1. When 1 cm on a map represents 10m on the ground, the representative fraction of
the scale is (1)
1) 1/10 2) 1/100
3) 1/1000 4) 1/10,000
2. The representative fraction 1/2500 means
that the scale is (3)
1) 1 cm = 0.25m 2) 1cm = 2.5 m
3) 1cm = 25m 4) 1cm = 250m
3. A scale which has common representative
fraction, but read in different measures, is
called a (4)
1) Plain scale 2) Diagonal scale
3) Shrunk scale 4) Compartive scale
4. If x is the smallest division on the main scale and n are the number of divisions on the Vernier, then the least count of the
Ver-nier is (4)
1) x + n 2) x - n
3) x x n 4) x/n
5. In a prismatic compass, the zero of the
graduated ring is located at (2)
1) North end 2) South end
3) East end 4) West end
6. A back sight reading indicates the ______ reading of the instrument after setting (3)
1) Last 2) First
3) Intermediate 4) None of the above
7. A staff reading taken on a bench mark or a point of known elevation is called (2) 1) Fore sight reading
2) Back sight reading 3) Intermediate sight 4) Any one of these
8. The height of the instrument is equal to (1) 1) Reduced level of bench mark + back sight
2) Reduced level of bench makr + fore sight 3) Reduced level of bench mark + inter-mediate sight
4) Back sight + fore sight
9. The vertical distance between any two
con-secutive contours is called (3)
1) Vertical equivalent 2) Horizontal equivalent 3) Contour interval 4) Contour gradient
10. When several contours coincide it indicates
1) A vertical cliff 2) A valley (1)
3) A ridge 4) A saddle
11. The area of any irregular figure can be cal-culated accurately with the help of (2)
1) Tacheometer 2) Planimeter
3) Levelling instrument 4) Sextant
12. As per trapezoidal rule (1)
1) Area = Common distance/2 (First nate + last ordinate + 2 (sum of other ordi-nates)
2) Area = Common distance / 4 (first nate + last ordinate + 2(sum of other ordi-nates)
3) Area = Common distance / 8 (First nate + last ordinate + 2 (sum of other ordi-nates)
4) Area = Common distance / 10 (first nate + last ordinate + 2 (sum of other ordi-nates) 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012 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APPSC
TOWN PLANNING BUILDING OVERSEERS EXAM
PAPER-2
SUBJECT
13. As per trapezoidal formula the volume of Reservoir is given by (if h=common inter-val) 1)
{
( 1 ) 2(
2 3 ... 1))
}
2 n n h V= A +A + A +A + +A− 2){
( 1 ) 2(
2 3 ... 1))
}
8 n n h V= A +A + A +A + +A− 3){
1(
2 3 1))
}
3 ( ) 2 ... 2 n n h V= A +A + A +A + +A − 4){
1(
2 3 1))
}
5 ( ) 2 ... 2 n n h V= A +A + A +A + +A−14. As per prisonoidal formula, volume of a
res-ervoir is given by ( ) 1)
{
)
}
1 2 4 6 1 2 3 ( 4( ....) 3 2( ....) n h V A A A A A A A A = + + + + + + + + + 2)}
{
}
{
0 1 3 2 4(
) 4
... 2
...
3
nd
O O
O O
O O
⎡
+ + + + + + +
⎤
⎢
⎥
⎣
⎦
3) V 4){
)
}
1 2 4 6 1 2 3 7 ( 4( ....) 3 2( ....) n h V A A A A A A A A = + + + + + + + + +15. The most commonly used material in damp
proofing is (1)
1) Bitumen 2) Paraffin wax 3) Cement solution 4) Cement concrete
16. In case of buildings, for D.P.C. at plinth level, the commonly adopted material is (1) 1) Bitumen sheeting
2) Plastic sheeting
3) Mastic asphalt 4) Cement concrete
17. A horizontal layer bricks laid in mortar is
know as (1)
1) Course 2) Stretcher
3) Header 4) Closer
18. The brick laid with its length perpendicular
to face of the wall is called a (3)
1) Course 2) Stretcher
3) Header 4) Closer
19. The brick laid with its length parallel to the
face of the wall is called a (2)
1) Course 2) Stretcher
3) Header 4) Closer
20. A brick which is cut in such a way that the width of its one end is half that of a full brick,
is called (1)
1) King closer 2) Mitred closer
3) Bevelled closer 4) Queen closer 21. A brick which is half as wide as full brick
along length is called (4)
1) King closer 2) Mitred closer
3) Bevelled closer 4) Queen closer
22. Frog is defined as a (1)
1) Depression on the top surface of a brick 2) Topmost course of plinth
3) Crack in the brick 4) A big hole in the brick
23. In brick masonry, for good bonding (3)
1) All bricks need not be uniform in size 2) Bats must be used in alternate course only
3) Vertical joints in alternate courses should fall in plumb
4) Cement mortar used must have surkhi as additive
24. King closers are related to (3)
1) King post truss 2) Queen post truss 3) Brick masonry 4) Doors and windows
25. The type of stone masonry commonly
adopted in the construction of a residential
building (2)
2) Coursed rubble masonry 3) Random rubble masonry 4) Dry rubble masonry
26. The type of masonry in which stones of ir-regular size and shape are used and there are no regular courses, is known as (1) 1) Uncoursed rubble masonry
2) Coursed rubble masonry 3) Random rubble masonry 4) Dry rubble masonry
27. A type of bond in brick masonry consisting of alternate course of headers and
stretch-ers, is called (1)
1) English bond 2) Flemish bond
3) Stretching bond 4) Heading bond 28. A type of bond in brick masonry in which
each course consists of alternate headers
and stretchers, is called. (2)
1) English bond 2) Flemish bond
3) Stretching bond 4) Headng bond
29. Which of the following statement is wrong? 1) In English bond, vertical joints in the header courses come over each other and vertical joints in the stretchers courses are
also in the same line (2)
2) In English bond, the heading course should start with a queen closer
3) In Flemish bond, the alternate headers of each course are centrally supported over the stretchers in the course below
4) In Flemish bond, every alternate course starts with a header at the corner
30. In a stretching bond (2)
1) All the bricks are laid as headers 2) All the bricks are laid as stretchers 3) The arrangement of bricks is similar to english bond
4) The bonding bricks are laid at any angle other than zero or ninty degrees
31. The materials required to prepare reinforced
cement concrete are (4)
1) Cement, sand and water
2) Cement, coarse aggregate and steel 3) Cement, water and acids
4) Cement, sand, coarse aggregate, wa-ter and steel.
32. The valve which operates automatically
when the pressure in the pipe exceeds the
set pressure is called. (1)
1) Safety valve 2) Pressure valve
3) Relief valve 4) Reflux valve
33. The minimum diameter of a manhole is (1)
1) 50 cm 2) 40 cm
3) 25 cm 4) 10 cm
34. Identify the rivet head shown in the diagram
1) Round head ( 4)
2) Snap head 3) Pan head
4) Round counter sunk head
35. Identify the rivet head shown in the diagram
1) Round head 2) Snap head (3)
3) Pan head 4) Counter head
36. Identify the following riverted joint (2)
1) Double riveted butt joint 2) Double riveted lap joint 3) Single cover butt joint 4) Double riveted joint
37. Which of the following scale is largest? (3)
1) 1 cm = 100m 2) 1 : 42,000
3) 1 cm = 50 km 4) RF = 1/5,00,000
38. A staircase in which steps are radial from centre either circular or spiral (i.e. length of
tread varies) is (3)
1) Dog legged staircase 2) Open wall staircase 3) Spiral staircase 4) Turning staircase
39. Aseries of straight parallel and equally
spaced contours represent ( )
2) Plane surface 3) Deep valley 4) A cliff
40. Contour lines cross ridge or valley line at
1) 1800 2) 00 (3)
3) 900 4) 2700
41. A railway platform is the simplest form of
________ yard (1)
1) Passenger 2) Loco
3) Traffic 4) Marshalling
42. The crossing of road and rail are known as
_______ crossing (3)
1) Standard 2) Special
3) Level 4) Passenger
43. ______ are provided for the movement of
passengers (1)
1) Yards 2) Stations
3) Platforms 4) Halts
44. A structure provided with series of gates erected across a river to regulate the
wa-ter level is called ______ wall (3)
1) Curtain 2) Drop
3) Channel 4) Cross
45. A small branch of a canal meant for direct
irrigation is known as ____ canal (3)
1) Common 2) Irrigation
3) Supply 4) Delta
46. Free board is the difference in level between
FSL and _______ of a bank (3)
1) Bed level 2) GL
3) Top 4) None of these
47. Trapezoidal notch built at the level of a
channel is known as ____ notch (2)
1) Normal 2) Regulating
3) Standard 4) Vertical
48. The standard steel section ISLB means (2) 1) Isro standard light beam
2) Indian standard light beam 3) Iso standard lower beam 4) Indian standard lower beam
49. The standard steel section ISMB means
1) Isro standard medium weight beam(3) 2) Indian standard most weight beam 3) Indian standard medium weight beam
4) Ithopian standard medium weight beam 50. The standard steel section ISLC means (2)
1) Indian standard lowest channel 2) Indian standard light weight channel 3) Isro standard light weight channel 4) Isro standard lowest channel
51. The standard steel section ISA means (1) 1) Indian standard angle section
2) Indian standard auto section 3) Indian standard apple section 4) Isro standard angle section
52. The centre to centre distance between two consecutive rivet holes is normally called
as (2)
1) Gap 2) Pitch
3) Effective distance 4) Rivet distance
53. The type riveted joint shown the diagram is
called (2)
1) Single riveted butt joint 2) Single riveted lap joint
3) Single riveted single cover butt joint 4) Single riveted single cover lap joint 54. In a domestic water sump, the opening
pro-vided for periodical cleaning of the sump is
called (1)
1) Sump cover 2) Sump opening
3) Man hole 4) Man cover
55. In the building drawing which of the follow-ing view shows the foundation details of a
structure below ground level (3)
1) Plan 2) Elevation
3) Cross section 4) Bird's eye view 56. In cities the normal pollution of air in the
roads is caused by (4)
1) Pedestrains 2) Drivers
3) Animals 4) Vehicles
57. Pollution levels can be decreased by (2) 1) Cutting trees
2) By growning plants 3) By growing animals 4) By wearing masks
58. In buildings the projections of slab allowed
1) Sun shade 2) Lintel
3) Beam 4) Column
59. The normal unit of earth work is (3)
1) Square metre 2) Square kgs
3) Cubic metres 4) Cubic kgs
60. The normal doors of following type are used
in commercial buildings (2)
1) Wooden doors 2) Rolling shutters
3) Glass doors 4) Concrete doors
61. The heading bond is usually used for (2) 1) Half brick wall
2) One brick wall
3) One and half brick wall 4) Two brick wall
62. The horizontal upper part of a step on which foot is placed in ascending or descending
a stairway, is called (2)
1) Riser 2) Tread
3) Flight 4) Nosing
63. The vertical members which support the
door frame are called (4)
1) Reveals 2) Styles
3) Posts 4) Jambs
64. A horizontal member of a frame employed
to sub-divide a window opening horizontally
is called (3)
1) Sill 2) Mullion
3) Transom 4) Horn
65. The bottom or lower most horizontal part
of a window frame is known as (1)
1) Sill 2) Mullion
3) Transom 4) Horn
66. The horizontal members of wood or steel
used to support the common rafter of a
sloping roof are called (1)
1) Purlins 2) Cleats
3) Hip rafters 4) Valley rafters
67. The expansion of R.C.C. is (3)
1) Random Cement Concrete 2) Rectified Cement Concrete 3) Reinforced Cement Concrete 4) Regulated Concrete Cement
68. The topmost horizontal member of a
shut-ter is called ( 3)
1) Bottom rail 2) Style
3) Top rail 4) Lock rail
69. The middle horizontal member of a door shutter, to which locking arrangement is
fixed is called (4)
1) Top rail 2) Bottom rail
3) Style 4) Lock rail
70. The small windows that are fixed at a
greater height than normal windows, gen-erally 30 to 50 cm below the roof level are
called (2)
1) Gable window 2) Ventilator
3) Shutter 4) Glazing
71. The end of the brick as seen in wall faced
(9 x 9 cm side) is called (3)
1) Front 2) Face
3) Header 4) Stretcher
72. The side of the brick as seen in elevation in wall where the brick is laid flat ( 19 x 9 cm)
is known as (4)
1) Front 2) Face
3) Header 4) Stretcher
73. A portion of brick cut across the width is
called (3)
1) Bed 2) Base
3) Bat 4) Half-brick
74. The bricks having one or two edges
rounded for use in elightly curved corners
are called (1)
1) Bull nose 2) Closer 3) Round nose 4) Round brick
75. The common size of the floor tile is (4) 1) 225 mm x 225 mm x 22 mm
2) 200 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm 3) 150 mm x 150 mm x 18 mm 4) All the above
76. A flat platform at the end of series of steps
is known as (2)
1) Platform 2) Landing
3) Rest space 4) Stopper
77. In case of stairs, the posts setup at the top and bottom of a stair supporting the hand
rail, are called (3)
1) Arms 2) Pillars
78. A roof sloping in four directions is known as
1) Sloping roof 2) Hip roof (2)
3) Gable roof 4) Shed roof
79. In case of a flat roof of R.C.C. the angle of
slope, usually is (2)
1) 50 2) Zero
3) 150 4) 200
80. The normal height of a door in a residential
building is (3)
1) 1.1 m 2) 1.5 m
3) 2.0 m 4) 3.0 m
81. Which of the following has beeter fire
re-sistance? (4)
1) Glass 2) Timber
3) Brick 4) Concrete
82. Dog legged stairs are (3)
1) Straight stairs 2) Quarter turn stairs 3) Half turn stairs
4) Three quarter turn stairs
83. In king post the number of vertical posts is
1) Two 2) One (2)
3) Three or more 4) An even number 84. While preparing ther drawing for any
build-ing, the view that is drawn when observed
from front is called (3)
1) Plan 2) Cross section
3) Elevation 4) Bird's eye view
85. The type staircase provided when there
re-striction of space (3)
1) Dog legged 2) Open Newel
3) Both 4) None
86. A road connecting one town with the
an-other is called a (4)
1) High way 2) Main road
3) Trunk road 4) Country road
87. A portion of traffic way or road way used by the pedal bicyclists only is called (4)
1) Cycle street 2) Cycle track
3) Cycle road 4) Carriage way
88. The concrete or steel members placed be-low the rails while laying the railway track
are called (2)
1) Logs 2) Sleepers
3) Poles 4) Cross beams
89. In broad gauge the distance between the
running faces of two track rail is (3)
1) 0.752 m 2) 1.0 m
3) 1.676 m 4) 1.212 m
90. The coarse aggregate placed below the
sleepers of a railway track is named as (2)
1) Aggregate 2) Ballast
3) Morass 4) Boulders
91. Handles of chain are made up of (3)
1) Mild steel 2) Galvanised iron
3) Brass 4) Copper
92. Handles are connected to the link by (4) 1) Flexible joint 2) Rigid joint
3) Ball and socket joint 4) Swivel joint
93. The distance between two neighbouring
brass rings is ( )
1) Less than 20 cm 2) 20 cm
3) 1 m 4) 5 m
94. The length of Engineer's chain is (4)
1) 20 feet 2) 33 feet
3) 66 feet 4) 100 feet
95. The length of a link of Gunter's chain is (3)
1) 20 cm 2) 1`
3) 0.66` 4) 2.065`
96. When a chain line encounters a river (1) 1) Chaining is obstructed but ranging is free 2) Ranging is obstruted but chaining is free 3) Both ranging and chaining are ob-structed
4) Both ranging and chaining are free 97. Conventional sign for a telegraphic line is
(4) 1)
2)
3)
98. The graduatins on a surveyor's compass are (4) 1) 2) 3) 4)
99. If whole circle of a line is 3000, what is its
reduced bearing is (4)
1) N 600 E 2) S 600 E
3) S 600 W 4) N 600 W
100. An example for a level surface is (4) 1) Horizontal surface
2) Surface of sea
3) Surface of a reservoir 4) Surface of a still lake
101. A plumb line is (3)
1) A vertical line
2) A line parallel to a vertical line
3) A line perpendicular to level line
4) A line perpendicular to the horizontal line 102. The very first reading taken during levelling
is called (1) 1) Back sight 2) Fore sight 3) Intermediate sight 4) Invert 103. A change point is (3 )
1) The very first station 2) The last station
3) The intermediate station where F.S. and B.S. are taken
4) The station after which the instrument is shifted
104. In levelling, station is a place where (3) 1) The level is set up
2) The level staff is held
3) Both B.S. and F.S. are taken 4) Temporary adjustments are done
105. A bench mark is a (1)
1) Reference point 2) The very first station
3) The last station where the survey closes 4) Point of known elevation
106. The correct position of holding staff is (1) 1) Held vertical
2) Held vertically and swung to left and right and the least reading is recorded
3) Held vertically and swung towards and away from the person holding and the high-est reading is recorded.
4) Held vertically and swung towards and away by the person holding it and the least reading is recorded.
107. In a survey it was recorded that
---Rise=0, then ( )
1) The ground is sloping 2) It is continuously rising 3) It is continuously falling
4) The survey had many invert readings 108. When R.L. of a point which is lying above
line of sight, the staff is to held (2)
1) Inclined 2) Inverted 3) Normal 4) Horizontal 2700 900 1800 00 E W S N S 2700 900 1800 00 E W S N S 900 900 900 00 E W S N S 900 00 00 900 E W S N S
109. The following readings were taken on a
uni-formly sloping ground ( )
0.500, 1.000, 1.500,2.00, 1.200, 1.700, 2.200, 2.700. Hence the difference in el-evation between the first and last station is 1) 1.700 (fall) 2) 2.200 (fall)
3) 2.800 4) 3.000 (fall)
110. R.L. of a point with respect to the standard
datum is also called as (3)
1) Elevation 2) Bench mark
3) Datum surface 4) Level surface 111. Arithmetic check in levelling is given by
---B.S.______ = Last R.L. - First R.L. (2)
1) --IS 2) --- FS
3) --- Rise 4) ---- Fall
112. A contour map of an area is essential be-fore proceeding with the construction of (3) 1) A building 2) A swimming pool 3) A dam 4) A bridge 113. Contour lines (3) 1) End abruptly 2) Cross each other 3) Are uniformly spaced 4) Close somewhere
114. Contour lines look to cross each other in
case of (1)
1) An overhanging cliff 2) A dam of vertical face 3) A steep hill
4) A deep valley
115. Pick up odd statement (3)
1) Contours give the topography of the area 2) Intervisibility between two points can be judged from a contour map
3) Quantities of earth work can be com-puted from the contour map.
4) For a vertical cliff contours seem to cross each other
116. In the mid ordinate rule, area = 1) O1 O2 O3 ...On nd n + + + ⎡ ⎤ × ⎢ ⎥ ⎣ ⎦ 2) 0 1 ... 1 n O O O total length n + + + ⎡ ⎤ × ⎢ + ⎥ ⎣ ⎦ 3) 0 1 2 .... 1 2 n n O O O O O− d + ⎡ ⎤ + + + × ⎢ ⎥ ⎣ ⎦ 4)
117. Simpson's rule states that Area = 1)
(
O1+O2+...On−1+On)
×d 2) 3) 0 1 2 .... 1 2 n n O O O O O− d + ⎧ ⎫ + + + × ⎨ ⎬ ⎩ ⎭ 4) ( 0 ) 4{
1 3 ...}
2{
2 4 ...}
3 n d O O O O O O ⎡ + + + + + + + ⎤ ⎢ ⎥ ⎣ ⎦118. An offset is called long when its length
ex-ceeds (2)
1) 20m 2) 15m
3) 5m 4) 30m
119. Contour is the imaginary line joining points
of (4)
1) Unequal elevation 2) Equal elevation 3) Zero elevation
4) Equal and unequal elevations
120. The instrument used to reproduce the plans
to a different scale is called (4)
1) Planimeter 2) Clinometer
3) Ghat tracer 4) Pantograph
121. The art of writing of title, notes etc., on a
drawing sheet is called (1)
1) Lettering 2) Drawing
3) Dimensioning 4) Shaping
122. The lines which are used to regulate the height of the letters are known as (4) 1) Stroke lines 2) Guide lines
3) Vertical lines 4) Horizontal lines
123. The size of the letter means (3)
1) Spacing 2) Front
3) Height 4) Width
124. The lettering in which the direction of al-phabets is at ____ is called italic lettering
1) 450 2) 650 (4)
125. Main title of drawing is generally written in
___ letters (1)
1) Capital 2) Vertical
3) Inclined 4) Gothic
126. Roman lettering is used in ____ drawings
1) Engineer's 2) Architect's (2)
3) Tracer's 4) Surveyor's
127. When a drawing is made to the same size of the object, the name of the scale is (2)
1) Half size 2) Full size
3) Reduced 4) Enlarged
128. For drawing of small instruments, e.g., watch parts etc., ____ scale is used (3)
1) Small scale 2) Full scale
3) Enlarged 4) Vernier Scale
129. When the measurements are desired in
three units _______ scale is used (2)
1) Vertical 2) Diagonal
3) Horizontal 4) Inclined
130. The relative value of the R.F. of full size scale
is (1)
1) <1 2) >1
3) 1 4) 0
131. The ratio of distance on the drawing sheet and corresponding actual distance of the
object is known as (2)
1) Length of scale 2) Diagonal factor 3) Vernier factor 4) R.F.
132. In drawings plan is (1)
1) Top view 2) Front view
3) Side view 4) Sectional view
133. Scales used usually in Civil Engineering are
1) Enlarged scales (3)
2) Reduced scales 3) Full size scales 4) Half size scales
134. A polygon is a plane figure having more
than _____ straight lines (4)
1) One 2) Ten
3) Two 4) Four
135. If the two sides of a right angle triangle are 3 and 4, then the length of the diagonal is
1) 2 2) 10 (3)
3) 5 4) 8
136. An obtuse angle is one which is greater
than (3)
1) 450 2) 1800
3) 900 4) 2700
137. The supplementary angles are those when
two angles together make (4)
1) 900 2) 300
3) 2000 4) 1800
138. In orthographic projection, the projectors to
the plane of projection are (2)
1) Parallel 2) Perpendicular
3) Inclined 4) Perspective
139. The number of mutually perpendicular planes that can surround an object in
space is (2)
1) Three 2) Four
3) Six 4) Ten
140. In the first angle projection, the object is
imagined to be placed (1)
1) Above H.P. and behind V.P. 2) Above H.P. and infront of V.P. 3) Below H.P. and behind V.P. 4) None of the above
141. In the third angle projection the object is assumed to be situated in ____ quadrant
1) First 2) Second (1)
3) Third 4) Fourth
142. A point has simply ____ but no magnitude
and direction (1)
1) Position 2) Weight
3) Reference 4) Name
143. In _____ quadrant, the point lies infront of
V.P. and above H.P. ( )
1) Fourth 2) Second
3) First 4) Fifth
144. The shortest distance between any two given points is _____ distance between
them (2)
1) Vertical 2) Inclined
3) Curved 4) Perpendicular
145. A straight line represents its ____ length in that plane to which it is parallel (4)
1) Parallel 2) Perpendicular
3) Trace 4) Null
146. A figure produced by moving a line is called
1) Point 2) Straight line (4)
3) Lamina 4) Plane
147. To represent a solid in orthographic pro-jection, at least ____ views are necessary
1) One 2) Two (3)
3) Three 4) Four
148. A solid having four equal equilateral
traingular faces is called (2)
1) Rectangle 2) Square
3) Tetrahedron 4) Cuboid
149. Survey plotting can be done even to an
ac-curacy of (3)
1) 0.25 mm 2) 0.5 mm
3) 1.0 mm 4) 10 mm
150. A chain is made up of mild steel or
galva-nized iron wire of diameter (2)
1) 1 mm 2) 4mm
