List of top Questions asked in TS PGECET- 2026

A soil yielded a maximum dry unit weight of \(18\;\text{kN/m}^3\) at a moisture content of \(16\%\) during a Standard Proctor Test. What is the degree of saturation of the soil if its specific gravity is \(2.7\)? (Take \(\gamma_w=10\;\text{kN/m}^3\)).
A clay layer of thickness \(4\) m is sandwiched between two pervious layers. The maximum drainage path in the clay layer is
What is the Boussinesq's vertical stress at a point \(1\) m directly below a concentrated load of \(200\) kN applied at the ground surface?
A sand sample has a porosity of \(30\%\) and specific gravity of solids is \(2.6\). What is its degree of saturation at moisture content of \(4.94\%\)?
Which of the following element of a pitched roof industrial steel building, primarily resists lateral load parallel to the ridge?
The water forms a thin film around soil particles due to loose chemical bonds of adsorption is termed as
As per the Indian Standard soil classification system, a sample of clay with liquid limit of \(40\%\) is classified as
The total, neutral and effective vertical stresses (in t/m\(^2\)) at a depth of \(5\) m below the surface of a fully saturated soil deposit with saturated density of \(2\) t/m\(^3\) would, respectively, be
When designing steel structures, one must ensure that the local buckling in webs do not take place. This check may not be very critical when using rolled steel sections because
In the design of lacing system for a built-up steel column, the maximum allowable slenderness ratio of lacing bars is
In a plate girder, the web plate is connected to the flange plates by fillet welding. The size of the fillet weld is designed to safely resist
In the limit state approach, the spacing of main reinforcement primarily controls
Vertical prestressing is done to reduce
The chances of diagonal tension cracks in R.C.C. members reduce when
Workability of concrete mix having very low water-cement ratio has to be ascertained by
In a steel plate with bolted connection, the rupture of the net section is a mode of failure under
For a given activity, the optimistic time, pessimistic time and the most probable time estimates are \(5\), \(17\) and \(8\) days respectively. The expected time is
The Slack time in PERT analysis
Flexural collapse in over reinforced beams is due to
The defect which develops due to uncontrolled and non-uniform loss of moisture from wood is known as
For the frame as shown in the figure below, the final end moment \(M_{BC}\) has been calculated as \(-40\) kN-m. What is the end moment \(M_{CD}\)?
Ultimate strength of cement is influenced by
A good brick, when immersed in water for 24 hours, should not absorb more than
If the unknown forces in a system can be determined by the equations of equilibrium alone, then it is called as
In the linear arch, an imaginary line that shows the path of compressive forces curving through the arch's center is known as