List of top Civil Structural and Transport Engineering Questions

The velocity distribution of a viscous liquid ($\mu = 0.9 \text{ N-s/m}^2$) over a fixed boundary is given by $u = 0.68y - y^2$, in which $u$ is the velocity in m/s at a distance $y$ meters above the boundary surface. Determine the shear stress at the surface.
Find the delta ($\Delta$) for a crop if the duty for a base period of 110 days is 1400 hectares/cumec.
Temporary hardness of water is mainly due to the presence of :
The load carrying capacity of a column designed by working stress method is 1000 kN. The ultimate collapse load of the column is:
What is the stiffness matrix for the beam shown in the figure (fixed at one end, guided roller at the other)?
A simply supported prestressed concrete beam of span 30 m. The initial stress is 1000 MPa. The slip in the jack during tensioning has been 3 mm. If $E_s = 200$ GPa, the loss of prestress due to anchorage is:
In a single degree of freedom undamped spring-mass system, an additional damper is added in parallel such that the system remains underdamped. Which one of the following statements is always true?
The point on an extended massive object attached to a pivot where a perpendicular impact will produce no reactive shock at the pivot is known as:
Shake 2000 software is mainly used for:
The axial force in the member PQ of the plane truss shown in figure is:
(Aromatic compound with an isobutyl side chain) $\xrightarrow[KOH, Heat]{KMnO_4}$ ?
The Centre to Centre maximum distance between rivets in tension member of thickness 12 mm is:
Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against:
The three phases involved in the management of large projects are:
In PERT technique, the time estimate of activities and probability of their occurrence follows:
Design strength for M25 concrete in direct compression, bending compression and flexural tension are, respectively:
The minimum strain at failure in tension steel having yield stress $f_y = 415 \text{ MPa}$ and Young's Modulus $E_s = 200 \text{ GPa}$ as per Limit State Method of design is:
By using Cauchy integral theorem, the value of an integral (integration being taken in counter clock wise direction) $\oint \frac{z^{3}-4}{3z-i} dz$; is:
The load carrying capacity of an individual friction pile is $300 \text{ kN}$. What is the total load carrying capacity of group of 10 such piles with a group efficiency factor of 0.8?
A steel plate is 400 mm wide and 10 mm thick. A rivet of nominal diameter 20 mm is driven. The net sectional area of the plate is:
A strata of 3 m thick fine sand has a void ratio of 0.5 and specific gravity of 2.5. For a quick sand condition to develop in this strata, the flowing in upward direction would require a head of:
In a clayey soil having $100 \text{ kN/m}^2$ as unit cohesion and $15 \text{ kN/m}^3$ as unit weight, an excavation is made with a vertical face. Taking Taylor's stability number as 0.3, what is the maximum depth of excavation so that the vertical face remains stable?
The probability that a student passes only in Hindi is 1/4. The probability of the student passes only in English is 5/9. The probability that the student passes in both of these subjects is 1/9. The probability that the student will pass in at least one of these two subjects is:
The method for disposal of biodegradable component of solid waste is:
A clay sample has a void ratio of 0.5 in dry state. The specific gravity of soil solids is 2.5. What is the shrinkage limit of the soil?
Proctor's compaction test for the maximum dry density of a certain soil gave the results as $1.8 \text{ gm/cc}$ and Optimum Moisture Content (OMC) is $15%$. The specific gravity of the clay soil grain was 2.7. What was the saturation degree for this soil?