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Question 11. In an experiment, positive and negative values are equally likely to occur. The probability of obtaining at most one negative value in five trials is
  1.    1/32
  2.    2/32
  3.    3/32
  4.    6/32
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 6/32


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Question 12. A simply supported beam is subjected to a uniformly distributed load of intensity w per unit length, on half of the span from one end. The length of the span and the flexural stiffness are denoted as l and EI, respectively. The deflection at mid-span of the beam is
  1.    5/6144 wl4/EI
  2.    5/768 wl4/EI
  3.    5/384 wl4/EI
  4.    5/192 wl4/EI
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 5/768 wl4/EI


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Question 13. There is no value of x that can simultaneously satisfy both the given equations.Therefore, find the 'least squares error' solution to the two equations, i.e., find the value of x that minimizes the sum of squares of the errors in the two equations. __________2x = 34x = 1
  1.    0.9
  2.    2.1
  3.    0.5
  4.    1.6
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 0.5


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Question 14. A 1-h rainfall of 10 cm magnitude at a station has a return period of 50 years. The probability that a 1-h rainfall of magnitude 10 cm or more will occur in each of two successive years is:
  1.    0.04
  2.    0.2
  3.    0.02
  4.    0.0004
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 0.0004


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Question 15. What is the minimum number of multiplications involved in computing the matrix product PQR? Matrix P has 4 rows and 2 columns, matrix Q has 2 rows and 4 columns, and matrix R has 4 rows and 1 column. __________
  1.    16
  2.    17
  3.    18
  4.    19
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 16


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Question 16. As per IS 800:2007, the cross-section in which the extreme fiber can reach the yield stress, but cannot develop the plastic moment of resistance due to failure by local buckling is classified as
  1.    plastic section
  2.    compact section
  3.    semi-compact section
  4.    slender section
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> semi-compact section


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Question 17. Maximum possible value of Compacting Factor for fresh (green) concrete is:
  1.    0.5
  2.    1.0
  3.    1.5
  4.    2.0
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1.0


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Question 18. At a station, Storm I of 5 hour duration with intensity 2 cm/h resulted in a runoff of 4 cm and Storm II of 8 hour duration resulted in a runoff of 8.4 cm. Assume that the Ï•-index is the same for both the storms. The Ï•-index (in cm/h) is:
  1.    1.2
  2.    1.0
  3.    1.6
  4.    1.4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1.2


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Question 19. At a station, Storm I of 5 hour duration with intensity 2 cm/h resulted in a runoff of 4 cm and Storm II of 8 hour duration resulted in a runoff of 8.4 cm. Assume that the Ï•-index is the same for both the storms.The intensity of storm II (in cm/h) is:
  1.    2.00
  2.    1.75
  3.    1.50
  4.    2.25
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2.25


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Question 20. The professor ordered to the students to go out of the class.           I                     II                            III                       IV Which of the above underlined parts of the sentence is grammatically incorrect?
  1.    I
  2.    II
  3.    III
  4.    IV
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> II


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