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The strain energy stored in a spring when subjected to greatest load without being permanently distorted, is
A three hinged arch is generally hinged it its supports and
The total length of a cranked bar through a distance d at 45° in case of a beam of effective length L, is
Magnetic bearing of a survey line at any place
Pick up the correct statement from the following
The component of a truss which support covering material of a sloping roof are
Negative skin friction :
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
If the co-efficient of active earth pressure is 1/3 the co-efficient of passive pressure is
In a liquid limit test, the moisture content at 10 blows was 70% and that at 100 blows was 20%. The liquid limit of the soil is :
A moist soil sample of volume 60 cc weight 108 gm, and its dried weight is 86.4 gm. If its absolute density is 2.52 the degree of saturation is
For controlling algae, the most commonly used chemical is
The permissible pH for public water supplies may range between
A plane inclined at an angle o to the horizontal at which the soil is expected to stay in the absence of any lateral support is known as: A. C.
The top diameter, bottom diameter and the height of a slump mould are :
Separation of coarse aggregate from mortar during transportation is known as
The technique for establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project is known as
An artificial activity which indicates that an activity following it cannot be started unless the preceding activity is complete is known as
Beaufort scale is used to determine
For night landing, the thresholds are lighted
The best direction of runway is along the direction of
The height of pilot's eye above the runway surface is assumed
The critical activity has
According to Rankine's formula, minimum depth of foundation is
The standard size of masonry bricks is
Distemper is:
The foundation which consists of a thick reinforced cement slab covering whole area to support heavy concentrated structural loads, is known as
The chloride content of treated water for public supplies should not exceed:
An intense rain is falling uniform of 7.5 cm/hour for a period of 60 minutes on a basin whose area is 500 hectares. If the average infiltration capacity during the entire rain period is assumed to be 1.5cm/hour, the maximum run off rate based on 10 minute peak percentage of 16% from distributing graph of the basin is
The radius of influence is
Symon's rain gauge is a
The ratio of hydraulic radius of a pipe running full to the hydraulic radius of a square section of a channel whose side is equal to the diameter of the pipe is
If the loss due to friction in pipes is 4 m, the total loss in strainer and bends may be taken as
The storage capacity of a reservoir may be divided into three zones. The lowest zone is
Growth of population can be conveniently represented by a:
To prevent creep in rails, the steel sleepers are fixed with rails by clips, bolts and
The standard dimensions of a wooden sleeper for a B.G. railway track are
Maximum super elevation on hill roads shall not exceed:
For an effective administration. Indian railway system has been, divided into
When an up gradient of a highway meets a down gradient, the vertical curve provided
The absolute minimum radius of a horizontal curve for a design speed 60 kmph is
While calculating the sight distances, the driver's eye above road surface, assumed
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Gauge of a permanent way is
Heel of crossing is the line Joining
The thickness design of airport pavement is decided on the load carried by
. In a free vortex motion, tangential component of the water particle is proportional to
A model of a reservoir is emptied in 10 minutes, If the model scale is 1:25 the time taken by the prototype to empty itself would be
If the weight of a body immersed in a fluid exceeds the buoyant force then the body will
The head over a "V" notch at the end of a channel is 75 cm. If an error of of 0.15cm is possible in the measurement of the head, then the percentage error in computing the discharges is