Description : The pressure acting on the stones in stone masonry construction should be (A) Along the direction of bedding planes (B) At 45° to the direction of bedding planes (C) At 60° to the direction of bedding planes (D) Perpendicular to the direction of bedding planes
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : In stone masonry, if stones are so placed that their layers are parallel to the direction of load, they (A) Split easily (B) Are affected by moisture (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : For the manufacture of plywood, veneers are placed so that grains of adjacent veneers (A) Run at right angles (B) Parallel (C) Inclined at 45° (D) Inclined at 60°
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : In arches, stratified stones are placed so that their planes are (A) Parallel (B) Perpendicular (C) Radial (D) None of these
Description : Lime stones are generally known as (A) Aqueous rocks (B) Sedimentary rocks (C) Stratified rocks (D) All the above
Description : The angle between two plane mirrors of optical square, is (A) 20° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°
Last Answer : (C) 45°
Description : The maximum shear stress occurs on the filament which makes an angle with the horizontal plane equal to (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90
Last Answer : (B) 45°
Description : The stone masonry of finely dressed stones laid in cement or lime, is (A) Random rubble masonry (B) Coursed rubble masonry (C) Dry rubble masonry (D) Ashlar masonry
Description : The type of stone masonry in which stones of same height are laid in layers, is called (A) Random rubble masonry (B) Course rubble masonry (C) Uncoursed rubble masonry (D) Ashlar masonry
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The direction of steepest slope on a contour, is (A) Along the contour (B) At an angle of 45° to the contour (C) At right angles to the contour (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) At right angles to the contour
Description : The yield line ultimate moment is obtained when the yield line is --------------- to the direction of the reinforcement [ A ] Parallel [ B ] At right angles. [ C ] Passes through [ D ] Crosses at an angle of 45°
Last Answer : [ B ] At right angles.
Description : For a parallel load on a fillet weld of equal legs, the plane of maximum shear occurs at (a) 22.5° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°
Last Answer : (c) 45°
Description : For determining the support reactions at A and B of a three hinged arch, points B and Care joined and produced to intersect the load line at D and a line parallel to the load line through A at D'. Distances AD, DD ... reactions at A and B is (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90
Last Answer : (D) 90
Description : The angle of intersection of a contour and a ridge line, is (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
Last Answer : (D) 90°
Description : A well conditioned triangle has no angle less than (A) 20° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°
Last Answer : (B) 30°
Description : A lemniscate curve will not be transitional throughout, if its deflection angle, is (A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 120°
Last Answer : (A) 45°
Description : A projectile is fired at an angle to the vertical. Its horizontal range will be maximum when is (A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°
Description : The zone in which transverse bending is likely to occur may be obtained by drawing a line from the (A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) None of these
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) In stone arches, the stones are placed with their natural beds radial (B) In cornices, the stones are placed with their natural beds as vertical (C) In stone walls, the stones are placed with their natural beds as horizontal (D) All the above
Description : Stones used for rubble masonry must be (A) Soft (B) Hard (C) Light (D) Heavy
Description : The type of ashlar masonry in which stones are finely chisel dressed and thickness of joints does not exceed 3 mm, is (A) Chamfered ashlar masonry (B) Ashlar facing masonry (C) Random coursed ashlar masonry (D) Coursed ashlar masonry
Description : If the plane table is not horizontal in a direction at right angles to the alidade, the line of sight is parallel to the fiducial edge only for (A) Horizontal sights (B) Inclined sights upward (C) Inclined sight downward (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Horizontal sights
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) When the electric field oscillates in the direction of the electric vector, a plane polarised wave is formed (B) When the electric vector is ... right angles to the plane of incidence, horizontal polarization wave is formed (D) All of these
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The distinct plane of division along which a stone can easily be split, is called natural bed of stone (B) The natural bed of sedimentary ... planes of stratification (C) The natural bed of igneous rocks is not defined (D) All the above
Description : The angle of minimum deviation of an equiangular prism, having a refractive index of 1.732 is (a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 0°
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : The angle in which a cricket ball should be hit to travel maximum horizontal distance is : (1) 60° with horizontal (2) 45° with horizontal (3) 30° with horizontal (4) 15° with horizontal
Last Answer : (2) 45° with horizontal Explanation: This has to do with the equation of a parabola or trajectory which is z = (tane)x 2 cos 9) 2. We can see that if the ball is fired at a 45 degree angle from the ground, the horizontal distance will be a maximum.
Description : The helix angle for double helical gears may be made up to (A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 75° (D) 90°
Description : The value of 2 tan 2 45°+ cos 2 30° − sin 2 60° is (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -2 (d) 2
Last Answer : (d) 2
Description : sin 2A = 2 sin A is true when A = a 30° b 45° c 0° d 60°
Last Answer : a 0
Description : At what value of crank angle (roughly), no flow of water from or into the air vessel takes place in case of a double acting reciprocating pump? (A) 40° and 140° (B) 45° and 60° (C) 90° and 80° (D) 20° and 120°
Last Answer : (A) 40° and 140
Last Answer : 45° with horizontal
Description : A hundred stones are placed, in a straight line, a yard distant from each other. How many yards must a person walk, who undertakes to pick them up, and place them in a basket stationed one yard from the first stone? -Riddles
Last Answer : In solving this question it is clear that to pick up the first stone and put it into the basket, the person must walk two yards, one in going for the stone and another in returning with it; that ... one does not see why we multiply 202 by 50 in getting the answer, we refer him to his arithmetic.
Description : Lime stone is not a (A) Sedimentary rock (B) Stratified rock (C) Aqueous rock (D) Metamorphic rock
Description : Stucco paints are suitable for (A) Stone masonry (B) Brick walls (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Description : A heavy stone is suitable for (A) Arches (B) Rubble masonry (C) Roads (D) Retaining walls
Description : The stone suitable for rubble masonry should be. (A) Hard (B) Tough (C) Heavy (D) Light
Description : Weep holes are provided in retaining and breast walls (A) To drain off the water from the filling (B) To ventilate the stone masonry (C) To add architectural beauty (D) To increase compaction of the earth retained
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Higher the gauge, more deficient will be the rain catch (B) Heavier the rain, lesser will be the rain catch (C) The trees serving as wind brakes in the vicinity of the gauge, should not subtend angles greater than 45° (D) All the above
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: Method of sawing timber (A) Tangentially to annual rings, is known as tangential method (B) In four quarters such that each board cuts annual rings ... medullary rays and perpendicular to annual rings, is known as radial sawing (D) All the above
Description : Electromagneticwaves are refractedwhen they a. pass into a medium of different dielectric constant b. are polarized at right angles to the direction of propagation c. encounter a perfectly conducting plane d. pass through a small slot in a conducting plane
Last Answer : a. pass into a medium of different dielectric constant
Description : A cylindrical specimen of saturated soil failed under an axial vertical stress of 100kN/m² when it was laterally unconfmed. The failure plane was inclined to the horizontal plane at an angle of 45°. The values of cohesion and angle of ... N/mm² and 0° (C) 0.2 N/mm² and 0° (D) 0.05 N/mm² and 45°
Description : The angle between the directions of the failure and the major principal plane, is equal to (A) 90° + effective angle of shearing resistance (B) 90° + half of the angle of shearing resistance (C) 45° - half of the angle of shearing resistance (D) 45° + half of the angle of shearing resistance
Description : The major principal stress in an element of cohesion-less soil within the backfill of a retaining wall is (A) Vertical if the soil is in an active state of plastic equilibrium (B) Vertical if the ... state of plastic equilibrium (C) Inclined at 45° to the vertical plane (D) None of the above
Description : 01. Whenever a plate is held immersed at some angle with the direction of flow of the liquid, it is subjected to some pressure. The component of this pressure, at right angles to the direction of flow of the liquid is known as lift. A) True B) False
Last Answer : A
Description : Rocks formed in layers are said to be: w) crystalline x) stratified y) chemical z) metamorphosed
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- STRATIFIED
Description : 10 cells, each of internal resistance `0.5 Omega` and 1.2 V emf are connected (a) all in series and (b) all in paralle. Calculate the current sent in
Last Answer : 10 cells, each of internal resistance `0.5 Omega` and 1.2 V emf are connected (a) all in ... each case through a wire of resistance `0.8 Omega`.
Description : The statement, regarding the size of stones used at the wearing surface. "The size of a stone used on a road must be in due proportion to the space occupied by a wheel of ordinary dimensions on a smooth ... dimension is mischievous" was made by (A) Telford (B) Macadam (C) Tresguet (D) Sully
Description : Assertion A: Large size stones are required in stone revetment in shore protection. Reason R: Resistance of stone to wave force is proportional to its volume and wave force is proportional to the exposed area of the stone. ... of A (C) A is true but R is false (D) A is false but R is true
Last Answer : (A) Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Acid test is done to find out the weathering quality of stones (B) Attrition test is done to find out the rate of wear of stones which are used ... (C) Crushing test is done to find out the compressive strength of the stone (D) All the above
Description : The preparation of surface of stone to obtain plain edges or to obtain stones of required size and shape is known as (A) Quarrying of stones (B) Blasting of stones (C) Seasoning of stones (D) Dressing of stones