MCQ Questions on Civil Engineering
1- The main function of Fish plates in rail joints is to :
(A) join two rails together
(B) provide for any expansion or contraction
(C) transfer the load to the ballast
(D) join rails with sleeper
2- The roughness index of roads is expressed as
(A) size of the stone on the pavement
(B) number of patches on the pavement
(C) cumulative deformation of surface per horizontal distance
(D) type of road surface.
3- Which of the following load is not considered while designing roads, bridges, and culverts?
(A) Dead Load
(B) Live Load
(C) Machine Load
(D) Snow Load
4- For a long span such as 800 m, which type of bridge is provided?
(A) Beam bridges
(B) Cantilever bridges
(C) Truss bridges
(D) Suspension bridges
5- The process in which the chlorination is done beyond the breakpoint is known as
(A) post chlorination
(B) super chlorination
(C) breakpoint chlorination
(D) hyper chlorination
6- Which of the following is not an example of a Secondary Air Pollutant?
(A) Ozone
(B) Formaldehyde
(C) Acid Mist
(D) Halogen Compounds
7- The full form of the secondary air pollutant PAN is
(A) Peroxy Acetyl Nitrate
(B) Peroxy Amine Nitrate
(C) Photochemical Acetyl Nitrate
(D) Photochemical Amine Nitrate
8- Which of the following air pollution control equipment is not an example of an Inertial Separator?
(A) Baffle type separator
(B) Louvre-type separator
(C) Dust trap
(D) Settling chamber
9- Which of the following methods is adopted for measuring NO2 in the air?
(A) Chemiluminescence
(B) Beta attenuation
(C) Non-Dispersive Infra-Red Spectroscopy
(D) Gravimetric
10- Arrange the following Greenhouse gases in the increasing order of their Global Warming Potential:
(A) Methane < Nitrous Oxide < Hydrochloroflurocarbon-22 < Sulphur hexafluoride
(B) Nitrous Oxide < Methane < Hydrochloroflurocarbon-22 < Sulphur hexafluoride
(C) Methane < Nitrous Oxide < Sulphur hexafluoride < Hydrochloroflurocarbon-22
(D) Methane < Hydrochloroflurocarbon-22 < Nitrous Oxide < Sulphur hexafluoride
11- For drainage pipes in buildings, the test applied before putting them to use is
(A) smoke test
(B) water test
(C) straightness test
(D) All of the above
ANSWERS:
1-(A), 2-(C), 3-(C), 4-(D), 5-(B), 6-(D), 7-(A), 8-(D), 9-(A), 10-(A), 11-(A)