1. Blue baby disease found in infants is due to excessive ............ in drinking water ?

Nitrates

Carbonates

Sulphates

Colour

Answer: Nitrates

Explanation:


2. A company has proposed to design a weir across a river in alluvial soil. The piezometric head at the bottom of the floor is computed as 10 m. The datum is 3 m below the floor bottom. The assured standing water depth above the floor is 2 m. The specific gravity of floor material is 2.5. The required minimum thickness of the floor is ?

4.2 m

2m

3.3 m

1.5 m

Answer: 2m

Explanation:


3. A line of levels has been run from a bench mark of elevation +125.42 m and ends at another bench mark of elevation +125.45 m. The sum of back sights is 17.58 m and the sum of foresights is 17.61 m. The closing error in the survey work is ?

- 0.06 m

0.03 m

0.06 m

- 0.03 m

Answer: 0.06 m

Explanation:


4. A pressure gauge fitted on the side of a tank filled with liquid reads 50 kPa and 100 kPa at heights of 10 m and 5 m. What is the approximate density of the liquid (in kg/m³)? (take g=10) ?

10

5000

100

1000

Answer: 1000

Explanation:


5. While conducting the softening point test on bitumen, the result is expressed as ?

Flow

Time

Viscosity

Temperature

Answer: Temperature

Explanation:


6. For deformed bars conforming to IS 1786, the design bond stress in limit state method shall be ?

decreased by 20%

increased by 60%

increased by 40%

increased by 20%

Answer: increased by 60%

Explanation: