Basic Civil Engineering Quiz

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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

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

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