Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) FPSC Railway Past Paper

Past paper of FPSC

Post name= Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil)

Department: Ministry of Railway

No. of posts: Total posts=15, Punjab= 5

Post case number = F4/214/2019

Test held on = 08/01/2020

Compiled by: Engr. Usman Iftikhar

Note:

Calculator was allowed in this test.

Errors and omissions are accepted.

 

First 20 questions were from English sentence structuring etc.

1. The Westergaard analysis is used for: a) sandy soils b) cohesive soils c) stratified soils d) clayey soil
2. Value of B=(6+10/2+5^2)/2 =? 18
3. Ground freezing is a) construction dewatering technique b) permanent dewatering technique c) electrical osmosis
4. Synonym of neutral is? unbiased
5. Synonym of amucus curiare?
6. Cause of action means? a factor set of facts that is sufficient to justify legal action
7. Synonym of embezzle is? misappropriate
8. Synonym of dilemma is? difficult situation
9. Contingency is? conditional, dependent, both
10. Synonym of paradigm? is pattern
11. Horizontal and vertical angles in survey are not measured by? a) theodolite b) total station c) sight level d) none
12. Test not preferred for freshly mixed concrete is?segregation, compaction factor, slump, ductility

13. Slump value for good structural concrete is? 90-120 mm
14. Back sight is the first reading in theodolite survey.
15. When instrument is shifted, it is called? change point
16. In survey, station is a?
17. Traverse survey is preferred in establishing? control network
18. Two peg test is used for? checking or recalibrating the level or transit
19. Optimum moisture content is obtained from? standard proctor test
20. Clay is an example of? aquifer, aquitard, aquiclude, none
21. Sheet foot roller is used for? cohesive soils
22. Asphalt rolling thin film test is used for? This test is used to measure the combined effects of heat and air on a thin film of bitumen or bituminous binder in permanent renewal.

23. Flownet comprises of? flow lines and equipotential lines
24. Hydraulic gradient of sandy soil is equal to 1, then flow condition shows? quick sand
25. Perched water table occurs in? consolidated region, saturated region, vadose zone etc
26. Deviator stress is? sigma1-sigma3
27. In unconfined compressive strength test? sigma3=0
28. Void ratio vs log stress graph slope gives? coefficient of consolidation, Cv, Cc
29. From activity chart diagram, answer the questions, (30-34)
30. Critical path
31. Free float
32. Earliest start time
33. Activity name on arrow network diagram
34. Activity name on node network diagram
35. Calculate effective stress from the slope diagram. 2 questions
36. Find effective stress at point A. Soil unit weight above the water table is 123 pcf and below the water table is 120 pcf. Point is located 20 feet below water table. Height of soil above water table is 14’
37. Yielding occurs on ultimate load in? under/over reinforced beams
38. Tensile strength of concrete is measured by? modulus of rupture
39. Method by which we can find air content of freshly mixed concrete is by? pressure and volumetric method
40. Which one is not method of concrete mix design?
41. When distance between 2 stations is equal it is called? balancing station
42. Normal consistency of cement is measured by? Vicat apparatus
43. Convert square foot to acres and then find per acre price.
44. Finding road front side by using Pythagoras theorem
45. Finding height of pole by using Pythagoras theorem
46. By using (a+b/2)bh find area
47. Few questions from stress strain graph of mild steel e.g. % elongation, ductility, modulus of elasticity,
48. Find value of fineness modulus of coarse-grained soil from table
49. Algorithm, program, software, which of these consists of series of calculations and then problem is solved.
50. Find D10, Cu, Cc from values of D10, D30, D60
51. Cold mixed asphalt is used for heavy traffic, low traffic
52. P=I²R formula
53. Mortar is mixture of? cement, sand, water
54. SPT values for counting number of blows is for depth? of last 12” penetration
55. Triaxial test is used for computation of? shear parameters
56. Factor to be considered for bending of sheets is its? ductility
57. If a labour takes 50 $ per hour for excavation and 2 labors are hired and they will work for 8 hrs per day. How many days will they take for salary of 4000$ = 5 days
58. Few questions from excel sheets
59. Beam was given and shear force, bending moment was to be calculated.
60. T beam was given and numerical was to be solved.
61. Under reinforced beam was given and numerical was to be solved.