List of top Civil Engineering Questions asked in Andhra Pradesh Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test

If a clay has an air content of 38%, its degree of saturation is ___
Effective size of a soil is ___
Toughness Index gives a measure of Shear Strength of soil at ___
If a clay deposit undergoes an ultimate consolidation settlement of 45mm under single drainage condition, the ultimate consolidation settlement of the same clay deposit under double drainage condition will be ___
A cohesionless soil having an angle of shearing resistance of \( \phi \) is standing at a slope of angle \( i \). The factor of safety of the slope is
Negative skin friction in a soil is considered when the pile is constructed through
Plastic modulus for a circular section of diameter \( d \) is
Which of the following component has more influence on the mechanical properties of steel?
Plastic analysis must satisfy the following conditions
If the degrees of redundancy for a structure is \( r \), the number of plastic hinges required to convert a stable structure into an unstable mechanism is
As per IS 875, where access is not provided except for maintenance, live load on roofs, while designing a truss, in respect of its plan area is adopted as
Which one of the following statements regarding coefficient of consolidation \( C_v \) is correct
Where do you provide bearing stiffeners?
Which of the following is reversible?
Lateral ties in RC columns are provided to resist ___
Maximum longitudinal reinforcement in columns shall not exceed ___
The profile of the prestressing steel in prestressed concrete member follows
The grade of concrete used for prestressed concrete shall not be less than
Normally, the tensile strength of concrete is aboutof its compressive strength.
In a simply supported reinforced concrete beam, the reinforcement is placed ___\ to the neutral axis.
The section in which concrete is not fully stressed to its maximum permissible value while steel reaches its maximum value, is called ___
In a beam, the transverse reinforcement is provided at ___ to the span of the slab.
The minimum size of the reinforcement bar in RCC column is ___
Maximum reinforcement in an RCC beam of dimension b x d shall not exceed ___
A saturated soil mass has a total density of 22 kN/m\(^3\) and a water content of 10%. What is the dry density of the soil?