Civil engineer Interview questions

Building materials and Construction What are the dimensions of the standard brick? What are thin shell roofs? Why are they becoming popular? Name the different types of retaining walls Structural Analysis What is buckling or crippling load? Define slenderness ratio. What is its effect on design of compression members? What is meant by specific yield and specific retention? Shear force and B diagrams for different types of loadings on beams echanics of structures Differentiate between bending moment and twisting moment Differentiate between mild steel and !"SD bars Differentiate between proof resilience and modulus of resilience What is meant by strain energy? #luid echanics What is a spillway? What is total energy line? What is a flow net? Discuss its uses Why isn$t a %enturimeter used commonly for measuring discharge in houses? What is critical hydraulic gradient? Differentiate between weir& notch and barrage 'eotechnical (ngineering What is geosynthetics? ention its applications in ci%l engineering field What do you understand by )*+,** bitumen? Which is commonly used-bitumen or tar? Why? What are the precautions to be taken for construction in marshy soil? What is the relation between submerged unit weight and submerged weight? What are the different types of foundations adopted for different soils? What is differential settlement? Discuss the importance of Attenbug$s limits in soil engineering Differentiate between acti%ity and sensiti%ity of soils Differentiate between soil stabili.ation and ground impro%ement !ow does machine foundation differ from an ordinary foundation? What is the permanent solution applied for the restoration of leaning /ower of 0isa? 1einforced Concrete Structures What is pre stressed concrete? What are its ingredients? What do 23 stand for in 23-grade cement? !ow do you construct a 42 storey building with no columns? What are the loads to be considered for the design of bridges? Differentiate between pre-tensioning and post-tensioning What is the 5+D ratio of a cantile%er beam? What type of dam is the 6dukki dam? 'i%e its details and peculiarity /ransportation (ngineering What is camber? What is cutback bitumen? What are its special uses? Draw a typical C.S. of a permanent way What does 61C stand for? Define angularity number and gi%e practical applications What material as ballast would you suggest for a high speed track? Why? What is the usual width of a single lane and a double lane road? (n%ironmental (ngineering Distinguish between slow and rapid sand filters What is super chlorination? What is canopy? Differentiate between B7D and C7D Ad%anced Construction and Construction /echnology What is batching? Differentiate between %olume and weight batching

!ow is underwater concreting carried out? What are the forces in%ol%ed in underwater construction? What do 4* stand for in 4* mi8 concrete? (ngineering 'eology What is littoral drift? Differentiate between faults and folds Sur%eying !ow is a theodolite le%eled? What are ad%antages of electronic theodolite o%er transit theodolite? 'i%e the standard lengths of chains used in sur%eying What is a benchmark? Name the different types