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SCCL - MANAGEMENT TRAINEE (Civil)

SAMPLE / MODEL QUESTION PAPER


General Instructions to candidates:
1. All questions carry equal marks.
2. No negative marks.
3. Answer all questions.
4. Every question has 4 options and only ONE is CORRECT
Answer.
5. Use OMR sheet for marking the correct answer by bubbling with
BLUE or BLACK ballpoint pen only.

1. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If
the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the
mixture?

a. Brand A needed is 24kgs.


b. Brand B needed is 24kgs
c. Brand A and B needed is 12kgs
d. None of the above

3. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in front of me. The other one also shouts that he
too had two behind him. How many are they?
a.
b.
c.
d.

One
Four
Three.
None of the above

6. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the previous day. How many
bananas did he eat on the first day?
a.

Eight

b.
c.
d.

Four
Three.
None of the above

8. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC = 20. What is the
length of AE?
a.
b.
c.
d.

AE= 10
AE = 20
AE = 5
None of the above

9. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B respectively and the chord
BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the
length of the chord BC?
a.
b.
c.
d.

BC= 10cm
BC = 20cm
BC = 4cm
None of the above

10. Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the probability that
they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace.
a.
b.
c.
d.

64/2210
64/2101
64/2012
None of the above

12. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. Every cat killed
an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do
you think there were ?
a.
b.
c.
d.

919
991
199
None of the above

13: A first class brick immersed in water for 24 hours, should not absorb water more than

A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 25%

14: Pelton wheel is a turbine with

A. Axial flow
B. Radial flow
C. Mixed flow

D. Tangential flow

15. Which of the following is/are the assumption(s) of Bernaullis equation?


1] There is loss of liquid while flowing.
2] There is no external force except the gravity acts on the liquid.
3] The velocity of energy of liquid particle, across any cross-section of pipe is uniform.
4] Both [2] and [3]

18. In constructions, why are the lintels preferred to arches?

1] Arches will not long last


2] Arches require more head room to span the open as like doors, windows etc.
3] Arches require strong abutments to withstand arch thrust
4] Bothe [2] and [3]

20. What is called a level line?

1] The line parallel to the mean sphireodal surface of earth


2] The line is horizontal
3] The line passing through the centre of cross-hairs and the centre of the eye piece
4] The line passing through the objective lens and the eye piece of a dumpy or tilting level

22.Consider a non-homogeneous system of linear equations representing mathematically


an over determined system. Such a system will be
(a) consistent having a unique solution
(b) consistent having a many solutions
(c) inconsistent having a unique solution
(d) inconsistent having no solution

23.Which one of the following statement is NOT true ?

(a) The measure of skewness is dependent upon the amount of dispersion


(b) In a symmetric distribution, the values of mean, mode and median are the same
(c) In a positively skewed distribution : mean > median > mode
(d) In a negatively skewed distribution : mode > mean > median
24.The symmetry of stress tensor at a point in the body under equilibrium is obtained
from
(a) conservation of mass
(b) force equilibrium equations
(c) moment equilibrium equations
(d) conservation of energy
25.The components of strain tensor at a point in the plane strain case can be obtained by
measuring longitudinal strain in following directions

(a) along any two arbitrary directions


(b) along any three arbitrary directions
(c) along two mutually orthogonal directions
(d) along any arbitrary direction
26.Total Kjedahl nitrogen is a measure of
(a) total organic nitrogen
(b) total organic and ammonia nitrogen
(c) total ammonia nitrogen
(d) total inorganic and ammonia nitrogen

27.The length of Summit Curve on a two lane two way highway depends upon

(a) allowable rate of change of centrifugal acceleration


(b) coefficient of lateral friction
(c) required Stopping Sight Distance
(d) required Overtaking Sight Distance

29.The necessary and sufficient condition for a surface to be called as a free surface is

(a) no stress should be acting on it


(b) tensile stress acting on it must be zero
(c) shear stress acting on it must be zero
(d) no point on it should be under any stress
30.Which of the following statement is NOT true in the context of capillary pressure in
soils ?

(a) Water is under tension in capillary zone


(b) Pore water pressure is negative in capillary zone
(c) Effective stress increases due to capillary pressure
(d) Capillary pressure is more in coarse grained soils
31.Name the traffic survey data which is plotted by means of Desire lines.
(a) Accident
(b) Classified volume
(c) Origin and Destination
(d) Speed and Delay

32. The number of simultaneous equations to be solved in the slope deflection method,
is equal to :
A.the degree of statical indeterminacy
B. the degree of kinematic indeterminacy
C. the number of joints in the structure
D.none of the above

33. The treatment that should be given to the water from a deep tube well is :
A.pre-settling only
B. coagulation and flocculation only
C. filtration only
D.disinfection only

34. In a steady radial flow into an intake, the velocity is found to vary as (1/r2), where r
is the radial distance. The acceleration of the flow is proportional to
A.1/r5
C. 1/r4

B. 1/r3
D.1/r

35. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will it take to boil four eggs?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Eight minutes
Five minutes
Three minutes
None of the above

36. Three containers A, B and C have volumes a, b, and c respectively; and container A is full of
water while the other two are empty. If from container A water is poured into container B which
becomes 1/3 full, and into container C which becomes 1/2 full, how much water is left in
a.
b.
c.
d.

Container A
Container B
Container C
None of the above

37.A wizard named Nepo says I am only three times my sons age. My father is 40 years more
than twice my age. Together the three of us are a mere 1240 years old. How old is Nepo?
a.
b.
c.
d.

360 years old.


120 years old.
180 years old
None of the above

38. The accuracy of measurement in chain surveying, does not depend upon
a) importance of the features
b) scale of the plotting
c) length of the offset

d) general layout of the chain lines.

39. Hydrographic surveys deal with the mapping of


a.
b.
c.
d.

heavenly bodies
large water bodies
mountaineous region
canal system

41. Selectthe strength parameter of concrete usedindesign of plain jointed cement concrete
pavementsfrom the following choices:
a. Tensile strength
b. Compressive strength
c. Flexural strength
d. Shear strength

43. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 64 minutes of correct time.
How much a day does the clock gain or lose?

a.
b.
c.
d.

23 8/11 minutes
22 8/11 minutes
32 8/11 minutes
None of the above

44. An isohyet is a line joining points of


(A) equal temperature
(B) equal humidity
(C) equal rainfall depth
(D) equal evaporation

47. From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls and three different red balls, how
many combinations of balls can be chosen taking at least one green and one blue ball?

(A) 3270
(B) 3072
(C) 3720

(D) None of the above


48. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can fill it in 20 & 30 minutes
respectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1
minute each, how soon will the tank be filled?

(A) 167 minutes


(B) 176 minutes
(C) 617 minutes

(D) None of the above

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