CIVIL ENGINEEERING QUESTIONS
1) Cube mould size – 150x150x150mm
2) Cube filled in how many layers – 3 layers
3) Tamping in every layer – 35 times
4) Tamping rod length – 600mm
5) cube mould tolerance- 0.2mm
6) Slump cone height – 300mm
7) Slump cone top dia – 100mm
8) Slump cone bottom dia- 200mm
9) Tamping rod length – 600mm
10) Tamping rod dia- 16mm
11) Slump cone filled in layer – 3 layer
12) Tamping in every layer- 25 times
13) N/mm2 to kg/cm2 – Multiply by 10.197
14) Function of development length- Transfer stress from steel to concrete
15) Minimum length of 135 degree hook – 6D
16) IS Code for slump test- IS 1199
17) Initial setting time of cement-30min
18) Final setting time of cement-10h
19) Standard size of brick – 190mmx90mmx90mm
20) De shuttering time of vertical formwork column, wall, beam- 16-24h
21) De shuttering Soffit formwork to slab- 3 days
22) De shuttering Soffit formwork to beam- 7 days
23) De shuttering props to slab (spanning up to 4.5m) – 7 days
24) De shuttering props to slab (spanning over 4.5m) – 14 days
25) De shuttering props to beams & arches (spanning up to 6m) – 14 days
26) De shuttering props to beams & arches (spanning over 6m) – 21 days
27) IS code for concrete mix design – IS: 10262-2019
28) IS code for plain & RCC concrete- IS: 456
29) IS code for fine & coarse aggregate- IS: 383
30) Concrete grade M5 ratio – 1:5:10 (Similarly, for all nominal mix should be known
where M stands for MIX and 5 stands for Characteristics compressive strength of concrete
in N/mm2)
31) Volume of 1 bag of cement- 0.0347 cubic meter
32) Weight of 1 bag of cement- 50kg
33) Maximum spacing between chairs- 1m
34) Rings in beams are called – Stirrups
35) Rings in column are called- Ties (Transverse reinforcement)
36) Technical name of Binding wire- Annealed wire
37) No of cube samples to be taken for concreting
1-5cum – 1 no
6-15cum – 2nos
16-30cum- 3nos
31-50cum- 4nos
51-for every 50cum - +1 no
38) pH of water shall not be less than – 6 (ph – potential of hydrogen)
39) The tremie pipe shall not be less than 200mm in diameter
40) Maximum permissible free fall of concrete may be taken as- 1.5m
41) Main bar in column shall not be less than – 12mm in dia
42) Function of lap length- Lap length address the length of the bar needed to transfer the
stress to the other bar
43) Percentage strength of concrete 3 days- 40%
7 days- 65%
14days- 90%
28 days-99%
44) Max dia of bar we can use in slab- It should not exceed 1/8th of total thickness of slab
45) What is ultimate load capacity of pile- The maximum load which a pile can carry
before failure.
46) Expansion joints are provided when structure exceeds 45m in length than one or more
expansion joints are provided.
47) Purpose of frog in brick- Developing proper joint between brick and mortar
48) Type of cement preferable in sea water construction- Slag/Pozzolana cement
49) When two different dia bars are lapped than lapping length is calculated on the basis
of smaller dia bar.
50) Least cover provided in different RCC members- Footing 50mm, Column 40mm,
Beam 25mm, Slab 20mm
51) Full form of TMT- Thermo Mechanical Treatment
52) Steel grade 550D- D stands for ductility
53) Unit of steel formula – D square/162
54) Main principle of surveying is to work from whole to the part
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