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In Total Station surveying, distance measurement is executed using which technology?
AOptical Stadia Hair System
BElectronic Distance Measurement (EDM) infrared/laser system
CSubtense Bar Method
DGunter's Chain
Sensitivity of a level tube is defined as the angle subtended at the center by an arc of one division of the level tube, expressed in:
ADegrees
BRadians
CSeconds of arc
DMeters
In a parabolic three-hinged arch of span L and central rise h carrying UDL over entire span, horizontal thrust (H) at supports is:
Aw * L^2 / (8 * h)
Bw * L^2 / (4 * h)
Cw * L / (8 * h)
Dw * L^2 / (16 * h)
The Moment Distribution Method developed by Hardy Cross is primarily an iterative method used for analyzing:
AStatically determinate trusses
BStatically indeterminate continuous beams and rigid frames
CFlexible cable structures
DRetaining wall stability
According to Coulomb’s wedge theory of earth pressure, the failure wedge is assumed to be bounded by a plane surface and acts as a:
AFlexible membrane
BRigid body
CViscous fluid
DElastic spring
For a propped cantilever beam of span L with fixed support at A and prop support at B carrying UDL ‘w’, the reaction at prop support B is:
A1/8 wL
B3/8 wL
C5/8 wL
D1/2 wL
The maximum shear stress in a triaxial compression test on soil occurs on a plane inclined to the major principal plane at an angle of:
A30°
B45°
C60°
D90°
The optimum moisture content (OMC) of a soil during compaction test corresponds to the point where soil achieves:
AMaximum void ratio
BMaximum dry density
CZero air voids line
DMaximum degree of saturation (100%)
The development length (Ld) of a deformed reinforcement bar in tension as per limit state design is given by:
A(phi * sigma_s) / (4 * tau_bd)
B(phi * sigma_s) / (2 * tau_bd)
C(2 * phi * sigma_s) / tau_bd
D(phi * tau_bd) / (4 * sigma_s)
In steel tension member design, net effective cross-sectional area for a plate with staggered rivet holes is increased compared to chain riveting because:
AGross area increases
BStaggered pitch distance adds positive terms (s^2 / (4g)) to net width
CRivet hole diameter is reduced
DStress concentration factor is zero