HP JE (CIVIL) EXAM PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER PART 1

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1. In a loaded beam, the point of contraflexure always occurs at a section where

(A) bending moment is zero. 

(B) bending moment changes sign.

(C) shear force is zero. 

(D) shear force changes sign.

2. The property of a material by virtue of which it can be beaten or rolled into plates is called

(A) Malleability 

(B) Elasticity 

(C) Plasticity 

(D) Ductility

3. Black cotton soil is unsuitable for foundations because its

(A) Bearing capacity is low

(B) Permeability is uncertain

(C) Particles are cohesive

(D) Property to undergo a volumetric change due to variation of moisture content

4. The local swelling of a finished plaster, is termed

(A) Hacking 

(B) Dubbing 

(C) Blistering 

(D) Efflouresence

5. In the cement, the compound quickest to react with water, is

(A) Tricalcium aluminate 

(B) Tetra-calcium alumino-ferrite

(C) Dicalcium silicate 

(D) Tricalcium silicate

6. The main constituents or chemical composition of fly-ash, is/are

(A) aluminium oxide 

(B) silica

(C) ferrous oxide 

(D) All of the above

7. In a fillet weld, the weakest section is

(A) Throat of the fillet 

(B) Smaller side of the fillet

(C) Side parallel to the force 

(D) Side perpendicular to the force

8. Contour interval is

(A) Larger if the time available is more

(B) Directly proportional to the flatness of ground

(C) Larger for accurate works

(D) Inversely proportional to the scale of the map

9. There are two stations A and B. Which of the following statements is correct ?

(A) The fore bearing of AB is AB.

(B) The fore and back bearings of AB differ by 180 degrees.

(C) The back bearing of AB is BA.

(D) All of the above

10. If the value of D30 of a soil sample is 6, D10 is 2 and D60 is 2, then what would be the co-efficient of uniformity Cu ?

(A) 3 

(B) 2 

(C) 1 

(D) 4

11. In India, which of the following is adopted as standard recording rain-gauge ?

(A) Symon’s rain-gauge 

(B) Weighing bucket type

(C) Natural siphon type 

(D) Tipping bucket type

12. The rocks which are formed due to cooling of magma at a considerable depth from earth’s surface are called

(A) Igneous rocks 

(B) Hyper abyssal rocks

(C) Volcanic rocks 

(D) Plutonic rocks

13. Excess of alumina in brick earth makes the brick

(A) To crack and warp on drying 

(B) Brittle and weak

(C) To lose cohesion 

(D) Impermeable  (HP JE(CIVIL)  QUESTION PAPER)

14. Intermediate sight distance (ISD) is

(A) 2SSD 

(B) (SSD + OSD)/2

(C) (OSD – SSD)/2 

(D) 2OSD

15. If angle of internal friction of a soil sample is 30०, then the active earth pressure co-efficient would be

(A) 2/3 

(B) 1/3 

(C) 1/4 

(D) 2/4

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16. A soil sample has a porosity of 40%, find the void ratio.

(A) 2/3 

(B) 1/3 

(C) 1/4 

(D) 1/6

17. Tie bars are used

(A) along the longitudinal joints 

(B) across the longitudinal joints

(C) across the transverse joints 

(D) Both (B) and (C)

18. If liquid limit is 50%, plasticity index is 9%, then find the plastic limit.

(A) 59% 

(B) 29.5% 

(C) 41% 

(D) 50%

19. What about the traffic signals is/are not correct ?

(A) Reduce accidents

(B) Provide orderly movement of vehicles

(C) Flow without safety

(D) Only (A) and (C)

20. For plain or rolling terrain, exceptional gradient is

(A) 1 in 30 

(B) 1 in 20 

(C) 1 in 40 

(D) 1 in 15

21. The purpose of lateral ties in short R.C. column is to

(A) Avoid buckling of long bars

(B) Increase the load carrying capacity of column

(C) Facilitate construction

(D) None of these  (HP JE(CIVIL)  QUESTION PAPER)

22. Which one of following causes raveling in bituminous pavement ?

(A) Use of soft bitumen 

(B) Excessive bitumen content

(C) Low bitumen content 

(D) Use of Open graded aggregates

23. Match apparatus with their respective properties as given below :

A. Briquette testing machine             1. Compressive strength

B. Le Chatelier Apparatus                 2. Consistency

C. Vicact Apparatus                           3. Soundness

                                                           4. Tensile strength

      A B C

(A) 1 3 2

(B) 4 3 2

(C) 4 2 3

(D) 1 2 3

24. What is the slope correction for a length of 15 m along a gradient of 1 in 10 ?

(A) 7.5 cm 

(B) 3.75 cm 

(C) 0.75 cm 

(D) 0.075 cm

25. Unit hydrograph theory based on

(A) Time invariance and linear response

(B) Non-linear response and time variance

(C) Time variance and linear response

(D) None of these

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26. Damage to concrete from alkali aggregate reaction will normally occur when

(A) A high moisture level within the concrete.

(B) A cement with high alkali content or another source of alkali.

(C) Aggregate containing an alkali reactive constituents.

(D) All of the above

27. A simply supported beam of length 1 carries a udl (w N per unit length) over the whole span. The bending moment diagram will be a

(A) Parabola with minimum ordinate at centre of the span.

(B) Parabola with maximum ordinate at the centre of span.

(C) Parabola with maximum ordinates at ends.

(D) None of these

28. The ratio of bulk modulus to modulus of elasticity for Poisson ratio 0.25 would be

(A) 1/3 

(B) 2/3 

(C) 1/5 

(D) 4/3

29. A point load 10 kN is acting on the center of simply supported beam having length 5 metres, then reaction at one of the support reaction will be

(A) 5 kN 

(B) 10 kN 

(C) 4 kN 

(D) None of these

30. Which of the following test(s) does not pertain to bitumen testing ?

(A) Flash and fire point test 

(B) Viscosity test

(C) Penetration test 

(D) None of these

31. Hydrographic surveys deal with the mapping of

(A) large water bodies 

(B) canal system

(C) mountaineous region 

(D) heavenly bodies

32. Depending on the chemical composition and mechanical properties, iron may be classified as

(A) Cast iron 

(B) Wrought iron

(C) Steel 

(D) All of the above

33. The zero of the graduated circle of a prismatic compass is located at

(A) North end 

(B) South end 

(C) East end 

(D) West end   (HP JE(CIVIL)  QUESTION PAPER)

34. The water content of soil is defined as the ratio of

(A) weight of water to weight of air in voids.

(B) volume of water to volume of given soil.

(C) volume of water to volume of voids in soil.

(D) weight of the water to the weight of the solids of given mass of soil.

35. Engineer’s unit of force is

(A) Newton in absolute units

(B) Dyne in absolute units

(C) Newton and dyne in absolute units

(D) All of the above

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36. The angle which an inclined surface makes with the horizontal when a body placed on it is on the point of moving down, is called

(A) Angle of repose 

(B) Angle of friction

(C) Angle of inclination 

(D) None of these

37. If the gravitational acceleration at any place is doubled, the weight of a body, will

(A) be reduced to half 

(B) be doubled

(C) not be affected 

(D) None of these

38. Work may be defined as

(A) Force × distance 

(B) Force × velocity

(C) Force × acceleration 

(D) None of these

39. The condition of equilibrium for any system of forces in a plane is

(A) that polygon of forces must close.

(B) that resultant couple must be zero.

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of these

40. Knowledge of hydrology is necessary for civil engineers for

(A) Designing and construction of irrigation structures.

(B) Designing and construction of bridges and culverts.

(C) Flood control works.

(D) All of the above

41. A runoff river plant is

(A) A low head scheme 

(B) A medium head scheme

(C) A high head scheme 

(D) None of these

42. Pavement is said to be flexible if it contains

(A) Water bound macadam surface.

(B) Stabilised soil base constructed of lime cement or tar.

(C) Bitumen-bound stone layer of varying aggregates.

(D) All of the above

43. The method of design of flexible pavement as recommended by IRC is

(A) Group index method 

(B) CBR method

(C) Westerguard method 

(D) Benkelman beam method

44. Traffic surveys are carried out

(A) To know the type of traffic.

(B) To determine the facilities to traffic regulations.

(C) To design proper drainage system.

(D) All of the above

45. The ability of a driver to stop the vehicle moving with the designed speed, depends upon

(A) Perception time 

(B) Brake reaction time

(C) Efficiency of the brakes 

(D) All of the above

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46. The rate of an item of work depends on

(A) Specifications of works 

(B) Specifications of materials

(C) Proportion of mortar 

(D) All of the above

47. The plinth area of a building not includes

(A) Area of the walls at the floor level.

(B) Internal shaft for sanitary installations up to 2 sq. m. in area.

(C) Lift and wall including landing.

(D) Area of cantilevered porch.

48. A cement concrete road is 1000 m long, 8 m wide and 15 cm thick over the sub-base of 10 cm thick gravel. The box cutting in road crust is

(A) 500 m3 

(B) 1000 m3 

(C) 1500 m3 

(D) 2000 m3

49. For the construction of buildings, the subheads of the estimate are

(A) Earthwork, Concrete work, Brick work

(B) Brick work, Stone work, Roofing

(C) Brick work Flooring, Wood work, Steel work

(D) All of the above

50. Pre-tender stage requires

(A) Acquisition of land

(B) Selection of site

(C) Finalisation of alignment of work

(D) All of the above

51. A lysimeter is used to measure

(A) Infiltration 

(B) Evapotranspiration

(C) Precipitation 

(D) None of these

52. The estimated time required to perform an activity, is known as

(A) Event 

(B) Dummy 

(C) Duration 

(D) Float    (HP JE(CIVIL)  QUESTION PAPER)

53. Along a hill road, a side drain is provided on

(A) outer side of a spur curve

(B) outer side of a re-entrant curve

(C) outer side of both (A) and (B)

(D) inner side of both (A) and (B)

54. Shear force for a cantilever carrying a uniformly distributed load over its length, is

(A) Triangle 

(B) Rectangle 

(C) Parabola 

(D) Cubic parabola

55. Rich cement mortars are more liable to cracking as compared to lean mortars because rich mortars have

(A) high shrinkage 

(B) less strength

(C) Both (A) and (B) 

(D) None of above

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56. The strength and durability of concrete depends upon

(A) size of aggregates 

(B) grading of aggregates

(C) moisture contents of aggregates 

(D) All of the above

57. Centre of buoyancy always

(A) coincides with the centre of gravity.

(B) coincides with the centroid of the volume of fluid displaced.

(C) remains above the centre of gravity.

(D) remains below the centre of gravity

58. If L is the length of the member, δL is change in length, ‘e’ is strain and E is Young’s modulus of elasticity, then the corresponding stress will be

(A) δL/L 

(B) δL*E/(L) 

(C) LE/δL 

(D) δL/(EL)

59. The percentage of earth covered by ocean is

(A) 31% 

(B) 71% 

(C) 51% 

(D) 97%

60. The science and practice of water flow measurement is called

(A) Hypsometry 

(B) Hydrometeorology

(C) Fluvimetry 

(D) Hydrometry

61. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

(A) The zone below the water table is called zone of saturation.

(B) The zone above the water table is called zone of aeration.

(C) The water which exists within the zone of the saturation is called groundwater.

(D) All of the above

62. Design of hydrology is necessary for civil engineers for

(A) Designing and construction of irrigation structures.

(B) Designing of culverts and bridges.

(C) Flood control works.

(D) All of the above

63. Interception losses are only due to

(A) Evaporation 

(B) Transpiration

(C) Stream flow 

(D) None of these

64. According to Khosla’s theory, the exit gradient in the absence of a downstream cut-off is

(A) Zero 

(B) Unity 

(C) Infinity 

(D) Very large

65. An ascending gradient of 1 in 50 meets the descending gradient of 1 in 100, the deviation angle of summit curve will be

(A) 1 in 100 

(B) 3 in 100 

(C) 1 in 50 

(D) None of these

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66. The gas which caused explosion in sewers is

(A) Carbon dioxide 

(B) Methane

(C) Ammonia 

(D) Carbon monoxide

67. The rainfall at any place may be determined by

(A) its intensity 

(B) its direction

(C) its frequency 

(D) All of the above

68. Intersection method of detailed plotting is most suitable for

(A) Forests 

(B) Urban areas 

(C) Hilly areas 

(D) Plains

69. In which of the following cases the recommended value of camber will be maximum

(A) Earthen roads 

(B) Thin bituminous roads

(C) Water bound macadam 

(D) Cement concrete pavement

70. Prime coat is applied ________ the tack coat and having viscosity ________ than the tack coat.

(A) before, less 

(B) after, more 

(C) after, less 

(D) before, more

71. Which of the followings come under the definition of highway maintenance ?

(A) Continue to provide convenient and safe traffic facilities.

(B) Avoid detour, speed changes etc.

(C) To preserve the surrounding environment and natural aesthetics so that the travel by road is pleasant and comfortable.

(D) All of the above

72. If both the ends of a column are hinged then the effective length will be (L is length of column)

(A) L 

(B) L/2 

(C) 2L 

(D) L/3     (HP JE(CIVIL)  QUESTION PAPER)

73. Bearing capacity of the soil depends upon the

(A) size of the particles

(B) shape of the particles

(C) cohesive properties of the particles

(D) All of the above

74. Failure of the slope occurs only when total shear force is

(A) equal to the shear strength of the soil

(B) greater than the total shearing strength

(C) less than the total shearing strength

(D) None of these

75. The consolidation time for soils

(A) increases with increasing compressibility

(B) decreases with increasing permeability

(C) increases rapidly with increasing size of soil mass

(D) All of the above

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76. The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of soil mass is known as

(A) Porosity 

(B) Specific gravity

(C) Void ratio 

(D) Water content

77. The inventor of term soil mechanics was

(A) Kray 

(B) Dr. Karl Terzaghi

(C) Fellenius 

(D) None of these

78. Loess is silty clay formed by the action of

(A) Water 

(B) Wind 

(C) Glacier 

(D) None of these

79. The most common cause of acidity in water is

(A) Carbon dioxide 

(B) Oxygen

(C) Hydrogen 

(D) Nitrogen

80. The phenolic compounds in public water supply should not be more than

(A) 0.01 ppm 

(B) 0.001 ppm 

(C) 0.1 ppm 

(D) 0.00001 ppm

81. Which of the following is not a water borne disease ?

(A) Dysentery 

(B) Cholera 

(C) Typhoid 

(D) Malaria

82. The maximum permissible limit for fluoride in drinking water is

(A) 0.1 mg/litre 

(B) 1.5 mg/litre 

(C) 5 mg/litre 

(D) None of these

83. The type of valve which allows water to flow in one direction but prevents it flow in reverse direction is

(A) Reflux valve 

(B) Sluice valve

(C) Air relief valve 

(D) None of these

84. The correct relation between Theoretical Oxygen Demand (TOD), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) is

(A) TOD > BOD > COD 

(B) TOD > COD > BOD

(C) COD > BOD > TOD 

(D) None of these

85. The pathogens can be killed by

(A) Chlorination 

(B) Nitrification

(C) Oxidation 

(D) None of these

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