Set A The portion of a brick cut across the width, is called a) c) closer bed b) d) half brick bat

A wall constructed with stones to protect slopes of cuttings in natural ground from the action of weathering agents, is called a) c) retaining wall buttress b) d) breast wall parapet wall

The curve composed of two arcs of different radii having their centres on the opposite side of the curve, is known a) c) a simple curve a reverse curve b) d) a compound curve a vertical curve

A clinometer is used for a) c) measuring angle of slope setting out right angles d) b) correcting line of collimation defining natural features

Contours of different elevations may cross each other only in the case of a) c) an over-hanging cliff a saddle b) d) a vertical cliff an inclined plane

The wedge shaped bricks forming an arch ring, are called a) Soffits b) voussoirs c) haunchs d) spandrils If the true bearing of a line AB is 26930, then the azimuth of the line AB is c) 030 c) 9030 b) d) 8930 26930

A negative declination shows that the magnetic meridian is to the a) eastern side of the true meridian c) southern side of the true meridian b) d) western side of the true meridian none of the above

The vertical side member of a shutter frame, is known a) c) style mullion b) d) reveal post

The type of stone masonry in which stones of same height are laid in layers, is called a) c) random rubble masonry uncoursed rubble masonry b) d) course rubble masonry ashlar masonry

If the length of a transition curve to be introduced between a straight and a circular curve of radius 500 m is 90 m, the maximum deflection angle to locate its junction point, is a) c) 143' 08" 143' 28" b) d) 143' 18" 143' 38"

The slope correction for a 3 slope for a length of 100 m, is a) c) 0.11m 1.13m b) d) 0.12m 1.14m

ABCD is a regular parallelogram plot of land whose angle BAD is 60. If the bearing of the line AB is 30, the bearing of CD, is a) c) 90 210 b) d) 120 270

For a curve of radius 100 m and normal chord 10 m, the Rankine's deflection angle, is a) c) 025'.95 125'.95 b) d) 035'.95 145'.95

If the magnetic bearing of the sun at a place at noon in southern hemisphere is 167, the magnetic declination at that place is a) c) 770 N 130 E b) d) 230 S 130 W

Set B For a well condition triangle, no angle should be less than a) 600 c) 300 The correction for sag in surveying a) always c) always zero b) d) always subtractive sometimes additive and sometimes subtractive b) d) 450 200

To construct a 10 cm thick partition wall, you will prefer a) c) English bond Header bond B) d) Flemish bond Stretcher bond

A cut in frame of a door to receive the shutter, is called a) c) louver horn b) d) stop rebate

The following sights are taken on a "turning point" a) c) foresight only foresight and backsight b) backsight only d) foresight and intermediate sight

If the staff is not held vertical at a leveling station, the reduced level calculated from the observation would be a) true R.L. b) more than true R.L. c) less than true R.L. d) none of the above

A series of closely spaced contour lines represents a a) c) steep slope uniform slope b) d) gentle slope plane surface

Closed contours, with higher value inwards, represent a a) c) depression plain surface b) d) hillock none of these

Wrought iron contains carbon upto a) c) 0.15% 1.5% b) 1.0% d) 2.0%

The under surface of an arch, is called a) c) soffit haunch b) d) intrados back

If the radius of a simple curve is 600 m, the maximum length of the chord for calculating offsets, is taken

a) c)

10m 20m

b) d)

15m 30m

The sag of 50 m tape weighing 4 kg under 5 kg tension is roughly a) c) 0.043m 0.053m b) d) 0.083m 0.073m

A sewer is laid from a manhole A to a manhole B, 250 m away along a gradient of 1 in 125. If the reduced level of the invert at A is 205.75 m and the height of the boning rod is 3 m, the reduced level of the sight rail at B, is a) c) 208.75 m 206.75 m b) d) 202.75 m 211.75 m

The main plate of a transit is divided into 1080 equal divisions. 60 divisions of the vernier coincide exactly with 59 divisions of the main plate. The transit can read angles accurate upto a) c) 5 15 b) d) 10 20

If the R.L. of a B.M. is 100.00 m, the back- sight is 1.215 m and the foresight is 1.870 m, the R.L. of the forward station is a) c) 99.345m 100.655m b) d) 100.345m 101.870m