Geologically marble is known as

The function of gypsum in cement is to

The frog of brick is normally laid on its

linseed oil is used in paint as

Brass is an alloy of

The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of the wall is known as

Flemish bond is a type of bond in which the masonry contains

The under surface of an arch is called

The highest line of sloping roof where two opposite slopes meet is known as

The main principle of surveying is to work

A well conditioned triangle does not have any angle less than

An imaginary line joining points of equal elevation on the surface of the earth represents

The zero of the graduated circle of a prismatic compass is located at

A clinometers is used for

The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously is called

Pantagraph is used for

The centre of gravity of a plane lamina will not be at its geometrical centre if it is a

The moment of inertia of a triangular section with base b, height h about centroidal axis parallel to base is

Every material obeys the Hooke’s law within its

Strain energy is the energy

The bending equation is

When a cantilever beam is loaded at its free end, the maximum compressive stress develop at

The shear force at the free end of a cantilever beam of length l carrying a uniformly distributed load of w/unit length is

Point of contraflexure occurs in

The maximum shear stress developed in a beam of rectangular section is

differential manometers are used to measure

If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure above the bottom is

An ideal fluid

Critical depth h of a channel is

A piezometer tube is used only for measuring

Symon’s rain gauge is

The rainfall cycle period in India is taken as

The fall of moisture from atmosphere to the earth surface in any form is called

A canal aligned nearly parallel to the contours of a country is known as

A solid construction put across the river to raise its water level and divert into the canal is known as

Permanent hardness of water can be removed by

The maximum permissible chloride content in treated water of public water supplies should not exceed

In rapid sand filter air binding is caused due to excessive

The gas which may cause explosion in sewers is

Removal of oil and grease from sewage is known as

Surge tanks are used to

The level of underground water is called

Talus is the soil transported by

minimum size of the particles of silt soil is

The portion of road surface used for vehicular traffic only is known as

The rate of rise or fall of a road surface along its alignment is called

The width of top portion of flat footed rail is

The track from which train divert is known as

Which one of the following is used to fix flat footed rails on wooden sleepers ?

A camber consisting of two straight slopes joining at the centre is called

The diameter of longitudinal bars in a column should not be less than

In a doubly reinforced beam, steel reinforcement is provided in

CPM is

A bar chart is drawn by

Bulk density of a soil is defined as the ratio of

If w is the water content and y is the unit weight of soil mass, then total unit weight of dry soil yd is equal to

The section in which concrete is not fully stressed to its permissible value when stress in steel reaches its maximum value is called

The longitudinal shearing stress acting on the surface between the steel and concrete are called

The spacing of vertical stirrups in a rectangular beam is

The section of a beam having greater width at the top in comparison to the width below neutral axis is known as

The most reliable estimate is

According to ISI method of measurement the order is in the sequence

The minimum width of septic tank is taken as

The height of sink of wash basin above floor level kept

Pick up the sedimentary rock from the following

In living trees the growth is due to

The percentage of silica in the composition of Portland cement is

The external corner of wall surface is known as

line ranger is used for

If the degree of a curve is 4.5, the radius of the curve is

The vertical distance between total energy line and hydraulic gradient line represents

Which is the rigid pavement from the following ?

The artificial barrier constructed in sea for making the enclosed area safe for the anchorage of ships

lime obtained from stones containing high percentage of aluminium silicate is called

The material which possesses elastic properties in all directions at any point is called

At the equator the amount of dip in degrees

The lines passing through the points of equal magnetic declination

The vertical wells provided along the banks of a river to draw ground water in dry season are called

As per Indian standards water consumption per capita per day for domestic purpose is

In a shunting signal if the red band is horizontal it indicates

A track assembly used for diverting train from one track to another is known as

A defined area of the airport to accommodate aircrafts for loading and unloading of cargo and passengers, parking, refueling etc. are known as

The intermediate supports for the superstructure of a multi span bridge are known as

A small bridge having total length of 6 m or less between the faces of the abutment is known as

The granular material spread on the formation of a railway track for the sleeper to rest upon is known as

Road alignment is

The vertical side member of a shutter frame is called

Couple roof is used for spans

In chain surveying a tie line is provided

Two contour lines having the same elevation

For most economical rectangular section of a channel the depth is kept

If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure above the bottom is

Absolute humidity in air

Dicken’s formula for high flood estimate is useful only for the catchment in

The soil which contain finest grain particles

Reynold’s number is the ratio of inertia force to

The theodolite is an instrument for measuring

The anti-siphonage pipe is not required in

The construction of a temporary structure required to support an unsafe structure is called

The detention period for plain sedimentation water tank is usually