BARC CE: Full Syllabus Test-5 for ESE & GATE CE Exams

Question 1

ISA 75 x 75 x 8 mm serves as tensile member. This angle is welded to a gusset plate as shown in figure. Assuming the yield strength of the steel to be 260 N/mm² the tensile strength of the member can be taken approximately

Question 2

There are three sources of sound creating levels of 40 dB, 50 dB and 55 dB. Calculate the equivalent noise level.

Question 3

Which one of the following is the model scale suitable for a situation where both viscous and gravity forces are predominant. If the kinematic viscosity of model and prototype fluids are 1 .2 stokes and 9.6 stokes respectively.

Question 4

The contact pressure under a rigid footing on surface of a cohesionless soil is

Question 5

The distance of the critical point is 20 km and the difference in elevation is 193 m from a survey of India map; the overland flow time is ____ (use Kirpich formula)

Question 6

In a flat slab, the general convention is to provide ‘drop’ and ‘drops’ all provided to resist primarily?

Question 7

Fixed end moment of a propped cantilever beam of span ‘l’ carrying udl of ‘ω’ per unit length is?

Question 8

Three soil specimens (Soil 1, Soil 2 and Soil 3), each 150 mm long and 100 mm diameter, are placed in series in a constant head flow set-up as shown in the figure. Suitable screens are provided at the boundaries of the specimens to keep them intact. The values of coefficient of permeability of Soil 1, Soil 2 and Soil 3 are 0.01, 0.003 and 0.03 cm/s, respectively.(total head loss is 560mm)

The value of

in the set-up is

Question 9

If the declination of a star is

and the latitude of the observer is

, then the values of Zenith distance and the altitude of the star at the lower culmination will be respectively

Question 10

In a signal design as per IRC, if the sum of ratio of normal flow to saturation flow of two directional traffic is 0.50 and lost time per cycle is 10 s, the optimum cycle length seconds is

Question 11

High early strength of cement is obtained as a result of
P) Decreasing lime content
Q) Increasing the quantity of gypsum
R) Burning at higher temperature
S) Fine grinding
Which of the following options are correct?

Question 12

A cantilever beam fixed at left support is resisting the concentrated point load the free end. The sectional properties changes for the beam at the mid-half. The plastic modulus for the right half span is M_p and 2 M_p for the remaining portion. The magnitude of the concentrated load that would result in collapse is given by ________

Question 13

A town has a population of 40000 and the rate of water supply is 150 litres per capita per day. If 80% of this water is converted into sewage and the soil has a consuming capacity of 50 cum per hectare per day, find the area of land required for disposal. Assume that 50% of the land will be reserved for future expansion.

Question 14

In a two dimensional flow, stream function is represented as

the velocity at (1,2) is

Question 15

A square footing on sand failed in general shear under an ultimate load of 6000 kN. The depth of footing was 2.5 m below the ground surface and the water table was at a large depth. Determine the size of footing (in m).

Question 16

A catchment has five raingauge stations. In a year, the annual rainfall recorded by the gauges are 80 cm 90 cm, 100 cm 60 cm and 70 cm. For a 6% error in the estimation of the mean rainfall, determine the additional number of raingauges needed.

Question 17

An RCC circular column of diameter 200mm is made of M20 grade concrete and has 6 numbers of 20mm diameter bars of Fe415 steel. It is under the action of concentric load. What is the service load-carrying capacity of the column? (As per IS-456: 2000) ? (in KN)

Question 18

According to Rankine’s formula which of the option is correct.

(All Symbols have usual meaning)

Question 19

A normally consolidated clay of thickness 5m is located at a depth of 10m below ground surface. The water content and the liquid limit of the sample is 38.5 % and 46% respectively. The submerged unit weight of sand layer above clay stratum is 12 kN/m³ and that of clay is 21 kN/m³. The water table is at 5m below ground. Consider the dry unit weight of sand deposit as 18 kN/m³. The overburden pressure and the Skempton’s compression index at the centre of the clay sample is

Question 20

A line of true length 400 m when measured by a 20 m tape is reported to be 404 m long. The correct length of the tape is

Question 21

An equal tangent crest vertical curve is to connect grades of 1 % and –1 %. The design sight distance on the curve is 170m. The minimum length of the curve to meet the sight distance requirement would be

Question 22

Gypsum is added to cement as a

Question 23

A double cover but riveted joint is used to connect two flat plates of 200 mm width and 14 mm thickness as shown in the figure. There are twelve power driven rivets of 20 mm diameter at a pitch of 50 mm in both directions on either side of the plate. Two cover plates of 10 mm thickness are used. The capacity of the joint in tension considering bearing and shear ONLY, with permissible bearing and shear stresses as 300 MPa and 100 MPa respectively is

Question 24

A bed of uniform sand having particle size 0.66 mm diameter and specific gravity of 2.65, porosity 0.40 and depth 60 cm is to be washed hydraulically. Considering laminar flow and stokes law valid what is the value of backwash velocity? (Expansion of bed is 50%,

= 1.31 × 10^–2cm²/sec)

Question 25

The ratio of the momentum correction factor of the energy correction factor for a laminar flow in a pipe is

Question 26

A raft foundation of size 15m x 8m is loaded with a uniform load of 112 kPa. Determine the vertical stress at point A at a depth of 5.0m if the number of area unit of the Newmark chart is 90. Take influence coefficient as 0.005.

Question 27

According to Indian standards, the number of rain gauge stations for an area of 1300 km² in hilly and heavy rainfall areas should be ?

Question 28

A rectangular beam 230mm × 350mm effective depth of 300mm. The factored shear force acting at a section as 60kN. If the permissible shear stress in concrete is 0.25 MPa, the design shear force is mainly?

Question 29

An iron pipe of 1 m diameter is required to withstand 150 m head of water. If the tensile stress of the pipe material is 22 MPa, then the minimum thickness of the pipe will be

Question 30

A standard penetration test was conducted in a silty soil having saturated density 18 kN/m³, the ground water table was found at a depth of 4.5 m. If the N value was determined as 28 at the depth of 5 m, then the corrected N value of the soil is

Question 31

Find the radius of curvature of the bubble tube attached to a level and the angular value of each 2 mm division from the following reading taken to staff 60.96 from the instrument.

Question 32

Using sleeper density of M+6, Find out the number of sleepers required for constructing a railway track of 754 m long. (B .G Track)

Question 33

Which of the following compound are used as a water proofing agent in concrete?