Nepal Engineering Council Registration Examination

Model Question For Civil Engineering (ACiE)

Section A (60*1=60)

1. Which of the following rocks belong to igneous rock?

a) Granite b) Basalt c) Trap d) All of the above
2. The soundness value for OPC cement is
a) 10 mm b) 5 mm c) 8 mm d) 2 mm
3. Minimum size of the particles of silt soil is
a) 0.002 mm b) 0.04 mm c) 0.08 mm d) 0.06 mm
4. Which of the following is not used to represent the relative altitudes of the points on the map?
a) Contour lines b) Hachures c) Shading d) Level lines
5. Which of the following is not required for chain surveying?
a) Dumpy level b) Pegs c) Arrows d) 20 m chain
6. For making cement paste, What is the amount of water we need?
a) 25% water by weight of dry cement b) 30% water by weight of dry cement
c) 78% water by weight of dry cement d) 80% water by weight of dry cement
7. According to USCS, the fined grained soil are classified on the basis of……
a) Plasticity b) Grain size distribution c) Group index d) Particle size composition
8. A soil is considered as coarse grained, if it retains more than in a sieve.
a) 90% of the soil b) 70% of the soil c) 50% of the soil d) 20% of the soil
9. Darcy's law is valid as long as it is equal to or less than
a) 1 b) 0 c) 0.1 d) 2
10. Punching shear may occur in loose sand with density less than
a) 45% b) 50% c) 35% d) 20%
11. Which of the following piles is used to compact loose granular soil?
a) Friction piles b) End bearing piles c) Compaction piles d) Tension piles
12. If void ratio of soil is 0.7 then the porosity of that soil is:
a) 0.577 b) 0.298 c) 0.412 d) 2.333
13. Length of Hydraulic Jumps equals to
a) 3 times depth b) 6 times depth c) 10 times depth d) 12 times depth
14. The ratio of inertia force and gravitational force is called as
a) Reynolds number b) Stokes number c) Froude's number d) Euler's number
15. Invertd syphon is also called
a) lateral sewer b) depressed sewer c) outfall sewer d) main sewer
16. A liquid flows through pipes 1 and 2 with the same flow velocity. If the ratio of their pipe
diameters d1:d2 be 3:2, what will be the ratio of the head loss in the two pipes?
a) 3:2 b) 9:4 c) 2:3 d) 4:9
17. During a weak jump, the value of Froude lies in between________
a) 1 to 2.5 b) 2.5 to 3.5 c) Less than 1 d) Zero
18. What will be the diameter (in mm) of a water droplet, the pressure inside which is 0.05
N/cm2 greater than the outside pressure? (Take surface tension as 0.075 N/m)
a) 3 b) 0.3 c) 0.6 d) 6
19. Skin stress is also called as
a) Shear stress b) Bending stress c) Lateral stress d) Temperature stress
20. Depth of footing is maximum from
a) Bending Moment b) One way shear c) Two way Shear d)None
21.Deep Beam are designed for
a) SF only b) BM only c) both SF and BM d) Bearing
22. The decomposition of felled timber caused by fungal attack is known as
a) Upset b) Wet rot c) Dry rot d) Foxiness
23. Short column fails due to
a) Buckling stress b) Tensile stress c) direct Stress d) Weight
24. For M20 grade of concrete, the modular ratio is
a) 15.54 b) 13.33 c) 12.89 d) 11.89
25. The term CG was introduced by
a) Coulumn b) Mohrs c) Youngs d) Archimidies
26. Slope deflection method is
a) Energy method b) Deflection method c) Unit load method d) ALL
27. ILD are drawn for structure
a) Interminate b) Any type c) determinate d) None
28. The minimum grade of concrete that can be used for pre-tensioning of beam system is
a) M30 b) M25 c) M35 d) M40
29.Which is not a dead load ?
a) Erection load b) Wall load c) Beam load d) Slab load
30. Column strip shall be designed to resist…………percent of the total positive moment.
a) 10 b) 25 c) 60 d) 90
31. Which of the following pollutant causes acid rain?
a) NO2 b) SO2 c) CO2 d) NO
32. The maximum efficiency of BOD removal is achieved in
a) Aerated lagoons b) Trickling filters c) Digestion tank d) Oxidation ditch
33. What is the permissible limits for construction of inorganic matter in water?
a) 200mg/l b) 2000mg/l c) 3000mg/l d) 500mg/l
34. Biochemical oxygen demand for safe drinking water is
a) 10 b) 20 c) 200 d) Nill
35. A short term Environmental Imapact Assessment has a time period of
a) 2-5 years b) 10-15 years c) 5-10 years d) 5-7 years
36. Which of the following is known as 'feeding bottle technique'?
a) Drip Irrigation b) Sprinkler Irrigation c) Furrow Irrigation d) Border Irrigation
37. Which Zone is the most important from an Irrigation point of view?
a) Soil Zone b) Intermediate zone c) Capillary Zone d) Saturation Zone
38. Orifice-meter is used to measure
a) Discharge b) Average velocity c) Velocity at a point d) pressure
39. Crops that take more than 4 months to mature are called
a) Solid crop b) Long crop c) Hard crop d) Cash crop
40. Ground water is accessed by……………….
a) Drilling wells b) Drip Irrigation c) Check bunds d) Constructing canals
41. In which type of weir energy dissipation takes place?
a) Barrage b) Vertical Drop weir c) Slopping weir d) Parabolic weir
42. Which factor directly affect the duty of water?
a) Types of crop b) Useful Rainfall c) Types of soil d) Canals
43. A super passage is the reverse of………
a) Syphon b) Aqueduct c) Inlets and Outlets d) Syphon Aqueduct
44. Where is a water hammer developed?
a) reservoir b) penstock c) turbine blades d) pipe line
45. Hydropower Plants generate electricity using
a) chemical energy b) Nuclear energy c) Mechanical energy d) None
46. Trash racks are located _____________
a) near tailrace b) at the entrance of turbine c) inside penstock d) intake
47.The annual depreciation of a hydropower plant is about
a) 5-10% b) 10-20% c) 0.5%-1.5% d) 25-30%
48. The ratio of energy produced by a plant to installed capacity of plant is called as……
a) plant load factor b) Average use factor c) plant use factor d) Demand factor
49. Which of the following can be designated as an intake structure?
a) Culvert b) River c) dam d) Reservoir
50. If the contact pressure of the wheel is 24 kg/cm2 and the tire pressure is 23 kg/cm2. What is
the value of the rigidity factor ?
a) 1 b) 1.04 c) 0.96 d) 0.9
51.Number of international airport in Nepal is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
52. The desirable relationship between OSD and length of overtaking zone is
a) Length of overtaking zone = OSD b) Length of overtaking zone = 2 OSD
c) Length of overtaking zone = 3 OSD d) Length of overtaking zone = 5 OSD
53. If the subgrade soil has a bearing load of 2055 kg at 5 mm penetration, what will be the
CBR value ?
a) 100% b) 92.7% c) 66.67% d) 85.4%
54.If the radius of horizontal curve is 100m.What will be the limiting grade compensation?
a) 1.3% b) 1% c) 0.75% d) 2%
55. According to the time estimates made by the PERT planners, the maximum time that would
be needed to complete an activity is called as
a) The most likely time estimate b) Optimistic time estimate
c) Pessimistic time estimate d) Expected time estimate
56. The difference between the maximum time available and the actual time needed to perform
an activity is known as
a) Free float b) Independent float c) Total float d) Half float
57. The ratio obtained by dividing 'quick assests' by ‘current liabilities’ is called……
a) Turnover ratio b) Acid test ratio c) Solvency ratio d. None of these.
58. The rate of an item of work depends on
a) Specification of works b) Proportion of mortar
c) Specification of materials d) All of the above
59. What is the standard length and width of the arrowhead of dimension lines?
a) 2mm and 2mm b) 3mm and 1mm c) 4mm and 2mm d) 3mm and 2mm
60. The first Nepal Engineering Council (NEC) License Exam was held on
a) Asoj 05, 2079 b) Chaitra 12, 2079 c) Falgun 13, 2079 d) Chaitra 25, 2079
 Section B (20*2=40)
1. Convert 122°30′ whole circle bearings to quadrant bearings?
a) N57°30′E b) S57°30′W c) N57°30′W d) S57°30′E
2. A normally Consolidated clay settled 10mm when the effective stress increased from
100kN/m2 to 200KN/m2. If the effective stress is further increased from 200 KN/m2 to
400KN/m2, the settlement of the same clay is
a) 10mm b) 20mm c) 40 mm d) none
3. A soil has a dry density of 17.5 KN/m3. It has densities corresponding to most compact and
loosest state as 18.5 KN/m3 and 13 KN/m3 respectively. The relative density of the soil is……..
a) 0.871 b) 0.865 c) 0.869 d) 0.860
4. For 2.5 cm thick c.c. floor of 1:2:4 proportion, for 100 sq m, how many cement bags will be
required?
a) 18 b) 28 c) 24 d) 10
5. Estimate the section factor for a channel section having cross sectional area of 40m2 and
hydraulic depth of 6m.
a) 94.3 b) 95.6 c) 97.9 d) 100
6. Calculate the section factor a triangular channel section having side slope 1H:4V and depth
of 8m.
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 20
7. If B=4, R=3 and J=4, then the truss is:
a) Statically determinate b) Statically indeterminate and stable c) Stable d) Unstable
8. The degree of static indeterminacy of a rigid joint plane frame having 15 members, 3 reaction
components and 14 joints is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 6 d) 8
9. If the effective length of 32 cm diameter of column is 4.4 m, the slenderness ratio is
a) 45 b) 55 c) 65 d) 70
10.A column carrying ga service load of 100KN.calculate the total load on Footing?
a) 1000 KN b) 1200 KN c) 1100 KN d) 900 kN
11. If the total hardness is 300 mg/l and alkalinity is 150 mg/l then Non-carbonate hardness is,
a) 150 b) 350 c) 50 d) 200
12. What is the spacing of manholes for pipe diameter of greater than 2 m?
a) 90-150 m b) 150-200 m c) 300 m d) 45-90 m
13. An outlet irrigates an area of 40 ha. The discharge required at this outlet to meet the
evapotranspiration requirement of 40 mm occurring uniformly in 40 days neglecting
other field losses is
a) 4.63 litres/sec b) 2.31 litres/sec c) 4.01 litres/sec d) 1.52 litres/sec
14. Calculate the total number of poles of generator for a francis turbine with synchronous
speed of 561.54 rpm if f = 50 Hz
a) 11 b) 13 c) 14 d) 12
15. The dimensions of a rectangular channel are 3m in depth and 4m in width. Calculate the
bed slope of the channel if the specific energy is 3.13m. [C=50].
a) 1 in 1000 b) 1 in 1100 c) 1 in 1200 d) 1 in 1300
16. If the radius of curvature is given as 76.98m and the deflection angle as 45°21' find the short
curve length of a compound curve.
a) 60.93m b) 6.93m c) 9.63m d) 3.69m
17. In a braking test,a vehicle was moving with a speed of 45kmph and was stopped by applying
brakes, the skid marks were 10.0m in length. Determine the skid resistance.
a) 0.79 m b) 0.69 m c) 0.71 m d) 0.72 m
18. If the length of the summit curve having SSD as 150m and deviation angle is 1 in 30 is
a) 50m b) 100m c) 150m d) 170m
19. For a given activity, the optimistic time, pessimistic time, and the most probable estimates
are 5,17 and 8 days respectively, The expected time is
a) 8 days b) 9 days c) 10 days d) 15 days
20. For Rs 500/- what is the amount for 2014 AD if discounted rate 10% is
a) 275 b) 375 c) 425 d) 500