Solution Report For: CE DEMO TEST: Basic Level
Solution Report For: CE DEMO TEST: Basic Level
Report For CE DEMO TEST : Basic Level
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Q.1 The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 years when two of them, whose ages are 20 years and 24
years respectively, are replaced by two women. What is the average age of these women?
a. 36 years
b. 30 years
c. 40 years
d. 42 years
Q.2 Spot the error in the given sentence and mark accordingly.
a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d
Q.3 The wrong number in the series is
11, 5, 20, 12, 40, 26, 74, 54
a. 5
b. 20
c. 40
d. 26
Q.4 Which of the following sentence is grammatically INCORRECT?
a. I prefer staying here than going there now.
b. I prefer to stay here to go there now.
c. I prefer to stay here than go there now.
d. I prefer staying here to going there now.
Q.5
A man can row at a speed of 4.5 km/hr in still water to a certain upstream point and back to the starting
point in a river which flows at 1.5 km/hr. His average speed (in km/hr) for total journey is _____________.
Q.6
The value of k for which the equation 3x2 + 2x (2k2 + 5) + (k2 – 3k + 2) = 0 has roots of opposite signs lies in
the interval.
a. (– ∞, 0)
b. (– ∞, –1)
c. (1, 2)
d.
Q.7
Which of the following is equal to
Q.8 The probability that January of a leap year should have 5 Sundays is
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q.9 A third form of verbalization is exploratory talking. This is talking for talking’s sake, aesthetic talking, or, if
you like, play talking. Just as that other form of informationtransmission, picturemaking, became used as
a medium for aesthetic expression, so did talking. The poet paralleled the painter. Which of the following is
a valid inference from the given paragraph?
a. The poet and the painter work towards disparate goals.
b. Picturemaking was used as a medium for information retrieval.
c. Exploratory talking was more expansive than picturemaking.
d. Both picturemaking and exploratory talking had the same purpose.
Q.10 A polygon has 44 diagonals, then the number of its sides are ________.
Q.11
A catchment area of 150 km2 received 140 cm of rainfall in a year. At the outlet of the catchment, the flow
in the stream draining the catchment was found to have an average rate of
(i) 1.5 m3 /s for the first 3 months
(ii) 2.0 m3 /s for the 6 months and
(iii) 3.5 m3 /s for the remaining 3 months
Afforestation of the catchment reduces the runoff coefficient to 0.35. The new abstraction volume due to
infiltration, evaporation and transpiration for the same annual rainfall of 140 cm is
a. 147.8 Mm3
b. 130.6 Mm3
c. 150.2 Mm3
d. 136.5 Mm3
Q.12 The displacements caused in a beam subjected to a unit load and a unit couple are shown below:
a. δ11 = δ22
b. δ11 = δ12
c. δ21 = –δ12
d. δ21 = δ12
Q.13 The width of expansion joint gap is 3.0 cm in a cement concrete pavement. If the laying temperature is
25°C and the maximum slab temperature in summer is 54°C, then the spacing (in m) between expansion
joints is
(Assume coefficient of thermal expansion, α = 10–5 per °C)
a. 28.5
b. 51.7
c. 57
d. 60
Q.14 Match ListI with ListII and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list.
ListI
A. Stress relaxation in steel
B. Creep in steel
C. Stressstrain diagram for elastoplastic material
D. Stressstrain diagram for perfectly plastic material
a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d
Q.15 Concrete footing for a column of 300 mm × 300 mm is made of M20 concrete and Fe415 steel and the
allowable soil bearing pressure is 360 kN/m2 . The angle α (in degrees) between the plane through the
bottom edge of the footing and the corresponding edge of the column at the interface will be
a. 56.42
b. 54.42
c. 36.37
d. 28.21
Q.16 An aquifer is inclined at 10° to the horizontal as shown in figure. The difference of water levels in two
observation wells at a horizontal distance of 60 m is 5 m. The depth of aquifer normal to the direction of
flow is 2.95 m. The discharge through the aquifer per unit width (in lit./sec/m) is [Take coefficient of
permeability, k = 0.7 mm/sec]
a. 0.169
b. 0.206
c. 0.425
d. 0.820
Q.17 While deriving an expression for loss of head due to a sudden expansion in a pipe, in addition to the
continuity and impulse momentum equations, which one of the following assumption is made?
a. Head loss due to friction is equal to the head loss in eddying motion
b. The mean pressure in eddying fluid is equal to the downstream pressure
c. The mean pressure in eddying fluid is equal to the upstream pressure
d. Head lost in eddies is neglected
Q.18 The highway geometric design speed and the safe speed limit for highways corresponds to
Q.19 A portal frame is shown below. If plastic moment capacity of each member is 100 kNm then load factor
considering the beam mechanism only is
a. 1.22
b. 2.22
c. 3.33
d. 2.5
Q.20 The probability of a 10 cm rain in 1 h, occurring at Bombay, was found to be 1/60. The probability that a 1 h
rain of magnitude 10 cm or larger will occur in Bombay once in 30 successive years is
a. 0.604
b. 0.500
c. 0.396
d. 0.307
Q.21 Forces develop in member AB, for structure shown in the figure below are
a. axial force only
b. shear force and axial force
c. bending moment and axial force
d. axial force, shear force and bending moment
Q.22
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. None of these
Q.23 Find the order (if defined) of the following differential equation
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. Not defined
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Q.24 A flat plate 2 m long and 1.5 m wide is towed at 30 km/hr in water. The drag and the lift coefficients are
found to be 0.20 and 0.60 respectively. The power required to keep the plate in motion is ___________ kW.
Q.25 Sand laying below a masonry dam has a porosity of 40 percent and a specific gravity of 2.67. The
maximum permissible upward gradient is ________________.
(Take factor of safety = 4)
Q.26 A cantilever beam AB as shown in the figure has an extension BCD attached to its free end. A force P acts
at the end of the extension. The ratio a/L so that the vertical deflection at point B will be zero is
___________.
Q.27 A small catchment of area 150 ha received a rainfall of 10.5 cm in 90 minutes due to a storm. At the outlet
of the catchment, the stream draining the catchment was dry before the storm and experiences a runoff
for 10 hours with an average discharge value of 2.0 m3 /sec. The stream was again dry after the runoff
event. The amount of water which was not available to runoff due to combined effect of infiltration,
evaporation and transpiration is ________ × 103 m3 .
Q.28 The Newtonian fluid has the following velocity field:
The rate of shear deformation εyz at the point x = –2, y = –1 and z = 2 for the given flow is ________.
Q.29
A waste water sample contains 10–6.4 m mol/L of OH– ions at 25°C. The pH of this sample is ________.
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Q.30 The ratio of minimum percentage of reinforcement, in case of slabs, when mild steel bars are used to the
minimum percentage of reinforcement when high strength deformed bars are used is ________.
Q.31 The maximum rainfall with return period of 25 years is given below for a watershed having a time of
concentration of 47.65 minutes.
In this watershed, 2.0 km2 has cultivated sandy soil (k = 0.2) and the remaining 3.0 km2 has cultivated
clayey soil (k = 0.7). The peak rate of runoff from the watershed is _________ m3 /s.
Q.32 The in situ void ratio of a granular soil deposit is 0.6. The maximum and minimum void ratios of the soil
were determined to be 0.8 and 0.3, Gs = 2.65. Then the relative compaction of the deposit is
_____________ %.
Q.33 A 25 mL sample of treated wastewater requires 175 mL of Odourfree distilled water to reduce the odour
to a level that is just perceptible. The Threshold Odour Number (TON) for the wastewater sample is
_______.
Q.34 Consider the following matrix:
The rank of the given matrix is _______.
Q.35 A fair coin is tossed three times in succession. If the first toss produces a head, then the probability of
getting exactly two heads in three tosses is __________.
[Take g = 9.81 m/s2 , density of water = 1000 kg/m3 ]
a. 2149.2
b. 3139.2
c. 3439.2
d. 4149.6
Q.37 Consider the three layered soil strata shown in the figure below. The thickness and coefficient of vertical
permeability of each layer is mentioned in the figure.
The total head loss in three layers is
a. 1.52 m
b. 1.23 m
c. 1.18 m
d. 0.87 m
Q.38 A city of population 30000 discharges sewage with dry sludge content of 0.068 kg per capita per day. The
raw sludge is to be digested in a sludge digestion tank. The moisture content and specific gravity of the wet
sludge is 96% and 1.02 respectively.
Volume (in m3 /day) of wet sludge produced is
a. 50
b. 40
c. 35
d. 30
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Q.39 At a point in a material under stress, the intensity of the resultant stress on a certain plane is 50 MPa as
shown in the figure, which is inclined at 30° to the normal of the plane. The radius of Mohr’s circle for the
given set of stresses for the given point is 26.62 units. ( σy < σx ).
The inclination of the resultant stress to the normal stress on another plane at right angle to the previous
plane is
a. 22°
b. 45°
c. 60°
d. 75°
Q.40 The energy loss and Froude number after a hydraulic jump respectively are 9.00 m and 0.12. The initial
depth (in m) of the hydraulic jump in a rectangular channel is
a. 0.031
b. 0.045
c. 0.053
d. 0.035
Q.41
In its natural condition, a soil sample has a mass of 2290 gm and a volume of 1.15 × 10–3 m3 . After being
completely dried in an oven, the mass of the sample is 2035 gm. The value of G for the soil is 2.68.
Match ListI (Property) with ListII (Values) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
ListI ListII
A. Void ratio 1. 0.510
B. Porosity 2. 0.337
C. Degree of saturation 3. 0.657
D. Air content 4. 0.343
a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d
Q.42 A 4 m high reinforced concrete column is effectively held in position at both ends and restrained against
rotation at one end. Its diameter is restricted to 40 cm. If it is required to carry a factored axial load of 1500
kN, then the reinforcement (in mm2 ) required is
[Use M20 mix and Fe415 grade steel].
a. 1830
b. 1734
c. 1680
d. 800
Q.43
A settling basin is designed to have a surface overflow rate of 10,000 litre/hr/m2 . Assuming Stoke’s law is
applicable. Kinematic viscosity of water = 0.9 mm2 /sec, specific gravity of particles = 2.65. The percentage
of spherical suspended particles of diameter 0.04 mm that will be removed from tank is
a. 50.86
b. 53.76
c. 57.56
d. 59.42
Q.44
A cantilever beam is shown in figure below, the slope at B is (clockwise).
Value of β is
a. 0.706
b. 0.607
c. 0.519
d. None of these
Q.45 A sand layer lay over a clay stratum is 5 m in depth, as shown below. The water is 2.5 m below ground level
and the suction capacity of dry sand is known to be zero. The effective stress (in kN/m2 ) on the top of the
clay layer will be
a. 45.36
b. 49.96
c. 53.15
d. None of these
Q.46 If MBA = 10 kNm (clockwise) and MCD = 21 kNm (counter clockwise), then what is the value of ‘P’?
a. 1 kN
b. 5 kN
c. –1 kN
d. –5 kN
Q.47 For the Pitot tube shown below, the stagnation pressure (in kPa) and velocity observed (in m/s) at point A
are respectively
[Take g = 10 m/s2 , instrument coefficient = 0.99, density of water = 1 gm/cc and density of mercury = 13.6
gm/cc]
a. 3.02 and 1.99
b. 3.04 and 1.99
c. 3.02 and 2.01
d. 3.04 and 2.01
Q.48 The ruling gradient of a hill road is 1 in 20. The compensated gradient (in %) after allowing for curve
resistance on a horizontal curve of radius 80 m on the hill road is
a. 2.05
b. 3.63
c. 4.06
d. 4.44
Q.49 Consider the differential equation,
Its complementary function is
a. c1 x + c2 x3
b. c1 x3 + c2 x–1
c. (c1 + c2 x)e3x
d. c1 x + c2 x–3
a. A is nonsingular
b. A ≠ O
c.
d. None of these
Q.51 A partially open sluice gate discharges water into a rectangular channel. The tail water depth in the
channel is 3 m and Froude number is If a free hydraulic jump is to be formed at downstream of the
sluice gate after the vena contracta of the jet coming out from the sluice gate, the sluice gate opening
should be ___________ m.
[Take coefficient of contraction, Cc = 0.9]
Q.52 The depth of neutral axis for a doubly reinforced beam is 20 cm. The compression steel is placed at 40 mm
below the top most compression edge. The maximum compressive stress in concrete is 5 N/mm2 and m =
13. The stress in compression steel is ____________N/mm2 .
Q.53
A soil has a field capacity of 25%, permanent wilting point of 15% and specific weight of 14.7 kN/m3 . If the
root zone depth of the grown crop is 90 cm, then its available moisture holding capacity is
_______________ cm.
Q.54 A pipe of diameter 1.5 m is required to transport an oil of relative density 0.9 and kinematic viscosity = 3 ×
model the above flow, then the discharge in the model is ______ m3 /s.
The maximum value of B.M. occurring anywhere on the beam is _________ kNm.
Q.57 The following data pertains to the number of commercial vehicles per day for the design of a flexible
pavement for a national highway as per IRC:371984:
Assuming a traffic growth factor of 8% per annum for both the types of vehicles, the cumulative number of
standard axle load repetitions for a design life of ten years is _________msa.
Q.58 While talking, sound pressure of Man A’s voice is twice that of Man B’s voice. If the value of sound
pressure level of Man A’s voice is 80 dB, then the value of sound pressure level of Man B’s voice is
_________ dB.
Q.59 A group of 9 piles, 20 m long is used as foundation for a bridge pier as shown below. The diameter of piles
are 300 mm. The unconfined compressive strength of medium stiff clay and stiff clay are 200 kPa and 250
kPa, respectively. If the group of pile can carry a load of 3800 kN after considering a safety factor of 3,
then the efficiency for the pile group is ___________%.
[Take adhesion factor = 0.6 and NC = 9 for clays]
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Q.60 A RC short column of size 500 mm × 600 mm having effective length of 3.6 m is to be designed using limit
state method to support an axial service load of 2500 kN using M20 grade concrete and Fe415 grade
Q.61
A trapezoidal channel is to be designed to convey 50 m3 /s of water at a velocity of 2.0 m/s. The bed width to
depth ratio is to be 8.0 and the side slopes are to be 1 horizontal : 1 vertical. It will be lined with a material
whose n = 0.02. The slope of the channel is ________ × 10–3 .
Q.62 Consider the cable arrangement as shown in the figure. Cable can support a maximum tension of 75 kN.
The largest load P that can be applied is __________ kN.
Q.63 Reciprocal levels were taken with a dumpy level and following observations were recorded
R.L. of station A is known to be 626.155 m.
The error in line of collimation is _________ m.
Q.64
The value of
[Take π = 3.14]
Q.65 The number of 5 letter words that use letters from the 3 letter set {a, b, c} in which each letter occurs at
least once are _____________.