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

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:
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 effective length of a column in a reinforced concrete building frame, as per IS : 456-2000, is independent of the
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?
For an irrotational flow, the velocity potential lines and the streamlines are always:
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?

The degree of static indeterminacy for the frame shown in the figure is 

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 limit state design of concrete structures, the strain distribution is assumed to 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
The main function of lateral ties in a reinforced concrete rectangular column under axial compression is to
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
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:
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

What will be the unit weight of a fully saturated soil sample having water content of 38% and grain specific gravity of 2.65?

The loss of stress with time at constant strain in steel is called
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?
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
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
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
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
As compared to uniaxial tension or compression, the strain energy stored in bending is only
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