List of top Questions asked in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test

If cross slope of a country is greater than 60\%, the terrain is classified as
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?
The ductility value of bitumen for suitability in road construction should not be less than
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?
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?
If two foundations, one narrow and another wide, are resting on a bed of sand carrying the same intensity of load per unit area, then which one is likely to fail early?
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
Intermediate vertical stiffeners are provided in plate girders to prevent
As per IS 800 : 2007, the maximum deflection in a beam shall not exceed
As per IS 800-2007, the shear force does not influence the bending moment capacity when the factored design shear force does not exceed the design shear strength by
The main function of lateral ties in a reinforced concrete rectangular column under axial compression is to
In limit state design of concrete structures, the strain distribution is assumed to be
The effective length of a column in a reinforced concrete building frame, as per IS : 456-2000, is independent of the
The loss of stress with time at constant strain in steel is called
It is the kind of concrete to which various fibres of very small diameter (10 to 20 microns) and short lengths (10 to 50mm length) are added to make a concrete. The name of the concrete is
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 18-8 stainless steel indicates the one of the following compositions
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
The shape of the influence line diagram for horizontal thrust in a symmetrical three-hinged parabolic arch is
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
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
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
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
As compared to uniaxial tension or compression, the strain energy stored in bending is only
How many elastic constants will be in a non-homogeneous, non-isotropic material?