1.

What happens to Load at yielding ?

2.

What is Critical Path in Ms-Project ?

3.

4.
5.

where will be the reinforcement of slab placed when there is an inverted beam
and the bottom of the beam and slab are at same level ?
What is Passive earth pressure ?
Which condition will prevail for the design of a swimming pool ? when th e
pool is empty or when it is filled ?

6.

What will be the effect of over reinforcement ?

7.

What is Planning ?

8.

What is the comprevsive strength of Brick ?

9.

What is the water absorption of first class brick ?

10.

Why we provide steel in Concrete ?

11.

Define Shear Force and in a structure subjected to gravity loads where will be
the shear force ?

12.

Which are the Steel tests ?

13.

Which are the concrete Tests?

14.

Initial & final setting time of concrete?

15.

Brick strength is more or concrete block?

16.

Why in Pakistan Bricks are used so much?

17.

In a cantilever where will the steel be provided and why?

18.

What is Plinth Level and Sill Level?

19.

How many bricks are there in 100cft?

20.

28 days compressive strength of concrete in PSI?

21.

What is slump Test?

22.

How can u check the diameter of steel after the construction?

23.

What is specific gravity?

24.

How cracks in concrete can be avoided?

25.

Types Of DPC and its Thickness used?

26.

28 Days Strength of Concrete (1:2:4)?

27.

Strength of brick?

28.

what is Brest Wall?

29.

what is Brick crushing strength(PSI)?

30.

what is Bearing Capacity,How to determine it?

31.

How much is the curing time period?

32.

How many types of slabs are there & how to design it?

33.

How many are the types of joints?

34.

Why joints are provided?

35.

How many bricks are there in 100cft?

36.

Types Of DPC and its Thickness used?

37.

How many bricks are there in 100 cft?

38.

Which are the Steel tests ?

39.

How much is the cover for slab?

40.

Interview Questions for MSc-Structures

41.

What is Packing Factor ?

42.

Forces in a Shear Wall are in plane or out of plane ?

43.

What is fineness modulus ? and its sieve # ?

44.

What is Base Shear ?

45.

What is Time period of a building and its relation with frequency ?

46.

There are two buildings one taller and one shorter whose time period will be
grater and similarly the frequency ?

47.

Workability ?

48.

Sulphate Resisting Cement ?

49.

Special thing in designing a overhead reservoir ? which is different from an

ordinary design

50.

Maximum %age of Steel in columns and beams ?

51.

how many cft in one cement bag?

52.

what are 5c and 5m in project management?

53.

Types of foundation?

54.

Bearing Capacity of Lahore soil?

55.

Why we perform compaction ?

56.

Dimentions of Foundation are calculated on basis of ??

57.

Density of steel in lb/inch^3?

58.

Dimentions of Standard Brick?

59.

Slump Value ?

60.

forces in truss ?

61.

what are Building standards ?

62.

If every other thing remains constant (including load) then Strain will be higher
in ? Grade 60 or Grade 40 ?

Test Questions
Communication and
Work Department
(CnW) by Hammad
Ahmad

1)uniformty of cofficient
2)mass of water in voids to mass of solids
3)for well graded soils a)trend is linear b)gap graded c)contains wide range of particle
sizes d)Cu is less than 4
4)test condition when there is no drainage at all stages of triaxial test UU,CU,CD
5)Flat dilatometer is used for a)penetration b)consistancy and relative density c)a n b
d)none
6)pile supported at hard strata called
7)test used for expansive soils is??
8)soils which pand in vol on wetting and shrink consideably on drying are called
9)density and water content are calculated insitu by ????
10)20psi water pressure is equal to how much height ??
11)Shear strength od soft soil is find out insitu by which method?
12) if shear plane is above toe then failure is called (slope failure,toe,base)
13)coefficient of active earth pressure is 1-sin@/1+sin@
14)effect of pore water pressure (vol increase frictional resistance decrease,vol
increase frictional resistance increase,both decrease,none)
15)odeometer is used for ???
16)minimum steel in column ??
17)minimum temp and shrinkage steel for 60 grade
18)minimum cover for exposed concrete
19)max negative momemt will be at for continueus beam
20)max positive moment for 3 continueous beams will be at
21)section modulous equal to???
22)swere earthquake zone is z1 z3 2A 2B
23)special moment resistance frame for Z1 Z3 2A 2B
24)ratio of height to least linear dimention exceeding 3 callad
beam,column,slab,padestral
25)max moment in punching shear will be at d,d/2,d/4
26max shear and moment in cantiliver will be at
27)shear diagram for cantiliver having UDL will be ???
28)curing is used for prevents concrete properties,avoid shrinkage,avaid
evaporation ,all
29)slimp test is used for (workbility,soundness,bla bla)
30)D/B=1 then foundation is called ???
31)plate load test is used for (modulous of elasticity,bearing capasity,resistance)

31)ratio of load and settlement is called(modulous of

subgrade,consolidation.elasticity)
32)lowest part of flexible pavemnet is???
33)for soil we can peform whivh tests on undisturbed samples
(CBR,TRIAXIAL,UNCONFINED Compaction ,all)
34)max superelevation in hilly areas (5,7,10,none)
35)breaking ability of driver depends on (break reaction time,peception time,breaks
efficiency and resistance bw tire AND ROAD,ALL)
36)ARRANGEMENT FOR CHANGE OF TRAIN FROM ONE TRACK TO
ANOTHER TRACK CALLED???
37)MOST EFFECTIVE SECTION IS
SEMICIRCULAR,RIAHGULAR.RACTANGULAR,TRAPAZOIDAL)
38)MAX VELOCITY OF FLUID IN PIPE WILL BE AT??
39)HEAD LOSS IN PIPES CAN BE CALCULATED USING WHICH FORMULA
40)SURGE TANK IS PROVIDED TO AVOID???
41)VAPOUR PRESSURE IS FUNCTION OF???
42)CRITICAL DEPTH OF FLOW IN TERMS OF CRITICAL ENERGY???
43)ARTIFICIAL APPLICATION OF WATER IN LANDS CALLED??
44)BARRAGE IS PROVIDED TO DIVERT WATER TO CANAL,INCREASE
SUPPLY LEVEL,SILT CONTROL.ALL
45)DEVICE FOR SILT CONTROL IN CANALS IS SILT EXCLUDER,SILR
EXTRACTOR,DIVIDE WALLS
46)MAX UPLIFT PRESSURE WILL BE AT UPSTREM PAKKA FLOOR,D/S
PAKKA FLOOR,AT MID
47)WHAT HAPPENS IF PILE LENGTH IS INREASED BELOW APRON
48)HYDROLIC RADIOUS OF CIRCULAR SECTION IS???
49)CANAL BELOW,DRAINAGE UP,,,STRUCTURE IS CALLED??
49)CANAL VS RIVER ROAD,DRAIN RAILWAYY WE PROVIDE(CROSS
DRAINAGE WORK,AQUDUCK,SYPHON,SUPER PASSEGE,ALL)
50)RETURN PERIOD OF FLOOD IN PUNJAB(10,100,1000,MFL)
51)UNLINED CANALS OF PUNJAB ARE DESIGNED USING WHICH
FORMULA
52)EVAPORATION,TRANSPIRATION,PRESIPITATION INFILTRATION
CALLED HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE??
53)METREOLOGICAL FACTORS FOR AIRPORT DESIGN(AIR DENSITYN AIR
DIRECTION,ATMOSPHERE PRESSURE,ALL)

54)DUMMY ACTIVITY IS ONE(DOTTED LINE,ARTIFICIAL ACTIVITY,ALL)

55)PERT DEPENDS ON
56)AERATION IS USED TO REMOVE (ODOR,BECTERIA,BLA BLA )
57)PPM MEANS
58)BOD GIVES US>????
59)WHICH COAGULANT IS USED???
60)WATER SCHEME IS DESIGNED ON (PEAK,AVG,MAX DAILY DEMAND,
ALL)
61)HOOKS LAW IS DEFINED AS
62)STRESS IS PROPORYIONAL TO STRAIN WITHIN ELASTIC LIMITS
63)MOST RELIABLE ESTIMATE IS ???
64)CRITCAL PATH METHOD USES (MAX TIME,MIN TIME, MIN COST)
65)WEIGHT IS 60N AND ITS WEIHT IN WATER IZ 20N SO SPECIFIC GRAVITY
IS???
66)fRAUDS NUMBER IS FUNCTION OF
67)RATIO OF INERTIA TO VISCOUS FORCES
68)CANTILIVER RETAINING WALLSS K LYA FAILURE CRITERIA.SLIDING
OVERTURNING,BASE SHEAR, ALL
69)DAM WHICH DEPENDS ON ITS WEIGHT FOR STABILITY CALLED
70)M.C IS EQUAL TO
71)QUANTITY OF WASTE IN EFFLUENT (80,40,120 MG/LTR)

Punjab Public Service

Commission (PPSC)
Test Questions for Post
of Assistant Director

Works (Civil) by
Muhammad Aboubakar
(options in brackets are the correct ones)
1. Eulers Crippling Load for Column with one end fixed and one end free will be
_____less than Eulers Crippling Load for Column with both ends Hinged.
2. After Tension test on two specimens, the specimen having %age reduction in area
of 60% has ______more ductility than that of having 40%.
3. The Shear force diagram of a simply supported beam carrying Uniformly
distributed load consists of _______ two right angled triangles.
4. If a member is subjected to stress (tensile) of 20KN/m2 along one axis and stress
(Compressive) of 10 KN/m2 perpendicular to first axis, then the Shear stress will be
__________. a-5KN/m2, b-10KN/m2, c-15KN/m2, d-20KN/m2
5. A cantilever beam is subjected to point load at free end, the maximum compressive
stress will be developed at __________ extreme bottom fibres at free end)
6. A rectangular Beam of Cross sectional Area A, LengthL, width B and depth
D will have ________ less, more, same elastic strength than rectangular Beam of
Cross sectional Area A, LengthL, width B and depth 2D.
7. The shear strength of a hollow shaft(Outer diameter=D, Inner Diameter= D/2) will
be _____ 15/16 times shear strength of a solid shaft of diameter D.
8. When a closed helix spring is subjected to axial compressive load then the
deformation in the spring will be _____ a-Crushing, (b-torsion), c- bending, d-shear

9. Ratio between change in volume to original volume is _______ (a-Vol. Strain), bPoissons Ratio,
10. In Shear force Diagram, where Shear Force is zero, Bending Moment at that point
will be ________ Maximum
11. Ductility of a material _______ with increase in %age reduction in Area of
member during Tension Test. (a-decreases), b-increases, c-remains same
12. Rankine Theory Assumptions
13. Strain Energy Stored in a spring under Maximum Load without sufficient
permanent deformation is called ________ a-Impact Energy, b-Proof Resilience, cProof Stress, (d-Modulus of Resilience)
14. Beam will have uniform strength throughout the length of the member if:
(a- Beam has same cross-sectional properties throughout the length)
b- if loading throughout the length is same
15. If ($) normal stress is acting along longitudinal axis of member, then Resultant of
stresses along a plane at angle (@) w.r.t. applied normal stress will be:
a- $sin@, b- $cos@, c- $sin2@ , d- $cos2@
16.. Assumptions of Bending Theory
17. If a cylinder is subjected to internal hoop stresses (burst pressure) then the
cylinder will ______
(a- increase in Vol. and decrease in Length)
b- decrease in Vol. and decrease in Length
c- decrease in Vol. and increase in Length
d- increase in Vol. and increase in Length
18. Point of Contra flexure occur in
a- Simply Supported Beams
(b- Fixed Ended Beams)

c- Cantilever Beams
d- Overhanging Beams
19- Buckling in Compression Members takes place along:
(a- Least Radius of Gyration)
b- Parallel to Load Axis
c- Perpendicular to Load Axis
d- minimum x-sectional Dimensions
20. Along Principal Plane, shear stresses are:
(a- zero)
b- minimum
c- maximum
d- constant
21. Cubic Parabola Shear Force diagram of Cantilever Beams occurs incase of:
a- Uniformly distributed Load
(b- Uniformly varying load)
c- in between points where no load acts
d- point loading
22. Slenderness is Ratio between:
a- Least Radius of Gyration to Length
(b- Length to Least Radius of Gyration)
23. For Two Shafts of equal Length including one hollow, have equal Torque and
equal Maximum Shear Stress, they should have equal:
a- angle of twist
(b- Polar Moment of Inertia)
c- Polar Modulus
d- diameter
24. Type of Welds usually used in construction now a day:
(a- Fillet Weld)
b- Beam Weld

c- Rivet Weld
d- Structure Weld
25. In practical, drawing prepared by practicing drafters for 3-d views are:
a- isometric
b- orthographic
c- auxiliary
d- perspective
26. Purpose of Curing of concrete is to stop:
a- increase in temperature of concrete
b- decrease in moisture of concrete
c- loss of moisture
d- dry shrinkage cracking
27. Shear stress in rectangular x-sec beam for torque will be Maximum at:
a- Center of Longer side of x-sec
b- Center of Shorter side of x-sec
c- Corners
(d- maximum distance away from Centroid).
28. Limiting Strain in Concrete is :
a- 0.001
b- 0.002
(c- 0.003)
d- 0.004
29. Split Cylinder test is performed to determine:
(a- MOR)
b- Durability
c- Slump
d- Compressive Strength
30. In I-section beam, subjected to transverse loading, Shear Stress will be maximum
at:
a- bottom of flange in flange portion

b- bottom of flange in web portion

c- extreme fibers
(d- Neutral Axis)
31. Member subjected to bi-axial stresses, Radius of Mohr Circle will be:
(a- Half of difference of stresses)
b- half of summation of stresses
c- differences of stresses
32. A short column is subjected to Axial Compressive Load, the failure will be:
a- Concrete Crushes first
b- Steel Yields first
c- Concrete Crushing & Steel Yielding is expected to take place at same time with
sufficient margin of safety
d- Strength depends upon presence of ties and spiral in member
33. During tension test on Mild Steel specimen, cause of Cup-Cone failure is
(a- Shear Stress)
b- Principal Stress
c- Principal Strain
d- Strain Energy
34. In fixed ended beam, Ratio between moment at center to moment at end support
is:
(a- 1:2)
b- 1:1
c- 2:3
d- 1:4
35. Depth of footing is controlled by:
a- one-way shear
b- punching shear
c- both by one-way & punching shear
d- flexure

36. Critical Section in Isolated Footings for One way Shear occurs at ____ of depth
from face of column?
37. Critical Section in Isolated Footings for Punching Shear occurs at ____ of depth
from face of column?
38. Shrinkage of Concrete depends upon:
a- Humidity
b- Time
c- Ambient temperature
(d- all)
39. SPT is performed in borehole, where bottom discharge bit was used for drilling:
a- SPT strength/resistance will increase
b- SPT will decrease
c- SPT will remains same
d- Not able to say anything
40. End Platten Effect during compression test:
(a- increases the lateral confinement at ends of sample)
b-, c-, d- not correct
41. A rectangular beam has x-sectional dimensions (b= 100mm, d= 150mm) is
subjected to a force _______, results in shear stress of 2N/mm2.
a- 20 N
(b- 30 N)
c- 40 N
d- 25 N
42. Which Steel is more brittle having:
(a- High Carbon)
b- Medium Carbon
c- Low Carbon
d- Twisted Steel

43. Method of Reducing Differential Settlement of building on sand:

a- increase dimensions of large footing
b- increase dimensions of smallest footing
c- bla bla ( c option was not satisfying)
(d- none)
44.Barrage is constructed for the purpose of:
a- (River diversion)
b- Storage
c- both a&b
d- recreation
45. Dry unit weight of a moist soil is _____ than bulk unit weight.
(a- less)
b- more
c- equal
d- no specific relation
46. Short Duration Hydro graph can be converted to Long one by:
a- Rating Curve
b- S curve
c- Hyetograph
d- Composite Hydrograph
47. Type of Hydraulic Jump for Froude No. 4.5 to 9 is:
a- Strong
b- Steady
c- Undular
d- weak
48. First Method for management of different activities in Project management is
______:
a. Milestone Chart Method
b. Bar Chart Method
c. PERT
d. CPM