Basic Civil Engineering Quiz | Practice Test

Multiple Choice Questions on Civil Engineering | Objective Questions | Civil Engineering Quiz | MCQ


1 >>Pick up the correct statement from the following: ?
  • (A) CPM analysis is activity oriented
  • (B) PERT analysis is event oriented
  • (C) In CPM, the time is related to cost
  • (D) All the above
2 >>A pitot tube is used to measure ?
  • (A) pressure
  • (B) difference in pressure
  • (C) velocity of flow
  • (D) none of these

3 >>The thickness of a sharp crested weir is kept less than ?

  • (A) Onethird of the height of water on the sill
  • (B) onehalf of the height of water on the sill
  • (C) onefourth of the height of water on the sill
  • (D) twothird of the height of water on the sill
4 >>The maximum vacuum created at the summit of a syphon is ?
  • (A) 2.7 m of water
  • (B) 7.4 m of water
  • (C) 5.5 m of water
  • (D) none.
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5 >>If the atmospheric pressure on the surface of an oil tank (sp. gr. 0.8) is 0.1 kg/cm2, the pressure at a depth of 2.5 m, is ?
  • (A) 1 metre of water
  • (B) 2 metres of water
  • (C) 3 metres of water
  • (D) 3.5 metres of water
6 >>The total pressure force on a plane area is equal to the area multiplied by the intensity of pressure at its centroid, if ?
  • (A) area is horizontal
  • (B) area is vertical
  • (C) area is inclined
  • (D) all the above
7 >>Most economical section of a circular channel for maximum discharge ?
  • (A) depth of water = 0.95 diameter of circular section
  • (B) hydraulic mean depth = 0.286 diameter of circular section
  • (C) wetted perimeter = 2.6 diameter of circular section
  • (D) all the above
8 >>Unit of kinematic viscosity is ?
  • (A) m2/sec
  • (B) Newton sec/m2
  • (C) Newton sec/m3
  • (D) Kg sec/m2
9 >>The ratio of maximum velocity to average velocity of viscous fluid through a circular pipe is ?
  • (A) 0.5
  • (B) 0.75
  • (C) 1.25
  • (D) 2


10 >>The shear stress distribution in viscous fluid through a circular pipe is : ?
  • (A) maximum at the centre
  • (B) maximum at the inside of surface
  • (C) same throughout the section
  • (D) none of these
11 >>The side slope of Cipolletti weir is generally kept ?
  • (A) 1 to 4
  • (B) 1 to 3
  • (C) 1 to 2
  • (D) 0
12 >>The momentum correction factor (?) for the viscous flow through a circular pipe is ?
  • (A) 1.25
  • (B) 1.33
  • (C) 1.5
  • (D) 1.66
Basic Civil Engineering Quiz | Practice Test

13 >>A piezometer opening in pipes measures ?
  • (A) velocity head
  • (B) static pressure
  • (C) total pressure
  • (D) negative static pressure
14 >>An independent mass of a fluid does not posses ?
  • (A) elevation energy
  • (B) kinetic energy
  • (C) pressure energy
  • (D) none of these
15 >>A short tube mouthpiece will not run full at its outlet if the head under which the orifice works, is ?
  • (A) less than 12.2 m of the water
  • (B) more than 12.2 m of the water
  • (C) equal of 12.2 m of water
  • (D) none of these.
16 >>Hydrostatic pressure on a dam depends upon its ?
  • (A) length
  • (B) depth
  • (C) shape
  • (D) both (b) and (c)
17 >>A pipe of 0.1 m2 cross sectional area suddenly enlarges to 0.3 m2 crosssectional area. If the discharge of the pipe is 0.3 m3 /sec, the head loss is ?
  • (A) 2/g m of water
  • (B) g/2 m of water
  • (C) 1g m of water
  • (D) g m of water
18 >>Maximum efficiency of transmission of power through a pipe, is ?
  • (A) 0.25
  • (B) 0.333
  • (C) 0.5
  • (D) 0.6667
19 >>An ideal flow of a liquid obeys ?
  • (A) Continuity equation
  • (B) Newton's law of viscosity
  • (C) Newton's second law of motion
  • (D) dynamic viscosity law,
20 >>Reynold number is the ratio of initial force and ?
  • (A) viscosity
  • (B) elasticity
  • (C) gravitational force
  • (D) surface tension

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