porous layers in concrete (C) Surface scaling in concrete (D) All the above 13. Precipitation includes (A) Rain (B) Snow (C) Hail (D) All of these 14. The horizontal angle between true meridian and magnetic meridian, is known (A) Bearing (B) Magnetic declination (C) Dip (D) Convergence 15. For a 50 kg cement bag water required, is (A) 16.5 litres (B) 18.5 litres (C) 20.5 litres (D) 22.5 litres Submit Test Next Quiz Tests: Set 01 Set 02 Set 03 Set 04 Set 05 Set 06 Set 07 Set 08 Set 09 Set 10 Set 11
