Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The direction of the littoral drift depends upon the direction of the wave with respect to the coastline (B) The direction of a river opening to the sea determines the direction of no littoral drift (C) Harbour in the path of littoral drift is not constructed to avoid a build up of sand on one side and erosion on the other (D) all of the above

Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) The direction of the littoral drift depends upon the direction of the wave with respect to the
coastline
(B) The direction of a river opening to the sea determines the direction of no littoral drift
(C) Harbour in the path of littoral drift is not constructed to avoid a build up of sand on one side
and erosion on the other
(D) all of the above
by

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(D) all of the above
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Last Answer : (C) Is a current parallel to the shore, caused due to tangential component of the wind

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) As a wave of sea water approaches the coast line, it is generally accompanied by a drift of water in the direction of wave advance (B) The on-shore wind helps to produce wave action as well as rise of M.S.L. (C) A falling hydraulic gradient occurs in the direction of the wave (D) The wave while receding carries finer particles out to deep water

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Last Answer : (C) A falling hydraulic gradient occurs in the direction of the wave

Which of the following structures protects the shore by trapping of littoral drift? (A) Groynes (B) Sea walls (C) Revetments (D) Moles

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Water enables chemical reaction to take place with cement (B) Water lubricates the mixture of gravel, sand and cement (C) Strength of concrete structure largely depends upon its workability (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The Mediterranean Sea is considered to be a huge harbour (B) The Caspian Sea is considered to be a big harbour (C) The Red sea is considered to be harbour (D) None of the above

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A harbour is a place where (A) Ships get shelter and protection against destructive forces due to sea waves (B) Facilities are provided for receiving cargo and passengers (C) Port buildings are constructed for commercial purposes (D) All the above

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At a place the shore line is along North West-South East. The wind is blowing from the north. The littoral drift will be along (A) South east (B) South (C) South west (D) North wes

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Phase of a wave is expressed as a fraction of a period with respect to a reference (B) Phase is usually specified by angular measure with one period being 360° (C) The reference for finding the phase of a wave is taken from the previous passage through zero from the negative to the positive direction (D) All of these

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) Concrete for which preliminary tests are conducted, is called controlled concrete (B) Bulking of sand depends upon the fineness of grains (C) Concrete mix 1 : 6 : 12, is used for mass concrete in piers (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) A harbour without any port complex, is called a refuge harbour (B) A harbour used for fishery, is called fishery harbour (C) The terminal building of a commercial harbour consists of an administrative block, customs clearance and ware-houses (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The phenomenon of quicksand generally occurs in the cohesionless soil (B) At critical hydraulic gradient, the saturated sand becomes quick (C) The critical gradient depends on the void ratio and the specific gravity (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) For the same feature, the photograph taken from the satellite vertically above the aircraft, the height displacement is lesser than the aerial photograph (B) The scale of the aerial photograph depends upon the scale of the topography (C) The feature at the principal point has no height displacement (D) All of the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Sand obtained from pits, is washed to remove clay and silt (B) Sand obtained from flooded pits, need not be washed before use (C) The chloride in sea shore sand and shingle may cause corrosion of reinforcement if the concrete is porous (D) All the above

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Select the correct statement (A) Local atmospheric pressure depends upon elevation of locality only (B) Standard atmospheric pressure is the mean local atmospheric pressure a* sea level (C) Local atmospheric pressure is always below standard atmospheric pressure (D) A barometer reads the difference between local and standard atmospheric pressure

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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 in the plane of incidence, vertical polarisation is formed (C) When the electric vector is at right angles to the plane of incidence, horizontal polarization wave is formed (D) All of these

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Pick out the correct statement. (A) 1 kcal/hr.m.°C is equal to 1 BTU/hr. ft.°F (B) In steady state heat conduction, the only property of the substance which determines the temperature distribution, is the thermal conductivity (C) In unsteady state heat conduction, heat flows in the direction of temperature rise (D) In heat transfer by forced convection, Grashoff number is very important

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Select the incorrect statement. (A) Bearing capacity of a soil depends upon the amount and direction of load (B) Bearing capacity of a soil depends on the type of soil (C) Bearing capacity of a soil depends upon shape and size of footing (D) Bearing capacity of a soil is independent of rate of loading

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Pick out the wrong statement. (A) Orifice baffles are never used in a shell and tube heat exchanger (B) Pressure drop on the shell side of a heat exchanger depends upon tube pitch also

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The operation of removing material from the sea or river bed is known as (B) Dredging (C) Digging (D) None of these

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The artificial barrier constructed to enclose "n area for safe anchorage, is called break water (B) The smoothened surface at the top end of the vertical face of a guay wall, is called fending (C) The effective berthing lengths of inclined guays can be adjusted (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Bull's trench kiln a trench excavated in ground (B) Hoffman's kiln is constructed over ground (C) Tunnel Kiln is constructed as a tunnel (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The roof slabs of multi-storeyed buildings are constructed monolithically to carry the various floor loads (B) The beams of multi-storeyed buildings rest on girders and are the main load transferring members to the columns (C) The slab is spanned across the secondary beams provided between the main beams (D) All of these

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Littoral forests occur (a) on hills (b) along the sea coasts and tidal creeks (c) where the rainfall is heavy (d) at elevated places

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The important component of a sea port is (A) Terminal buildings (B) The docks (C) The harbour (D) All of these

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Pick out the correct statement: (A) Removal of iron from ceramic material is necessitated (by magnetic separation method) so as to avoid discolouration of ceramic products (B) The operating cost of shaking screen is more than that of a vibrating screen (C) Screen capacity does not depend upon the specific gravity of the minerals (D) Asphalt is best crushed using toothed roll crusher

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Last Answer : (A) Removal of iron from ceramic material is necessitated (by magnetic separation method) so as to avoid discolouration of ceramic products

Pick out the correct statement pertaining to the flow through a converging-diverging tube. (A) The value of Mach number is always unity at the throat (B) No shock wave develops in the tube when the Mach number at exit is greater than unity (C) Throughout the converging portion of the tube, the density increases in the downstream direction (D) None of these

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Which of the following types of soil is transported by gravitational forces? (A) Loess (B) Talus (C) Drift (D) Dune sand

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Last Answer : Answer: Option B

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) The function of foundation is to distribute the load of super structure over a large bearing area (B) No timbering is required for shallow trenches (C) Shallow foundations can be constructed on made-up soil (D) Black cotton soil is very good for foundation bed

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Erosion of sediments on the coastline in Gulf of Mexico is mainly caused by?

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State the factors upon which the rate of Soil erosion depends. -SST 10th

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Effect of a force on a body depends upon (A) Magnitude (B) Direction (C) Position or line of action (D) All of the above

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Sand generally contains salt if it is obtained from: (A) Nala beds (B) River beds (C) Sea beds (D) None of these

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Last Answer : Answer: Option C

Good quality sand is never obtained from (A) River (B) Lake (C) Sea (D) Gravel powder

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Sandy clayloam contains highest percentage of sand (B) Silty clayloam contains highest percentage of silt (C) Stiff boulder clay offers maximum shear strength (D) Soft chalk carries least safe load

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Bulking of sand is caused due to formation of a thin film of surface moisture (B) Fine sand bulks more than coarse sand (C) The volume of fully saturated sand, is equal to the volume of dry and loose sand (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Higher workability indicates unexpected increase in the moisture content (B) Higher workability indicates deficiency of sand (C) If the concrete mix is dry, the slump is zero (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Sand stones may be divided into calcareous, siliceous and ferruginous sand stones (B) Concrete using sand stones, cracks due to excessive shrinkage (C) Broken bricks produce a concrete having good fire resisting qualities (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The theory of formation of concrete is based on the phenomena of formation of voids (B) The bulking of sand is taken into account while volumetric proportioning of the aggregates (C) The dry sand and the sand completely flooded with water, have practically the same volume (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Adding 5% to 6% of moisture content by weight, increases the volume of dry sand from 18% to 38% (B) The bulking of fine sand is more than that of coarse sand (C) If the percentage content of moisture exceeds 10%, increase in bulk of sand starts increasing (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The free quartz suddenly expands at a temperature lower than 600°C (B) The lime stone resists fire upto about 800°C and at higher temperature it splits into CaO and CO2 (C) The sand stone with silicates resist a fire in a better way (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Blistering may be cured by applying water paint finished with oil paint dried with a little copal varnish (B) Cracked paints may be cured by removing paint and giving a fresh coat of paint (C) Crawling paints may be cured by sand preparing the surface and giving a fresh coat with plenty of turps (D) All the above

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Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Sand consists of coarse particles of silica formed due to the disintegration of rocks (B) The grains of sand are not affected by frost (C) Sand beds are permeable and do not allow water to rise up between pores due to capillary action (D) All the above

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Last Answer : Answer: Option D

Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The sand in the sand pile is well compacted (B) The sand is kept moist at the time of placing and tamping (C) Sand piles are generally used under column loads (D) All of the above

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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) Highways are always constructed in straight line (B) Highways may be provided horizontal curves (C) Highways may be provided vertical curves (D) Highways may be provided both horizontal and vertical curves

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Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) The width of the wall is constructed thicker at the base in a stepped fashion (B) A long vertical load transferring concrete structure is called a concrete pile (C) In pile which transfers the load to the soil by the friction between the pile and the surrounding soil is called friction pile (D) The pile which transfers the load to a hard rock bed at certain depth is called load bearing

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Which of the following statements is/are true for coulomb damping? 1. Coulomb damping occurs due to friction between two lubricated surfaces2. Damping force is opposite to the direction of motion of vibrating body 3. For smooth surfaces, coefficient of friction depends upon velocity 4. Damping force depends upon the rubbing velocity between two rubbing surfaces a. Only statement 1 b. Statement 2, 3 and statement 4 c. Only statement 2 d. All the above statements are true

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Last Answer : c. Only statement 2

When the repealer potential is constant, what property of the electron determines how long it will remain in the drift space of the reflex klystron?

Description : When the repealer potential is constant, what property of the electron determines how long it will remain in the drift space of the reflex klystron?

Last Answer : Velocity.