Civil Engineer PSC Exam Old Questions | Civil Engineer Loksewa Exam Old Questions

1. Shear modulus of elasticity is also known as

A) Modulus of elasticity

B) Bulk modulus of elasticity

C) Modulus of rigidity

D) Tangent modulus of elasticity

2. A piece of round steel forged in place to connect two or more steel members is known as a

A) Bolt

B) Rivet

C) Screw

D) Stud

3. The distance measured along one rivet from the centre of a rivet on it to the centre of the

adjoining rivet on the adjacent parallel rivet line, is known as

A) Staggered putch

B) Alternate pitch

C) Reeled pitch

D) Any one of these

4. Bending stress may develop in the case of

A) Lap joints

B) Single cover butt joints

C) Double cover butt joints

D) None of these

5. In an over-reinforced section

A) Steel reinforcement is not fully stressef to its permissible value

B) Concrete is not fully stressed to its permissible value

C) Either (a) and (b)

D) both (a) and (b)

6. The spacing of vertical stirrups in a rectangular beam is

A) maximum near the supports

B) minimum near the support

C) maximum near the center

D) minimum near the center

8. A doubly reinforced section is used

A) When the members are subjected to altermate external loads and the bending moment in the

sections reverse

B) When the members are subjected to loading eccentric on either side of the axis

C) When the members are subjected to accidental lateral loads

D) All of the above

9. If the area of tensile steel reinforcement is doubled, the moment of resistance of the beam

increases only by about

A) 12%

B) 22%

C) 32%

D) 42%

10. The neutral axis in a T-beam section falls

A) Within the flange

B) Outside the flange

C) either (a) or (b)

D) none of these

11. The width of the flange of the L-beam is taken as

A) one-sixth of the effective span of L-beam

B) Breadth of rib plus one- half of the clear distance between the rib

C) Breadth of rib plus four times the thickness of the slab

D) Minimum value of (a), (b) or (c)

12. The diameter of lateral ties, in no case, shall be less than

A) 5 mm

B) 10 mm

C) 15 mm

D) 20 mm

13. In a simply supported slab, alternate bars are curtailed at

A) one-fifth of the span

B) one-sixth of the span

C) one-seventh of the span

D) one-eighth of the span

14. A reinforced slab, built monolithically with the suppprting columns and is reinforced in two or

more directions, without any provisions of beams, called a

A) Two way slab

B) Flat slab

C) continuous slab

D) Circular slab

15. The diameter of the columns head should be taken as its diameter measured below the

underside of the slab at a distance of

A) 20 mm

B) 40 mm

C) 60 mm

D) 80 mm

16. According to Terzaghi, a foundation is said to be shallow of its depth is

A) Equal to width

B) Less than its width

C) Greater than its width

D) Either (a) and (b)

17. A footing which supports two or more columns is termed as

A) Combined footings

B) Strap footing

C) None of these

18. In the case of deformed bars, the value of bond stress for various grades of concrete is

greater by..........than the plain bars:

A) 10%

B) 20%

C) 30%

D) 40%

19. The working edge of T-square is used to

A) Draw horizontal line

B) as a base of set square

C) Draw horizontal parallel line

D) All of the above

20. Which one is not drafting equipment ?

A) Drafter

B) Dust cloth

C) scale

D) none of the above

21. To remove unnecessary lines ..........it used

A) Duster

B) Chalk

C) Sand box

D) Eraser

22. Number of equal pieces of A4 size paper from A0 is equal to

A) 2

B) 4

C) 6

D) 16

23. To measure a fraction we use

A) Diagonal scale

B) T-square

C) Set square

D) Plan meter

24. The space between two sentences should be left equal to

A) Height of letter

B) Twice the ht. of letter

C) 1.5 times ht. of letter

D) none of the above

25. Perspective projection is used to represent

A) Real exact size of object

B) Real exact shape of object

C) Natural view of the object

D) All of the above

26. Which is not pictorial projection ?

A) Oblique Projection

B) Orthographic Projection

C) Trigonometric

D) Axonometric Projection

27. In a topographic drawing the symbols representing natural features are drawn by free hand

while artificial work are drawn by

A) Free hand

B) Mechanically

C) Both (a) and (b) of the above

D) None of these

28. The technique for free hand sketch to drawing straight line is

A) Fixing Two end points

B) Fixing length of the line

C) Fixing the center of the line

D) All of the above

29. The number of years required for the net operating benefits to payback the initial cost of the

project is called

A) Operating periods

B) Service periods

C) Payback periods

D) Maintenance periods

30. The benefit cost ratio is

A) Directly Proportional to discount rate

B) Inversely proportional to discount rate

C) No any relation with discount rate

D) All of the above

31. In case of construction/production industry the cost of material is Normally

A) More than cost of labor

B) Equal to cost of labor

C) Less than cost of labor

D) None of the above

32. Find the annuity for getting 10000 at the beginning of year at a interest rate of 12% for 12

years

A) Rs. 1600

B) Rs. 1614

C) Rs. 1628

D) Rs. 1656

33. As indirect cost of project increase, the profit of project

A) increase

B) decrease

C) constant

D) all of the above

34. Break even analysis is the limited form of

A) Sensitivity analysis

B) Cost analysis

C) Benefit analysis

D) None of the Above

35. The discount rate that makes the net present value equal to zero is known as:

A) Break-even point

B) Internal rate of return

C) External rate of return

D) None of the above

36. The internal rate of return (IRR) is a rate of return used in capital budgeting to measures

and compare the.........of investments

A) Vulnerability

B) Subtract

C) Multiply

D) None of These

37. In Nepal, Which of the following act contains the provisions on health and safety of the

worker ?

A) Contract act

B) industry act

C) Labor act

D) all of the above

38. Maximum working hour for a labor per week should be

A) 42hr

B) 45hr

C) 48hr

D) 53hr

39. Ethics is the science which deals with

A) Rightness of professional

B) Wrong of professional

C) Both (a) and (b) of above

D) None of these

40. NEC act and its regulation............

A) 55 and 57

B) 54 and 55

C) 55 and 56

D) 57 and 58

41. The Number of members in dispute resolution committee is

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

42. The Quantity of cement concrete PCC having thickness less than 75mm is normally

measured in

A) m

B) m2

C) m3

D) lump-sump

43. The actual cost supplementary and revised estimate is

A) Less than estimated cost

B) A More than estimate cost

C) Equal to estimate cost

D) All of the Above

44. Evaluation of building is done based on

A) Detailed estimate

B) Plinth area rate

C) Cube rate

D) Depreciation method

45. The overhead and profit claimed by the contractor to client is

A) Separate item

B) Included in Materials only

C) Included in Labors only

D) Included in rate analysis

46. Full Payment of contractor is done

A) After agreement

B) After construction

C) After maintenance

D) All of the above

47. The estimated quality of cement recuired in cement mortar (1:6) per cubic meter will be

A) 5.4 bags

B) 4.8 bags

C) 8 bags

D) 3 bags

48. Which one information is not found in specification ?

A) Nature of works

B) Quantity of Materials

C) Types of Workmanship

D) Dimensions

49. In Specification of earth work in foundation trenches, drains etc, lead specified is (IS Code)

A) 30 m

B) 1.5 m

C) 50 m

D) 100 m

Answer Key :

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. C

11. D 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. B 16. D 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. D

21. D 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. C 30. B

31. A 32. B 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. C 38. C 39. C 40. A

41. B 42. B 43. A 44. B 45. D 46. C 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. C

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