HPSSC Hamirpur Junior Engineer Civil 695 Post Code HPPWD Question Paper MCQ

1. As per IS 800:2007, unit mass of structural steel (in kg/m3) for use in design, irrespective of its grade may be taken as : 

1. 7805
2. 7850
3. 7580
4. 7085

2. As per IS 800:2007, in the design of truss members (jointed by welding) in compression, depending upon the degree of end restraint provided, the effective length of the member shall be taken as _______ times the distance between the centres of connection. 

1. 0.75 to 0.90 
2. 0.65 to 1.00 
3. 0.65 to 0.90

4. 0.70 to 1.00

3. As per IS 456:2000, the flexural strength of concrete (in N/mm2) for the characteristic cube compressive strength of 25 N/mm2 will be :

1. 2.50
2. 3.50
3. 0.35
4. 0.25

4. As per IS 456:2000, in normal circumstances, where ambient temperature does not fall below 15 °C and where OPC is used and normal curing is done, the stripping time (in days) of props to slabs spanning up to 4.5 m may be taken as :

1. 3
2. 7
3. 14
4. 21

5. In which of the following pairs, both trees yield soft wood? 

1. Chir and Deodhar
2. Saal and Shishum
3. Shishum and Chir
4. Saal and Teak

6. The pitch of a truss having effective span of 6 m and height of 1.5 m will be :

1. 4.0 2. 0.50
3.0 0.25
4.0 2.00

7. Weight of cement in a standard bag of cement available in the open market is :

1. 50 kg net
2. 50 kg gross
3. 50 kg tare
4. None of these

8. Pressure of 10 m of head of oil, having specific gravity 0.90 is equal to :

1. 90.00 kN/m2>
2. 88.29 kN/m2
3. 1000 kg/m2
4. 882.9 kg/m2

9. Internal size of a water tank is 100 cm x 50 cm. The initial level of water in the tank was 20 cm and it was raised to 50 cm in 15 seconds when water was released into this tank through a pipe. The discharge of water into the tank is :

1. 10 litres/s
2. 10 m3/s
3. 16.67 litres/s
4. 1.67 m3/s

10. An error of 2% in measuring H will produce an error of _______ in discharge over a triangular notch

1. 2%
2. 1%
3. 5%
4. 4%

11. The aggregate impact value for road aggregates determined by using an impact testing machine was found to be 25%. The type of road metal will be categorised as :

1. Strong
2. Weak
3. Satisfactory
4. Exceptionally strong

12. While doing highway alignment and survey, the most appropriate first stage of route selection is :

1. Map study
2. Reconaissance survey
3. Recci
4. Preliminary survey

13. The amount of camber provided in a highway surface located in an area having light rainfall is 1 in 60. The most appropriate road surface corresponding to the provided camber will be :

1. WBM
2. Cement concrete
3. Earthen
4. Thin bituminous surface

14. The type of frictional force that develops between mating surfaces when subjected to external forces and there is relative motion between them is known as :

1 Static friction
2. Angular friction
3. Relative friction
4. Dynamic friction

15. The height of free fall of cup while determining liquid limit by using Cassagrande’s liquid limit device should be :

1. 1 cm
2. 0.5 cm
3. 2 cm
4. 1.5 cm

16. Dry density of a soil sample having bulk density 2.24 g/cm3 and water content 12% is :

1. 2%
2. 2.0 g/cm3
3. 0.5%
4. 5.0 g/cm3

17. The shear strength of a soil sample with cohesion = 60 kN/m2, angle of shearing resistance = 45° and normal stress on soil 50kN/m2 will be :

1. 10 kN/m2
2. 110 kN/m2
3. 1.2 kN/m2
4. 120 kN/m2

18. The bearing of a line AB is 162°-30' and the angle ABC is 115°-15'. The bearing of line BC will be :

1. 277°-45'
2. 97°-45'
3. 47°-15'
4. 295°-15'

19. The back sight taken on a B.M. (R.L = 500.000 m) was 3.415 m. The fore sight taken on the next point (A) was 2.125 m. The R.L. of point A will be :

1. 503.415 m
2. 502.125 m
3. 505.540 m
4. 501.290 m

20. A road actually 2600 m long was found to be 2580 m when measured with a defective 30 m chain. The correction required for the chain will be :

1. +23.3 cm
2. –23.3 cm
3. +20.0 cm
4. –20.0 cm

21. When several contour lines coincide, they indicate a :

1. Ridge
2. Valley
3. Vertical cliff
4. Overhanging cliff

22. For an activity, optimistic time is 2 days, pessimistic time is 8 days and most likely time is 5 days. The expected time for the completion of that activity by using PERT will be :

1. 2.5 days 2. 5 days
3. 3.75 days 4. 3.57 days

23. The most appropriate term used for the amount which is issued to a subordinate officer so that he could make petty payments of specified nature while executing works under his charge is :

1.
2.
3.
4.

24. The full form of TQM in context of basics of management is :

1. Cash
2. Advance
3. Imprest
4. Credit

25. The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is known as :

1. Good Development
2. Sustainable Development
3. Future Development
4. Smart Development

26. The most appropriate technical term used for the building that uses sun’s energy for the heating and cooling of living spaces is called :

1. Sun Friendly
2. Solar Passive
3. Solar Intensive
4. None of these

27. A stair having its bottom flight wide which is divided into two narrow flights at the landing at right angles to the opposite directions is called :

1. Dividing stair
2. Open well stair
3. Bifurcating stair
4. Assembly stair

28. The full length of a brick wall cannot be built at a time. The process of setting back each successive course of this wall is known as :

1. Toothing
2. Raking back
3. Block jointing
4. Joint setting

29. The scaffolding in which two rows of standards are provided is known as :

1. Brick Layer’s scaffolding
2. Double scaffolding
3. Mason’s scaffolding
4. Both (B)& (C)

30. A sloping roof having slope in four directions with a break in the slope is known as :

1. Break roof
2. Mansard roof
3. Gambrel roof
4. Hopped roof

31. The clear horizontal distance between the inner faces of the two rails forming a railway track is known as :

1. Formation width
2. Carriage way
3. Gauge
4. Face width

32. A hole of considerable size driven in the face of a proposed tunnel is called :

1. Tunnel
2. Shaft
3. Adit
4. Drift

33. An important property which an earthquake resistant construction must possess is :

1. Flexibility
2. Ductility
3. Brittleness
4. All of these

34. In context of earthquake analysis, the top storeys of a building are subjected to :

1. Smaller forces
2. Same forces as other storeys
3. Larger forces
4. None of these

35. The unit of measurement for providing expansion or contraction joint in a structure is :

1. metre
2. sq. m.
3. each
4. no

36. The incidental expenses of miscellaneous nature which cannot be classified under any distinct sub-head yet pertains to the work as a whole is termed as :

1. Exisgencies
2. Contingencies
3. Incidencies
4. Both (A) & (C)

37. In analysis of rates, the quantity of dry mortar for 10 m3 of brick work is taken as :

1. 1 m3
2. 0.1 m3
3. 0.3 m3
4. 3 m3

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2.
3.
4.

39. A beam is simply supported at ends on a span of 4 m and carries a u.d.l. of 3 kN/m on the whole span. If deflection at the centre of the beam is 8 mm, the flexural rigidity of the beam section (in kNm2) is :

1. 1520
2. 1250
3. 1200
4. 960

40. If a Young’s modulus of elasticity of a material is 210 GN/m2 and stress is 210 N/mm2, the strain in the material section will be :

1. 0.100
2. 0.010
3. 0.001
4. 0.011

41. In order to draw parallel lines, concentric circles and parallel curves, command used in AutoCAD is :

1. Array
2. Parallel
3. Copy
4. Offset

42. The popular software used for structural analysis and design of Civil Engineering structures is :

1. STRAD.Pro
2. STAAD.Pro
3. STAD.Pro
4. STADD.Pro

43. The most commonly used admixtures which prolong the setting and harding time of concrete are :

1. Accelerators
2. Retarders
3. Plasticisers
4. Air Entraining Agents

44. When kept in upright position, the dimensions in cm (in sequence of top dia, height and bottom dia) of the slump cone use

1. 10, 20, 30
2. 10,30,20
3. 30, 20, 10
4. 20, 30, 10

45. The type of cement, most commonly available in open market in Himachal Pradesh is :

1. OPC
2. WhiteCement
3. Fibre Cement
4. PPC

46. Addition of too much water in the concrete may cause :

1. Lower density
2. Excessive laitance
3. Segregation
4. All of these

47. The difference in level between the top of the canal bank and supply level in a canal is termed as :

1. Freeboard
2. Berm
3. Supply depth
4. Height of bank

48. When NSL is below the bed level, the typical cross-section of the canal will be :

1. Fully in cutting
2. Partly in cutting and partly in filling
3. Fully in filling
4. None of these

49. Run-off increases with :

1. Increase in infiltration capacity
2. Increase in permeability of soil
3. Increase in intensity of rain
4. All of these

50. Egg shaped sewers are generally preferred over the circular sewers. The most appropriate reason is :

1. They avoid acidic effect of sewage.
2. They have advantage of developing self-cleansing velocities near the base.
3. They are less leaky
4. They are easy to built.