GPSC Civil Engineering Previous Year Asked Questions

How many points of contraflexure are present in the portal frame supported by fixed support at both the ends and subjected to only horizontal UDL on entire length of one vertical face?

A beam with uniform strength refers to which of the following?

A good staircase should preferably have the maximum and minimum pitch respectively as

_______ occurs in steep slopes when the soil mass above the base of the slope and below the base of the slope is homogeneous:

Which one of the following is not a factor considered for calculating the net effective area of a tension member?

Which of the following is primarily responsible for the corrosion resistance of stainless steel?

A rigid footing is resting on the surface of a cohesive soil. Select the statement which is represents the soil pressure distribution below the footing:

In combined stress theory, kern of a section is that area of the cross-section whereupon loading there will be no tension anywhere in the cross-section. So, the kern of an I-section is

How is a truss, which undergoes rigid body translation for an arbitrary load, classified as?

The purpose of recarbonation after lime-soda process of water softening is

A strut is a structural member subjected to

For resisting torsion, the most ideal steel section from the following is

Sulphate attack over a building material is caused by salts of

Consider the following parameters related to fluid flow:
(i) Vorticity
(ii) Velocity potential
(iii) Stream Function
Which of these parameters exit both in rotational and irrotational flows

Design compressive stress in concrete, for collapse in flexure, is taken as

The fasteners in gusseted base plate are designed for

Considerable loss of shear strength due to shock or disturbance is exhibited by

Reciprocating pumps are suitable for

Economic saving of time results by crashing

Riprap is provided to

Weber number can be best connected to which of the following

Free ammonia in water indicates

The main function of a sand column to

The hole diameter in base plates shall not exceed the anchor bolt diameter by more than

If Reynold's number is less than 1, then

Torsion resisting capacity of a Reinforced Concrete section

Optimal flight planning for a photogrammetric survey should be carried out considering

In Soda-lime process of water softening,

Transverse shear applied to a beam normally results in

Direct Design Method can be used to design a rectangular RCC flat slab, only if the ratio of the longer span to the shorter span within a panel

As per IS Code of practice for brickworks, a bed joint shall not be thicker than

Which of the following coagulant is singularly effective in producing sludge for the activated sludge process

The purpose of providing cavity wall is
(i) to prevent dampness
(ii) heat insulation
(iii) sound insulation

A cantilever beam of T cross-section carries uniformly distributed load. Where does the maximum magnitude of bending stress occur?

Bessel’s method is associated with

Which of the following types of structures can be analysed by Kani’s Method?
(i) Gable Frame
(ii) Plane Truss
(iii) Braced Frame

Shielding glass consists high content of

In plastic method of analysis, the value of yield stress of the grade of steel shall not exceed.

Acidic soils are reclaimed by

Normal Stresses on two perpendicular planes are +120 MPa and +60 MPa respectively. The element is also subjected to shear stress of 40 MPa. Maximum Shear Stress at a point is

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true
(i) Liquidity index is also known as Water-Plasticity ratio
(ii) Sum of Liquidity index and Consistency index is always equal to 100%

Boundary layer thickness is the distance from the surface of the solid body in the direction perpendicular to flow where the velocity of fluid is equal to

A simple supported steel I beam is replaced by a C-channel made with aluminum. Both sections have similar moment of inertia and are subjected to same loading. The following will remain true,

Which of the following component of the Oil Paint bring down its overall cost, reduce the weight and increase the durability?

Of the following four bars of same material and same length, which one will have minimum elongation?

The error due to bad ranging is

The transverse members of the scaffolding, placed at the right angle to the walls with one end supported on the ledger and another end on the wall, are known as

Mean precipitation over an area is best obtained using

Surkhi is added to lime mortar to

The maximum slenderness ratio for a load bearing is