1) Gypsum is responsible for the flash setting of the cement.
2) High C3A content in cement restricts shrinkage.
3) Water required for hydration of cement is around 45% of cement weight.
Which of the above statements are incorrect?
Question 2
The outstand of gusset plate from the column flange edge is limited to_______ because of buckling consideration:
Question 3
List-I List-II
A) Potability of water - 1)Mohr’s method
B) Chloride - 2)Orthotolidine test
C) Residual chlorine – 3) EDTA method
D) Hardness of water - 4)Membrane filter technique
a b c d
Question 4
Direction: In the following question consists of two statements Assertion(A) and Reason(R). You have to read the statements carefully and select the answers to these questions using the options below.
Assertion (A): The failure surface of a mild steel torsion specimen subject to a torque about its axis along a surface perpendicular to its axis Reason (R): Mild steel is relatively weaker in shear than in tension and the plane of maximum shear is perpendicular to its axis.
Question 5
Which of the following phenomenons can be attributed to the viscosity of fluids?
(i) Laminarity of flow
(ii) Head loss in smooth pipes
(iii) Rise of water level in hollow tube
(iv) Boundary layer flow
Question 6
To provide safety against piping failure, with a factor of safety of 6, what should be the maximum permissible exit gradient for soil with specific gravity of 2.65 and porosity 0.45?
Question 7
As per masonry code, the stiffening coefficient for walls stiffened by piers, buttresses or Intersecting walls can be
Question 8
Which of the following statement is true for a beam where only couple is acting in the span.
Question 9
What is the ratio of the elastic modulus of structural timber in longitudinal direction to that in the transverse direction?
Question 10
Consider following statements regarding Traverse surveying.
1. When angular measurements are mare precise than linear measurements, traverse is balanced by transit method.
2. When both angular and linear measurement of a traverse are of equal precision, traverse is balanced by bowditch rule.
3. The departure of a line of any traverse is given its length multiplied by ‘cosine’ of its reduced bearing
