Important One Liner Questions With Their Answers, Part 8

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In this article,I am presenting few important one liner questions with their answers.These questions could be of your great help to crack exams or for your general awareness about civil engineering. Please go through it.I hope it will expand your knowledge.


(1.) The predominant mineral responsible for shrinkage and swelling in black cotton soils is-Montmorillonite

(2.) Earth pressure at rest is calculated using-Theory of elasticity

(3.) Limestone used for manufacturing of cement is-Kankar

(4.) The quick lime as it comes from kiln is called-Lump Lime

(5.) The ductility of bitumen is-Less than that of tar 

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(6.) The penetration test on bitumen is called for determining its-Grade

(7.) Quartzite is a-Slicious Rock

(8.) Plaster of pairs can be obtained from-Gypsum

(9.) Excess of alumina in the clay makes the brick-crack and warp on drying

(10.) The most correct estimate-Detailed estimate

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(11.) The technique of finding the fair price of an existing building or property is known as-Valuation

(12.) The value of the property(without being dismantled)at the end of the useful life period is known as-Salvation Value

(13.) The value of the dismantled material less than the cost of dismantling is called-Scrap Value

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(14.) Closed contours with higher value inside represents a-Hill

(15.) In a theodolite the lime of collimation is-Perpendicular to the trunnion axis

(16.) How does the size of the theodolite specified-By the diameter of lower plate

(17.) In the surveys, the slope correction applied to the base line is-Always cumulative

(18.) Counter interval on map sheet denotes-Vertical distance between two successive contour lines

(19.) The type of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account is called-Geodetic Surveying

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(20.) The method of levelling used to carry out reconnaissance of area is-Fly levelling

(21.) The horizontal angle which the true meridian makes with magnetic meridian is called-Magnetic declination

(22.) Which soils has the uniformity coefficient of more than 10?-Well graded soil

(23.) Flow at constant rate through a tapering pipe is-Steady and non-uniform flow

(24.) The motion of air mass in a tornado is a-Forced vortex at center and free vortex outside

(25.) When an ideal fluid flows past a sphere-Total drag is zero

(26.) Which fluid can be classified as non-Newtonian?-Human blood and Toothpaste

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(27.)  Rainfall hyetograph shows the variation of-Rainfall intensity with time

(28.)Due to slipping of the wheels the rail forms-Crushed head

(29.) Anaerobic treatment is best suited for-strong organic wastes

(30.) The hoop stress induced in a thin cylinder by winding it with wire under tension will be-Compressive

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(31.) The shape of cable under under uniformly distributed horizontal load is-Parabolic

(32.) The strain energy stored in a body due to external loading, within the elastic limit is known as-resilience

(33.) The area under stress-strain curve represents-toughness of material

(34.) Approximate ratio of the strength of the cement concrete of 7 days to that of 28 days is-0.56

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(35.) Durability of concrete is proportional to-Cement-aggregate ratio

(36.) Low temperature during concrete laying-increases strength

(37.) The entrained air in concrete-increases workability

(38.) Poission's ratio for concrete-increases with richer mix

(39.) The test most suitable for concrete of very low workability is-Vee-bee test

(40.) The approximate allowable stress in axial compression in reinforced concrete is-0.25 fck

(41.) The allowable tensile stress in HYSD steel stirrups used in RCC is (in N/mm²)-140

(42.) The working stress (in N/mm²) for structural steel in tension is the order for-150

(43.) The minimum allowable % of tension reinforcement in RCC beams is-4

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(44.) The maximum diameter of the reinforcement bars in RCC slab is-Thickness of slab/8

(45.) Bolts are most suitable to carry-Axial tension

(46.) The most efficient and economical section used as a beam is-I-section

(47.)  A T-beam behaves as a rectangular beam of width equal to its flange if its neutral axis-Remains within the flange

(48.) Centre-to-centre distance of adjacent rivet or bolt holes measured in the direction of stress is called-Pitch

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(49.) Hydrographic survey deals with the mapping of-Large water bodies

(50.)  Compensating errors in chaining are-Proportional to the square root of the length of the line

(51.) Permissible limits of error in chaining for measurement on rough or hilly ground is-1:250

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Ritesh Raj

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