BARC CE: Full Syllabus Test-11 for ESE & GATE CE Exams

Question 1

A clear dry sand sample is tested in direct shear test. The normal stress and the shear stress at failure are both equal to 120 kN/m². The angle of shearing resistance of the sand will be

Question 2

The factor of safety of an infinite slope in a sand deposit is found to be 1.732. The angle of shearing resistance of the sand in 30 degree. The average slope of the sand deposit is given by

Question 3

The main reinforcement of an RC slab consists of 10 mm bars at 10 cm spacing. if it is desired to replace 10 mm bars by 12 mm bars, then the spacing of 12 mm bars should be

Question 4

According to Terzaghi’s theory, the ultimate bearing capacity at the ground surface for a purely cohesive soil with cohesion c and for a smooth base of a strip footing is

Question 5

A cantilever truss as shown in the figure is subjected to a horizontal load ‘P’ at joint A. The total number of zero force members in the truss is

Question 6

A beam ABC is supported and loaded as shown in the figure. Find the support reactions at A and B. (Neglect horizontal reaction at A)

Question 7

A 4.8 m long post-tensioned prestressed concrete beam is prestressed by a parabolic cable with eccentricity of 15 mm above C.G. at both supports and 45 mm below C.G. at the midspan. The beam is tensioned from one end. In the estimation of maximum loss due to friction, what should be the cumulative angle turned by the parabolic profile?

Question 8

The Euler’s crippling load for a 2 m long slender steel rod of uniform cross-section hinged at both the ends is 1 kN. The Euler’s crippling load for aim long steel rod of the same cross-section and hinged at both the ends will be

Question 9

A steel bar ABC of uniform cross-section 100 mm² is suspended vertically and loaded as shown in the figure. If the lower end of bar C does not move when loads are applied (neglect self-weight), then the value of force P is (E_S = 200 kN/mm²)

Question 10

A propped cantilever is subjected to a concentrated load of 16 kN at the centre of the span. The length of beam is 4 m. The flexural rigidity El = 4 x 10² kNm². The reactions at the fixed end and simply supported end are:

Question 11

A rigid frame ABCD with vertical members AB and CD is pinned at A and roller supported at ‘D’. Horizontal member BC is loaded with vertical point load of 90 kN at the centre of BC, AB = BC = CD = 3 m. If support A rotates by

rad. and also sinks downward by 30 mm. The reactions at A and D:

Question 12

A rigid frame ABCD has AB member as overhang, with end ‘A’ being free. Supports C and D are fixed. DB is vertical member and BC is horizontal member. DB = BC = 5 m. If the moment equations are given by :

M_DB = 0.4EIθ_B M_BD = 0.8 EIθ_B

M_BA = 54 M_BC = –135 + 1.6 EIθ_B

M_CB = 135 + 1.6 EIθ_B then

θ_B rotation at B is given by :

Question 13

To prevent buckling of the top edge of a gusset plate due to bending compression, the outstand of the gusset plate from the edge of column should be limited to (thickness of plate = t; yield stress ratio = ε)

Question 14

A retaining wall retains a sand strata with ϕ = 30° up to its top. If a uniform surcharge of 12 t/m² is subsequently put on the sand strata, then the increase in the lateral earth pressure intensity on the retaining wall will be

Question 15

Two footings, one circular and the other square, are founded on the surface of a purely cohesionless soil. The diameter of the circular footing is same as that of the side of the square footing. The ratio of their ultimate bearing capacities is

Question 16

A rectangular beam section of 300 mm width and 500 mm effective depth has tensile reinforcement of 1346 mm². The beam M is constructed using M20 grade concrete and Fe 415 steel. Calculate the neutral axis.

Question 17

If a two-lane national highway and a two-lane state highway intersect at right angles, the number of potential conflict points at the intersection, assuming that both the roads are two-way is:

Question 18

Web crippling generally occurs at the point where

Question 19

In a slab, the minimum reinforcement using steel of grade Fe 415 is:

Question 20

A square column section of 350 mm × 350 mm is reinforced with four bars of 25 mm diameter and four bars of 16 mm diameter. The transverse reinforcement will be:

Question 21

Relation between Young’s modulus and cube strength of concrete is ____(Given by IS 456:2000)

Question 22

The standard penetration resistance value obtained in a deep deposit of sand at a depth of 10.0 m was 25. The unit weight of sand is 14.0 kN/m³. What is the corrected value of no. of blows for overburden pressure?

Question 23

A waste water sample has an initial BOD of 200 mg/L. the first order BOD decay coefficient is 0.5/day. The BOD consumed in mg/L in 5 days is

Question 24

For a balanced RCC rectangular section having width 200 mm and depth 400 mm, allowable moment capacity is 37 kN-m. if permissible tensile stress is 230MPa, area of reinforcing steel would be

Question 25

Two wastewater stream A and B, having an ultimate BOD are getting mixed to form the stream C. the temperature of stream at A is 20⁰c and of the stream C is 10⁰c. It is given that the 5 day BOD of the stream A at 20⁰c is 50 mg/l, BOD rate constant (base 10) at 20⁰c = 0.115 per day, temperature coefficient = 1.135. The 5 day BOD in mg/l of the stream C at 10⁰c is:

Question 26

The main constituent of cement which is responsible for initial setting of cement is

Question 27

A queen closer is

Question 28

The ratio of crippling load for the beam freely supported at both ends & to that when fixed at both ends will be-

Question 29

Estimate the settling velocity of sediment particles of diameter 0.05 mm and of specific gravity 2.65, when settling in water medium with y = 1×10^-5 m²/s

Question 30

Calculate the extra widening of pavement needed on a two lane highway having a longitudinal circular curve of radius 300 m. Design speed = 80 kmph, length of wheel base of largest vehicle = 6 m.

Question 31

An initial cross-sectional area of a clay sample was 15 cm². The failure strain was 25% in an unconfined compression test. The corrected area of the sample at failure would be

Question 32

A vertical cut in a clayey soil with unit weight of 19 kN/m³ failed when the depth of cut was 4.0 m. The cohesive strength of clay is:

Question 33

Principal stresses at a point in a plane stressed element are σ_x = σ_y = 500 N/mm². Normal stress on the plane inclined at 45° to the x axis will be