Civil Engineering MCQs with explanations

Question 1

The ratio of depths at partial flo________?

Accepted Answer

1⁄2 (1 –

Question 2

Which of the following represents hardest grade of bitumen?

Accepted Answer

30/40

Question 3

A cement concrete road is 1000 m long, 8 m wide and 15 cm thick over the sub-base of 10 cm thick gravel. The box cutting in road crust is________?

Accepted Answer

1500 m3

Question 4

The net speed under which the turbine reaches its peak efficiency is called________?

Accepted Answer

design speed

Question 5

Which one of the following geometric errors of satellite sensors is random?

Accepted Answer

Altitude variation

Question 6

In a two dimensional incompressible steady flow around an airfoil, the stream lines are 2 cm apart at a great distance from the airfoil, where the velocity is 30 m/sec. The velocity near the airfoil, where the stream lines are 1.5 cm apart, is________?

Accepted Answer

40 m/sec

Question 7

The minimum design speed for hairpin bends in hill roads is taken as________?

Accepted Answer

20 kmph

Question 8

A masonry dam (density = 20,000 N/m3) 6 m high, one metre wide at the top and 4 m wide at the base, has vertical water face. The minimum stress at the base of the dam when the reservoir is full, will be________?

Accepted Answer

7500 N/m 2

Question 9

In a consolidated drained test on a normally consolidated clay, the volume of the soil sample during shear________?

Accepted Answer

decreases

Question 10

One Newton is equivalent to________?

Accepted Answer

105 dyne

Civil Engineering MCQs with Explanations