A cantilever of constant depth carries a uniformly distributed load on the whole span. To make the maximum stress at all sections the same, the breadth of the section at a distance x from the free end should be proportional to

Self-purification of running streams may be due to

As the state of strain of an element of dense sand changes from plain strain to trivial condition, the effective angle of internal friction :

In photogrammetric surveying, the image of the top of the hill ismm, from the principal point of the photograph. If the elevation of the top of the hill ism and the flying height ism above datum, then the relief displacement is

As a natural material, timber is which one of the following ?

Seasoning of timber is required to

The performance of a well is measured by its

A clay layer 3 m deep is sandwiched by a pervious material. The soil reachesconsolidation in 3 years. At another site, the same clay layer is bounded by impervious boundary at the bottom and sand at the top. What is the time taken by this layer to reachsettlement ?

Which one of the following statements is correct ?
Lug angles:

A saturated clay layer with single drainage face takes 4 years to attaindegree of consolidation. If the clay layer had double drainage, then the time required to attaindegree of consolidation is

Consider the following statements :
Butterfly valve is used for throttling and controlling flow rate.
Check valve is used in the discharge piping of a pump.
Air-relief valve is placed in the pipeline at the valleys to automatically vent the accumulated air in the system
Altitude valve is provided in user overhead tank.
Which of the statements given above are correct ?

The total observed runoff volume during a 4 hour storm with a uniform intensity of 2.8 cm/hr is 25.2 x 10⁶ m³ from a basin ofkm² area. What is the average infiltration rate for the basin ?

Two closed thin vessels, one cylindrical and the other spherical with equal internal diameter and wall thickness are subjected to equal internal fluid.pressure. The ratio of hope stresses in the cylindrical to that of spherical vessels is

The compacting factor test of cement concrete determines its

Which of the following determination are NOT necessary for raw water from a lake for use as source of supply of water for boiler-feed ?
Turbidity
Bacterial count
Iron
Hardness.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

Consider the following parameters related to a rotary intersection :
Width of the weaving section.
Length of the weaving section.
Proportion of weaving traffic.
Weaving angle.
Width of the carriageway at entry.
Capacity is generally expressed in terms of

Consider the following statements :
In subsoil exploration programme the term "significant depth of exploration" is upto
the width of foundation
twice the width of foundation
the depth where the additional stress intensity is less thanof overburden pressure
the depth where the additional stress intensity is less thanof the overburden pressure
hard rock level.
Of these statements :

At a point in a strained material, if two mutually perpendicular tensile stresses ofkg/cm² andkg/cm² are acting, then the intensity of tangential stress on a plane inclined atto the axis of the minor stress will be :

Consider the following statements :
Selection of the type and grade of the bituminous binder is made on the basis of
cost of the binder material.
climatic conditions of the area and the construction technique.
degree of importance of the road.
thickness of pavement layer to be constructed.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?

The phenomenon of decreased resistance of a material due to reversal of stress is called

Consider the implicit details between, before and after successive steps in/within the order while doing time computations on a CPM network. (FP => Forward Pass; BP => Backward Pass; LET => Late Event Time; EET => Early Event Time; TF => Total Float; PD => Project Duration; AD => Activity Duration)
The correct sequence of computation would be

Which one of the following is not biodegradable organic matter ?

As the state of strain of an element of dense sand changes from plain strain to trivial condition, the effective angle of internal friction :

What is the prime objective of providing a point lock ?

What is the distance through which the tongue rail moves laterally at the toe of the switch for movement of trains called ?

Consider the following statements :
A : The collapse load found in the plastic analysis of a continuous beam is affected by sinking of supports.
B : Large elastic stresses are caused at the supports due to sinking of supports.
Of these statements :

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Consider the following statements :
Among the more common varieties of timber, namely, sal, mango and deodar,
sal is the strongest.
mango is the least durable.
deodar is the lightest.
Of these statements :

A beam of rectangular sectionmm xmm carries certain loads such that the Bending Moment at a section A is M ans at another section B it is (M + C).The distance between the sections A and B is 0.5 m and there are no external loads acting between the two sections. If the value of C isNm, then the maximum shear stress is

Consider the following statements :
I. The intersection of the first and last ray in funicular diagram is on the line of action of the resultant.
II. Intersection of first and last ray in polar diagram gives the magnitude of the resultant.
Of these statements :

Presence of which one of the following in water is the major cause of depression paralysis, blindness and/or birth defects ?

When a particular discharge is flowing in a horizontal pipe, a mercury-water U-tube manometer connccted to the entrance and throat of a venturimeter fitted in the pipe recorded a deflection ofcm. If the same discharge flowed through the same pipe kept at an inclination ofto the horizontal, then the corresponding deflection recorded by the U-tube manometer will be

In consolidation testing, curve fitting method is used to determine

Which one of the following tools is required to bend the rails for track maintenance ?

The losses in prestress in pre-tensioning system are due to :
elastic deformation of concrete when wires are tensioned successively
friction
shrinkage and creep of concrete
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Couple M is applied at C on a simply supported beam AB. What is the maximum shear force for the beam ?

A cantilever beam of span 4 m and cross-sectional are 0.3 m wide and 0.4 m deep is subjected to a concentrated load ofkN at the free end. Neglecting self-weight, the maximum bending stress at a section 2 m from the free end will be

The compacting factor test of cement concrete determines its

In a closed traverse, the sum of south latitudes exceeds the sum of north latitudes and the sum of east departures exceeds the sum of west departures. The closing line will lie in the

Consider the following statements :
In subsoil exploration programme the term "significant depth of exploration" is upto
the width of foundation
twice the width of foundation
the depth where the additional stress intensity is less thanof overburden pressure
the depth where the additional stress intensity is less thanof the overburden pressure
hard rock level.
Of these statements :

Force of buoyancy on a floating body equals

A grinding wheel rotatesrpm. When power supply is cut off, the wheel stops completely inseconds. What is the number of revolutions made by the wheel before coming to rest ?

In cement concrete pavements, tie bars are installed in

A prismatic beam is shown in the figure. Consider the following statements :
The structure is unstable.
The bending moment is zero at supports and internal hinge.
It is mechanism.
It is statically indeterminate.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

The object of chain and cross-staff survey is to
locate the boundaries of an area.
plot the figure to a scale.
find the area of the plot.
find the reduced levels of the plot.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

The compacting factor test of cement concrete determines its

The correct sequence of the sludge digestion steps is

A fixed beam as shown in Fig. I is loaded with a U.D.L. over the entire span, the total load being W; when load was just increased to W₁, the deformed shape as shown in Fig. II was seen. The value of W₁ (plastic moment of resistance = M_p) is

Which one of the following pressure units represents the LEAST pressure ?

A mild steel bar is in three parts, eachcm long. The diameters of parts AB, BC and CD are 2 cm, 1 cm and 3 cm respectively.

The bar is subjected to an axial pull of 4t as shown in the given figure. If E = 2 xkg/cm² and the elongations in the three parts of the bar are Δ₁, Δ₂ and Δ₃ respectively, then the ratio of the greatest to the least of these elongations will be