Civil Engineering Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ’s) – Set 1
Following Below Questions and Answers (MCQ’s) Are Of Civil Engineering
1. In a mortar, the binding material is
- A. cement
- B. sand
- C. surkhi
- D. cinder.
Answer- A
2. Queen closer may be placed
- A. in header course
- B. in stretcher course
- C. in header course next to first brick
- D. in stretcher course next to first brick
Answer – C
3. Under normal conditions using an ordinary cement, the period of removal of the form work is :
- A. 7 days for beam soffits
- B. 14 days for bottom slabs of spans 4.6 m and more
- C. 21 days for bottom beams over 6 m spans
- D. 2 days for vertical sides of columns
- E. all the above.
Answer: Option E
4. International date line is located along
- A. standard meridian
- B. Greenwich Meridian
- C. equator
- D. 180° longitude
- E. none of these.
Answer: Option D
5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
- A. An activity of a project is denoted by an arrow on the net work
- B. The tail of the arrow indicates the start of the activity
- C. The head of the arrow indicates the end of the activity
- D. The arrows are drawn to scale from left to right
- E. Each activity consumes a given time.
Answer: Option D
6. SI unit for the surface tension is
- A. kg/m3
- B. kg/m2
- C. kg/m
- D. N/m
Answer: Option D
7. Thickness of a pavement may be reduced considerably by
- A. compaction of soil
- B. stabilisation of soil
- C. drainage of soil
- D. combination of all the above.
Answer: Option D
8. The ratio of shearing stress to shearing strain within elastic limit is known as
- A. modulus of elasticity
- B. shear modulus of elasticity
- C. bulk modulus of elasticity
- D. tangent modulus of elasticity
Answer: Option B
9. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (B.O.D.) of safe drinking water must be
- A. nil
- B. 5
- C. 10
- D. 15
- E. 20
Answer: Option A
10. The gap between web plates and flange plates for fillet welds should not be more than
- A. 0.5 mm
- B. 0.75 mm
- C. 1.0 mm
- D. 1.25 mm
- E. 1.5 mm
Answer: Option E
