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Previous Year Question Paper

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

June 2023COMMONSEMESTER-1
June 2023
Max Marks: 70
Duration: 3 Hours
Instructions:

Attempt any five questions.

All questions carry equal marks.

Q.1
a)Unit 2

What do you understand by the term 'levelling'? Explain 'reciprocal levelling' in details.

b)Unit 1

What is the purpose to provide the foundation and describe its various types in details?

Q.2
a)Unit 3/2

Write short notes on any four:

i) Remote sensing

ii) Contour lines

iii) Type of surveying

iv) EDM

v) Survey station

b)Unit 2

Explain the 'auto level' with a neat sketch.

Q.3
a)Unit 3

Write notes on the following with neat sketch:

i) Mid ordinate rule

ii) Average ordinate rule

iii) Trapezoidal rule

iv) Simpson's rule

b)Unit 4

Explain concurrent and non-concurrent co-planer forces in details.

Q.4
a)Unit 5

Draw the shear force and bending moment diagram for simply supported beam, which carries a uniformly distributed load of 10kN/m and a point load of 20kN on its center having span of 5m.

b)Unit 5

Determine the moment of inertia of the given plane lamina about its centroidal axis as shown in the figure.

Q.5
a)Unit 1

List out the various stages for the construction of a building and list out the various building materials used in construction works with brief details.

b)Unit 1

Define any two-laboratory test, those are conducted on bricks and cement.

Q.6
a)Unit 4

Define the method of joints and method of section to analyze a plane truss with a suitable example.

b)Unit 1

Define the following terms with respect to concrete:

i) Workability

ii) Segregation

iii) Bleeding

Q.7
a)Unit 1

What are the various types of bonds used in the construction of brick masonry?

b)Unit 1

Discuss plastering and pointing in Civil Engineering construction works.

Q.8
a)Unit 2

Define the following terms:

i) True bearing and magnetic bearing

ii) Fore sight and back sight

iii) Local attraction

iv) Errors in chain surveying

b)Unit 4

What do you understand by reversible and irreversible machines? Explain with suitable examples.