SOIL MECHANICS

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1. Mechanical stabilisation of soil is done with the help of

2. A normally consolidated clay settle 1cm when effective stress was increased from 100KN/m 2 to 200KN/m2. If the
effective stress produced is further increased from 200KN/m2 to 400KN/m2 then settlement of the clay is (1,2,4,8 cm)
3. In a flow net diagram length of flow line in the square is 2m, total head loss is 18m, no. of potential drop is 12, value of
exit gradient is (0.33, 0.75, 1.33, 3.0)
4. Min. C/C distance between the piles of a pile group in clay should be equal to
5. Time reqd for 50% consolidation of a remoulded sample of clay with single drainage is 1 min, then time reqd to
consolidate the same sample of clay with same degree of consolidation with double drainage is (1/4, ½, 2, 4 min)
6. Shape of phreatic line of a dam is
7. In liquid limit test, MC at 10 blows was 70% & that at 100 blows was 20%. WL is (35, 50, 65m, NOT)
8. Min frequency of field tests for compaction control related to mass earthwork is (1 in 5000, 1500, 500, 8000 cum)
9. K= 1 x 10-3 cm/s & coeff of percolation is 2 x 10-3 cm/s. Void ratio is (2, 1, 0.5, 0.33)
10. Angle of internal friction of clays as per UU tests is (0-5®, 5-20®, 20-30®, 30-45®)
11. In unconfined compression test on clay, initial vol V and length L, the area of C/S at failure is
12. According to Terzaghi’s theory, the ultimate BC at ground surface for a purely cohesive soil and for smooth base of
strip footing is (2.57C, 5.14C, 5.7C, 6.2C)
13. n=40% G=2.67. Max permissible upward gradient with F=4 is (0.25, 0.5,1,4)
14. A 30 cm sq bearing plate settles by 1.5cm in a plate load test on a cohesive soil when intensity of loading is 2 Kg/sq.cm.
The settlement of a prototype shallow footing 1.0m square under the same intensity of load is (1.5, 3, 5, 10cm).
15. A cohesive soil is subjected to vertical compressive load. The inclination of cracks to the horizontal is (0, 45, 22.5, 90®)
16. When bitumen is added to soil it mainly (increases cohesion, accelerates cohesion, act as a proofing agent, fills void)
17. Geosynthetics is used in pavement construction for (separation, reinforcement, drainage & filtration, all)
18. Critical hydraulic gradient is (formula)

PSC AE, 2012

1. Compaction refers to a process by which compression is effected due to

2. Quick sand condition takes place when the hydraulic gradient exceeds
3. Hydrometer analysis is performed to determine the
4. Increase in FM of aggregate indicates
5. Deep foundations are normally defined as those that depth to width ratio
6. Length to dia ratio of cylindrical specimen of soil for triaxial shear test is normally
7. For the upstream face of an earthen dam, most adverse condition for stability of slope is (sudden drawdown, steady
seepage, during construction, sloughing of slope)
8. A tension crack usually forms in the soil nearer the top of the wall up to a depth Z, given by (2C/¥ x(ka)^1/2,
2C/¥(ka)^1/2, 4C/¥, 4C/¥ x(ka)^1/2)
9. Coefficient of earth pressure is defined as the ratio of
10. Shape of phreatic line of a dam is
11. A geotextile when placed between a fine soil and a coarse material, performs the function of (reinf, drainage,
filtration, separation)
12. The dimension of the coefficient of consolidation is expressed as
13. Pile foundations are normally used in
14. Soils carried by water and deposited along a stream are termed as
15. Seepage pressure is expressed as
16. Silty soil of high compressibility is represented by
17. If CBR for 2.5mm penetration is lower than that at 5mm, what is done
18. Water content corresponding to MDD is called
19. Dimension of coefficient of permeability is
20. Differential eqn of 1D consolidation is

FLUID MECHANICS

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1. Flow through a siphon pipe stops if the summit is ________ from the inlet. (>5m, <5m, >7.5m, <10m)
2. Reynolds No. Of Laminar flow.
3. Chezy’s formula for discharge through an open channel is Q= AC(mi)^1/2 where m is
4. Orifice meter is used to measure
5. Mach no. For hypersonic flow
6. Coefficient of discharge in a nozzle is
7. Best symmetrical trapezoidal section of an open channel is
8. Froude NO. of the ratio of
9. A tank 5m long, 2m wide and 2m depth is completely filled with oil. If it is accelerated along the length at the rate of
1.5m/sec2, amount of oil is (15, 0.1529, 15.29, 0.529 cum)
10. In an open channel under critical depth, specific energy is (0, min., max., least varying)
11. Stream function is ¥= 4x3 – y2. Velocity at (1,2) is
12. Ratio of avg. Velocity to max. Velocity for a steady laminar flow in a circular pipe is
13. Losses are maximum in which flow
14. Tranquil flow must always occur (at normal depth, above critical depth, below normal depth, above normal depth)

PSC AE, 2012

1. 2 small orifices A & B of dia 1cm & 2cm respectively are placed on the sides of a tank at a depth h1 & h2 below open
liquid surface. If the discharge through A and B are equal, the ratio of h1 to h2 (assuming equal Cd value for both) will
be (16:1, 8:1, 4:1, 2:1)
2. Kinematic viscosity is related to mass density and dynamic viscosity as
3. Velocity potential for a 2D flow is ø=x(2y-1). Velocity at (2,2) is (3, 4,5,10 units)
4. Specific energy E in a critical flow at depth yc occurring in a triangular channel is given by (E=1.25yc, E=1.5yc, E=1.75yc,
E=2yc)
5. In 1:20 model of stelling basin, the height of hydraulic jump in the model is observed to be 20cm. What would be the
corresponding height of jump in the prototype (40, 80, 200, 400cm)
6. The mean velocity of flow of air in a ventilating duct of 1m dia is 33m/s and the max velocity is 20m/s. Assume
Kinematic viscosity of air is 0.165, Reynold No. is (2x104,2x106,2x105,2x103)
7. A pressure increase of 200 N/sq cm increases the density of water by 0.1%. bulk modulus of elasticity of water is (200,
20, 2, 0.2 GN/sqm)
8. Max head loss will be in (30®, 60®, 90® bend, U bend)
9. Specific energy in a channel is defined as
10. If x component of the velocity u is (6xy-2x2), then y component of the flow velocity is (6y2-4xy, -6xy+2x2, 6x2-2xy, 4xy-
3y2)
11. For rectangular channels with horizontal floor, the length of a jump has been found to vary between _______ times
the height of hydraulic jump
12. An equivalent pipe to an existing pipe/pipe network is one which is
13. For a barrage, exit gradient is independent of
14. A circular plate of dia d is submerged in water vertically so that topmost part is just at the water surface. The COP of
the plate will be below the water surface at the depth of

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING

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1. Rumble strips are preferred on main roads as they

2. Shift of a curve is proportional to ( in terms of R & L)
3. +n= 1.5%, -n=0.5%. rate of change of grade is 0.2% per 20m chain. Length of vertical curve (100, 200, 300, 400m)
4. Radius of a equivalent circular contact area of a dual wheel for a 80 KN single axle load with contact pressure of 552
kpa is (152, 107, 229, 115mm)
5. Min value of marshall stability for DBM mix is
6. Bayd and Foster method for determination of ESWL is based on
7. Qty of Bt/10 sq.m. required for 1st coat of surface dressing is
8. Min time of diversion of traffic after repairing of road is (6, 12, 24 hr, NOT)
9. EALF defines
10. WMM is used for the construction of
11. Constituent of road marking material is
12. Combined flakiness and elongation indices of coarse aggregate for WBM used in subbase/base course should not be

PSC AE, 2012

1. Min value of superelevation of a road with premix carpet surfacing is

2. Rapid curing cutbacks are produced by dissolving straight bitumen in
3. In bituminous mix if void space is kept very less the distress that may occur is (hungry surface, fatty surface, streaking,
slippage)
4. In rigid joint most critical location is (interior, edge, corner, all)
5. Load safety factor for expressway may be taken as (1,1.1,1.2,1.3)
6. 3 ‘E’ important in road safety are
7. For transfer of load from one slab to another at any joint of a rigid pavement the bar used is
8. Road marking with combo of broken and solid lines indicates
9. WBM derives stability mainly from (agg interlocking, particle friction, cohesion; binding power of Bt material, flexural
strength of surface course, strength of subgrade)
10. Ring and ball test is used to perform
11. Factors influencing value of camber are
12. Transition curve is introduced to gradually change the (dir, SE, grad, camber)
 CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY & RCC

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1. For a single reinforced beam if concrete reaches it max allowable stress earlier than steel, the beam is known as
(under reinf, over reinf, critical section, economic section)
2. Early attainment of strength in RHC is due to
3. % of more cement used while concreting under water is
4. Fluid generally used for grouting is (cement and water mix, clay suspension, sodium silicate, all)
5. Vee bee time for low workability as per IS standard is
6. Min thickness of lean concrete layer below foundation concrete should be (100, 150, 200mm, NOT)
7. Max area of compression reinforcement in doubly reinforced beam of width b and depth D is
8. If total distributed load on purlin is W including wind load, max BM is (W/4, WL/8, WL/2, WL/10)
9. Compressive strength of any structural concrete sample should not be less than specified characteristic compressive
strength minus
10. IN RCC column with spiral reinforcement, min no. of longitudinal bars in contact with the spiral shall be less than (3, 4,
5, 6)

PSC AE, 2012

1. Bond strength in a reinforced concrete beam can be increased most economically by (increasing the depth of the
beam, using thinner bars but in more no, using thicker bars but less in no, providing vertical stirrups)
2. Max distance between expansion joint in structure as per code is
3. Compressive strength of concrete determined from 15cm x 15cm dia cylinder as compared to that from 15cm x 30cm
dia cylinder is (more, less, equal, dependent on mix proportion)
4. Purpose of lateral ties in short RCC column is to (avoid buckling, facilitate const, increase load carrying capacity of
column, facilitate compaction)
5. Slow setting cement will have higher % of
6. In 1 cum of CC at 1:2:4 to be mixed by volume, no of cement bags reqd is (1, 5, 6,11)

HYDROLOGY

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1. A triangular DRH due to a storm has a time base of 40 hours and peak flow of 20 cum/sec occurring at 20 hrs from the
start. A= 14.4 sq.Km. rainfall excess is (5, 10, 20, 14.4cm)
2. If a 4-hr unit hydrograph on a certain basin has a peak ordinate of 80 cum/sec, the peak ordinate of a 2-hr unit
hydrograph for the same basin will be (80 cum/s, >80cum./s, <80 cum/s, 40-80 cum/s)
3. Hydrograph is a plot of
4. Isochrone is a line of
5. Hyetograph represents
6. Relation between transmissibility (T) and permeability (K) for an aquifer of depth (d) is
7. Probability of 10cm rain in 1 hr occurring at a station B is 1/60. Probability of 1 hr rain of magnitude 10cm or larger will
occur at station B once in 30 successive years is (0.396, 0.307, 0.604, 0.5)
8. Eutrophication is caused due to presence of high levels of
9. Ep is pan evaporation and E is the actual evaporation, then (Ep > E, E> Ep, E= Ep, E= Ep)
10. A 6-hr storm had 6cm rainfall and the resulting runoff was 3cm. If the ø index remains at the same value, the runoff
due to 12 cm, rainfall in 9 hr in the catchment is (9, 4.5, 6, 7.5cm)

PSC AE, 2012

1. Cyclonic precipitation is due to

2. Inflection point on the recession side of the hydrograph indicates the end of
3. Rainfall mass curve shows the variation of
4. Most accurate method of finding the average depth of rainfall over an area is
5. Interception loss is
6. Flow mass curve is the graph between

SOM

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1. Deflection at the midpoint of a SS beam of length L & W conc. Load is

2. Depth of the strongest section of a rect beam cut from a circular section is
3. A cantilever beam of length L carries a point load P at its free end. Strain energy stored is
4. Principal plane carries (max shear stress, no shear stress, no normal stress, max & min normal stress )
5. A cable carrying a load of W KN/m of horizontal span is stretched between supports L metre apart. The supports are at
same level and central dip is h metre. Max tension in the cable is [ WL/2(1+(L/h)2)1/2, WL/2(1+(L/2h)2)1/2,
WL(1+(L/4h)2)1/2, WL/2(1+(L/4h)2)1/2,]

PSC AE, 2012

1. Rate of change of BM is equal to

2. In slope deflection eqn the deformation is considered to be caused by (BM, SF, Axial force, All)
3. Strain energy stored in a simply supported beam of span L & flexural rigidity EI due to concentrated load W is
4. Deformation of spring produced by a unit load is called
5. For a distribution which is symmetrical about the mean the skewness coefficient is (positive, negative, zero,
sometimes positive and sometimes negative)

BUILDING MATERIAL & CONSTRUCTION

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1. Min compressive strength of burnt clay bricks shall not be less than
2. No. of bricks in 1 cum of brickwork
3. % of alumina in brick
4. Concrete pipes are joined by
5. Main function of alumina in brick earth is
6. Sag roads in a roof truss are used for connecting (main tie, purlin, sling, rafter)

PSC AE, 2012

1. Artificial stone made from pieces of marble and cement and used for floors, facing of walls etc., is known as (mosaic,
terrazzo, marble, terracotta)
2. Main constituent of varnish is
3. Granite contains primarily (quartz, quartz and feldspar, mica, quartz and mica)
4. Decay in timber due to alternate wetting and drying is called
5. External corner in brick masonry is called
6. Development of one or more local swelling on finished plaster surface is called (foaming, swelling, boiling, blistering)
7. Property of steel is influenced maximum by (Fe, Mn, C, S)

SURVEY ENGINEERING

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1. RL of BM= 100m, BS= 1.215m, FS= 1.87m, RL of forward station is (99.345, 100.345, 100.655, 101.870m)
2. In QB system WCB of 294®30’ can be expressed as
3. f=25cm, distance from object glass to the transition axis is 15cm, the additive constant is(0.1, 0.4, 0.6, 1.33)
4. MB of sun at a place at noon is 167®, magnetic declination at that place is (77®N, 23®S, 13®E, 13®W)

PSC AE, 2012

1. The survey in which curvature of earth is ignored is called

2. Process of putting the plane table into some fixed position so that a line representing a certain direction on the plane
is parallel to that direction in the field is known as
3. Angle between true meridian and magnetic meridian is known as
4. If WCB of a place is 160®12’, the QB is
5. A closed contour line with one or more lower value contours inside indicates
6. Theodolite is an instrument used to measure
7. If i is the stadia distance, f focal lebgth of object, d distance from the objective to the vertical axis of the instrument,
then multiplying tacheometric constant wil be

IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

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1. Intensity of irrigation means

2. Specific yield of a soil depends upon (compaction of stratum, distribution of pores, shape and size of particles, all)
3. A canal was designed to supply irrigation needs of 1200 Ha growing 140 days B having delta 134 cm. If this canal is
used to irrigate wheat of B= 120 days delta=52cm, area that can be irrigated is (2650, 3608, 543, 2000 Ha)

PSC AE, 2012

1. In chute spillway, flow is usually (uniform, sub critical, critical, super critical)
2. According to Lacey’s theory, the silt supporting eddies are generated from
3. PWP is (characteristic of plant, soil, soil characteristic modified by crop, dependent on soil water plant fertiliser
interaction)
4. Ratio of volume of water retained by the formation to the volume when it is freely drained is known as (sp yield, sp
retention, sp storage, porosity)

WASTE WATER ENGINEERING

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1. Concrete pipes are joined by

2. Circular sewer 2m dia carry Q=2 cum/s when flowing nearly full. Min required slope to initiate the flow? (assume
N=0.015) (0.00023, 0.000091, 0.000036, 0.000014)
3. Trickling filter is primarily a (process and removes what)
4. In aerobic environment, nitrosomas convert
Sewage treatment in an oxidation pond is done by

PSC AE, 2012

1. Algae bacteria symbiosis is performed to determine the (sp gr of soil, sp gr of solid constituents, grain size distribution,
relative density)
2. Bacteria which consume organic matter as a source of carbon and energy are known as (photoautotropic,
photoheterotropic, chemoheterotropic, chemoautotropic)
3. Hydraulic loading in cum/sqm/day with recirculation (recirculation ratio, r=0.5) for a trickling filter of 30m dia with 2m
depth to treat flow of 6000 cum/day is (6.4, 12.75, 19.2, 25.5)

WATER RESOURCE ENGINEERING

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1. Disinfection efficiency of Cl2 in water treatment (how related to pH)

2. pH of acid rain
3. Ca++ = 40 mg/L, Mg++= 12mg/L. Total Hardness=? (150 mg/L as CaCO3, 52 mg/L, 2.5 meq/L, 100 mg/L as CaCO3)

PSC AE, 2012

1. Ca++ = 200 mg/L as CaCO3, Mg++= 1 meq/L, Na+= 75mg/l as CaCO3. Total Hardness=? (325 mg/L as CaCO3, 52 mg/L,
6.5 meq/L, 5 meq/L, 200 mg/L as CaCO3)
2. If BOD of a waste water sample is found as 180 mg/l after 5 days at 20®C, the BOD value for 1 day and at same temp
will be (assume K1 (base e)= 0.23/day (48, 54, 94, 220 mg/l)
3. IS standard for acceptable limit of arsenic is
4. blue baby disease is caused due to the presence of excess amount of _________ in drinking water
5. 10 mg/l of chlorine will be needed for breakpoint chlorination of a particular water sample. To maintain 0.4mg/l of
free chlorine residual in the disinfected water, requirement of chlorine in (kg/day) for flow rate of 2.0 MLD is (2.08,
20.8, 0.208, 8)
 STEEL DESIGN

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1. Diameter of holes for bolts/rivets less than 25mm dia should be larger by (1.5, 2.5, 2mm, NOT)
2. Battens shall be designed to carry bending moment and shear force arising from transverse shear force V which is
___________ of total axial load on column (25, 2.5, .25, 3)
3. Slenderness ratio of single angle discontinuous strut shall not exceed (120, 180, 150, 200)

PSC AE, 2012

1. Butt weld is specified by (eff throat thickness, plate thk, size of weld, penetration thk)
2. In case of single angle in tension corrected by one leg only, the net effective area as per coad provision is (gross area of
holes, a+b/(1+.33b/a), a+b/(1+.2b/a), a+b/(1+.35b/a)
3. Which of the following conditions to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis (equilibrium cond, yield cond,
plastic moment cond, mechanism cond)
4. Intermediate vertical stiffners are provided in plate girder to (eliminate web buckling, eliminate local buckling, transfer
conc load, prevent increasing deflection)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

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1. According to BS-IV norms, air pollutants which are monitored for petrol driven vehicles are (SO2, NOx; NOx,PM; HC,
NOx; CO,HC)
2. Higher efficiency for removal of SPM less than 1 micro metre can be achieved with (ESP, Bag Filter, High efficiency
cyclone, spray tower wet scrubber)
3. Two sound sources are emitting sound simultaneously with sound levels of 60 dB and 70 dB. What will be the resulrant
sound level? (70.4, 80.8, 130, 75.6 dB)
4. NO2 concentration in air is 470 micro gram/cum at ambient condition with temperature of 25®C. Conc in pm is (25,
2.5, 0.25, 0.4 ppm)
5. Photochemical smog is caused due to presence of(SO2 & PM; NO & PM; NO, HC & sunlight; HC & sunlight)

PSC AE, 2012

1. The environment protection act came into existence in India in

2. The resultant sound pressure level of 2 sound sources each having a sound pressure level of 50bdB is (100, 120, 15.5,
53dB)
3. Frequency of audible sound is

RAILWAY ENGINEERING

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1. Preferred sleeper (CST-9, steel trough, woden, concrete)
2. Max value of centrifugal ratio on roads and railway is (1/4 & 1/6, 1/6 & 1/8, ¼ & 1/8, 1/8 & ¼)

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1.

PSC

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1. In case of pretensioning, tensioning force should not be applied (gradually and uniformly, quickly, in steps, NOT)

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1.

PERT

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1. if an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3,7, the expected time and variance are( 3.5 &
5/6, 5 & 25/36, 5 & 5/6, 3.5 & 25/36)
2. negative slack occurs when
3. in PERT technique, critical path has slack equal to (always 0, positive, negative, 0 or negative)

ESTIMATION

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1. While submitting a tender, the contractor is required to deposit some amount with the department as guarantee of
this tender known as (BG, EM, SD, CM)
2.