List of top Civil Engineering Questions asked in Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test

The pressure drop of water flowing through a pipe between two points is measured by using a vertical U-tube manometer. The manometer uses a liquid of density \( 2000 \) kg/m³. The difference in height of the liquid column in two limbs is \( 10 \) cm. The pressure drop between the two points is:
Transmissibility of a confined aquifer having its thickness 15 m and permeability \( 8 \times 10^{-4} \) m/s is given by:
The hydraulic jump in a stilling basin was found to be 10 cm in a model with \( \frac{I_p}{I_m} = 36 \). The prototype jump height would be
In Instrumental Landing System, the middle markers are located
The limiting value of cant excess for Broad Gauge is
Water having a kinematic viscosity of 0.01 stoke flows at a velocity of 2 m/s in a pipe of 15 cm diameter. For dynamic similarity, the velocity of oil of kinematic viscosity 0.03 stoke in a pipe of the same diameter will be
An isochrone is a line on the basin map joining the points
A square plate of section 30 cm \(\times\) 30 cm and length 10 m penetrates a deposit of clay having \( C = 5 \) kN/m\(^2\) and the mobilizing factor \( m = 0.8 \). What is the load carried by the pile by skin friction only?
During a sampling operation, the drive sampler is advanced 600 mm and the length of the sample recovered is 525 mm. What is the recovery ratio of the sample?
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
If cross slope of a country is greater than 60\%, the terrain is classified as
The Standard percentile value taken for fixing the variability of human characteristics is
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?
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?
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 loss of stress with time at constant strain in steel is called
The effective length of a column in a reinforced concrete building frame, as per IS : 456-2000, is independent of the
In limit state design of concrete structures, the strain distribution is assumed to be
The main function of lateral ties in a reinforced concrete rectangular column under axial compression is to
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