Question: The devices which are installed for drawing water from the sources are called______________?

• 1. aquifers
• 2. aquiclude
• 3. filters
• 4. intakes

Question: Select the correct statement?

• 1. 5 day BOD is the ultimate BOD
• 2. 5 day BOD is greater than 4 day BOD keeping other conditions same
• 3. 5 day BOD is less than 4 day BOD keeping other conditions same
• 4. BOD does nof depend on time

Question: Which of the following is not the displacement method ?

• 1. Equilibrium method
• 2. Column analogy method
• 3. Moment distribution method
• 4. Kani’s method

Question: If in a rigid-jointed space frame, (6m + r) < 6j, then the frame is_______________?

• 1. unstable
• 2. stable and statically determinate
• 3. stable and statically indeterminate
• 4. none of the above

Question: Effects of shear force and axial force on plastic moment capacity of a structure are respectively to_________________?

• 1. increase and decrease
• 2. increase and increase
• 3. decrease and increase
• 4. decrease and decrease

Question: Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method ?

• 1. moment distribution method
• 2. column analogy method
• 3. three moment equation
• 4. none of the above

Question: The fixed support in a real beam becomes in the conjugate beam a___________________?

• 1. roller support
• 2. hinged support
• 3. fixed support
• 4. free end

Question: A simply supported beam deflects by 5 mm when it is subjected to a concentrated load of 10 kN at its centre. What will be deflection in a 1/10 model of the beam if the model is subjected to a 1 kN load at its centre ?

• 1. 5 mm
• 2. 0.5 mm
• 3. 0.05 mm
• 4. 0.005mm

Question: For a single point load W moving on a symmetrical three hinged parabolic arch of span L, the maximum sagging moment occurs at a distance x from ends. The value of x is__________________?

• 1. 0.211 L
• 2. 0.25 L
• 3. 0.234 L
• 4. 0.5 L

Question: When a load crosses a through type Pratt truss in the direction left to right, the nature of force in any diagonal member in the left half of the span would_______________?

• 1. change from compression to tension
• 2. change from tension to compression
• 3. always be compression
• 4. always be tension