 What are the most commonly used grades of steel?

Ans. Grade 40 and Grade 60

 What does Grade 40 mean?

Ans. It means yield strength in thousand psi so Grade 40 meanns 40,000 psi strength.

 Which of them is stronger Grade 40 or 60?

Ans. Grade 40 = 40,000psi

Grade 60 = 60,000 psi, so Grade 60 steel is stronger.

 What do you understand by concrete ratio 1:2:4? Find quantity of each material if
cement is 10 cum?

 Why flexible pavement is called flexible?

Ans. Flexible pavement is called flexible because compaction is achieved by water is that is
removed there will be no binding while in rigid pavement cement binds the material aggregates
together.

 What is the first step that you’ll do if you want to make a road through jungle?

Ans. The first step is preliminary survey called topographical survey to find the details of
ground, its slopes. It is similar to a picture of the area.

 Why clearing and grubbing is done?

Ans. If small weeds and roots are present then after some time roots will decay and road will
settle from that area resulting in the formation of pits.

 What is LAA value?

Ans. LAA is Los Angeles Abrasion value. Practically it means under pounding action how much
powder is produced say if an aggregate is 2 inch thick then after a certain period how much of
it will be left.

 What are type of contract?

Ans. a) Lump sump b) Percentage of total cost of project c) unit rate

1. What is liquidated damage?

Ans. In simple words if the contractor is unable to complete the task then after each day I start
charging him some amount until I can bear the loss say liquidated damage cost is 1% of the
project cost. When it exceeds this cost I either terminate the project with the contractor or hire
another contractor, I’ll pay the second contractor after deduction of money from the first
contractor.

 What is extension time?

 What is bar bending schedule?

 What is yield point?

 Draw elastic curve of steel.

 Draw load distribution diagram of load on road layers.

 Any idea about the thickness of sub-base and base layer?

 What is the thickness of surfacing of road?

Ans. 2 inch to 3 inch and maximum 4 inch.

 How much percentage of dry density is given in roads?

Ans. 95-98%

 How to perform soil compaction test?

  How to perform aggregate compaction test?

 In road formation which layer should have highest strength?

Ans. Surfacing

 What is the factor to convert from MPa to psi?

Ans. 1450

 What are types of steel based on physical properties?

Ans. Forged and torque steel. In forged steel there are rings and in torque steel there are spirals.
Torque steel is deformed steel.

 What do you mean by elastic limit of stress strain diagram? Which law does it
follow?

Ans. In elastic portion stress is proportional to strain. It obeys Hooke’s law.

 Draw the layers of road surface.

 What are types of foundations?

Ans. Shallow and deep foundations

 Name some type of footings.

Ans. Isolated, combined, raft footings etc.

What type of test should perform for Concrete Work:

1.Setting time of cement

2.Compressive strength of cement

3.Gradation of Coarse aggregates.

4.FM of fine aggregates.

5.Water absorption of coarse aggregates

6.Loss angels abrasion test

7.Concrete cylinder casting & testing

What type of test should perform for M.S High strength deform bar

1.Tensile strength,Elongation and unit wt.

What type of test should be perform for Brick work:

1.Setting time of cement

2.Compressive strength of cement

3.FM of fine aggregates

4.Compressive strength of brick

5.Water absorption of brick

6.Efflorescence of brick.
1 cum cement=how much bag?

answer:30 bags.

1cum =how much brick?

answer=500 nos

1bag cement= volume ?

0.0347 cum cement.

What is the volume of per bag cement?

Answer:1.25 cubic ft

what is the weight of per bag cement?

Answer:50kg or 112pb

How much water absorb of a brick if the brick take rest for 24 hours in under neath the water?

answer:1/5or1/6 of the brick wt.

what is the measurement of a brick?

answer:9.5in*4.5in*2.75in(without mortar)

answer:10in*5in*3in(with mortar)

1. Introduce Yourself

2. What is Fly levelling and what is its field Check ?

3. What is Hydraulic Mean Depth?

 4. There is cube of 12x12x12. How many cubes you can obtain from it if the cross sectional
dimensions are 3 ?

5. Redundant member in truss!, Its 2 functions ?

6. 6. SCADA abbreviation ?

7. Where is golden gate bridge ?

8. How would you tackle bending moment in truss ?

9. What is the BOD of drinking water ?

10. Pipe Testing ?

11. Invert level and determination ?

12. Min Earth Cover ?

13. Slenderness ratio ?

By Naqi Irtaza

1. Introduce yourself

2. Tell us functions of WASA in single sentence.

3. Future plans of WASA

4. Minimum self-cleansing velocity and its value in FPS.

5. Hazen William formula is used for?

6. Main source of water in Lahore

7. Name any four wonders of world.

8. What is the rehabilitation techniques used for leaning tower of Pisa?

9. At what angle the Pisa tower is leaned?

10. Tell us something about irrigation system of Pakistan

11. Effects of Indus basic treaty on irrigation system of Pakistan

12. SCADA stands for?

13. How will you calculate surface run off?

14. Which material is widely used for sewer pipes worldwide?

15. Qasur city is famous for?

16. What do you understand by term “Residual chlorine” and how will you identify it in
water?

17. WHO recommendations for chlorination of water.

18. Current governor of Punjab province

19. Name some countries which are near north pole

20. What is planimeter and for what purpose it is used for?

21. Name of book written by Famous author “Steel”

22. Hydraulic mean depth

23. Typical formulae used to calculate stiffness of bracing members in case of steel structures

24. How many water treatment plants are working in Pakistan?

25. Difference between rapid sand filter and slow sand filter?
 26. Which one is best a rapid sand filter or a slow sand filter?

By Aliyan Sayad

1. What are the dimensions of a standard brick ?

2. How much water is absorbed by the first class brick by weight?

3. What is the crushing strength of a brick ?

4. Tell about the weight of first class brick ?

5. What will the crushing strength of concrete mix 1:2:4 ?

6. Types of walls with the point of view of structure ?

By Muddassar Hussain Minhass

1. How the tensile strength of concrete is determined and what is the relation between
tensile and compressive strength of concrete?

2. Define Column and what are the types of the columns w.r.t slenderness ratio?

3. Define Line of collimation and bench marks?

4. What is Contour equivalent?

5. Which section among hollow and solid circular section will have more moment of inertia
and why?

6. Parameters for design of water supply system?

7. What are the unaccounted losses?

8. How the water distribution systems are designed?

 9. What are the functions of WASA?

10. Dry and wet volume conversion?

11. Cement required for 1:2:4 mix design ?

12. Define slenderness ratio?

13. What will be the first step for deciding the design criteria for the Sewer or Water Supply
design?

1)uniformty of cofficient

2)mass of water in voids to mass of solids

3)for well graded soils a)trend is linear b)gap graded c)contains wide range of particle sizes d)Cu
is less than 4

4)test condition when there is no drainage at all stages of triaxial test UU,CU,CD

5)Flat dilatometer is used for a)penetration b)consistancy and relative density c)a n b d)none

6)pile supported at hard strata called

7)test used for expansive soils is??

8)soils which pand in vol on wetting and shrink consideably on drying are called

9)density and water content are calculated insitu by ????

10)20psi water pressure is equal to how much height ??

11)Shear strength od soft soil is find out insitu by which method?

12) if shear plane is above toe then failure is called (slope failure,toe,base)

13)coefficient of active earth pressure is 1-sin@/1+sin@

14)effect of pore water pressure (vol increase frictional resistance decrease,vol increase frictional
resistance increase,both decrease,none)

15)odeometer is used for ???

16)minimum steel in column ??

17)minimum temp and shrinkage steel for 60 grade

18)minimum cover for exposed concrete

19)max negative momemt will be at for continueus beam

20)max positive moment for 3 continueous beams will be at

21)section modulous equal to???

22)swere earthquake zone is z1 z3 2A 2B

23)special moment resistance frame for Z1 Z3 2A 2B

24)ratio of height to least linear dimention exceeding 3 callad beam,column,slab,padestral

25)max moment in punching shear will be at d,d/2,d/4

26max shear and moment in cantiliver will be at

27)shear diagram for cantiliver having UDL will be ???

28)curing is used for prevents concrete properties,avoid shrinkage,avaid evaporation ,all

29)slimp test is used for (workbility,soundness,bla bla)

30)D/B=1 then foundation is called ???

31)plate load test is used for (modulous of elasticity,bearing capasity,resistance)

31)ratio of load and settlement is called(modulous of subgrade,consolidation.elasticity)

32)lowest part of flexible pavemnet is???

33)for soil we can peform whivh tests on undisturbed samples

(CBR,TRIAXIAL,UNCONFINED Compaction ,all)

34)max superelevation in hilly areas (5,7,10,none)

35)breaking ability of driver depends on (break reaction time,peception time,breaks efficiency

and resistance bw tire AND ROAD,ALL)

36)ARRANGEMENT FOR CHANGE OF TRAIN FROM ONE TRACK TO ANOTHER

TRACK CALLED???

37)MOST EFFECTIVE SECTION IS

SEMICIRCULAR,RIAHGULAR.RACTANGULAR,TRAPAZOIDAL)

38)MAX VELOCITY OF FLUID IN PIPE WILL BE AT??

39)HEAD LOSS IN PIPES CAN BE CALCULATED USING WHICH FORMULA

40)SURGE TANK IS PROVIDED TO AVOID???

41)VAPOUR PRESSURE IS FUNCTION OF???

42)CRITICAL DEPTH OF FLOW IN TERMS OF CRITICAL ENERGY???

43)ARTIFICIAL APPLICATION OF WATER IN LANDS CALLED??

44)BARRAGE IS PROVIDED TO DIVERT WATER TO CANAL,INCREASE SUPPLY

LEVEL,SILT CONTROL.ALL
45)DEVICE FOR SILT CONTROL IN CANALS IS SILT EXCLUDER,SILR
EXTRACTOR,DIVIDE WALLS

46)MAX UPLIFT PRESSURE WILL BE AT UPSTREM PAKKA FLOOR,D/S PAKKA

FLOOR,AT MID

47)WHAT HAPPENS IF PILE LENGTH IS INREASED BELOW APRON

48)HYDROLIC RADIOUS OF CIRCULAR SECTION IS???

49)CANAL BELOW,DRAINAGE UP,,,STRUCTURE IS CALLED??

49)CANAL VS RIVER ROAD,DRAIN RAILWAYY WE PROVIDE(CROSS DRAINAGE

WORK,AQUDUCK,SYPHON,SUPER PASSEGE,ALL)

50)RETURN PERIOD OF FLOOD IN PUNJAB(10,100,1000,MFL)

51)UNLINED CANALS OF PUNJAB ARE DESIGNED USING WHICH FORMULA

52)EVAPORATION,TRANSPIRATION,PRESIPITATION INFILTRATION CALLED

HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE??

53)METREOLOGICAL FACTORS FOR AIRPORT DESIGN(AIR DENSITYN AIR

DIRECTION,ATMOSPHERE PRESSURE,ALL)

54)DUMMY ACTIVITY IS ONE(DOTTED LINE,ARTIFICIAL ACTIVITY,ALL)

55)PERT DEPENDS ON

56)AERATION IS USED TO REMOVE (ODOR,BECTERIA,BLA BLA 😛 )

57)PPM MEANS

58)BOD GIVES US>????

59)WHICH COAGULANT IS USED???

60)WATER SCHEME IS DESIGNED ON (PEAK,AVG,MAX DAILY DEMAND, ALL)

61)HOOKS LAW IS DEFINED AS

62)STRESS IS PROPORYIONAL TO STRAIN WITHIN ELASTIC LIMITS

63)MOST RELIABLE ESTIMATE IS ???

64)CRITCAL PATH METHOD USES (MAX TIME,MIN TIME, MIN COST)

65)WEIGHT IS 60N AND ITS WEIHT IN WATER IZ 20N SO SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS???

66)fRAUDS NUMBER IS FUNCTION OF

67)RATIO OF INERTIA TO VISCOUS FORCES

68)CANTILIVER RETAINING WALLSS K LYA FAILURE CRITERIA.SLIDING

OVERTURNING,BASE SHEAR, ALL

69)DAM WHICH DEPENDS ON ITS WEIGHT FOR STABILITY CALLED

70)M.C IS EQUAL TO

71)QUANTITY OF WASTE IN EFFLUENT (80,40,120 MG/LTR)

1). Tensile strength of good quality bricks. (100psi).

2). What is scouring depth & its formula?

3). What is superelevation & it formula?

4). Slab is designed for shear? (No, in slabs dsn shear check is always ok we dont provide any
shear reinforcement in slabs as we provide in beams & columns).

5). Can we use mild steel plates instead of round steel bars?
6). Concrete can take how much tensile strength? (15%).

7). Why we use high strength concrete in prestressed members? (Because we produce high
compressive stresses & concrete should be hard enough to take care these stresses).

8). Steel can take how much compressive & tensile stresses? (it is strong both in tension &
compression).

9). Types of outlet with names?

10). What is level of service? In whole day it will remain same or will change?

11). How can we make concrete with constant strength with high w/c ratio without use of
plasticizer?

12). What is the purpose of bearing pads? (to absorb the shocks of impact loading)

13). What is fish ladder? it is installed at u/s or d/s of river?

14). Draw BMD for different beams?

15). Write names of different components of barrage?

16). Tell me new techniques which are being used for piling?

17). Precast girders ko chamber k liye dsn krte h?

18). In the upcoming elections u r going to vote which party?

What is hydraulic jump? Where is it formed?

Ans. When flow goes from supercritical to subcritical hydraulic jump is formed. It is used as
energy dissipater in many structures including dams, barrages etc.
What is the ideal position of formation of hydraulic jump?

Ans. Lower third portion of glacis and the ideal position is its formation on the toe.

What is fish ladder?

Ans. It is a structure built to facilitate the movement of fish from upstream to downstream and
vice versa.

What should be depth of slab for deflection control?

Who was father of Muhammad bin Qasim?

Ans. Qasim

What do you know about Ganga Ram Hospital?

Ans. Ganga Ram Hospital is situated in Lahore named after the civil engineer Sir Ganga Ram
who built it.

What is fineness modulus?

Ans. (Cumulative percentage retained on sieve no. 100)/100

What are different types of crush?

Ans. Angular, flaky, elongated and rounded.

Which crush is used in road?

What is grain size distribution and how is it done?

Ans. Through sieve analysis

What is setting time? How much time is needed to set the cement?

Why is curing done?

1. What happens to Load at yielding ?

2. What is Critical Path in Ms-Project ?

3. where will be the reinforcement of slab placed when there is an inverted beam and the
bottom of the beam and slab are at same level ?

4. What is Passive earth pressure ?

5. Which condition will prevail for the design of a swimming pool ? when th e pool is empty or
when it is filled ?

6. What will be the effect of over reinforcement ?

7. What is Planning ?

8. What is the comprevsive strength of Brick ?

9. What is the water absorption of first class brick ?

10. Why we provide steel in Concrete ?

11. Define Shear Force and in a structure subjected to gravity loads where will be the shear force
?

12. Which are the Steel tests ?

13. Which are the concrete Tests?

14. Initial & final setting time of concrete?

15. Brick strength is more or concrete block?

16. Why in Pakistan Bricks are used so much?

17. In a cantilever …where will the steel be provided and why?

18. What is Plinth Level and Sill Level?

19. How many bricks are there in 100cft?

20. 28 days compressive strength of concrete in PSI?

21. What is slump Test?

22. How can u check the diameter of steel after the construction?

23. What is specific gravity?

24. How cracks in concrete can be avoided?

25. Types Of DPC and its Thickness used?

26. 28 Days Strength of Concrete (1:2:4)?

27. Strength of brick?

28. what is Brest Wall?

29. what is Brick crushing strength(PSI)?

30. what is Bearing Capacity,How to determine it?

31. How much is the curing time period?

32. How many types of slabs are there & how to design it?

33. How many are the types of joints?

34. Why joints are provided?

35. How many bricks are there in 100cft?

36. Types Of DPC and its Thickness used?

37. How many bricks are there in 100 cft?

38. Which are the Steel tests ?

39. How much is the cover for slab?

40. “Interview Questions for MSc-Structures”

41. What is Packing Factor ?

42. Forces in a Shear Wall are in plane or out of plane ?

43. What is fineness modulus ? and its sieve # ?

44. What is Base Shear ?

45. What is Time period of a building and its relation with frequency ?
46. There are two buildings one taller and one shorter whose time period will be grater and
similarly the frequency ?

47. Workability ?

48. Sulphate Resisting Cement ?

49. Special thing in designing a overhead reservoir ? which is different from an ordinary design

50. Maximum %age of Steel in columns and beams ?

51. how many cft in one cement bag?

52. what are 5’c and 5’m in project management?

53. Types of foundation?

54. Bearing Capacity of Lahore soil?

55. Why we perform compaction ?

56. Dimentions of Foundation are calculated on basis of ??

57. Density of steel in lb/inch^3?

58. Dimentions of Standard Brick?

59. Slump Value ?

60. forces in truss ?

61. what are Building standards ?

62. If every other thing remains constant (including load) then Strain will be higher in ? Grade
60 or Grade 40 ?
Panel = 1 from irrigation department, 1 from ppsc member, 2 from UET teachers (in my case these were
Sir Rashid and Sir Ammad)
Questions…….

From member

1) Introduce ur self from the very begining… (i told i hv been working with a design consultantin this
intro)

From sir ammad…

2) Have you heard abt nandi pur project?? What is active generation capacity of this project? How
power is generated there?

3) Mangla and Terbela are under which department?

4) So u r working with a design consultant?? tell us ur duties there?

5) Ok. so in 220 KVA grid station, what type of foundations are there?

6) How piles are designed? design philosophy.

Then sir Rashid…..

7) how you are relating to over turing with design of pile?

8) types of foundations?

9) what is floating foundation?

10) types of slabs?

11) punching shear check?

12) methods to control punching shear check?

13) according to ACI, min and maximum reinforcement in columns?

14) when to design waffle slab and when to design flat plate and when to design flat slab etc?

From irrigation member…

15) Draw a typical section of distributery with 50 cusec discharge?

16) if 1 cusec flows for 1 day gives 2 acre-ft. What is volume if 1 cusec flows for 1 hour.

17) What is difference between wear and barrage.

18) what is undersluices?

From Sir Ammad….

19) Do you know the full name of irrigation department?

from member….
20) Under what law of pakistan, irrigation department comes?

From other candidates…

1) What is floor beams and what is stringer?

2) what type of bridge is suitable for 3 m span what is for 10 m span?

and some other questions too related to bridges.

1) The minimum water content at which soil is still in liquid state

2) In pert the optimistic time is

3) Dengue weather is best controlled in which whether

4) Discharge is 80,000 cusecs and area is 1000 acres then duty will be

5) Odour of water is removed by

6) Free board is actually

7) Gantt charts are used for

8) Meandering depends on

9) Relation between G, S and e is

10) To check the strength of sub grade

11) Formula of uniformity coefficient

12) Flexible pavements are designed by

13) The maximum water content at which no reduction in volume

14) Irrigation used to lift water by gravity

15) Irrigation used in Pakistan

16) The main purpose of irrigation in Pakistan is to

17) Water courses emerge from

18) The purpose of side slope in embankment is to

19) Time consumed by activity in cpm is called

20) Marshall test method is used for

21) The purpose of grader in road construction

22) ECP in Project management is used for

23) If 28 days required concrete strength is 100 MPA then its strength after 7 days will be

24) Minimum strength for Prestressed concrete is

25) BOD stands for

26) Slump Test is used to measure

27) The consumptive use of irrigation is calculated by

28) Best formula used for the design of lined canals is

29) True meridian is actually

30) Error in leveling may be due to

31) Losses in water supply are usually

32) Most expensive part during water supply is

33) Yield capacity of well increases with

34) Ratio between long chord of curve to tangent length

35) Four wheel drive is actually

36) The formula which also gives relation about hydraulic radius

37) Bore hole diameter is………….the diameter of well

38) ‘N’ value in SPT gives information about

39) In flexible pavement load is transferred ultimately to

40) Minimum cover for steel against corrosion

41) A rectangular channel is said to be wide if

42) Self cleansing velocity is maintained in sewer by

43) The roller used for A-6 soil is

44) How can we increase workability of concrete without using moisture content

45) A channel which neither silts nor scours is in

46) The best soil to be used for sub grade is

47) During concrete production in hot weather more than 33 C what will we do

48) Coefficient of creep length

49) Inverted filter should be how many times to that of depth of sheet pile…..

50) If there is hydraulic jump then we will check for its

51) Shrouding material normally used is

52) Deck slab, girder and pier are the part of

53) Mangla and Tarbela are

54) Concrete gravity dam is

55) The irrigation system of Pakistan was established in

56) Concrete to be transferred under water level

57) A soil which has equal porosity in all directions is

58) The foundation to be used in water when there is pressure from soil debris, flowing water

59) Lacey silt factor to be used in Upar Bari Doab

60) A well has 30% porosity then its yield will be

61) The sewer which transferred sewage to ultimate disposal point or for treatment is

62) The curve used to change from straight to circular curve is

63) Irrigated water should have PH between

64) If the canal is above the natural drainage then cross drainage structure provided is

65) Effective span of simply supported beam is actually

66) Soil passing will be coarse if the passing and retained respectively is

67) Ratio of lateral strain to linear strain is

68) Inundation canals can be converted to perennial canal by

69) A motorway is

70) To minimize absorption losses canal should irrigate on

71) An eccentric load will induce ……..

72) Cement used when there is enormous heat of hydration …….

73) If wetted perimeter is large, more will be

74) Isohyets are

75) The yield of well will be decreased if

76) Yield of well increase with

77) The presence of which make the sulphate attack resistance limited in cement

78) Best Canal linning material in “THAR DESERT” is

79) Question about depth of T-beam

80) Question about unit hydrograph

81) Question about coordinates required during road construction

82) Question about bottom of well

83) Question about stress strain diagram of a material

1) Where do you live ?

2) From where did you do your graduation?

3) Do you think any other field better than engineering?

4) Why do you think UET is best for Civil Engineering?

5) What is the meaning of Suo-Moto?

6) Do you think CJP is doing right by taking too much Suo-Moto?

7) NS is saying that CJP is taking someone’s dictation and a biased action is being taken against elected
PM. How do you see this statement?

What are the issues of Pakistan ?

9) How do you see the Future of Pakistan ?

From Teacher 1 (Dr. Ashiq)

10) What do you know about Water-Logging?

11) What are the causes of water-logging?

12) How can you reclaim the water-logged land?

13) What do you know about salinity & how can you deal with this issue?

14) What are the duties of SDO?

15) How will you use the authorities of canal magistrate?

From Teacher 2 (Engr. Jamal-ur-Rehman)

16) What are the unit weight of PCC & RCC ?

17) What is M.S.L & ( I don’t remember accurately)

From member of Irrigation Department

18) Which type of structure does canal have maximum in number?

19) Name the types of outlets?

20) Name the types of Non-Modular type outlets?

21) Define the working of Flexible-Module outlet?

22) A.P.M falls in which category of types of outlet?

23) Define Sensitivity?

24) Define Flexibility?

25) Define Modular Ratio?

26) What is the modular head of A.P.M ?