Civil Engineering :: UPSC Civil Service Exam Questions
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The moment of inertia of a given rectangular area is minimum about
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If the efficiencies of BOD removal of first-stage and second-stage trickling filters are each 65.0%, then what is the overall BOD removal efficiency of these filters ?
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Which one of the following tests can be carried out at the construction site to determine the dynamic elastic properties of soil ?
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A particle moves with simple harmonic motion. If its acceleration at distance 'D' from the equilibrium position is 'A' then the period of the motion is given by
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Consider the following statements :
A high lime content in a composite cement-lime mortor results in
1. slow hardening.
2. quick setting.
3. weaker mortar.
Of these statements : -
Seasoning of timber is required to
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Four vertical columns of the same material, height and weight have the same end condition. The buckling load will be the largest for a column having the cross-section of a/an
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A beam has a solid circular cross-section having diameter d. If a section of the beam is subjected to a shear force F the maximum shear stress in the cross-section is given by
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A cantilever beam of span 4 m and cross-sectional are 0.3 m wide and 0.4 m deep is subjected to a concentrated load of 10 kN at the free end. Neglecting self-weight, the maximum bending stress at a section 2 m from the free end will be
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A simply supported beam AB of span 'l' has a form cross-section throughout. It carries a central concentrated load W and another load which is uniformly distributed over the entire span, its total magnitude being W. The minimum deflection in the beam is