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Q. 1 – Q. 5 carry one mark each.
Q.1 Out of the following four sentences, select the most suitable sentence with respect to grammar and usage.
(A) I will not leave the place until the minister does not meet me.
(B) I will not leave the place until the minister doesn't meet me.
(C) I will not leave the place until the minister meet me.
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(D) I will not leave the place until the minister meets me.
Q.2 A rewording of something written or spoken is a
(A) paraphrase
(B) paradox
(C) paradigm
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(D) paraffin
Q.3 Archimedes said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move the world."
The sentence above is an example of a statement.
(A) figurative
(B) collateral
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(C) literal
Q.4 If 'relftaga' means carefree, 'otaga' means careful and 'fertaga' means careless, which of the following could mean ‘aftercare'?
(A) zentaga
(B) tagafer
(C) tagazen
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(D) relffer
Q.5 A cube is built using 64 cubic blocks of side one unit. After it is built, one cubic block is removed from every corner of the cube. The resulting surface area of the body (in square units) after the removal is
(A) 56
(B) 64
(C) 72
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(D) 96
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Q. 6 – Q. 10 carry two marks each.
Q.6 A shaving set company sells 4 different types of razors, Elegance, Smooth, Soft and Executive.
Elegance sells at Rs. 48, Smooth at Rs. 63, Soft at Rs. 78 and Executive at Rs. 173 per piece. The table below shows the numbers of each razor sold in each quarter of a year.
| Quarter \ Product | Elegance | Smooth | Soft | Executive |
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| Q1 | 27300 | 20009 | 17602 | 9999 |
| Q2 | 25222 | 19392 | 18445 | 8942 |
| Q3 | 28976 | 22429 | 19544 | 10234 |
| Q4 | 21012 | 18229 | 16595 | 10109 |
Which product contributes the greatest fraction to the revenue of the company in that year?
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(A) Elegance
(B) Executive
(C) Smooth
(D) Soft
Q.7 Indian currency notes show the denomination indicated in at least seventeen languages. If this is not an indication of the nation's diversity, nothing else is.
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Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences?
(A) India is a country of exactly seventeen languages.
(B) Linguistic pluralism is the only indicator of a nation's diversity.
(C) Indian currency notes have sufficient space for all the Indian languages.
(D) Linguistic pluralism is strong evidence of India's diversity.
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Q.8 Consider the following statements relating to the level of poker play of four players P, Q, R and S.
I. P always beats Q
II. R always beats S
III. S loses to P only sometime
IV. R always loses to Q
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Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above statements?
(i) P is likely to beat all the three other players
(ii) S is the absolute worst player in the set
(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only
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(C) (i) and (ii)
(D) neither (i) nor (ii)
Q.9 If f(x) = 2x7 + 3x – 5, which of the following is a factor of f(x)?
(A) (x3+8)
(B) (x-1)
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(C) (2x-5)
(D) (x+1)
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Q.10 In a process, the number of cycles to failure decreases exponentially with an increase in load. At a load of 80 units, it takes 100 cycles for failure. When the load is halved, it takes 10000 cycles for failure. The load for which the failure will happen in 5000 cycles is
(A) 40.00
(B) 46.02
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(C) 60.01
(D) 92.02
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Q. 1 – Q. 25 carry one mark each
Q.1 Newton-Raphson method is to be used to find root of equation 3x – ex + sinx = 0. If the initial trial value for the root is taken as 0.333, the next approximation for the root would be
(note: answer up to three decimal)
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Q.2 The type of partial differential equation a²p/²x + ²p/²y +3²p/²x²y +2∂P/∂x + ∂P/∂y = 0 is
(A) elliptic
(B) parabolic
(C) hyperbolic
(D) none of these
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Q.3 If the entries in each column of a square matrix M add up to 1, then an eigenvalue of M is
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1
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Q.4 Type II error in hypothesis testing is
(A) acceptance of the null hypothesis when it is false and should be rejected
(B) rejection of the null hypothesis when it is true and should be accepted
(C) rejection of the null hypothesis when it is false and should be rejected
(D) acceptance of the null hypothesis when it is true and should be accepted
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Q.5 The solution of the partial differential equation ∂u/∂t = a ∂u/∂x is of the form
(A) C cos(kt)[C1e(vk/a)x + C2e-(vk/a)x]
(B) Cekt[C1e(vka)x + C2e-(vka)x]
(C) Cekt[C1 cos(vk/ax + C2 sin(-vk/ax]
(D) Csin(kt)[C1 cos(vk/ax + C2 sin(-vk/ax]
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Q.6 Consider the plane truss with load P as shown in the figure. Let the horizontal and vertical reactions at the joint B be HB and VB, respectively and VC be the vertical reaction at the joint C.
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Which one of the following sets gives the correct values of VB, HB and VC?(?) VB = 0; ?B = 0; VC = P
(B) VB = ?/2; ?B = 0; VC = P/2
(C) VB = ?/2; ?B = P (sin 60°); VC = P/2
(D) VB = P; ?B = P (cos 60°); VC = 0
Q.7 In shear design of an RC beam, other than the allowable shear strength of concrete (tc), there is also an additional check suggested in IS 456-2000 with respect to the maximum permissible shear stress (tcmax). The check for tcmax is required to take care of
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(A) additional shear resistance from reinforcing steel
(B) additional shear stress that comes from accidental loading
(C) possibility of failure of concrete by diagonal tension
(D) possibility of crushing of concrete by diagonal compression
Q.8 The semi-compact section of a laterally unsupported steel beam has an elastic section modulus, plastic section modulus and design bending compressive stress of 500 cm³, 650 cm³ and 200 MPa, respectively. The design flexural capacity (expressed in kNm) of the section is
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Q.9 Bull's trench kiln is used in the manufacturing of
(A) lime
(B) cement
(C) bricks
(D) none of these
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Q.10 The compound which is largely responsible for initial setting and early strength gain of Ordinary Portland Cement is
(A) C3A
(B) C3S
(C) C2S
(D) C4AF
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Q.11 In the consolidated undrained triaxial test on a saturated soil sample, the pore water pressure is zero
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(A) during shearing stage only
(B) at the end of consolidation stage only
(C) both at the end of consolidation and during shearing stages
(D) under none of the above conditions
Q.12 A fine grained soil is found to be plastic in the water content range of 26-48%. As per Indian Standard Classification System, the soil is classified as
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(A) CL
(B) CH
(C) CL-ML
(D) CI
Q.13 A vertical cut is to be made in a soil mass having cohesion c, angle of internal friction f, and unit weight ?. Considering Ka and Kp as the coefficients of active and passive earth pressures, respectively, the maximum depth of unsupported excavation is
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(A) 4c / (?Ka)
(B) 2cKp / ?
(C) 4cKa / ?
(D) 4c / (?Kp)
Q.14 The direct runoff hydrograph in response to 5 cm rainfall excess in a catchment is shown in the figure. The area of the catchment (expressed in hectares) is
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Discharge (m³/s)1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
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0.2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time (hours)
Q.15 The type of flood routing (Group I) and the equation(s) used for the purpose (Group II) are given below.
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Group I
P Hydrologic flood routing
Q Hydraulic flood routing
Group II
1. Continuity equation
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2. Momentum equation
3. Energy equation
The correct match is
(A) P - 1; Q - 1, 2 & 3
(B) P - 1; Q - 1 & 2
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(C) P - 1 & 2; Q - 1
(D) P - 1 & 2; Q - 1 & 2
Q.16 The pre-jump Froude Number for a particular flow in a horizontal rectangular channel is 10. The ratio of sequent depths (i.e., post-jump depth to pre-jump depth) is
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Q.17 Pre-cursors to photochemical oxidants are
(A) NOx, VOCs and sunlight
(B) SO2, CO2 and sunlight
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(C) H2S, CO and sunlight
(D) SO2, NH3 and sunlight
Q.18 Crown corrosion in a reinforced concrete sewer is caused by:
(A) H2S
(B) CO2
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(C) CH4
(D) NH3
Q.19 It was decided to construct a fabric filter, using bags of 0.45 m diameter and 7.5 m long, for removing industrial stack gas containing particulates. The expected rate of airflow into the filter is 10 m³/s. If the filtering velocity is 2.0 m/min, the minimum number of bags (rounded to nearest higher integer) required for continuous cleaning operation is
(A) 27
(B) 29
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(C) 31
(D) 32
Q.20 Match the items in Group – I with those in Group – II and choose the right combination.
Group - I
P. Activated sludge process
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Q. Rising of sludge
R. Conventional nitrification
S. Biological nitrogen removal
Group - II
1. Nitrifiers and denitrifiers
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2. Autotrophic bacteria
3. Heterotrophic bacteria
4. Denitrifiers
(A) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
(B) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
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(C) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1
(D) P-1, Q-4, R-2, S-3
Q.21 During a forensic investigation of pavement failure, an engineer reconstructed the graphs P, Q, R and S, using partial and damaged old reports.
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