Solved Paper Junior Engineer Civil 2018 [Part-2] – HPSSC Hamirpur

By | August 30, 2018

56. Minimum spacing of vertical stiffeners in a plate girder is :

  1. 0.22 d
  2. 0.33 d
  3. 0.44 d
  4. 0.55 d

57. Web crippling in a steel beam generally occurs at the point where:

  1. Where deflection is maximum
  2. M is maximum
  3. Concentrated load is acting
  4. I. is maximum

58. The specific gravity of plastic generally lies between:

  1. 0.1 to 0.5
  2. 0.5 to 1.0
  3. 0.0 to 1.3
  4. 0.3 to 1.4

59. Araldite is a :

  1. Epoxy resin
  2. Thermosetting plastic
  3. Vegetable oil resin
  4. A variety of resin

60. The paints used on an aircraft structure are:

  1. Oil paints
  2. Dry paints
  3. Emulsion paints
  4. Cellulose paints

61. The treatment for making timber fire resistant is :

  1. ASCU treatment
  2. Abels process
  3. Creosoting
  4. Tarring

62. The main constituent of varnish is :

  1. Turpentine oil
  2. Petrol
  3. Resin
  4. Solvent

63. The true bearing of a line is 34° 20’ 40 ‘’ and the magnetic declination at the place of observation is 2° 00’ 20’’ W on the date of observation. The magnetic bearing of line is :

  1. 36° 21’ 00’’
  2. 32° 20’ 20’’
  3. 38° 20’ 20’’
  4. None of these

64. The true length of a line is known to be 200 m, when this is measured with a 20m tape, the length is 200.80m, the correct length of 20 m tape is :

  1. 20.92 m
  2. 19.92 m
  3. 18.92 m
  4. None of these

65. Following were taken during a reciprocal leveling

P             Q

Instrument near staff reading at P      1.824      0.925

Instrument near staff reading at Q     2.748       1.606

R.L of P = 140.815, the R.L. of Q is:

  1. 140.815 m
  2. 140.014 m
  3. 141.616 m
  4. None of these

66. At the magnetic poles the amount of dip is :

  1. 45°
  2. 60°
  3. 90°

67. In theodolite survey a swing is called Left Swing when telescope is rotated :

  1. Clockwise
  2. Anticlockwise
  3. Both
  4. None of these

68. Fat lime can be used in :

  1. Distempers
  2. Lime mortars
  3. Hydrated lime
  4. Hydraulic lime

69. Swelling of bricks is known as :

  1. Lamination
  2. Chuffs
  3. Bloating
  4. Efflorescence

70. When percentage of mica present in sand is large it :

  1. Reduces strength of mortar
  2. Increases strength of mortar
  3. No effect on strength
  4. Increases strength to a smaller extent

71. Fineness of cement is measured in the units of:

  1. Volume/Mass
  2. Mass/Volume
  3. Area/Mass
  4. Mass/Area

72. Stretcher bond is generally used for:

  1. Simple brick walls
  2. Half brick walls
  3. One and half brick walls
  4. In arches

73. The measurement is not made in square metre in case of :

  1. D.P.C.
  2. R.C. Chajja
  3. Concrete Jafferies
  4. Form work

74. A glass tube of 2.5 mm internal dia is immersed in oil of mass density 940 kg/m3 to a depth of 9 mm. If a pressure of 148 N/mm2 is needed to form a bubble which is just released. The surface tension of the oil be :

  1. 0.041 N/m
  2. 0.043 N/m
  3. 0.046 N/m
  4. 0.050 N/m

75. Municipal taxes are assessed on percentage of the net income from the property and it varies from:

  1. 3 to 5 %
  2. 5 to 10 %
  3. 10 to 12 %
  4. 15 to 25 %

76. In rails creep anchors are usually not provided at:

  1. Bridges
  2. Level crossings
  3. Points and crossings
  4. None of these

77. Creep is greater:

  1. On curves
  2. In new rails than in old rails
  3. Both a and b
  4. None of these

78. A rail which is tapered to a toe at one end and has a heel at the other end is called :

  1. Stock rail
  2. Tongue rail
  3. Wing rail
  4. Lead rail

79. As per IRC the camber on cement concrete road should;

  1. 1 in 60 to 72
  2. 1 in 45 to 60
  3. 1 in 20 to 24
  4. 1 in 12 to 16

80. An ideal horizontal transition curve is :

  1. Parabola
  2. Circle
  3. Clothoid spiral
  4. Hyperbola

81. The steepest gradient in ordinary condition should not exceed:

  1. Ruling gradient
  2. Maximum gradient
  3. Exceptional gradient
  4. Floating gradient

82. Light reflecting devices used to guide the driver along the proper alignment are called:

  1. Rumble strips
  2. Delineators
  3. Alternators
  4. Litterbin

83. If super-elevation is not provided on a horizontal curve of a highway then on which portion of the road pot holes are likely to develop?

  1. Outer edge of road
  2. Inner edge of road
  3. Centre of road
  4. No where

84. A vehicle travelling on dry, level pavement at 80 km/hr, had the brakes applied. The vehicle travelled 80 m before stopping. The coefficient of friction that will be developed:

  1. 0.325
  2. 0.315
  3. 0.345
  4. 0.355

85. Assuming the safe stopping sight distance to be 80 m on a flat highway section and with a set back distance of 10 m. What would be the radius of the negotiable horizontal curve?

  1. 800 m
  2. 160m
  3. 80 m
  4. 70 m

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86. A summit curve is formed at the intersection of a 3% up gradient and 5% down gradient to provide a stopping distance of 128m, the length of summit curve needed will be:

  1. 271 m
  2. 322 m
  3. 298m
  4. 340m

87. A rapid test to indicate the intensity of water pollution is :

  1. B.O.D.
  2. Dissolved Oxygen
  3. M.P.N.
  4. Total Dissolved Solids

88. The maximum safe permissible limit of fluorides in drinking water is :

  1. 0.5 mg/
  2. 1.0mg/
  3. 1.5 mg/
  4. 5.0 mg/

89. The presence of algae in water indicates that water is :

  1. Hard
  2. Soft
  3. Acidic
  4. Turbid

90. The bacterias that can survive without oxygen are called

  1. Facultative
  2. Anacrobic
  3. Acrobic
  4. Furobic

91. The most important water quality parameter for domestic use of water is:

  1. Carbonate Hardness
  2. Non-carbonate Hardness
  3. Coliform group of Organism
  4. Chlorides

92. Air relief valve in water supply pipelines are provided at:

  1. Pipe Bends
  2. Pipe Joints
  3. Summits
  4. At low points

93. A city gets water supply of 15000 cubic meter per day, water is treated with a chlorine dosage of 0.5 ppm, for this purpose the requirement 25% bleaching powder per day in kg would be :

  1. 300
  2. 75
  3. 30
  4. 5

94. If pH value of solution A is 4 and that of solution B is 5, then the hydrogen concentration of solution:

  1. A is ten times higher than that of B.
  2. B is double than of A.
  3. A is ten times lesser than that of B.
  4. A is double than that of B.

95. Which of the following compounds is used in Algae control?

  1. Ferric sulphate
  2. Calcium chloride
  3. Copper sulphate
  4. Ferric chloride

96. Bacterias in sewage are mostly:

  1. Anaerobic
  2. Pathogenic
  3. Saprophytic
  4. Parasitic

97. A sample of sewage is estimated to have a 5 day 20 °C BOD of 250 mg/I. If the test temperature be 30 °C, in how many days will the same value of BOD be obtained?

  1. 5 days
  2. 5 days
  3. 3 days
  4. 5 days

98. Shallow ponds in which dissolved oxygen is present at all depths are called

  1. Aerobic lagoons
  2. Aerobic ponds
  3. Facultative lagoons
  4. Facultative ponds

99. More the temperature more will be biochemical activity, but the bacterias die if the temperature is more than:

  1. 50 °C
  2. 40 °C
  3. 30 °C
  4. 100 °C

100. The resources in a construction project are made up of:

  1. Office staff
  2. Construction materials like cement, brick etc.
  3. Office space
  4. Skilled and unskilled manpower

101. In PERT technique the critical path has slack equal to :

  1. Zero always
  2. Positive
  3. Negative
  4. Zero or Negative

102. During the construction period, the price variation clause in contruct caters to :

  1. Increases in rates of only important materials
  2. Variation in cost in materials element, labour element and petrol-oil-lubricant element
  3. Variation in total cost of a project on an adhoc basis
  4. Rate of filtration

103. If for an activity optimistic time is 1 day, pessimistic time is 8 days and most likely time is 3 days, the expected time is:

  1. 3.5 days
  2. 3.6 days
  3. 3.75 days
  4. 4 days

104. A self recording rain gauge records:

  1. The cloud cover
  2. Snowmelt
  3. Rainfall intensity
  4. Cumulative depth of rainfall

105. Duty of canal water is calculated:

  1. Only at outlet
  2. Only at head works
  3. At any important point of the canal system
  4. None of these

106. Which of the following fluids can be classified as Non-Newtonian?

  1. Kerosene oil
  2. Diesel oil
  3. Human blood
  4. Tooth-paste

107. The pressure, in metres of oil (sp. Gravity 0.8 ) equivalent to 80 m of water is :

  1. 64
  2. 80
  3. 100
  4. 88

108. If the friction factor of the laminar flow through a circular pipe is 0.1, Reynold number will be:

  1. 2000
  2. 320
  3. 640
  4. 64

109. If the error in the measurement of head in V notch is 1 % the error in the measurement of discharge would be :

  1. 1 %
  2. 5 %
  3. 2%
  4. 5 %

110. When the water surface coincides with the top edge of a rectangular vertical gate 40 m (wide) and 3 m deep, then the depth of centre of pressure is :

  1. 1 m
  2. 5m
  3. 2 m
  4. 5m

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