SSC Jen

Test 3 Part :A

General engineering (civil and structural )

1. The minimum percentage of steel in RCC slab using mild
steel reinforcement is given by
Ans : 0.15%
2. To obtain very high strength concrete , it is necessary to use
very fine grained
Ans : Granite
3. Which of the following type of lime is used for under water
constructions ?
Ans : Hydraulic lime
4. Which of the following has least bearing capacity ?
Ans : Loose gravel
5. Factor of safety is the ratio of
Ans : yield stress to working stress
6. For lined canals , the free board is measured from the
Ans : full supply level to the top of the lining
7. The property of a material by which it gets permanent
under a load which
is not recovered after the removal of load is called
Ans :plasticity
8.The concrete having a slump of 6.5cm , is said to be
Ans : plastic

9. Capillary rise is a phenomena that is attributed to the

following property of a fluid
Ans. surface tension
10. The value of Cv for sharp edged orifice is generally
Ans . 0.98
11. As a cheap alternative , the fineness of cement is tested
by using
Ans . IS 90 mu sieve where at least 90 % (by weight) should
pass
12. Strain energy due to sudden axial load is given by
Ans . P x
Where P = axial load
= detornator
13. The maximum permissible stress for hand driven rivet in
axial tension
is
Ans: 80 N/mm2
14.Measurement of pressure difference between two points
is , generally done by using :
Ans : differential manometer
15. Calcium chloride added in concrete act as :
Ans : accelerator

16. The following document contains detailed description of

all items of work excluding their quantities ,along with the
current rates :
Ans :Abstract estimate
17.Specific gravity has a unit :
Ans : No unit dimensionless
18.To construct a massive dam the type of cement used is :
Ans : low heat cement
19.The size of fillet weld is indicated by :
Ans : side of the triangle of fillet
20.In limit state method of design ,for bars in compression
the values of bond stress shall be :
Ans :Increased by 25%
21.The main gas librated from an anaerobic sludge digestor
is :
Ans : CH4
22. Spacing of stirrups in a rectangular beam is :
Ans : increased at the centre of beam
23.The minimum percentage of longitudinal reinforcement in
RCC column is :
Ans : 0.8
24.

The beam shown in fig is :

Ans : Single overhanging beam
25. The slenderness ratio of a column is zero when its length :
Ans : is supported on all sides throughout its length
26. Most important constituents of cement are :
Ans : C3S and C2S
27. Which of the following has least carbon content ?
Ans : Wrought Iron
28. When R is the radius of the curve{ in metres } , D is the
degree of curve ( in degrees ) and length of the chord is 30 m,
then the relation between R and D is
Ans : R = 1720 / D
29. The floor area includes the area of the balcony upto :
Ans : 25%
30. The increase in the strength of concrete with time is
Ans : Asymptotic
31. Generally concrete cubes are tested measure concrete s :
Ans : Compressive strength
32.In a singly reinforced beam ,if the stress in concrete
reaches the allowable limit earlier than the steel reaches its
permissible limit ,the beam section is called :
Ans : over reinforced section
33 . Which of the following is a dimensionless quantity ?

Ans : strain
34. Weight of one bag of cement is
Ans : 50 kg
35. The flow constant f in Darcy Weisbach equation for head
loss in piped flows has a unit of
Ans no unit dimensions less
36. Steel corrodes in exposure of air and moisture and rust
has
Ans 0.5 times the volume of steel
37. In quadrantal bearing system , a whole circle bearing of
293 30 can be expressed as :
Ans N 66

30 W

38.Workability of concrete is directly proportional to :

Ans grading of aggregate, strength of concrete ,aggregate
cement ratio
39. A 40 cm diameter circular timber column is 4m long. The
slenderness ratio of column is :
Ans
40. The percentage of the fine aggregate of fineness modulus
2.6 to be combined with coarse aggregate of fineness
modulus 6.8 for obtaining the aggregate of fineness modulus
5.4 is
Ans 30%
41. Administrative head of public works department who is
directly responsible to government is :

Ans Chief engineer

42. The load factor applied to wind and seismic loads in design
of steel structure is
Ans 1.3
43. The minimum diameter of longitudinal reinforcement in
RCC column should be less than
Ans 12 mm
44. Generally the ratio of different ingredients ( Cement Sand
and aggregate ) in concrete mix of grade M20 is
Ans 1 : 1.5 : 3
45.Fineness test of cement gives an estimate of
Ans rate of hydration
46. The type of surveying which requires least office
work(least calculation )is
Ans Plane table surveying
47. Admixture which cause early setting and hardening of
concrete are called
Ans accelerators
48.Basalt stone is by nature
Ans volcanic
49. In open channels , maximum velocity occurs
Ans just below the free surface

50.
For the cantilever beam shown in
figure the value of shear force at fixed end is
Ans 70 kN

51.In a simply supported beam of span , subjected to

uniformly distributed load (UDL) of intensity W kN/m over its
entire length the maximum bending is givenby the expression
Ans WL2/8
52. The relationship between void ratio e and porosity n is :
Ans e =n(1+e)
53. When 1cm on a map represents 10m on the ground