Sample Paper Junior Engineer Civil [Part-2] – HPSSC Hamirpur

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56. Pick up the incorrect statement______

  1. The cross-sectional area of the welded member is effective
  2. A welded joints provide rigidity
  3. Welded joints provide rigidity
  4. Welding takes more time than riveting

57. The seepage force in soils is proportional to _______

  1. Exit gradient
  2. Head of water at upstream
  3. Head of water at downstream
  4. All of the above

58. The consistency of a saturated cohesive soil is affected by______

  1. Water content
  2. Particle size distribution
  3. Both (a) and (b)
  4. None of these

59. If the volume of voids is equal to the volume of solids in a soil mass, then the values of porosity and voids ratio respectively are_____

  1. 0 and 0.0
  2. 0 and 1.0
  3. 5 and 1.0
  4. 0 and 0.5

60. Which of the following is a measure of particle size range?

  1. Effective size
  2. Uniformity coefficient
  3. Coefficient of curvature
  4. None of the above

61. If the natural water content of a soil mass lies between its liquid limit and plastic limit, the soil mass is said to be in__

  1. Liquid state
  2. Plastic state
  3. Semi- solid state
  4. Solid state

62. Hydrometer readings are corrected for _

  1. Temperature correction
  2. Meniscus correction
  3. Dispersing agent correction
  4. Temperature, meniscus and dispersing agent corrections

63. Quick sand is a______

  1. Type of sand
  2. Flow condition occurring in cohesive soils
  3. Flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils
  4. Flow condition occurring in both cohesive and cohesionless soils

64. Select the correct statements ___

  1. The greater the viscosity, the greater is permeability
  2. The greater the unit weight, the smaller is permeability
  3. The greater the unit weight, the smaller is permeability
  4. Unit weight does not affect permeability

65. In a flow net____

  1. Flow lines and equipotential lines cross each other at right angles
  2. Fields are rectangles whose length is twice the breadth
  3. Smaller will be the hydraulic gradient and velocity of flow through it
  4. For homogeneous soil, the curves are smooth and circular

66. A strut is a___

  1. Flexible member
  2. Compression member
  3. Torsion member
  4. Tension member

67. As per IS : 800, the maximum deflection in a beam should not exceed______

  1. L/180
  2. L/250
  3. L/325
  4. L/360

68. Possion’s ratio for steel within elastic limit, ranges from______

  1. 15 to 0.20
  2. 25 to 0.24
  3. 25 to 0.33
  4. 33 to 0.35

69. Number of rivets required in a joint is.

  1. Load /shear strength of a rivet
  2. Load / bearing strength of a rivet
  3. Load / tearing strength of a rivet
  4. Load / rivet value

70. Pick up the correct statements from the following____

  1. Loaded columns are supported on column bases
  2. Column bases transmit the column load to the concrete foundation
  3. Column load is spread over a large area on concrete
  4. All of the above

71. The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by_____

  1. Increasing the web thickness
  2. Providing suitable stiffeners
  3. Increasing the length of the bearing plates
  4. None of the above

72. The beams supporting the steps of a stair are generally known as_____

  1. Headers
  2. Trimmers
  3. Stringers
  4. Spandrel beams

73. In differential leaving, how many times the instrument is to be located____

  1. One
  2. More than one
  3. A or B
  4. None of these

74. A short offset does not have length greater than__

  1. 15 metre
  2. 10 metre
  3. 5 metre
  4. None of these

75. A chain is made up of G.I wire or galvanized mild steel wire having dia of_______

  1. 5 mm
  2. 6 mm
  3. 2 mm
  4. 4 mm

76. The box of compass is always less than ____

  1. 180°
  2. 90°
  3. 360°

77. The effect of refraction is to_____

  1. Decrease the staff reading
  2. Increase the staff reading
  3. No effect on staff reading
  4. None of these

78. Lehman’s rule is applied to reduce the size of the______

  1. Circle of error
  2. Rectangle of error
  3. Triangle of error
  4. Traverse

79. Horizontal acceleration due to earthquake result in______

  1. Hydrodynamic pressure
  2. Inertia force
  3. Both a & b
  4. None of these

80. The best unit duration of storm for a unit hydrograph is ______

  1. One hour
  2. One – forth of basin lag
  3. One – half of basin lag
  4. Equal to basin by

81. Bulk modules for Isotherms process____

  1. p
  2. 2p
  3. 3p
  4. 4p

82. Stokes is a unit of______

  1. viscosity
  2. density
  3. dynamic Viscosity
  4. kinematic Viscosity

83. Water is______

  1. Newtonian fluid
  2. Non Newtonian fluid
  3. Real fluid
  4. Temp susceptible fluid

84. Pressure is quantity_______

  1. Scalar
  2. Vector
  3. Tensor
  4. All

85. Center of pressure lies in vertical submerged case_____

  1. Always below G
  2. Coincides with G
  3. Above the G
  4. Nota

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86. The second moment of area of a triangle with passing the axis of C.G.___

  1. bh3/12
  2. bh3/36
  3. bh3/4
  4. Not

87. Upper limit of speed is________

  1. 98th percentile
  2. 50th percentile
  3. 85th percentile
  4. 15th percentile

88. C.U for large bullock____

  1. 1
  2. 8
  3. 6
  4. 5

89. Gauge used in major in world_____

  1. SG
  2. MG
  3. NG
  4. BG

90. If ‘P’ is the standard consistency of cement, the amount of water used in conducting the initial setting time on cement is____

  1. 65p
  2. 85p
  3. 6p
  4. 8p

91. What is the requirement of water (expressed as% of cement c/w) for the completion of hydration of OPC?

  1. 10 to 15%
  2. 15 to 20 %
  3. 20 to 25 %
  4. 25 to 30 %

92. Which one of the following is the correct range of fineness modulus of medium sand usable in preparing cement mortar?

  1. 5 to 2.2
  2. 6 to 2.9
  3. 9 to 3.2
  4. 5 to 6.5

93. In the simplified design of angel iron purlins, which one of the following assumptions would NOT be valid?

  1. Load component acting normal to the slope is considered
  2. Bending moment about the minor axis is considered
  3. Allowable bending stress is not reduce
  4. Slope of the roof should not exceed 30°

94. The timber preservative ‘creosote’ belongs to the group of

  1. water-soluble salts
  2. organic solvent type
  3. tar oil type
  4. inorganic solvent type

95. Which one of the following methods of design is not suitable for structures subjected to impact and fatigue?

  1. simple design
  2. semi-rigid design
  3. rigid design
  4. plastic design

96. Which one of the following is correct? steel structures are ideally suitable for impact loads because they have high______

  1. toughness value
  2. elastic modulus
  3. design stress
  4. plastic modulus

97. The effective throat thickness of a fillet weld depends on upon________

  1. angle between fusion faces
  2. length of weld
  3. permissible shear stress
  4. type of weld

98. At the location of the plastic hinge

  1. Radius of curvature is infinite
  2. Curvature is infinite
  3. Moment is infinite
  4. Flexural stress is infinite

99. Deflection can be controlled by using the appropriate

  1. Aspect ratio
  2. Modular ratio
  3. Span/depth ratio
  4. Water/cement ratio

100. In limit state design of reinforced concrete deflection is computed by using

  1. Initial tangent modulus
  2. Secant modulus
  3. Tangent modulus
  4. Short and long-term values of young’s modules

101. Why is lime added to cement slurry for the ttopcoat ofplastering?

  1. To improve the strength of plaster
  2. To stiffen the plaster
  3. To smoothen the plaster for ease of spread
  4. To make the plaster non-shrinkable

102. The optimum number of revolutions over which concrete is required to bemixed in a mixer machine is

  1. 10
  2. 20
  3. 50
  4. 100

103. In what context is the slump test performed

  1. Strength of concrete
  2. Workability of concrete
  3. Water cement ratio
  4. Durability of concrete

104. Which of the following tests compares the dynamic modulus of elasticityof samples of concrete?

  1. Compression test
  2. Ultrasonic pulse velocity test
  3. Split test
  4. Tension test

105. A timber column is made up of two individual members with longitudinal axes paralle, separated at the ends and middle points of their length by blocking and joined at the ends by timberconnectors such a column is called

  1. Built up column
  2. Composite column
  3. Spaced column
  4. Flitched column

106. Which one of the following types of steel is used in the manufacture ofrails?

  1. Mild steel
  2. Manganese steel
  3. Cast steel
  4. Bessemer steel

107. In building construction the place forproviding damp proof courseis at the

  1. Basement level
  2. Window sill level
  3. Lintel level
  4. Roof level

108. Load on connection is not eccentric for

  1. Lap joint
  2. Single cover butt joint
  3. Double cover butt joint
  4. All the joints mentioned in (A), (B) and (C) of the question

109. When the load line coincides with the centroid of the rivet group the rivets are subjected to

  1. Shear only
  2. Tension only
  3. Bending only
  4. Shear as well as tension

110. Which of the following steel sections should preferably be used atplaces where torsion occurs?

  1. Box-type section
  2. Channel section
  3. Angle section
  4. Any of the above

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