The international nautical mile is same as

The true weight of a granular material is its :

The property of a solid to sustain shock load without permanent deformation :

The pH value of strong caustic soda is about :

The measuring or recording wheel of a Planimeter is divided into ......... parts

The North end of a compass needle deflect downwards in which hemisphere :

Invar tape is made up of alloy of:

In Orthographic Projection the rays are assumed to be:

The recommended method of Dimensioning of a sphere with diameter 50 mm is

Termites found in coastal regions of South India are called

Box Sextant is an instrument used for measuring angles

The magnitude of super elevation depends on

The area in which a crop is grown at a particular time or crop season is known as:

The soundness test of cement by Le-Chateliers apparatus gives unsoundness due to

The shape of stress-strain curve for concrete prescribed by IS 456:1978 is

The economic spacing of a roof truss depends upon :

Ties are load carrying members of a frame which are subjected to :

Lime mortar is made by:

The percentage of alumina in a good brick earth lies between :

The major ingredients of Portland cement are :

The common admixture used to accelerate the initial set of concrete is :

The seasoning of timber is required to :

Ply-wood is specified by:

A semi rigid material used for making DPC is :

The work-ability of concrete is influenced most by it :

The distemper is used to coat :

The correction for sag is :

The rise and fall method of levelling is :

The series of uniformly spaced contour lines represents a :

The bending moment at free end of a cantilever beam carrying any type of load is :

The depth of excavation for foundation is generally checked with :

The heading of water above its normal level while passing under the bridge is known as:

A temporary structure constructed to prevent water from entering an area where a permanent structure is to be constructed

The minimum thickness of stone masonry is :

The actual size of a standard brick is:

Stairs of a residential building should have a minimum width of:

The maximum particle size of fine aggregate is :

The minimum thickness for plastering for random rubble masonry

The point of contra flexure is a point where :

The centre of gravity of a hemisphere lies at a distance ..... from its base measured along the vertical radius

The rays drawn to the points of known location from the un-plotted station occupied by the plane table are termed :

End support of a bridge is called :

When a canal and river happen to meet at the same level then :

In prismatic compass the magnetic needle used is :

The smallest division of a metric levelling staff is :

The vertical distance between two consecutive contour line

Contractor's profit is usually

The water consumption per capita per day is :

The initial lead for earth work is :

The resultant of two forces P and Q acting at an angle ϴ is making an angle α with force P then :

Maximum frictional force comes to play when a body just begins to slide over the other is

The maximum force required to slide a body of weight w on a rough horizontal plane is :

The velocity of a body on reaching the ground from a height h is :

Unit of power in SI unit is :

PERT stands for:

The carriage way is protected by ...wide shoulders

The head quarter of Indian Road Congress is at:

For water bond macadam road the recommended camber is:

The speed of locomotive in India on broad gauge is between:

The rail section first designed in Indian Railways was :

Creeping of rails can be checked by:

The device used for change the direction of engine is called :

The side slope of embankment for a railway track is taken as:

The minimum depth for Ballast for B.G tracks in India is :

Coning of wheel is done with a taper of about:

Quick lime is a:

Glazing is used to make earthenware:

The previous layer consist of sand and gravel supplying drinking water is known as:

The slope of water table near the well due to draw down well is known as :

The measurement of colour in water is carried out by means of

The permissible turbidity of drinking water is :

The structure which is constructed to connect a high level branch sewer to a low level main sewer with minimum disturbance is called

For a residential building in a plot of an area 500 sqm, the permissible covered area is:

Murum is an example of :

The specific gravity of a good building stone should be :

The tiles are burnt in typical kiln is known as:

The type of stone masonry adopted for the construction of residential building is :

A horizontal mortar joint on which masonry units are laid is called :

The vertical member of a shutter of doors and windows is called :

The type of truss used for spans varying from 5 to 8 m is :

Force whose lines of action meet in one point are called :

The portion of road way used by the high speed and power driven vehicles :

An ornamental projection from the phase of a wall is :

The type of pile which is driven at an inclination to resist inclined force is known:

In chain surveying perpendiculars to chain lines are set out by :

The under surface of a stair is called :

Bullet proof glass is made of thick glass sheet sandwiched by a layer of:

The centre of the super scribed circle is called :

For tacheometre the additive and multiplying constants are :

The line which passes through the foci and terminated by the ellipse is the :

The surface tension of a liquid is its property by which it enable to resist :

Sewer pipes are made of :

In the manufacture of brick, the Pug mill are used :

The slump recommended for concrete in mass concrete.

A carriage way in which a cement concrete wearing surface is provided for wheel tracks only:

The path traced by the projectile is called :