List of top Civil Engineering Questions

Heating of solid wastes in an oxygen free atmosphere is called
The hydraulic mean radius of a circular sewer of diameter \(D\) is given by
Separation of solid wastes of different densities is done by
What type of dam is constructed using the hydraulic fill method?
Which kind of light energy is effectively absorbed by \(\mathrm{CO_2}\) in the lower boundary of the Troposphere?
What type of canal is aligned along the natural watershed line?
Total area of land in the irrigation boundary of a project (including the zones which can be cultivated and which cannot be cultivated) is known as
Flow over a spillway of a dam is to be treated as
The technical term used to relate the volume of water and the area of crop it matures is
Hydraulic jump is
Pressure inside the casing of an impulse turbine is
The ratio of the weight of water consumed from various sources by a plant in order to produce one unit weight of plant above the root zone is called
Quick sand condition occurs when
The earth pressure distribution on braced sheeting is based on
What is the value of the included angle between two adjacent sides of the absolute best hydraulic trapezoidal open channel?
The failure of the bottom of a deep excavation in sand due to the lowering of the water level inside relative to the outside is due to the phenomenon of
What is the non-dimensional number that results when the ratio of inertia force to gravity force is considered?
The type of flow, if \(\dfrac{\partial v}{\partial s}=0\), is
A clay deposit suffers a total settlement of \(4\,\mathrm{cm}\) with one-way drainage. With two-way drainage, it suffers a total settlement of
The best method for compaction of cohesion-less soils is
The shear strength for a structural clay from the unconfined compression test is
During CBR test, the load sustained by a re-moulded soil specimen at \(5\,\mathrm{mm}\) penetration is \(50\,\mathrm{kg}\). The CBR value of the soil will be
When a retaining wall moves away from the backfill, the pressure exerted on the wall is termed as
The critical hydraulic gradient \(i_c\) for a soil with a grain specific gravity \(G\) and a void ratio \(e\) is given by
Textural classifications are merely based on