Civil Engineering :: UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions
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Consider the following statements :
A critical activity in a CPM network has
1. The longest duration of all activities
2. zero total float
3. zero for float
4. The shortest duration of all activities
which one of the statements given above are correct ? -
Which one of the following is the correct statement ? A heterotroph is an organism that obtains
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Which one of the following sections performs better on the ductility criterion ?
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Westergaard's formula for vertical stress gives greater value of stress than that by the Boussinesq's formula, when r/z exceeds :
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A round steel bar of overall length 40 cm consists of two equal portions of 29 cm each having diameters of 10 cm and 8 cm respectively. If the rod is subjected to a tensile load of 10 tones, the elongation will be given by :(E = 2 x 106 kg/cm2)
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In the cantilever beam shown in the figure, what is the percentage of bending moment at l/2 with respect to the maximum bending moment at the fixed support ?
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Which one of the following is the correct statement ? The strength of timber :
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A and B are two traverse stations free from local attraction errors. If the true bearing of a line AB is 89°, and the magnetic declination at point A is 1° West, then the magnetic bearing of the line BA would be
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For a fully saturated clay Skempton's pore pressure parameter B is
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What is the correct sequence of the following metals in the decreasing order of their Poission's ratio ?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Cast iron
(c) Steel
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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