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PPSC12E2019

This document contains a collection of multiple choice questions across various topics related to civil engineering, including irrigation, hydrology, surveying, fluid mechanics, railways, pavements, structures, geotechnical engineering, building construction, project management, and general knowledge. There are a total of 98 multiple choice questions listed without answers.

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PPSC12E2019

This document contains a collection of multiple choice questions across various topics related to civil engineering, including irrigation, hydrology, surveying, fluid mechanics, railways, pavements, structures, geotechnical engineering, building construction, project management, and general knowledge. There are a total of 98 multiple choice questions listed without answers.

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Irrigation:
1. Whic is true: “Meander decreases river length”, “Cut-off decreases river length”,
both, none.
2. ____ passing over _____ is syphone aqueduct: canal, drainage.
3. Ground water comes from which zone: saturation.
4. Water logging occurs when: water reaches near ground surface.
5. Water logged soil can be treated by: controlling seepage, extracting excess ground
water, both, none.
6. Purpose of diversion in canal: to raise the water level.

Hydrology:
7. Recession limb of hydrograph depends upon: basin characteristics, storm
characteristics, both, none.
8. Hygrograph measures: humidity.
9. Mass curve is the curve between: commulative flow vs time.
10. Radius of Influence of Well: distance from center of well to point of zero
drawdown.
11. Infiltration depends upon: shape of basin, storm characteristics, weed growth, all.

Survey:
12. For reconnaisance survey, best is: aerial photographs.

Fluid Mechanics:

13. Bernouli’s Equation gives conservation of: energy.


14. Head of water is: Energy per unit weight.
15. Peizometer gives which head: pressure.
16. For sub-critical flow, specific energy increases by: increasing flow depth.
17. Most economical condition for triangular channel is: width = 2 * depth.
18. By increasing altitude, pressure: decreases.
19. Constant discharge throught pipe of varying diamter: steady non-uniform.
20. Upward force on a body submerged in water is determined by: Archemedis
Principle.
21. In a container of liquid, pressure is: directly proportional to depth from top,
inversly proportional to depth from top, directly proportional to area,

Railway & Highway:

22. What happens by not providing sufficient spacing between rails at joints:
Buckling.
23. Fish plates are used for: joining rails with rails.
24. Creep of rail is: longitudinal movement of rails.
25. Sleeper density in rail: increases near the joints.
26. Drain parallel to roadway is: Catchment drain, longitudinal, cross drainage.
27. Gradient at which vehicles move at sufficient speed without tractive effort:
floating gradient.
28. Super-elevation is provided at: Horizontal curve.

Pavement:
29. Bitumen is generally achieved from: Petroleum products.
30. Total width of raod acquired for construction: right of way.
31. Bottom most layer of road: Subgrade.
32. Layer of asphalt applied on already made black road: tack coat.
33. Loss Angeles test is used for: Abrasion value.

Structures:
34. Minimum tension in suspension cable subjected to UDL is: at center.
35. Maximum moment in suspension cable subjected to UDL is: None.
36. Springing line is: Line joining abutments.
37. Shape of suspension cable subjected to own weight is: catenary.
38. By increasing moment of inertia, flexural strength: increases.
39. By increasing depth of section, moment of inertia: increases.
40. For shear reinforcement in case of beam: maximum spacing towards middle.
41. For RCC buidlings, beams are: under-reinforced.
42. Ratio of moment of inertia of rectangular beam about base to about centroidal
axis: 4.
43. For homogenous material: center of gravity and centroid coincide.
44. For T-section, NA may be: web, junction, flange, all of these
45. Moment at free end of cantilever beam is: minium.
46. Co-efficient of friction depends upon: Roughness of material.
47. Split test measures: Tensile strength.
48. Ratio of Es and Ec is: Modular ration.
49. What does retarder do: Increases intitial setting time.
50. Steel used in RCC is: Mild Steel.

Geo-Tech:
51. Moisture content dividing plastic and liquid state: liquid limit.
52. Ratio of weight of water to weight of solids: Moisture content.
53. Maximum dry density is achieved at: Optimum moisture content.
54. Sheep foot ruler is best for: Clayey soils.
55. Removal of air through soil: Compaction.
56. Soil which shows shrienkage and swelling: Clayey soils.
57. Direct shear test is used for: sandy soils.
58. Triaxial apparatus is used for: UU, CU, CD, all.
59. Slope failure occurs: Along curve.
60. Soil deposited adops the slope at: Angle of repose.
61. Which test does not give the bearing capacity: Plate Load Test, SPT, CPT,
Triaxial.
62. By increasign compactive effort: OPC decreases & Max dry density increases,
OPC inccreases & Max dry density deccreases, Both increase, Both decrease.
63. Wall used for supporting embankment: Retaining wall.
64. For retaining wall, resultant of pressure acts at: h/3 from base.
65. In friction piles, friction is present between: pile material and sorrounding soil.
66. Piles resisting load by friction are: friction piles.

Building Construction:
67. DPC is provided at: plinth level.
68. Partition wall is provided for: sound insulation.
69. Ratio of cement and sand for exterior face plastering: 1:4.
70. Glazing of clay objects is done for: asthetics, improving weather resitance,
corrosion resistance, all.
71. For good bricks, water absorption is: 15 or 20.

Managment:
72. Most accurate estimate is: Detailed estimate
73. Which cost is not considered in construction cost: Plant cost, contegencies, both,
none.
74. Least accurate estimate of a project: plinth area, Supplementary.
75. Duration an activity can be delayed without delaying preceeding activity: Free
float.
76. Total value of asset minus depreciation: BV, Market value
77. Critical path network gives: Min time, max time, max resources.
78. In network diagram, free float can be: equal to total float, greater than interfering
float, both, none.

General Knowledge:
79. Plants make food by: Photosynthesis
80. 1 millisecond is: 10-3 seconds.
81. “Brief history of time” is book of: Stephen Hawkings.
82. Governer General that was exiled: Iskandar Mirza.
83. Liaqat-Nehru pact was signed at Dehli in: January 1950.
84. Who killed Mahatma Gandhi: Nathuram Vinayak Godse.
85. Who launched the Dawn: Quaid-e-Azam.
86. Last try to keep sub-contenent unided: Cabinent Mission plan (1946).
87. AFP is news agency of: France.
88. Who invented “Deen-e-Elahi”: Akbar.
89. Command used to show data according to a criterion: Filter.
90. Internet is: Connection of networks.
91. 16A + 16B = 48 then average of A & B: 1.5.
92. A beats B by 7 seconds or 28 meters in 1000 meters race. Time taken by A: 4
minutes 3 seconds.
93. Player in football allowed to drop the kick: Goalkeeper.
94. Mother of all sports: Gymnastics.
95. Synonym of “Perenial”: Ever-lasting.
96. Synonym of “Zealot”: Fanatic.
97. Original name of “Mono Bhai”: Muneer Ahmad Qureshi.
98. Day of “5 Shanba”: Thursday.

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