Earthen Barrier

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Instructions:-
1.All questions are compulsory
2.Each right answer carries 3 marks and -1 for each wrong answer.
3.More than one attempt for same question will result into negative marking.

Q.1. Largest earthen Dam according to height in India is

(a) Tehri Dam (b) Bhakra Dam (c) Hirakund Dam (d) Bhakra Nangal Dam

Q.2. Srisailam Dam is located on the River

(a) Hooghly (b) Krishna river (c) Damodar (d) Padma

Q.3. You are asked to construct a massive dam, the type of cement you will use, is
(a) ordinary portland cement
(b) rapid hardening cement
(c) low heat cement
(d) blast furnace slag cement

Q.4. Heavy water project (Talcher) and fertilizer plant (Paradeep) are famous industries of
(a) Orissa (b) Tamilnadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala

Q.5. The unit of dynamic viscosity of fluid is

(a) m2/s (b) Ns/m2 (c) Pa s/m2 (d) kgs2/m2

Q.6. The shear stress develops on afluid element, if

(a) the fluid is at rest
(b) the fluid container is subject to uniform linear acceleration
(c) the fluid id inviscid
(d) the fluid is viscous and the flow is non-uniform

Q.7. If for a fluid in motion, pressure at a point is same in all directions, then the fluid is a/an:
(a) real fluid (b) newtonian fluid (c) ideal flow (d) non-Newtonian fluid

Q.8. Cavitation is caused by

(a) low pressure (b) High pressure (c) High velocity (d) High temperature

Q.9. Temporary hardness of water is caused by

(a) Dissolved carbon di oxide
(b) Bicarbonate & carbonate of calcium and magnesium
(c) Bicarbonates of sodium and magnesium
(d) Carbonated of calcium and magnesium

Q.10. The earth pressure for the design of bridge abutment is taken as
(a) Active thrust (b) Passive thrust (c) Thrust in at rest condition (d) NOTA
Q.11. Rihand Dams reservoir area is located on the border of
(a) Andhra Pradesh & Kerala
(b) Maharashtra & Andhra Pradesh
(c) MP & UP
(d) UP & Maharashtra

Q.12. Which of the following city is not located on the river of Ganga
(a) Kanpur
(b) Patna
(c) Agra
(d) Varanasi

Q.13. Creep strain is

(a) caused due to dead load only
(b) caused due to live load only
(c) caused due to cyclic load only
(d) Independent of load

Q.14. The live storage requirement for a reservoir is to determined by

(a) Topographical survey
(b) Mass curve analysis
(c) Annual demand
(d) Double mass curve analysis

Q.15. On an immersed body in flowing fluid, the lift force is

(a) due to buoyant force
(b) always in the opposite direction due to gravity
(c) due to wake phenomenon
(d) the dynamic fluid force component normal to the approach velocity

Q.16. For post-tensioned prestressed concrete members minimum grade of concrete used
is:
(a) M20 (b) M25 (c) M30 (d) M40

Q.17. A first class brick when immersed in cold water for 24 h should not absorb
water more than:
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 15% (d) 10%

Q.18. In India, the standard sand is obtained in:

(a) Chennai (b) Jaipur
(c) Mumbai (d) Punjab

Q.19. Concrete for canal linings has slump value of :

(a) 40 to 50 mm (b) 70 to 80 mm (c) 90 to 100 mm (d) none of these

Q.20.. The nominal size of brick with mortar is

(a) 19*9*9 (b) 19cm*19cm*19cm (c) 20cm*20cm*20cm (d) none of these