Civil Engineering :: UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions
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An equipment is purchased for Rs. 40, 000.00 and is fully depreciated by straight line method over 8 years. Considering interest on average annual cost at 15% p.a., the charge on the Company due to use of this equipment, if made uniformly over the 8 years, is
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A vane shear test on a soil sample gives a moment of total resistance M. The shear stress at failure, 'S' being more of less uniform at top bottom and surface of cylinder of soil is given by (where H = height of vane, D = Diameter of vane)
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The most important purpose of frog in a brick is to :
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Gross flange area for a riveted plate girder is to be designed considering net area as 80% of its gross area. Consider width of the flange as 500 mm while web plate as 1000 mm x 12 mm. The girder is to resist a maxi-mum BM of 4500 kNm. Maximum allowable bending stress in tension is 150 MPa. Gross flange area is
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For the compound bar shown in the below figure, the ratio of stresses in the portions AB : BC : CD will be
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Compression index of a soil helps to determine
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At what distance from left support of the beam, is the shear force zero ?
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What is the volume of a 6 m deep tank having rectangular shaped top 6 m x 4 m and botton 4 m x 2 m (computed through the use of prismoidal formula) ?
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Why are intermediate vertical stiffeners provided in plate girders ?
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