Surveying PYQs, GPSC Civil Engineering Previous Year Asked Questions

The main undesirable properties of concrete are:
i) Undergoes shrinkage
ii) Requires careful attention during manufacturing, placing, and curing
iii) Has lower tensile strength
iv) For equal load, cement members are heavier than steel members

White cement is white in colour due to

The function(s) of cleats in a roof truss is/are
i. to prevent the purlins from tilting
ii. to connect purlins with the common rafter
iii. to support the common rafter

In active state of plastic equilibrium in a non cohesive soil with horizontal ground surface

In CPM and PERT methods activities are connected with each other in _____ .

In moment area method the slope of real beam at a section is represented by

The edges formed by the intersection of plane surfaces of brick are called

From civil engineering view point, if a dam is to be placed on a geological fold, which one of the following situations will be the worst?

_____ is a projecting stone which is provided to serve as support for a roof truss, a beam or a weather shed.

In impulse turbine the total energy at inlet is

Spectral resolution means:

For determining the ultimate bearing capacity of soil, the recommended size of a square bearing plate to be used in load plate test should be 30 to 75 cm square with a minimum thickness of

Bishop’s method of stability analysis

Storey drift in any storey shall not exceed ______ times the storey height under the effect of design base shear applied as per IS 1893, 2016.

Grit chambers are provided

In a civil engineering work contract, the purpose of appointing an arbitrator is to

What is the Buckling class for hollow cold formed Sections as per IS:800, 2007?

The design bending strength of laterally unsupported beam is governed by _____ .

Fossils can occur only in

Following statements are made on compacted soils, wherein DS stands for the soils compacted on dry side of optimum moisture content and WS stands for the soils compacted on wet side of optimum moisture content. Identify the incorrect statement.

In plastic analysis of structures, the segment between any two successive plastic hinges is assumed to deform as _____.

Which of the following is not a reagent needed for estimating Oil and Grease present in wastewater?

Benching in a manhole is the

The most common countermeasure used to prevent scour at bridge abutments is

Moment area method is best suitable for finding

_______ is a groove provided on the underside of a coping so that the rain water can be discharged clear of the wall surface

The model and prototype are dynamically similar if both the systems have

Complimentary shear stresses are the shear stresses acting on a set of planes which are

In geological features, the folds bending upwards are known as

Extradosed bridges combine the characteristics of

The Mercator projection system used in atlases uses a

Which of the following order of action is suggested?

The extended aeration process has

When sustained downward seepage forces are acting on the soil and later when seepage stops, soil will become

To determine stability of earth dam slopes immediately after construction the pore pressures are generally estimated using

The main disadvantage of concrete blocks used for masonry as compared to bricks is

Precedence Network Analysis (PNA) method of network analysis better addresses the real life situation in a construction project than CPM because

Importance factor (I) for residential or commercial buildings with occupancy more than 200 persons as per IS:1893 (2016) is

A narrow strip of wood which is nailed over the joints of boards is known as

Analysing and preparation of comparative statement of contractor is done at which step of tendering process?

A typical sequence of following development phases in a construction project is
(P) Plan development,
(Q) Commissioning
(R) Concept analysis
(S) Execution

The quantity of sludge with 95% moisture will be _____ that of 90% moisture for same volume of solids

The size of group – I type coarse graded aggregate is

The factor of safety against sliding should be more than _____ .

What is the value of Maximum effective slenderness ratio (KL/r) for a compression flange of beam against lateral torsional buckling?

Which one of the following statements regarding the cement fineness is NOT correct?

A plan drawn to a scale of 1:4000 was measured by a scale of 1:5000. The %error in the length measured will be:

In Vicat’s apparatus, the cross-sectional area of needle used is _____ , and time to penetrate _____ is used to measure initial setting time of cement.

Pick the incorrect pair :

Keeping the instrument height as 1.5 m, height of staff 4 m, the slope of the ground as 1 in 10, the sight distance on the down-slope must be less than