NTS GAT Subject (Civil Engineering) FLP 2 Free Quiz

1. What is concrete?

A. Cement B. Aggregates C. Water D. Concrete

2. What type of material is steel?

A. Brittle B. Ductile C. Rigid D. Elastic

3. What strength of concrete is typically determined by a cylinder test?

A. Tensile B. Flexural C. Shear D. Compressive

4. What are aggregates in concrete?

A. Cement B. Water C. Admixtures D. Aggregates

5. What is reinforcement in concrete?

A. Aggregate B. Cement C. Admixture D. Reinforcement

6. What is prestressing?

A. Reinforcing B. Prestressing C. Post-tensioning D. Pre-tensioning

7. What type of prestressing tensions steel before concrete is cast?

A. Pre-tensioning B. Post-tensioning C. Reinforcing D. Prestressing

8. What type of prestressing tensions steel after concrete is cast?

A. Pre-tensioning B. Reinforcing C. Post-tensioning D. Prestressing

9. At what age is the compressive strength of concrete typically determined?

A. 7 days B. 28 days C. 14 days D. 56 days

10. What is the curing of concrete?

A. Curing B. Drying C. Heating D. Cooling

11. What is the water-cement ratio?

A. Cement-water ratio B. Aggregate-cement ratio C. Sand-cement ratio D. Water-cement ratio

12. What does a lower water-cement ratio generally result in?

A. Lower B. Higher C. Equal D. Negligible

13. What is construction management?

A. Planning, coordination, and control of construction projects B. Structural design C. Soil mechanics D. Transportation systems

14. What is a project?

A. Program B. Portfolio C. Project D. Task

15. What is a PERT chart?

A. Gantt chart B. Milestone chart C. PERT chart D. Bar chart

16. What is the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?

A. Gantt chart B. PERT chart C. Network diagram D. WBS

17. What is used to measure project performance?

A. EVM B. Critical path C. PERT D. Gantt

18. What type of contract pays per unit of work?

A. Lump sum B. Cost-plus C. Fixed price D. Unit price

19. What is quality control (QC)?

A. QA B. QC C. Quality management D. Quality planning

20. What is a construction permit?

A. Construction permit B. Contract C. Specification D. Drawing

21. What is a construction inspection?

A. Design B. Planning C. Construction inspection D. Budgeting

22. Who is responsible for the overall success of the project?

A. Contractor B. Project manager C. Engineer D. Architect

23. Who is responsible for executing the construction work?

A. Contractor B. Project manager C. Engineer D. Architect

24. What is air pollution?

A. Water pollution B. Soil pollution C. Air pollution D. Noise pollution

25. What are CFCs?

A. Greenhouse gases B. Air pollutants C. CFCs D. Water pollutants

26. What is eutrophication?

A. Eutrophication B. Acidification C. Salinization D. Desertification

27. What is incineration?

A. Landfill B. Composting C. Recycling D. Incineration

28. What is composting?

A. Incineration B. Composting C. Landfill D. Recycling

29. What type of wastewater treatment involves biological processes?

A. Physical B. Biological C. Chemical D. Tertiary

30. What type of wastewater treatment involves advanced processes?

A. Tertiary B. Primary C. Secondary D. Preliminary

31. What is environmental impact assessment (EIA)?

A. Environmental audit B. EIA C. Environmental monitoring D. Environmental compliance

32. What is fluid mechanics?

A. Fluids at rest and in motion B. Structural design C. Soil mechanics D. Transportation systems

33. What is viscosity?

A. Density B. Pressure C. Temperature D. Viscosity

34. What is the continuity equation for incompressible flow?

A. P₁V₁ = P₂V₂ B. A₁V₁ = A₂V₂ C. V₁ = V₂ D. A₁ = A₂

35. What is Bernoulli's equation?

A. P/ρ + V²/2 + gz = constant B. P + V²/2 + gz = constant C. P/ρ + V²/2 = constant D. P/ρ + gz = constant

36. What dimensionless number predicts flow regime?

A. Froude B. Mach C. Reynolds D. Euler

37. What equation calculates head loss due to friction in pipes?

A. Darcy-Weisbach B. Hagen-Poiseuille C. Bernoulli D. Manning

38. What is determined from the Moody chart?

A. Reynolds number B. Roughness C. Friction factor D. Diameter

39. What is the specific weight of a fluid?

A. Specific weight B. Density C. Specific gravity D. Viscosity

40. What is the ratio of inertial forces to gravitational forces?

A. Reynolds B. Mach C. Froude D. Euler

41. What equation is used to calculate flow in open channels?

A. Darcy-Weisbach B. Hazen-Williams C. Chezy D. Manning

42. What is the porosity of soil?

A. Voids to total volume B. Voids to solids C. Solids to total volume D. Water to total volume

43. What are the Atterberg limits used for?

A. Grain size limits B. Atterberg limits C. Density limits D. Strength limits

44. What is the liquid limit of soil?

A. Liquid limit B. Plastic limit C. Shrinkage limit D. Flow limit

45. What is the plastic limit of soil?

A. Liquid limit B. Shrinkage limit C. Plastic limit D. Flow limit

46. What is the plasticity index?

A. Liquid limit B. Plastic limit C. Shrinkage limit D. Plasticity index

47. What is consolidation in soils?

A. Compaction B. Consolidation C. Swelling D. Shrinkage

48. What equation is used to calculate the bearing capacity of shallow foundations?

A. Meyerhof B. Hansen C. Vesic D. Terzaghi

49. What is a deep foundation?

A. Deep foundation B. Shallow foundation C. Raft foundation D. Strip foundation

50. What is the permeability of soil?

A. Shear strength B. Permeability C. Bearing capacity D. Compressibility

51. What is the coefficient of lateral earth pressure at rest denoted by?

A. K0 B. Ka C. Kp D. K

52. What type of structure can be analyzed using equilibrium equations alone?

A. Indeterminate B. Unstable C. Redundant D. Determinate

53. What is the bending moment at a section?

A. Sum of moments B. Shear force C. Axial force D. Torsion

54. What type of support does a simply supported beam have?

A. Fixed at both ends B. Fixed at one end C. Continuous D. Pin and roller

55. What is a cantilever beam?

A. Simply supported B. Cantilever C. Fixed at both ends D. Continuous

56. What is the moment distribution method?

A. Force method B. Stiffness method C. Moment distribution D. Flexibility method

57. What method is used to determine the slope and deflection of beams?

A. Double integration B. Conjugate beam C. Moment distribution D. Slope deflection

58. What type of joint allows rotation but not translation?

A. Allows rotation B. Fixed joint C. Roller joint D. Rigid joint

59. What type of support allows rotation but not translation?

A. Roller B. Pin C. Fixed D. Hinge

60. What is reinforced concrete?

A. Reinforced concrete B. Plain concrete C. Prestressed concrete D. Post-tensioned concrete

61. What is the modulus of elasticity of concrete a measure of?

A. Strength B. Ductility C. Durability D. Stiffness

62. What type of material is steel?

A. Ductile B. Brittle C. Rigid D. Elastic

63. What structural member resists axial compression?

A. Beam B. Slab C. Footing D. Column

64. What is a slab?

A. Beam B. Slab C. Column D. Footing

65. What is a footing?

A. Footing B. Beam C. Slab D. Column

66. What determines the wind load on a structure?

A. Snow B. Wind C. Seismic D. Dead

67. What code provides guidelines for the design of concrete structures?

A. AISC B. ACI C. ASCE D. ASTM

68. What is the slenderness ratio of a column?

A. Length to width B. Height to base C. Diameter to length D. Effective length to radius of gyration

69. What is the fundamental principle of surveying?

A. Part to whole B. Random surveying C. Whole to part D. Systematic surveying

70. What is a theodolite used for?

A. Distance B. Elevation C. Area D. Angles

71. What is a benchmark in surveying?

A. Temporary point B. Control point C. Benchmark D. Station

72. What is the error due to the curvature of the Earth called?

A. Curvature error B. Refraction error C. Collimation error D. Parallax error

73. What is GPS used for in surveying?

A. Angle measurement B. Positioning and navigation C. Leveling D. Mapping

74. What is the scale of a map?

A. Map distance to ground distance B. Area ratio C. Volume ratio D. Elevation ratio

75. What does a small scale map show?

A. Smaller area B. Larger area C. Smaller area D. Less detail for larger area

76. What surveying method is based on the geometry of triangles?

A. Leveling B. Traversing C. Contouring D. Triangulation

77. What is an optical square used for?

A. Leveling B. Distance measurement C. Right angles D. Mapping

78. What is a prismatic compass used for?

A. Leveling B. Distance measurement C. Mapping D. Magnetic bearings

79. What is the angle between true north and magnetic north?

A. Dip B. Bearing C. Azimuth D. Declination

80. What is a dumpy level used for?

A. Dumpy level B. Theodolite C. Total station D. Prismatic compass

81. What is the superelevation on a curve?

A. Gradient B. Camber C. Superelevation D. Cross slope

82. What is the traffic volume?

A. Traffic density B. Traffic volume C. Traffic speed D. Traffic capacity

83. What is the traffic density?

A. Traffic density B. Traffic volume C. Traffic speed D. Traffic capacity

84. What is the pavement of a road?

A. Subgrade B. Pavement C. Base course D. Subbase

85. What does railway engineering focus on?

A. Highway B. Railway C. Airport D. Waterway

86. What does waterway engineering focus on?

A. Highway B. Railway C. Waterway D. Airport

87. What is a port?

A. Runway B. Taxiway C. Apron D. Port

88. What is the shoulder on a road?

A. Median B. Shoulder C. Curb D. Gutter

89. What is water resources engineering?

A. Management of water resources B. Structural design C. Soil mechanics D. Transportation systems

90. What is the science of the distribution and movement of water?

A. Hydraulics B. Hydrogeology C. Hydrology D. Hydrography

91. What is infiltration?

A. Evaporation B. Condensation C. Precipitation D. Infiltration

92. What is runoff?

A. Infiltration B. Runoff C. Evaporation D. Condensation

93. What is a watershed?

A. Watershed B. Aquifer C. Reservoir D. Canal

94. What is a reservoir?

A. Watershed B. Aquifer C. Canal D. Reservoir

95. Which is the largest dam in Pakistan in terms of storage capacity?

A. Tarbela B. Mangla C. Warsak D. Terbela

96. What is irrigation?

A. Drainage B. Irrigation C. Water supply D. Hydropower

97. What is an open well?

A. Tube well B. Bore well C. Open well D. Dug well

98. What is a spur in water resources engineering?

A. Spur B. Levee C. Dam D. Weir

99. What determines the quality of water?

A. Quantity B. Availability C. Distribution D. Quality

100. What organization is responsible for water research in Pakistan?

A. WAPDA B. IRSA C. PCRWR D. EPA

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