Essentials of Civil Engineering 2018 Question Paper — Government Coll…
The 2018 Essentials of Civil Engineering previous year question paper (Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu), with every question and its marks.
- University: Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Subject: Essentials of Civil Engineering
- Course: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING—COURSE NO. BCE-511 (Basic Civil Engineering)
- Year: 2018
- Paper: end-term
- Duration: 180 minutes
- Total marks: 100
Instructions
- Attempt any five questions in all, selecting at least two questions from each section.
Questions
Section A
- Q1. (a) Describe the various classification of rocks. [10] (b) What are the essential requirements of a good building stone in civil engineering ? [10] [20 marks]
- Q2. (a) What are building stones ? How are they classified ? [10] (b) Define the following terms : (i) Dressing of stones (ii) Quarrying of stones. [10] [20 marks]
- Q3. (a) Write short notes on Shallow Foundation and Well Foundation with sketches. [12] (b) Write short notes on : (i) Low heat cement (ii) Rapid hardening cement. [8] [20 marks]
- Q4. (a) Explain various types of cement in detail stating the situations where they are used ? [10] (b) Describe of various types of test performed on cement. [10] [20 marks]
Section B
- Q5. A composite bar made up of Aluminium and steel is rigidly attached to the end supports at 60°C as shown in Fig 1. Find the stresses in the two portions of the bar when the temperature of the composite system falls to 20°C if : (i) the ends do not yield (ii) the ends yield by 0.25 mm. [20] For the figure shown: [20 marks]
- Q6. Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for the beam shown in figure and indicate the point of contraflexure. [20] For the beam shown: [20 marks]
- Q7. Determine the forces in members IK, HK, FI, EG. [20] For the truss shown: [20 marks]
- Q8. Design pad type foundation for tower with the following data : (1) Design forces on tower leg : (a) ultimate compression = 88500 kg (b) ultimate uplift = 68330 kg (c) ultimate shear = 2880 kg (2) Tower Data : (a) Height = 48 m (b) base width = 7 m (3) Soil data : (a) S.P.T = 13 (b) in-situ density $\gamma = 1.4\text{ t/m}^3$, $\gamma_{\text{sat}} = 1.0\text{ t/m}^3$, $\theta = 30^{\circ}$ Water table at 1.8 m below ground level $N_{\text{corrected}}$ for over burden upto 4.5 m depth = 17, $N_q = 22$, $N_{\gamma} = 29.5$. [20] [20 marks]