Overseer (Civil) model questions Test paper 1

1) Swelling of bricks is known as

A) Bloating 

B) Lamination

C) Chuffs

D) Efflorescence

2) The minimum diameter for a circular man-hole is

A) 0.9 m

B) 1.2 m

C) 1.6 m

D) 1.8 m

3) The failure of column depends up on

A) Weight on column

B) Length of column

C) Cross sectional area of column

D) Slenderness ratio of column

4) Strain energy of any member may be defined as

A) Work done on it to deform it

B) Work done on it to resist shortening

C) Work done on it to resist elongation

D) All of the above

5) Creep of concrete is due to

A) Point load 

B) Uniformly Distributed load 

C) Impact load 

D) Sustained loading

6) Centrifugal force is

A) Half the centripetal force

B) ¼ th the centripetal force

C) Equal to the centripetal force

D) Double the centripetal force

7) Drops are provided in flat slab to resist

A) Bending moment

B) Thrust

C) Shear

D) Torsion

8) For pumping viscous oil, pump used will be

A) Centrifugal pump

B) Reciprocating pump

C) Turbine pump

D) Screw pump

9) Pictorial views drawn on isometric scale are called

A) Isometric view

B) Isometric drawing

C) Isometric projection

D) All of the above

10) A narrow valley with steep rock sides favours

A) Gravity dam

B) Arch dam

C) Earth dam

D) Buttress dam

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