KRL Sample Questions for Civil Engineering

KRL Sample Questions for Civil Engineering

Instructions that will be given on Paper:

• Write your full name and all other information asked at the top of this page and at the Answer sheet provided.

• Encircle the letters A, B, C or D in the Answer Sheet corresponding to the correct answer from the given options

• Each correct answer carries THREE marks while ONE mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
• Use of any external paper for rough work is not allowed. Carry out your rough work somewhere in the question paper. DO NOT use any side of the answer sheet for rough work.
• More than one answers for a single question will be considered as INCORRECT
• Fill the answer sheet carefully. Avoid overwriting and/or cutting in the answer sheet.
• Exchange of anything is not allowed during the examination
• STOP WRITING IMMEDIATELY when you are asked to do so
• KEEP YOUR MOBILE PHONES OFF AND POCKETED. USE OF MOBILE PHONE AS CALCULATOR IS ALSO NOT ALLOWED.
• Be sure that you have got all the pages of your paper with 80 questions in all.

Sample Paper (CIVIL)

1. In a two hinged arch, an increase in temperature induces

(A) No bending moment in the arch rib

(B) Uniform bending moment in the arch rib

(C) Uniform bending moment in the arch rib

(D) The minimum bending moment at the crown

2. Poisson’s Ratio for Concrete is approximately

(A) 0.625 (B) 0.534 (C) 1.325 (D) none of

these

3. The field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation of cracks in materials is known as

(A) Statics (B) Dynamics

(C) Fracture Mechanics (D) Metal Mechanics

4. Which of the following Test fall in the category of Non-Destructive Testing?

(A) X-ray (B) Laser Ultrasonics

(C) PT & LT (D) All of these

5. From a nozzle exposed to the atmosphere the liquid jet traverses:

(A) Straight path (B) Parabolic path

(C) Circular path (D) Elliptical path

6. Soils exhibit strain-dependent dynamic properties so that an earthquake strong shaking increases, soil shear modulus

(A) increases (B) decreases

(C) remain the same (D) may increase or decrease

7. The ratio of the tensile stress developed in the walls of a boiler in the circumferential direction to the tensile stress in the axial direction is

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

8. The point of contra flexure occurs in

(A) cantilever beam only (B) continuous beam only

(C) overhanging beam only (D) simple beam only

9. A rectangular beam 20cm wide is subjected to the maximum shearing force of 10,000 kg, the corresponding maximum shearing stress being 30 kg/cm2. The depth of the beam is

(A) 15 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 25 cm (D) 30 cm

10. To a cyclist riding west at 20 kg/hr, the rain appears to meet him at an angle of 45° with the vertical. When he rides at 12 km/hr, the rain meets him at an angle of 19°48’ with the vertical. The actual direction of the rain is

(A) 13° (B) 21° (C) 31° (D) 70°