BT-204 (GS) – Basic Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

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.

Previous Year Questions (December 2023)

Q.1

a) What are the contour lines and explain its various properties?


b) What do you understand by the term moment of inertia and radius of gyration?

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.

Q.2

a) Write short notes on any four of the followings:

i) Shallow foundation

ii) Survey stations

iii) Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

iv) Geodetic surveying

v) Free body diagram


b) What is the workability of concrete? Explain those factors that affecting the workability of concrete.

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.

Q.3

a) Explain nominal and design mix concrete in details.


b) What are the principle and applications of the remote sensing in the Civil Engineering?

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.

Q.4

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.


b) Define any two-field test; those are conducted on cement and sand.

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.

Q.5

a) What is the composition of cement? Explain in detail.


b) Define any four of the following terms:

i) Law of machine

ii) Initial and final setting time of cement

iii) Efflorescence

iv) Curing of concrete

v) Plastering and pointing

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.

Q.6

a) What is the local attraction in surveying? How is it detected at any survey station?


b) What are the various types of doors and windows used in the building construction?

Answer (a): To be posted here.


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Q.7

a) Define and derive an expression for parallel axis theorem.


b) Determine the moment of inertia of the given plane lamina about its centroidal axis as shown in the figure below:

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.

Q.8

a) Write short notes on any four of the following terms:

i) Magnetic declination

ii) Bow's notation

iii) Plane tables

iv) D-Alembert's principle

v) Types of staircase


b) What do you understand by support reactions and its type? Explain shear force and bending moment for a cantilever beam.

Answer (a): To be posted here.


Answer (b): To be posted here.