Civil Engineering :: UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions
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Consider the following statements :
Wind rose diagram is used for the purpose of
1. runway orientation.
2. estimating the runway capacity
3. geometric design of holding apron.
Of these statements : -
The discharge per metre width at the foot of a spillway is 10 m3/s at a velocity of 20 m/s. A perfect free hydraulic jump will occur at the foot of the spillway when the tail water depth is approximately equal to
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Which one of the following is the appropriate triaxial test to assess the immediate stability of an unloading problem, such as an excavation of a clay slope ?
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A mild steel flat subjected to a tensile force of 84 tonnes is connected to a gusset plate using rivets. If the forces required to shear a single rivet, to crush the rivet and to tear the plate per pitch length are 5000 kg, 8000 kg and 6000 kg respectively, then the number of rivets required is
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What does the confining pressure used in triaxial compression tests on an undisturbed soil sample represent ?
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The distance between two bench marks is 1000 m. If during levelling, the total error due to collimation, curvature and refraction is found to be + 0.120 m, then the magnitude of the collimation error is
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Mercury (density = 13600 kg/m3, σ = 0.49N/mm internal diameter open-ended capillary tube is inserted in the middle of the beaker into the mercury. The meniscus in the tube will be below the external mercury surface by how much distance?
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Which one of the following is considered to be an advantage of the heading and benching method of tunes construction ?
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In a close-coiled helical spring subjected to an axial load, other quantities remaining the same, if the wire diameter is doubled, then the stiffness of the spring when compared to the original one, will become
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The plastic section modulus of a rectangular section of width 100 mm and depth 12 mm is
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