Architecture and Planning
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Question 51
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Top floor of a 25 story building is using a flush valve system with a minimum fixture pressure of 1.0 kg/cm
. If static pressure increases by 0.3 kg/cm
per metre length and friction loss is zero, then height of bottom of the water tank from the top fixture (in metres, rounded off to two decimal places) is _____.Log in to check the answer
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A simply supported RCC beam of cross section 0.4 m × 0.6 m covers a span of 8 m. It is subjected to a uniformly distributed load of 30 kN/m. If the unit weight of concrete is 24 kN/m
, the tensile stress (in N/mm
, rounded off to two decimal places) at the bottom of the beam at mid-span is _____.Log in to check the answer
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A basement wall resists lateral pressure exerted by soil and water. The soil pressure amounts to 4.5 kN/m
for every metre of depth below Ground Level (GL). The sub-soil water level is 1.0 m below GL and hydrostatic pressure of water is 9.8 kN/m
for every metre of depth below GL. The total lateral pressure (in kN/m
, rounded off to one decimal place) exerted on the wall 2 m below GL is _____. 
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Assuming that the population growth trend given in the table will continue, the population (in persons) for the year 2031 will be _____.
S.No. | Year | Population (in persons) |
|---|---|---|
1 | 1981 | 1,30,440 |
2 | 1991 | 1,69,572 |
3 | 2001 | 2,20,444 |
4 | 2011 | 2,86,577 |
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A developer would like to select a residential plot of 300 m
for group housing in a city. Different options with varying development controls are given. In every group housing plot, 15% of the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) over and above the maximum permissible FAR has to be utilized for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) units. The maximum built-up area (in m
) available from the options given below is _____.Area | Ground Coverage (%) | FAR |
|---|---|---|
1 | 30 | 1.5 |
2 | 20 | 2.0 |
3 | 40 | 2.0 |
4 | 15 | 3.0 |
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The fishermen, ______ the flood victims owed their lives, were rewarded by the government.
Your answerChoose one option.
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Some students were not involved in the strike.
If the above statement is true, which of the following conclusions is/are logically necessary?
Some who were involved in the strike were students.
No student was involved in the strike.
At least one student was involved in the strike.
Some who were not involved in the strike were students.
Your answerChoose one option.
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The radius as well as the height of a circular cone increases by 10%. The percentage increase in its volume is ______.
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Five numbers 10, 7, 5, 4 and 2 are to be arranged in a sequence from left to right following the directions given below:
No two odd or even numbers are next to each other.
The second number from the left is exactly half of the left-most number.
The middle number is exactly twice the right-most number.
Which is the second number from the right?
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Until Iran came along, India had never been __________ in kabaddi.
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