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  1. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  2. A.

     If the bed level is above N.S.L. the canal is called fully in baking and the berms are designed as 3 d where d is full supply depth of water (F.S.D.)

    B.

     Area of canal in cutting = BD + Sd² where B = bed width, d = depth of cutting and S is the side slope

    C.

     If F.S.L. is above N.S.L the canal is called partly in cutting and partly in filling and berms are designed as 2d where d is full supply depth

    D.

     All the above


  3. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  4. A.

     In a gully trap, a water seal of 6 to 7.5 cm is provided

    B.

     The gully trap collects waste water from the kitchen, sink, wash basins, etc.

    C.

     The gully trap disconnects the sullage drain from the main drainage system

    D.

     The grating provided over gully traps is 23 cm square


  5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  6. A.

     In order to check up the average depth of excavation, 'Dead man’s' are left at the mid-widths of borrow pits

    B.

     The earthwork calculation in excavation is made from the difference in levels obtained with a level

    C.

     The earth work in excavation to form the road embankment includes the formation of correct profile and depositing the soil in layers

    D.

     All the above


  7. Pick up the incorrect statement regarding a master trap from the following:

  8. A.

     It is provided in between the lower end of the house drain and the street sewer

    B.

     It is provided a cleaning eye at the top of the trap

    C.

     The mica flap valve which opens inwards only, is fitted at the top of the inlet pipe

    D.

     The water seal is less than that of ordinary traps


  9. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  10. A.

     Lead is the average horizontal straight distance between the borrow pit and the place of spreading soil

    B.

     The lead is calculated for each block of the excavated area

    C.

     The unit of lead is 50 m for a distance upto 500 m

    D.

     The unit of lead is 1 km where the lead exceeds 2 km


  11. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  12. A.

     No deduction is made for the volume occupied by reinforcement

    B.

     No deduction is made for the openings upto 0.1 sq.m

    C.

     No deduction is made for volumes occupied by pipes, not exceeding 100 sq.cm in cross-section

    D.

     None of these


  13. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  14. A.

     Pointing is measured in sq.m

    B.

     Plastering is measured in sq.m

    C.

     Glazing is measured in sq.m

    D.

     All the above


  15. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  16. A.

     The bent up bars at a support resist the negative bending moment

    B.

     The bent up bars at a support resist the sharing force

    C.

     The bending of bars near supports is generally at 45°

    D.

     All the above


  17. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  18. A.

     The built up covered area at the floor level of any storey of a building is called plinth area

    B.

     The usable covered area of the rooms of any storey of a building is called carpet area

    C.

     The carpet area of a building along with area of its kitchen, pantry, store, lavatory, bath room and glazed veranda, is called floor area

    D.

     None of these


  19. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  20. A.

     The earth work of cutting in trenches or borrow pits in fairly uniform ground is measured with the help of average depths of the dead men

    B.

     The earth work in trenches or borrow pits in irregular ground is measured by taking the difference in levels before and after completion of work

    C.

     The earth work in trenches or borrow pits, where neither a nor b is feasible, are measured from the fillings after deduction of voids

    D.

     All the above