B.Tech. I & II Semester
Examination, December 2023
Grading System (GS)
Max Marks:
70 | Time: 3 Hours
Note:
i) Attempt any five questions.
ii) All questions carry equal marks.
a) What are the contour lines and explain its various properties? (Unit 3)
b) What do you understand by the term moment of inertia and radius of gyration? (Unit 5)
a) Write short notes on any four of the followings:
i) Shallow foundation (Unit 1)
ii) Survey stations (Unit 3)
iii) Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (Unit 3)
iv) Geodetic surveying (Unit 2)
v) Free body diagram (Unit 4)
b) What is the workability of concrete? Explain those factors that affecting the workability of concrete. (Unit 1)
a) Explain nominal and design mix concrete in details. (Unit 1)
b) What are the principle and applications of the remote sensing in the Civil Engineering? (Unit 3)
a) Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for simply supported beam, which carries a uniformly varying load of 15 kN/m and a point load of 25 KN on its center having span of 6m. (Unit 5)
b) Define any two-field test; those are conducted on cement and sand. (Unit 1)
a) What is the composition of cement? Explain in detail. (Unit 1)
b) Define any four of the following terms:
i) Law of machine (Unit 4)
ii) Initial and final setting time of cement (Unit 1)
iii) Efflorescence (Unit 1)
iv) Curing of concrete (Unit 1)
v) Plastering and pointing (Unit 1)
a) What is the local attraction in surveying? How is it detected at any survey station? (Unit 2)
b) What are the various types of doors and windows used in the building construction? (Unit 1)
a) Define and derive an expression for parallel axis theorem. (Unit 5)
b) Determine the moment of inertia of the given plane lamina about its centroidal axis as shown in the figure below: (Unit 5)
a) Write short notes on any four of the following terms:
i) Magnetic declination (Unit 2)
ii) Bow's notation (Unit 4)
iii) Plane tables (Unit 2)
iv) D-Alembert's principle (Unit 4)
v) Types of staircase (Unit 1)
b) What do you understand by support reactions and its type? Explain shear force and bending moment for a cantilever beam. (Unit 5)