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Q.1
He designed a modern form of sewer network in central London that tookyears to build
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette
Thomas Newcomen
Antoine Lavoisier
John Smeaton
Q.2
A branch of civil engineering that plans the construction of dams and canals
geotechnical engineering
hydroelectrical engineering
hydraulic engineering
hydrotechnical engineering
Q.3
A branch of civil engineering that overseers the work on soil and Earth for structures built on right foundation
geotechnical engineering
geopowered engineering
geoelectrical engineering
Earth civil engineering
Q.4
First person to engineer the lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks in late 17th century?
John Smeaton
Henry Winstanley
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette
James Watt
Q.5
Built a second lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks infrom hydraulic lime
John Smeaton
Henry Winstanley
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette
James Watt
Q.6
Who is the inventor of the modern form of concrete and what is it made of?
Joseph Aspdin
finely ground stone
clay
All of above
Q.7
What are the ingredients of the concrete made by Ancient Romans?
limestone
volcanic ash
small rocks
All of above
Q.8
What is the plan where the layout of the city is based on rectangular blocks and straight streets atdegree intersections?
Hippopotamus Plan
Hippotatamus Plan
Hippodamus Plan
Hippodamian Plan
Q.9
The father of city planning known from Aristotle's "Politics"
Hippopotamus of Miletus
Hippotatamus of Miletus
Hippodamus of Miletused
Hippodamus of Miletus
Q.10
Definition of structural engineering
more on actual building of a structure
the supervision of process in building various parts of an infrastructure
focuses on design and framework of structures
the designing and embellishing of a completed structure
Q.11
What molecule is used to 'glue' the required gene into the plasmid?
Restriction Enzyme
Ligase enzyme
Glucose
Cellulose
Q.12
What is removed from the nucleus of an animal cell during Genetic Engineering?
Gene
Plasmid
Nucleus
Ribosome
Q.13
The deviator stress σd is given by __________
σd = σ1 + σ
σd = σ3 – σ1
σd=additional axial load/A2
σd = σ1 – σ3
Q.14
Shearing resistance can be determined in the laboratory by _________ methods.
2
6
4
8
Q.15
Pore pressure developed in the tri axial test can be measured by ____________
Bishop’s apparatus
Pore pressure apparatus
Terzaghi’s apparatus
Mohr’s apparatus
Q.16
The Tri axial compression test was introduced by __________
casagrande and Karl Terzaghi
Mohr
None of the mentioned
All of the mentioned
Q.17
In unconfined compression test the value of σ2 and σ3 is equal to ____________
1
0
0.8
½
Q.18
The unconfined compression test is derived from _____________
Direct shear test
Vane shear test
Tri axial compression tests
Drained test
Q.19
The unconfined compression test is generally applicable to ____________
Unsaturated clay
Saturated clay
Fine grained soil
Coarse grained soil
Q.20
The value of pore pressure parameter, at failure for saturated clay is __________
1.2 to 2.5
2 to 3
0.3 to 0.7
0.7 to 1.3
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