The Technical Aptitude Test! Trivia Quiz
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- 1.Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- A.
When water table is above the base of a footing, the dry weight m should be used for soil below water table
- B.
When water table is located somewhat below the base of a footing, the elastic wedge is partly of moist soil and partly of submerged soil, and a suitable reduction factor is used
- C.
When water table is just at the base of the footing, no reduction factor is used
- D.
None of these.
- 2.The fluid generally used for grouting is
- A.
Cement and water mix
- B.
Clay suspension
- C.
Sodium silicate
- D.
Bitumen emulsion
- E.
All the above.
- 3.Geologic cycle for the formation of soil, is
- A.
Upheavel → transportation → deposition → weathering
- B.
Weathering → upheaval → transportation → deposition
- C.
Transportation → upheaval → weathering → deposition
- D.
Weathering → transportation → deposition → upheaval
- 4.The depth of an arch is the distance between
- A.
Ground level and springing line
- B.
Crown and springing line
- C.
Crown and ground level
- D.
Intrados and extrados.
- 5.Expansion joints in masonry walls are provided if the length exceeds
- A.
10 m
- B.
20 m
- C.
30 m
- D.
40 m
- 6.If the depth of an excavation is 20 metres, number of single-stage well points to be installed at various levels, is
- A.
5
- B.
4
- C.
3
- D.
2
- 7.The high strength of rapid hardening cement at an early stage is due to its
- A.
Finer grinding
- B.
Burning at high temperature
- C.
Increased lime cement
- D.
Higher content of tricalcium.
- 8.For road pavements, the cement generally used, is
- A.
Ordinary Portland cement
- B.
Rapid hardening cement
- C.
Low heat cement
- D.
Blast furnace slag cement
- 9.Sands of zone I are
- A.
Coarse
- B.
Medium
- C.
Medium to fine
- D.
Fine.
- 10.The cement becomes useless if its absorbed moisture content exceeds______
- A.
1%
- B.
2%
- C.
3%
- D.
4%
- E.
5%
- 11.The most economical section for a column, is
- A.
Rectangular
- B.
Solid round
- C.
Flat strip
- D.
Tubular section
- 12.A shaft turning 150 r.p.m. is subjected to a torque of 150 km. Horsepower transmitted by the shaft is
- A.
π
- B.
10 π
- C.
π2
- D.
1/π
- 13.High strength concrete is used in prestressed members.
- A.
To overcome high bearing stresses developed at the ends
- B.
To ovecome bursting stresses at the ends
- C.
To provide high bond stresses
- D.
To overcome cracks due to shrinkage
- E.
All the above.
- 14.In a beam, the neutral plane
- A.
May be its centre
- B.
Passes through the C.G. of the area of cross-section
- C.
Does not change during deformation
- D.
None of these.
- 15.Stainless steel contains
- A.
18% of chromuim and 8% nickel
- B.
8% of chromium and 18% of nickel
- C.
12% of chromium and 36% of nickel
- D.
36% of chromium and 12% of nickel.
- 16.The rocks formed by gradual deposition, are called
- A.
Sedimentary rocks
- B.
Igneous rocks
- C.
Metamorphic rocks
- D.
None of these
- 17.The S.I. unit of Modulus of elasticity is
- A.
Newton/m2
- B.
Newton/cm2
- C.
Newton/mm2
- D.
All the above.
- 18.Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- A.
The eyepiece plays no part in defining the line of sight
- B.
The diaphragm plays no part in defining the line of sight
- C.
The optical centre of the objective plays no part in defining the line of sight
- D.
None of these.
- 19.When a body in equilibrium undergoes an infinitely small displacement, work imagined to be done, is known as
- A.
Imaginary work
- B.
Negative work
- C.
Virtual work
- D.
None of these
- 20.For a closed traverse the omitted measurements may be calculated
- A.
Length of one side only
- B.
Bearing of one side only
- C.
Both length and bearing of one side
- D.
Length or bearing of adjacent side
- E.
All the above.
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