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Round One

Rules
Each team will be asked 3 questions.
Correct answer : 30
Wrong answer : -15
Pass : No marks

If a question is passed, all the other teams will be given 15 secs to write their
answer on the chit provided to them and submit it. 30 marks will be distributed to
teams with correct answer and -10 will be awarded for wrong answer. If no answer
is written on chit, no marks.

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Team A
1) A highway is designed for the traffic volume corresponding to

A.30th highest Hour

B.peak hour
C.ADT
D.15 min-peak volume

ANSWER 1
A.30th highest Hour

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Team B
2) Deflection of a sheet pile in a braced cut
A.Decreases from top to bottom
B.Increases from top to bottom
C.Increases from top and then decreases
D.Decreases from top and then increases

ANSWER 2
B. Increases from top to bottom

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Team C
3) What is caused by the addition of coarser particles like sand or silt to clay?
A. Decrease in Liquid Limit and increase in Plasticity Index
B. Decrease in Liquid Limit and no change in Plasticity Index
C. Increase in Liquid Limit and Plasticity Index
D. Decrease in both Liquid Limit and Plasticity Index

ANSWER 3
D.Decrease in both Liquid Limit and Plasticity Index

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Team D
4) Type II and Type V cements are the ones which have good and high sulfate
resistance. What is so special about them that makes them sulfate resistant.

A.Low C3A content

B.Low C4AF content
C.High C3A content
D.High C4AF content

ANSWER 4
A. Low C3A content
Reason for answer :
Types II and V OPC are designed to be resistant to sulfate attack. Sulfate attack
is an important phenomenon that can cause severe damage to concrete
structures. It is a chemical reaction between the hydration products of C3A and
sulfate ions that enter the concrete from the outside environment. The products
generated by this reaction have a larger volume than the reactants, and this
creates stresses which force the concrete to expand and crack. Although
hydration products of C4AF are similar to those of C3A, they are less vulnerable to
expansion, so the designations for Type II and Type V cement focus on keeping
the C3A content low.

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Team A
5) The wall friction of retaining walls
A. Decreases active earth pressure but increases passive earth pressure
B. Decreases passive earth pressure but increases active earth pressure
C. Decreases both active and passive earth pressure
D. Increases both active and passive earth pressure

ANSWER 5

B. Decreases active earth pressure but increases passive earth pressure

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Team B
6) In which of the following yards, are reception, sorting and dispatch of railway
wagons done ?

A. Loco yard
B. Marshalling yard
C. Goods yard
D. Passenger yard

ANSWER 6
B. Marshalling yard

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Team C
7) increasing order of heat of hydration

A.C2S<C4AF<C3S<C3A
B.C4AF<C2S<C3S<C3A
C.C4AF<C2S<C3A<C3S
D.C2S<C4AF<C3A<C3S

ANSWER 7
A.C2S<C4AF<C3S<C3A

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Team D
8) In a cement concrete pavement slab load, warping and frictional stresses are
210 N/mm2, 290 N/mm2 and 10 N/mm2 respectively, the stress during summer
mid day at bottom of slab is

A.210 + 290 - 10
B.210 + 290 + 10
C.290 - 210 + 10
D.None of the above

ANSWER 8
A. 210 + 290 - 10
During Summer
Critical combination = load stress + warping stress
frictional stress

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Team A
9) Workability of concrete which has zero slump can be found by which test -

I. Vebe test
II. Compaction factor test
III.Flow table test
IV.Marsh cone test

A.All of the above

B.I, II and III
C.I and II
D.I

ANSWER 9
C. I and II

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Team B
10) The representative geometric mean size of of aggregate is 600 micron. The
fineness modulus of fine aggregate is

A.1.0
B.2.0
C.3.0
D.4.0

ANSWER 10
Answer : C.
Sieves used for calculation of fineness modulus are arranged in following order :
80mm, 40mm, 20mm, 10mm, 4.75mm, 2.36mm, 1.18mm, 600m, 300m, 150m,
So fineness modulus = 3.0 for 600m

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Team C
11) For control along z-axis i.e. X movement for an aeroplane, Y is provided at tail
end of the fuselage, Identify X and Y

A.Pitching, Elevator
B.Yawing, Rudder
C.Pitching, Aileron
D.Rolling, Rudder

ANSWER 11
B. Yawing, Rudder

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Team D
12) A and B are Skemptons pore pressure coefficients. For a heavily over
saturated consolidated soil (undrained condition)
a. A>1; B>1
b. A>1;B<1
c. A<0;B=1
d. A>0;B=1

ANSWER 12
C. A<0;B=1

Reason for answer : The value of A for a fully saturated soil can be determined
from measurements of pore water pressure. For a heavily overconsolidated soil,
the soil dilates as major principal stress is increased but due to undrained
conditions, no water can be drawn so the pore water pressure becomes negative,
hence negative pore water pressure (from -0.5 and 0)

Ref: Craig's Soil Mechanics, Seventh Edition, Pg 130

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