Overseer (Civil) model questions Test paper 9

1) Brick lintels are used when the span is :

A) Less than two mete

B) Less than three meter

C) Less than one meter

D) None of these

2) The odour of water can be determined by

A) Thermometer 

B) Osmoscope 

C) Jackson's turbidi meter 

D) None of these

3) If few sizes of fractions are missed in aggregate, It is known as;

A) Segregation 

B) Gap grading

C) Honey combed

D) Granular

4) The vertical distance between the dip and crown weir of a trap is
known as :

A) Water seal

B) Flushing is terms

C) Water closets

D) Drains

5) Number of links in a 30m chain is

A) 30

B) 100

C) 150

D) 300

6) One Newton is equal to :

A) 104 dynes

B) 105 dynes

C) 106 dynes

D) 107 dynes

7) The continues flow of water may be expected from

A) Surface spring 

B) Artesian spring 

C) Gravity spring 

D) All of the above

8) Snowcem is :

A) Mixture of lime and pigment

B) Chalk powder

C) Coloured cement

D) None of the above

9) The consumptive use of water for standing crop is equal to

A) The depth of water used in transpiration only

B) The depth of water used in evaporation only

C) The depth of water evaporated from adjacent soil only

D) Depth of water used in all these three classes

10) A polishing abrasive made artificially by mixing in certain proportions
sand and carbon and heating the mixture is an electric furnace :

A) Carborundum

B) Emery

C) Coke

D) Ballast

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