CUET PG 2022 Question Paper Civil Engineering Shift-2

For the following questions answer them individually

Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Select the option that gives their correct order.

Choose the correct sentence.

Match List I with List II:

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Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which two of the following are in correct form ?
A. Let's go to the cinema, shall we ?
B. Let's go to the cinema. do we ?
C. Let's not go to the cinema, shall we ?
D. Let's not go to the cinema. shan't we ?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Identify the correct indirect narration for the following sentence :
"Who now." they had asked. "Will listen to our troubles and protect us from the crocodiles" ?

Identify the active voice for the following sentence :
These things have been left here by an unknown person.

‘Who has become the First female to took the office of President of Tanzania and the third woman head of the government of country in East African Community ?

All the intellectuals are very emotional. because :
A. They are thinking beings
B. They are logical beings
C. They are mathematical beings
D. They are philosophers
E. They are layman
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Choose the best options for football players :
A. Player 'XYZ' shows team spirit
B. Player 'XYZ' have sportsmanship
C. Player "XYZ' have hatred for other team-mates
D. Player 'XYZ' shows jealousy
E. Player 'XYZ' shows patience
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A person can learn Sanskrit without a teacher :
A. It is not possible learning Sanskrit without a teacher: as it is a technical subject.
B. It is possible to learn Sanskrit as it is non-technical subject.
C. Anyone can learn it: as it is just a language.
D. It can be learned by daily practice under a teacher.
E. It is easy for a person. who know Hindi language.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Give below are two statements :
Statement I : Pollution level in Delhi may be reduced by reducing the factories.
Statement II : All factories are creating noise pollution and are dangerous to health.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Give below are two statements :
Statement I : Education is important for both male and female.
Statement II : Government must encourage co-education. as it is required for country’s development.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

Give below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A : If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio of 3:27 then their surface areas are in the ratio of 4:9.
Reason R : If the surface areas of two cubes are in the ratio $$S_1 : S_2$$, then their volumes are in the ratio $$S^{\frac{2}{3}}_1 : S^{\frac{2}{3}}_2$$
In the light of the above statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A sample of soil weighs 27.8 g and has a volume of 15.20 cm$$^3$$. If the dry mass of sample is 24.57 cm? and the specific gravity of soil grains is 2.7. its void ratio should be equal to ___________

Identify the correct expression that may be used to determine the submerged unit weight ($$\gamma'$$) of soil. (V = Total volume of soil sample; $$V_s$$ = Volume of solids; $$\gamma_w$$ = Unit weight of water; $$\gamma_d$$ = Dry unit weight of soil; G = Specific gravity of soil grains)

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The gain in strength of soil with passage of time after it has been remoulded is called Thixotropy.
Statement II : Thixotropy indicates how much shear strength will be regained after a pile has been driven and left in place for some time.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Liquid limit, plastic limit and shrinkage limit for a soil sample are given as 40%. 25% and 12% respectively. If the natural water content of the soil is 28%. then the consistency index will be about ______________

A sand deposit comprises of three distinct horizontal layers of equal thickness. The hydraulic conductivity of the topmost layer, middle layer and the third layer is 0.002 cm/s, 0.01 cm/s, and 0.001 cm/s respectively. The equivalent value of vertical hydraulic conductivity of this sand deposit is about _______________

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The coefficient of volume change depends upon the effective stress at which it is determined.
Statement II : The value of coefficient of volume change increases with an increase in the effective stress.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

The equation given by Coulomb for shear strength (s) of a soil at a point on a particular plane expressed as a linear function of the normal stress on that plane is ______________ (where c is cohesion and $$\Box$$ is angle of internal friction).

The triaxial compression test may be used to determine shear characteristics of __________

Standard penetration test is carried out on silty fine sand. If the recorded penetration number $$(N_R)$$ is 13. then the penetration number corrected for dilatancy $$(N_C)$$ should be equal to _____________

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The factor of safety of an infinite slope of a cohesive soil depends upon the height of the slope.
Statement II : The stability numbers can be used for the analysis of purely cohesionless soil slopes.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Which of the following is the correct form of Boussinesq’s Equation used to compute vertical stress $$(\sigma_z)$$ at a particular point located at a depth z and at a horizontal distance r from the vertical axis through the point load Q acting on the surface.

The net soil pressure that can be safely applied to the soil considering only shear failure is termed as ___________

The diameter at the inlet end of a tapered pipe is halved at the outlet end. If the flow velocity of an incompressible fluid at the inlet end is given as V. then the flow velocity at the outlet end should be ____________

A sluice gate 3m wide and 2m deep s placed in water such that the top of edge of the gate is 3m below the free surface of water. The depth of pressure will be located at ______________ below the free surface of water.

The diameter of a pipe is suddenly doubled. If the velocity of flow of water before enlargement is 2 m/s. then the headloss due to this sudden enlargement will be _____________

A nearly hemispherical boulder of radius 1 m is lying on the bed of a canal as shown in the following figure. If the depth of water in the canal is 4m. then the vertical component of hydrostatic force on the boulder will be about ________________

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A 20 mm dia pipe carries water at a velocity of 2.5 m/s. If the value of Reynolds number is given as 1280, then the head loss per kilometre through the pipe should be about ______________

Two pipes such that the diameter of one is twice that of the other are used to carry water from one tank to another. Given the conditions that both the pipes have the same value of f, both tanks have different water surface elevation and minor losses being negligible the ratio of rate of flow through the two pipes should be equal to _____________

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : In an initially dry soil. the infiltration rate is low at the beginning of the rain or irrigation.
Statement II : The basic infiltration rate of a soil is approximately equal to the permeability of saturated soil.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The sum of the specific yield and specific retention would be equal to the porosity of the given soil formation.
Statement II : The product of the average specific yield of a saturated water bearing formation and its total volume gives the volume of water which can be recovered from the formation by gravity drainage.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

A triangular shaped direct runoff hydrograph of a storm is obtained from a catchment with an area of 40 km 2. If. the base period and the peak flow rate are given as 60 hours and 20 m 3 /s, respectively, then the rainfall excess that has resulted the above hydrograph should be ______________

The water table in an aquifer extending over an area of 150 ha is dropped by 2.0 m. Given that the porosity and specific retention are 35 percent and 10 per cent respectively. the change in ground water storage should be equal to _____________

The location of three observation wells is as shown in the following figure. If the total head in Well-1. Well-2 and Well-3 are 20.8 m, 20.4 m and 20.6 m, respectively. then the hydraulic gradient should be _______________.

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Two monitoring wells. 400 m apart. are located along the direction of groundwater flow in a 20 m thick aquifer. If the difference in piezometric head in the wells is 1.6 m and the hydraulic conductivity is 45 m/day. then the rate of flow per meter of distance perpendicular to the flow direction should be equal to _________________

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Hardness in water is caused by the presence of multivalent cations.
Statement II : Iron and Manganese are major contributors to hardness in natural water.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Water, containing hardness of 5.0 milliequivalent/litre, is to be removed using an ion exchange softener. Available resin material has the hardness exchange capacity of 100 kg/m$$^3$$. The volume of resin required to treat 10,000 m$$^3$$/d of water is _______________

In the absence of alternate sources of water, the permissible limit for total dissolved solids as recommended by the BIS Code IS 10500 : 2012 is _______________

The suggested Gt value for design of a flocculation tank is given as $$1.08 \times 10^5$$ with an average velocity gradient of 30 per second. What should be the volume of flocculation tank required to treat 30,000 m$$^3$$/d of water?

9.0 m$$^3$$ of sodium chloride solution is to be applied at a rate of 40 litre/m 2 /min for regeneration of an ion exchange unit. The approximate time required for simultaneous regeneration of five units, each having the diameter of 2.0 m and a height of 1.8 m. will be _______________

A filter bed of 0.60 m depth having a porosity of 40 percent is fluidized such that the porosity of the fluidized bed is 70 percent. What will be the length of fludized bed ?

The process in which various components of municipal solid wastes are subjected to partial combustion under a controlled amount of air is known as ________________

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Thermocoal or Styrofoam present in MSW can be processed to recover fuel and other by-products.
Statement II : Thermocoal or Styrofoam present in MSW can be powdered and made into sheets, which can be used to make furniture.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Overtaking sight distance only applies to single carriage ways.
Statement II : Full overtaking sight distances are much larger in value than stopping sight distances.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Considering that sight distance approximates to a straight line for a horizontal curvature with large radius, and that the sight distance length lies within the curve length. the relationship between the radius (R), Minimum Offset Clearance (Ms) and sight distance (SD) can be expressed as:

A transition curve is required for a single carriageway road with a design speed of 90 km/hr. The radius of the connecting curve is 500 m. Assume a value of 0.3 m/s$$^2$$ for the rate of change of radial acceleration. The required length of transition curve should be ______________

Camber in road surfaces is introduced to provide _______________

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A : Gradient of the road affects the sight distance.
Reason R : While climbing up a gradient, the vehicle can stop immediately: whereas. while descending a gradient, gravity also comes into action and more time will be required to stop the vehicle.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

In a flexible pavement. an application of low viscous cutback bitumen to an absorbent surface like granular bases on which binder layer is placed. is termed as ___________

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The purpose of the dowel bar is to effectively transfer the load between two concrete slabs and to keep the two slabs in same height.
Statement II : The dowel bars are provided in the direction of the traffic (longitudinal)
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements:
Statement I : Cutback bitumen is defined as the bitumen. the viscosity of which is reduced by a volatile diluents.
Statement II : The lower grade cutback like RC-1 would be less viscous as compared to the higher grade cutback like RC-4.
In the light of the above statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

In a cement concrete pavement. the width of expansion joint is 2.5 cm. The coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete is given as $$10 \times 10^{-6}$$ per °C. If the laying temperature is 15 °C and the maximum slab temperature during summer is 55 °C. then the spacing between expansion joints should be _____________

The permissible flexural stress in a dowel bar of diameter 'd' is '$$F_f$$' and the permissible bending stress in concrete used in the pavement is '$$F_b$$'. In order to obtain balanced design for equal capacity in bending and bearing, the length of embedment of the dowel bar ‘$$L_d$$’ to be provided at a joint of with $$\delta$$ can be expressed as _______________

Based on the recommendations of the Indian Road Congress (IRC) for CBR method of design of pavement. identify the incorrect statement.

Three coplanar forces acting in different direction upon a particle keep it in equilibrium. One of the forces has a magnitude of 10 N and acts towards North. The second force acts towards South-West. What should be the magnitude of the third force if it acts towards East.

Under an axial load. a circular steel rod experiences a longitudinal strain of 0.0003536 and a lateral strain of 0.0000884. The volumetric strain experienced by the rod should be equal to ____________

The Young’s modulus and the modulus of rigidity for a material are given as $$1.2 \times 10^5$$ N/mm$$^2$$ and $$4.8 \times 10^4$$ N/mm$$^2$$ respectively. The value of Bulk modulus for this material should be equal to _______________

An air vessel is 2.0 m long and is 1 em thick. It has an external diameter of 45 cm. What will be the change in length of the vessel if it is subjected to the longitudinal and circumferential stresses of 11.25 MN/m? and 22.5 MN/m?, respectively?

A cantilever of length 2.0 m carries a uniformly distribute load of 1.5 kN/m run over its entire length. In addition. a point load of 2 kN also acts at a distance of 0.5 m from the free end. What will be the magnitude of the maximum shear force for this cantilever?

Identify the incorrect statement in the context of bending beams:

A simply supported beam has a span of 9.0 m and carries a uniformly distributed load of 10 KN/m for a distance of 6.0 m from one of its end. What will be the magnitude of maximum bending moment for this beam?

Consider a simply supported beam with a span ‘L’ carrying a uniformly varying load from zero at end ‘A’ to ‘w’ per meter length at end ‘B’. The maximum bending moment in this beam will occur at a distance of _______________ from the end ‘A’.

‘What will be the magnitude of uniformly distributed load that a beam (30 cm wide and 20 cm deep). having a span 8 m, can carry such that the bending stress does not exceed 120 N/mm$$^2$$?

‘What will be the magnitude of average shear stress in a beam that a 200 mm wide and 250 mm deep if it is subjected to a maximum shear force of 75 kN.

Which of the following is not part of the assumptions made in Euler’s column theory?

Two circular columns, C-1 and C-2. made up of the same material have equal effective length. The diameter of C-1 is half of that of C - 2. Provided that the crippling stress is less than the crushing stress for both the columns, the ratio of crippling load for C-1 and C-2 will be _____________

What thrust will a round steel rod (EI = 225 N-m$$^2$$) take without buckling if it is 1.5 m long. perfectly straight. pin-jointed at both the ends and the load being applied exactly along the axis of the rod?

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