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Category: Civil Engineering Mcqs
Depth or height of the arch is the________________?
A. perpendicular distance between intra-dos and extrados
B. vertical distance between springing line and intrados
C. perpendicular distance between springing line and extrados
D. none of the above
The fire demand of a city may be worked out by _________________?
A. Kuichling’s formula
B. Freeman formula
C. Under Writers formula
D. Bustan’s formula
E. All the above.
The distance through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch for movement of trains is called_________________?
A. flangeway clearance
B. heel divergence
C. throw of the switch
D. none of the above
Generally the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid__________________?
A. axial force in rafter
B. shear force in rafter
C. deflection of rafter
D. bending moment in rafter
Which one of the following clays behaves like a dense sand ?
A. over-consolidated ciay with a high over-consolidation ratio
B. over-consolidated clay with a low over-consolidation ratio
C. normally consolidated clay
D. under-consolidated clay
Shear strength of a soil is a unique function of__________________?
A. effective stress only
B. total stress only
C. both effective stress and total stress
D. none of the above
Infiltration is the_______________?
A. movement of water through the soil
B. absorption of water by soil surface
C. both (A) and (B)
D. none of the above
For a cantilever of effective depth of 0.5m, the maximum span to satisfy vertical deflection limit is______________?
A. 3.5 m
B. 4 m
C. 4.5 m
D. 5 m
After storage, the strength of cement________________?
A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains same
D. may increase or decrease
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