List of top Civil Engineering Questions

Given the following data, determine the final water content \( W_2 \):

Given: - \( W_1 = 18\% \) - \( G_p = 2.74 \) - \( S_1 = 0.65 \) - \( S_2 = 0.852 \) - Find \( W_2 \)

Given the following data for a hydraulic jump, determine the power loss (in kW):

Given: - \( B = 5 \, \text{m} \) - \( Q = 15 \, \text{m}^3/\text{sec} \) - \( y_1 = 0.5 \, \text{m} \) - \( g = 9.81 \, \text{m/s}^2 \) - \( \rho_w = 1000 \, \text{kg/m}^3 \) - \( \alpha = 1.0 \) - Find Power loss in kW

While computing the values of limits of consistency and consistency indices, it is found that liquidity index has negative value. Consider the following comment on this value.
1. Liquidity index cannot have a negative value and should be taken as zero.
2. Liquidity index can have a negative value.
3. The soil tested is in semisolid state and stiff.
4. The soil tested is in medium soft state.
Which of these statements are correct?

A scratch is made on the surface of the brick. In a good brick, no impression will be left on the surface. This process of testing of bricks is called as

The standard penetration resistance value obtained in a deep deposit of sand at a depth of 6.0 m was 28. The unit weight of sand is 18.0 kN/m\(^3\). What is the corrected value of number of blows for overburden pressure?

As per IS 456 : 2000, Limit state of collapse – flexure, the maximum strain in reinforcing bars under tension at failure shall not be less than ……… , where \( f_y \) is the characteristic strength of steel and \( E_s \) is the Modulus of elasticity of steel.

The shape of the influence line diagram for horizontal thrust in a symmetrical three-hinged parabolic arch is

Consider the following statements:
1. Constant head permeameter is best suited for determination of coefficient of permeability of highly impermeable soils.
2. Coefficient of permeability of a soil mass decreases with an increase in viscosity of the pore fluid.
3. Coefficient of permeability of a soil mass increases with an increase in temperature of the fluid.
Of these statements:

The ratio of the maximum deflections of a beam simply supported at its ends with an isolated central load and that of with a uniformly distributed load over its entire length, is

A vertical cut is to be made in saturated clay with \( C = 15 \) kN/m\(^2\), \( \varphi = 0 \), and \( \gamma = 20 \) kN/m\(^3\). What is the theoretical depth to which the clay can be excavated without side collapse?

A thin cylindrical shell of diameter \( d \) and thickness \( t \) is subjected to an internal pressure \( p \). The ratio of longitudinal strain to volumetric strain is

The effective length of a column in a reinforced concrete building frame, as per IS : 456-2000, is independent of the

The main function of lateral ties in a reinforced concrete rectangular column under axial compression is to

If the hinged end of a propped cantilever of span \( L \) settles by an amount \( \delta \), then the rotation of the hinged end will be

An undrained triaxial compression test is carried out on a saturated clay sample under a cell pressure of 50 kN/m². The sample failed at a deviator stress of 100 kN/m². The cohesion of this clay sample would be

In a simply supported beam \( (l + 2a) \) with equal overhangs \( (a) \) and carrying a uniformly distributed load over its entire length, B.M. at the middle point of the beam will be zero if

Consider the following statements:
1. ‘Relative compaction’ is not the same as ‘relative density’.
2. Vibroflotation is not effective in the case of highly cohesive soils.
3. ‘Zero air void line’ and ‘100\% saturation line’ are not identical.
Of these statements:

The vertical deflection at the free end of a quadrantal ring (Radius \( R \) with uniform flexural rigidity \( EI \)) which is fixed at the base and subjected to a vertically downward load \( W \) at the free end is