The rise and fall system of calculating reduced levels of ground points in levelling work provides an arithmetical check on

If, As' is the area calculated by Simpson's rule and, A' that calculated by trapezoidal rule, then

An obstacle which obstructs both chaining and vision is

Compacting factor test is carried out on concrete to determine

The instrument used to determine the areas of plots with curved boundaries is

At the magnetic poles, the amount of dip is

The fundamental principle of surveying is to work from

In a well conditioned triangle, no angle should be less than

Moment of inertia of a semi-circular area of radius r about its base is

If a body is in equilibrium under the action of 2 forces, then the forces must be

A rigid body suspended at the top and vibrating with a small amplitude under the action of the force of gravity is known as:

The unit mass-moment of inertia of a body is

The maximum acceleration of a body moving in SHM with angular velocity ,'ω' and amplitude "r" is

For perfectly elastic bodies the value of coefficient of restitution is

The resultant of two forces P and Q (P>Q) dating along the same straight line but in the opposite direction is given by

The total time taken for collision and restitution of two elastic bodies is called

The mass moment of inertia of a solid sphere of radius 'r' about any axis passing through its centre of mass 'M' is

The maximum frictional force which comes into play when a body just begins to slide over the surface of another body is known as

The length of a seconds pendulum is:

The forces whose line of action are paralle lto each other and act in the same direction are known as

The first moment of area of a semi circular area about its base diameter 'd' is

Friction is independent of

Maximum velocity of a body moving in SHM occurs when it is at

If a simple pendulum is suspended in an elevator moving up with acceleration g/10m/sec² then the time period of oscillation of the pendulum is

Moment of Inertia of bodies symmetrical about 3 mutually perpendicular axes can determined by using

If several forces are acting on a body then the resultant of these forces will have the same effect as produced by all the forces

The property of the body by virtue of which it resist any change in its state of rest or of uniform motion is called

If the given forces P1,P2,P3 and P4 which are co-planar and concurrent are such that the force polygon does not close, then the force system will

If the arm of the couple is doubled the magnitude of the moment of the couple will be

The unit of force in the international system is

A collision is said to be perfectly inelastic if the co-efficient of restitution, 'e' is

Consider the following statements relating to the stability of a floating as well as submerged bodies 1. A submerged body is stable when the centre of gravity is below centre of buoyancy 2. A floating body is stable when the centre of gravity is above the centre of buoyancy 3. The floating body is stable when the centre of gravity is below the meta centre 4. A submerged body is in stable equilibrium when the centre of gravity coincides with the centre of buoyancy, of these statements

The assumption that all rivets share equally a non-eccentric load is valid at a load

Which one of the following statement is correct

Parallelogram law of forces states that if two forces acting simultaneously at a point be resultant can be represented in magnitude and direction by the adjacent sides of a parallelogram, their resultant can be represented in magnitude and direction by

Two springs of stiffness Ka, and Kb , are placed one inside the other so as to compress by the same amount under an applied axial load. The combined stiffness of the two springs will be E

A simply supported beam of span ,l and flexural rigidity El, carries a unit load at centre. The strain energy in the beam due to bending is

Two bars one of material A and other of material B of same length are tightly secured between two unyielding walls. Co-efficient of thermal expansion of bar A is more than bar B.When temperature increases the stresses induced are

In terms of bulk modulus K and modulus of rigidity C the Poisson's ratio can be expressed as

The flexural rigidity El of a hinged end is

Cable in a suspension bridge supports load mainly by

Which of the following arch is a determinate structure

Hook's law is valid for mild steel till

Effective stress in the soil is the stress carried by the

Primary consolidation is due to

Which one of the following gives the correct decreasing order of the densities of all sample

'The efficiency of a pile in a group is defined by

The law used in permeability test is

The liquid limit of a soil indicates its

Toughness index is a measure of