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BPSC Previous Year Paper

(Civil Engineering) Paper-VI
AE 19 Dec, 2024
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BPSC AE Civil Engineering Paper 6 19 December 2024

A canal is 80 km long and has
an average
3.
1. in a hydro power plant is
on the surface width of 15 m. If the evaporation
used to discharge surplus water
measured in a class A pan is 0.5 cm/day,
downstream side of a dam.
the volume of water evaporated in a
month of 30 days is (in m)
AA) Surge tank
(A) 12600
B) Spillway (B) 126000
12oo XISO
(C) Penstock
C) 180000

(D) 18000
(D) Economizer
a
4. When the hydraulic jump is in
moving form it is called
2. Which of the following statement is
true about hydroelectric power plant ? (A) Negative surge

(B) Accelerated surge

sA) Hydroelectric power plants are
(C) Turbulent surge
multipurpose
(D) Positive surge

(B) Water is used as fuel in

hydroelectric power plant 5. For a given specific energy E, the
critical depth y, for a rectangular

(C) Hydroelectric power plant has high channel is given by

running cost (A) y,= 3/2E

ONO (B) y,= 3/4E

D
(D) Due to non-uniform flow of water
(C) y,= 4/5E
frequency control in such plants is
very difficult D) y,= 2/3E

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6. The effect of grade on safe overtaking 8. Which of the following represents

sight distance is Dicken's formula for peak discharge

(in m³ls)? CD = Dickens constant,

(A) To increase it on descending

grades and to decrease it on A= catchment area in km².

ascending grades (A) Q= Cy. A3

(B) To decrease it on both descending A3/4

B) Q= Ch.
and ascending grades
(C) Q=Cp. A4
C)
To increase it on both descending
(D) Q=Cy. A278
and ascending grades

(D) To decrease it on descending

9. The basic mechanism behind the
grades and to increase it on

ascending grades phenomenon of sediment transport is

(A) Drag force opposite to the

7. What is the name of the wingwall if the direction of the flow

angle of splay 90°?
(B) Force exerted by water vertically
(A) Splayed
(C) Free motion of the sediment
B) Tee abutment
particles

(C) Straight
D) Drag force in the direction of the

flow
(D) Return

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10. Afall is constructed to 18. Which of the following zone in zoned

(A) Create surplus energy type embankment prevents piping
through cracks?
(B) Maintain surplus energy
(C) Overcome surplus energy (A) Central core

D) Destroy the surplus energy (B) Core wall

(C) Outer zone

11. The erosion between shoulder and
pavement leads to (D) Transition zone

(A) Drop
14. A detention basin for flood control is
the one which is provided with
(B) Flat drop
(A) Uncontrolled outlet and spillways
KC) Edge drop
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(D) Break down E) Controlled outlet but uncontrolled

spillways

12. In deriving the equation for the (D) Uncontrolled outlet but controlled
spillways
hydraulic jump in a rectangular
channel in terms of conjugate depths
and initial Froude number 15. What is the purpose of a Travel Time

(A) Energy and continuity equations and Delay Study ?

are used
etei (A) To evaluate the traffic stream
B)
Energy, momentum and
(B) To assess the time taken to travel
continuity equations are used
by various vehicles

A
(C) Continuity and momentum To assess the quality of traffic
C)
equations are used movement

(D) Only continuity equation is used (D) For survey data

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16. Which of the following method is used 19. An irrigation project is classified as

to forecast the population of old and a major project when the Culturable

very large city ?

Command Area (CCA) involved in the
project is more than
(A) Arithmetical increase method (A) 2500 hectares

(B) Logistic curve method (B) 5000 hectares

(C) 2000 hectares

(C) Graphical method
D) 10000 hectares
(D) Geometric progression method

20. If the value of rate of change of specific

17. Most efficient channel section is energy is 7.79 X 10- m and
A)
Half hexagon in the form of Se=0.00013, the value of bed slope is
t

trapezoid
(A) 1 in 1000
(B) Semicircular
(B) 1 in 1300
(C) Rectangular (C) 1 in 1200

D) Triangular (D) 1in 1100

18. Which has the flexibility to turn 360° 21. The hydraulic structure which controls
with the port axis ?
the supply to an of-taking channel
from the parent channel is
(A) Plug
SA) Distributary head regulator
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(B) Reducer
(B) Canal escape
DAD
(C) Elbow connector
(C) Cross regulator

(D) Banjo connector (D) Canal fall

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22. An existing flexible pavement that 25. Which type of bacteria is used in
:

develops extensive cracks is called trickling filters ?

JA) Alligator cracks

A) Facultative
(B) Pot hole
(B) Blue-green bacteria
(C) Shear
(C) Anaerobic
D) Ravelling
(D) Nitrifying

23. Out of 120 cm of water pumped into

a canal, 80 cu m
of water could be 26. In trapezoidal weir, sides are inclined
supplied to a field. 60 cu m of water outward with a slope of
was stored in the root zone while water
A) 1:4
required in root zone prior to irrigation
was 80 cu m. The storage efficiency of (B) 1:3
irrigation is
(C) 1:6
A) 759%

go Suppied
BfB) 50% (D) 1:5
(C) 100% ho
S0Z
(D) 66.67%
804 27. Which type of open well is suitable
12 when the sub-soil is formed of gravel or
24. The maximum thickness of expansion coarse sand deposits ?

joint in rigid pavements is

(A) Unlined wells
(A) Zero

(B) 100 mm
(B) Temporary wells

(C) Wells with impervious lining

C) 50 mm

D) 25 mm (D) Wells with pervious lining

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28. Aeration of water is done to renmove 31. Which of the following is a

method used to estimate potential
A) Odour
evapotranspiration ?

(B) Hardness
SA) Hazen-Williams equation
(C) Bacteria
(B) Thornthwaite equation
(D) Colour
(C) Chezy's equation

(D) Manning's equation

29. As per IRC 37, the maximum volume
of
traffic (in a vehicle per hour) entering
from all legs of the rotary intersection 32. Which of the following is false about
can be handled efficiently rapid gravity type filters used for water
is
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(A) 1000
(A) Skilled supervision is essential
(B) 5000
,
(B) Coagulation is not essential
(C) 3000
(C) Depreciation of plant is high,
(D) 2000
(D) Operational cost is high

30. Which of the following conditions is the

33. The design period for a water supply
chief characteristic of critical flow ?
project is taken as
HA) QT/gA8 = 1

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(A) 5 to 10years
2
V
(B) QTgA =1 B)
20 to 30 years

(C) Q'R/gA = 1
(C) 15 to 20 years

(D) QT²/gA? = 1
(D) 10 to 15 years

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34. Which of the following test measures 87. Soak pit shall not be less than
the toughness of road aggregates ?
(A) 45 cm
A)
Impact test
B) 100 cm
(B) Shape test
(C) 50 cm
OD () Crushing test
(D) 90 cm
(D) Abrasion test

052
In a barrage, the crest level is
kept at
38.
35. For roughing type trickling filters what
would be the BOD removal rate ? (A) Low with large gates

(A) 50- 80% (B) Low with no gates

(B). 40 -70%. (C) High with no gates

(C) 80-90% D)

High with large gates

(D) 60-90%
39. A watershed got transformed from

rural to urban over a period of time.

36. What percentage camber must be
The effect of urbanization on storm
provided for 'a CC road passing through
runoff hydrograph from the watershed
low rainfall area?
is to

(A) 3.0%
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(A) Decrease the volume of runoff

) 1.7% (B) Decrease the peak discharge

c) Decrease the time base

(C) 2.09%
(D) Increase the time to peak
(D) 2.59% discharge

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A0, In designing Imhoff tanks,

the usual 43. Which of the following is not a
retention period is
classification of traps based on their
shape ?
(A) 2 hours

(B) 20 hours (A) P-trap

(C) 14 hours
B)
W-trap

D) 8 hours (C) S-trap

(D) Q-trap

41. Which of the following method

is widely used in Indiafor 44. In distribution pipes, drain valves are
the
computation of consumptive use ? provided at

(A) Blaney - Criddle equation SA) Lower point

(B) Penman's eguation
(B) Any where
(C) Tanks and Lysimeter
(C) Junction points
(D) None of the above
(D) Higher point

42. The highest CBR number is required

45. What is the cross sectional shape of
for
shallow surface drains ?
A) Pavement
JA) Triangular
(B) Base
(B) Trapezoidal
(C) Sub base
(C) Rectangular

(D) Sub grade

(D) Circular

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46. When did spread foundation is adopted 48. A direct runoff hydrograph due to
a storm idealized into a triangular
for bridges ?
shape has a peak flow rate of 60 m³ls
occurring at 25 hours from its start.
(A) Good soil is available If the base
width of this hydrograph is
at shallow
72 hours, and the catchment area is
depth 777.6km², the runoff from the storm is
(A) 1 cm

(B) Tension developed more (B) 10 cm

is
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(C) 5 cm
o) Good soil is not available at
(D) 2 cm
shallow depth

49. The interface treatment provided to

(D) Depth of water is more plug in the voids of porous surfaces and
to bond loose particles in bituminous
720 pavements is called

47. The bottomn portion of concrete gravity (A) Tack coat

dam is usually stepped in order to (B) Surface dressing

e) Prime coat
SA) Increase resistance against
(D) Seal coat
overturning 2

50. The relation between Transmissibility

(B) Strengthen the foundation (T) and Permeability (K) for an aquifer
of depth d is
(A) K= T.d
(C) Increase tension at base of dam
(B) T=ln (Kd)
(D) Increase shear strength at base of
(C) T=K.log d
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dam D) T= K.d

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