DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
SUBJECT NAME: BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING
QUESTION BANK
UNIT 1
Part I - 2 Marks Questions
1. Define Engineering and Civil Engineering?
2. What is a building?
3. How can you classify the buildings?
4. Define plinth area?
5. What do you mean by floor area?
6. What is carpet area?
7. Explain circulation area.
8. What is floor area ratio?
9. What is building material?
10. Name a few building materials.
11. What is a stone?
12. What are the types of rocks? Give example.
13. Name a few properties of stone.
14. State some uses of stone.
15. List the tests conducted on stones.
16. What is a brick?
17. What are the steps in manufacturing bricks?
18. What are the qualities of a good brick?
19. List out different types of bricks
20. What are the uses of bricks?
21. What is cement?
22. What are the constituents of cement?
23. State some types of cement.
24. What is setting of cement?
25. What is curing? What is its importance?
26. What are the products of hydration of cement?
27. Name a few properties of cement.
28. State the uses of cement.
29. What do you mean by the grade of cement?
30. What is mortar? Give example.
31. What are the ingredients of mortar?
32. Name some properties of mortar?
33. What are the tests on mortar?
34. What are the uses of mortar?
35. What is concrete?
36. What are the constituents of concrete?
37. What is concrete grade?
38. List the types of concrete.
39. Name some uses of concrete.
40. What is steel?
41. What are the types of steel?
42. What are the uses of steel?
43. What is the main disadvantage of steel? How do you prevent it?
44. Name some properties of mild steel.
45. State the uses of mild steel.
46. What are the properties of medium carbon steel?
47. Write down the uses of medium carbon steel.
48. Name some uses of high carbon steel.
49. What are the properties of high carbon steel?
50. What are the uses of tor steel?
Part II - 9 Marks Questions
1. Explain the terms: Plinth Area, Floor Area, Carpet Area and Circulation Area?
2. (a) Classify the buildings according to the National Building Code of India
(b) Distinguish between Plinth area, Floor Area and Carpet Area.
3. State the types of aggregates based on size. Describe the classification of soils based on
grain size.
4. What are the qualities (or properties) of a good building stone?
5. What are the various tests conducted on building stone?
6. What are the uses of stone?
7. (a) Briefly state the requirements of a good quality brick that is to be used for construction.
(b) What are the various classes of bricks?
8. Name the constituents of bricks. Explain their uses in bricks.
9. What are the steps in the manufacture of the burnt clay bricks?
10. Write down the uses of bricks.
11. What are the advantages and disadvantages of bricks?
12. Explain the properties and uses of cement.
13. Name the types of cement. Write down the uses of any one type.
14. What are the properties of cement?
15. Name the uses of cement.
16. State the properties of cement mortar.
17. What are the uses of mortar?
18. Explain various stages of manufacturing of concrete.
19. What are the properties of concrete?
20. Name the uses of concrete.
21. What is grade of concrete? Explain the various factors affecting the compressive strength of
concrete.
22. What are the types of concrete? Explain any one type with uses.
23. What is steel? Name its types and general properties. What are its advantages and
disadvantages?
24. What are the different types of steel? Explain their properties and uses.
25. Compare the properties of three types of steel.
UNIT 2
Part I - 2 Marks Questions
1. Write about the two basic components of the building.
2. What are the component parts of a building?
3. What are the structural components of a building?
4. Name the types of soil.
5. Define bearing capacity of soil.
6. What is ultimate bearing capacity?
7. What is safe bearing capacity of soil? What is factor of safety?
8. Name the factors that affect the bearing capacity of soil.
9. State some methods to improve the bearing capacity of soil.
10. What is foundation?
11. Name the types of foundation.
12. What are the functions of foundations?
13. What are the usual causes of failure of foundation?
14. Write the remedial methods for failure of foundations.
15. What are the types of shallow foundation?
16. State the various deep foundations.
17. What are the types of piles?
18. Name the types of footings.
19. What is simple footing?
20. Define masonry. What are its components?
21. Name the types of masonry.
22. What are header and stretcher?
23. What is a course and bed joint?
24. What do you mean by header course and stretcher course?
25. Define closer. Define lap.
26. What are king closer and queen closer?
27. Define bonding in masonry.
28. Name the rules for bonding in masonry.
29. State the types of bonds in brick masonry.
30. Name the types of stone masonry.
31. What is floor?
32. How floors are classified based on floor finishes?
33. Name some requirements for floors.
34. What are the components of the floor?
35. Write a few types of floors.
36. Name a few functions of floors.
37. What is roof?
38. How do you classify roofs?
39. State any two requirements of well-planned roof?
40. Name a few functions of roof.
41. What are the advantages of flat roof?
42. State the disadvantages of flat roof.
43. What is pitched or sloped roof?
44. What are the advantages of sloped roof?
45. State the disadvantages of sloped roof.
46. What is roof truss?
47. Name a few types of roof truss.
48. What is a curved roof?
49. Name the advantages of curved roof?
50. State the disadvantages of curved roof.
Part II - 9 Marks Questions
1. What are the components of a building? Draw a neat sketch and label the parts of building.
2. Explain the functions of the various components of a building.
3. Explain the various types of soils with their uses and properties.
4. Define foundation. Explain the classification of foundations.
5. With neat sketches explain deep foundations.
6. Classify shallow foundations with diagrams.
7. What are the types of footings? Explain with neat drawings.
8. List the objectives of foundation.
9. What are the various causes of failure of foundations? What are the remedial measures?
10. Explain the different types of stone masonry.
11. State the types of rubble masonry with sketches. Name their advantages and disadvantages.
12. Explain the types of ashlar masonry with diagrams. State their advantages and disadvantages.
13. Compare brick and stone masonry with their advantages and disadvantages.
14. (a) Define bonding in brick masonry.
(b) Explain the various types of bonding in brick masonry with neat sketches.
15. What are the points to be considered while constructing the brick masonry?
16. Differentiate between English and Flemish bond in masonry.
17. What is a floor? What are its functions, requirements and types?
18. Write a short note on Mud, Mosaic and Brick floorings.
19. Explain the construction of the following floors: Cement concrete flooring, Terrazzo and Tiles
flooring
20. What is a roof? What are its functions and requirements? Classify roofs with neat sketches.
21. What are the advantages and disadvantages of flat roofs?
22. What are the advantages and disadvantages of sloped or pitched roofs?
23. What are the advantages and disadvantages of curved roofs?
24. What is a truss roof? What are the types of trussed roofs?
25. (a) Sketch neatly the following trusses with the parts: King Post Truss and Queen Post Truss
(b) Classify the various types of roofs based on their roof coverings.
UNIT-3
Part I - 2 Marks Questions
1. Define surveying
2. Classify surveying based on equipment used.
3. Classify surveying based on application of surveying.
4. Classify surveying based on area of surveying.
5. Classify surveying based on the surface of earth assumed in surveying.
6. State the general principles of surveying.
7. What is a compass? What is its use in surveying?
8. What are the common equipments used in surveying?
9. Name some special equipment used in surveying?
10. List out disadvantages of chain surveying.
11. Define levelling.
12. Name the uses of levelling.
13. Name the advancements in surveying.
14. Explain GPS?
15. What is a contour?
16. Name any two characteristics of contours.
17. Name the uses of contours.
18. What is a road?
19. How highways are classified according to their importance.
20. What are the types of roads based on material used?
21. Name the parts of a road.
22. What is super elevation? Why is it provided in a road?
23. What is water bound macadam road?
24. State any two advantages of bituminous roads.
25. Name the disadvantages of bituminous roads.
26. What are the advantages of concrete roads?
27. What are the disadvantages of concrete roads?
28. What are bridges?
29. Name the components of a bridge.
30. State the uses of bridges.
31. How are bridges classified according to the span?
32. What are the types of bridges based on construction?
33. Define piers.
34. Name some points in locating a bridge across a river.
35. What is a dam?
36. What are the uses of a dam?
37. List out the types of dams based on uses.
38. Classify dams based on material used for construction.
39. What do you mean by multi-purpose dam?
40. Name the points considered in selecting a dam site.
41. What are the common parts of a dam?
42. What are the disadvantages of a dam?
43. What are the sources of water?
44. As per IS 1172: 1971, write the details of domestic consumption of water.
45. Name the types of water supply systems.
46. What are the various methods to treat water?
47. Define chlorination. What is its importance in water supply?
48. What is rain water harvesting?
49. What are the methods of harvesting rain water?
50. What is the importance of rain water harvesting?
Part II - 9 Marks Questions
1. Define surveying. Classify surveying based on equipment used, its use, area and surface of earth
assumed.
2. (a) State the general principles of surveying
(b) What are the uses of surveying?
3. What is levelling? What are its uses and the instruments used in it?
4. Define contours. Explain the characteristics and uses of contours.
5. What is bridge? Explain it uses and its parts with a neat drawing.
6. (a) With a neat sketch, explain the parts of a deck type bridge.
(b) Classify the various types of dams.
7. What is a dam? Explain its parts and types with neat sketches.
8. What are the purposes of dams? What does Multipurpose Reservoir means?
9. Explain the factors to be considered in selection of a dam site.
10. What are the advantages and disadvantages of construction of dams?
11. Explain with neat sketches the types of dams based on its construction and material used.
12. What is a road? What is its importance? Draw a neat sketch of road and name its parts.
13. Explain the road classification based on material with neat diagrams.
14. What are the component parts of water bound macadam road?
15. Differentiate between bituminous and concrete roads with their plus and minus.
16. (a) With the help of a neat sketch explain the construction of Water Bound Macadam Road.
(b)What do you know about rain water harvesting? Explain its importance.
17. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Water Bound Macadam road?
18. Explain the steps in construction of concrete roads.
19. Name the advantages and disadvantages of concrete roads.
20. What are the sources of water? How is it supplied to its users? Explain the steps in it.
21. Explain the quality requirements of water to be supplied for drinking purpose with its
importance.
22. Explain the various methods of treating water.
23. List out the systems of water supply with neat sketches and their merits and demerits.
24. What are the different methods of chlorination?
25. Explain the method of rain water harvesting in buildings and roads.
