Civil Engineering

What kind of foundations do you use for flyovers?

For a construction which of the following is preferred - a pre-cast pile or a

cast-in-situ pile?

What is pre-stressed concrete?

What are the ingredients of pre-stressed concrete?

What does 53 stand for in 53-grade cement?

What type of foundation would you prefer for a multistoried building? Support
your answer with reasons.

What are machine foundations?

How does machine foundations differ in construction from an ordinary

foundation?

What are the requirements of an ideal machine foundation?

What are the advantages of pre-cast piles?

What are the loads to be considered for the design of bridges?

What type of foundation would be adopted in marshy soils?

Explain well foundations?

Draw the cross section of rail.

Draw the shear force and bending moment diagrams for different loading on
beams.

What do you mean by batching?

Where does the maximum bending moment act in the case of bridge?

How can the supports be provided in bridges (with reason)?

What is the life of a pavement?

According to you what is the reason for the collapse of the Kadalundi bridge?
What is solution to this problem?

What are the characteristics of the soil that are to be determined to decide
upon the kind of foundation?

How do you determine the strength of a soil mass?

What are the different types of foundations adopted for different soils?

Given the plan and elevation, draw the isometric view.

Suppose you want to construct a bridge in Kochi, which foundation would you
adopt?

What is a theodolite? How is it used?

How is the theodolite levelled?

Define Civil Engineering?

Draw the stress-strain curve of mild steel?

What is the difference between bitumen and tar?

Which is commonly used - tar or bitumen? Why?

What is hydraulic jump?

What is Reynoldss number?

What is cutback bitumen?

Define angularity number and give its practical applications.

Define duty and delta.

What does 20 stand for in M20-mix concrete?

Differentiate between pre-tensioning and post-tensioning.

What is the role of a plate girder in a railway bridge?

What is camber?

What is differential settlement?

What is total energy line?

What is piping failure?

What is the difference between hollow bricks and ordinary bricks?

How many express ways are there in India?

Name the different types of retaining wall.

Which is better - Tiled roof or Terraced roof?

What is leap-frog trigonometric levelling?

What are the dimensions of a standard brick?

Differentiate between English bond and Flemish bond.

What are AADT, AASHO and ASCE?

What does IRC stand for?

Which instrument is used for measuring unevenness in a road?

Give the standard lengths of chains used for surveying.

What is a benchmark? What are the different types of benchmarks?

Expand PERT? How is it different from CPM and GANTT?

What are the common earth-moving equipment?

How is under-water concreting carried out?

What is N-value?

Differentiate between BOD and COD.

On what basis are the foundations classified as shallow and deep?

What is the shape of concrete sample for tensile strength test?

What is resonance? What is its importance in civil engineering?

What is the free body diagram?

What is the longest railway platform in India?

What is GIS?

What is rain water harvesting?

Differentiate between faults and fold.

Would the WTC have collapsed if it were a reinforced concrete structure?

What is RQD?

What are the different types of pile foundations?

What type of dam is the Idukki dam?

Who is the father of soil mechanics?

Differentiate between mild steel and HYSD bars.

What are geotextiles?

What is the importance of ground improvement?

What is the difference between ground improvement and soil stabilization?

What is the difference between angle of internal friction and angle of repose.

What is Quick sand?

What is specific-yield?

What are the different types of wall foundation?

What is the difference between weir and barrage?

What is critical hydraulic gradient?

What is super chlorination?

What is permanent solution applied for restoration of Leaning Tower of Pisa?

What is the usual thickness of cement concrete pavement?

What is Littoral Drift?

Why isnt a venturimeter used commonly for measuring discharge in

residential building?

Which is more efficient - Pump or Turbine?

What is the difference between a confined and unconfined aquifer?

Which is the instrument used to measure velocity of flow in pile?

How can you measure the amount of rainfall?

What is a gyroscope? Explain with the help of figures.

Draw the diagram of a cross section of truss and explain the forces acting on
it.