CIVIL ENGINEERING

ESE TOPIC WISE OBJECTIVE SOLVED

PAPER–II

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UPSC Engineering Services Examination,

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 Preface

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Engineering Services Exam. This booklet has come out after long observation and
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 CONTENTS

1. Fluid Mechanics ............................................................................................ 1 – 181

2. Environmental Engineering ........................................................................ 182 – 341

3. Engineering Hydrology ............................................................................... 342 – 402

4. Soil Mechanics .......................................................................................... 403 – 579

5. Irrigation Engineering ................................................................................. 580 – 631

6. Highway Engineering ................................................................................. 632 – 700

7. Surveying .................................................................................................. 701 – 781

8. Railway Engineering .................................................................................. 782 – 810

9. Airport Engineering .................................................................................... 811 – 831

10. Dock and Harbour ..................................................................................... 832 – 844

11. Tunnel Engineering .................................................................................... 845 – 852

 Syllabus

(A) FLUID MECHANICS, OPEN CHANNEL FLOW, PIPE FLOW

Fluid Properties, Pressure, Thrust, Buoyancy: Flow Kinematics; Integration of flow equations,
Flow measurement: Relative motion; Moment of momentum, Viscosity, Boundary layer and
Control. Drag, Lift; dimensional Analysis. Modelling, Cavitation; Flow oscillations- Momentum
and Energy principles in Open channel flow, Flow controls, Hydraulic jump. Flow sections and
properties, Normal flow. Gradually varied flow; Surges, flow development and losses in pipe
flows. Measurements; Siphons, Surges and Water hammer; Delivery of Power Pipe networks.
(B) HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND HYDROPOWER
Centrifugal pumps, types, performance parameters, scaling, pumps in parallel; Reciprocating
pumps, air vessels, performance parameters; Hydraulic ram; Hydraulic turbines, types,
performance parameters, controls, choice; Power house, classification and layout, storage,
poundage, control of supply.

Contents

1. Fluid Properties ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 — 09

2. Hydrostatic Pressure --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 — 17
3. Liquid in Relative Equilibrium ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 — 22
4. Buoyancy and Floatation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 — 27
5. Fluid Kinematics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 — 39
6. Fluid Dynamics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 — 45
7. Weirs and Notches ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 — 54
8. Laminar Flow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 — 65
9. Turbulent Flow ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 — 68
10. Boundary Layer Theory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 69 — 74
11. Drag and Lift -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 75 — 84
12. Flow Through Pipes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 85 — 102
13. Modal Analysis and Dimensional Analysis --------------------------------------------------- 103 — 112
14. Open Channel Flow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 113 — 143
15. Hydraulic Machines ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 144 — 181
 C HAPTER

1
Fluid Properties
Code:
A B C D
(a) 2 3 1 5
1. Which one of the following pressure units (b) 3 2 1 5
represents the LEAST pressure? (c) 4 2 5 1
(a) millibar (b) mm of mercury (d) 2 3 5 1
(c) N/mm2 (d) kgf/cm2

4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct

2. The surface tension of water at 20°C is 75 × answer:
10–3 N/m. The difference in the water surface
within and outside an open-ended capillary List-I List-II
tube of 1mm internal bore, inserted at the
A. Concentrated sugar 1. Dilatant fluid
water surface would nearly be
solution
(a) 5 mm (b) 10 mm
B. Sewage sludge 2. Bingham plastic fluid
(c) 15 mm (d) 20 mm
C. Blood 3. Pseudoplastic fluid
D. Air 4. Newtonian fluid

Code:
3. Match List-I (curves labelled A, B, C and D A B C D
in figure) with List-II (types of fluid) and
(a) 1 2 3 4
select the correct answer:
(b) 1 2 4 3
List-I List-II (c) 2 1 3 4
(d) 2 1 4 3
D 1. Ideal plastic
Shear stress

C 2. Ideal

B
3. Non-Newtonian
4. Pseudoplastic
5. Match List-I (Defini tion s) wi th
A List-II (Properties) and select the correct
O
Velocity gradient
5. Thixotropic answer
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List-I List-II
A. Newtonian fluid 1. Frictionless and
incompressible
8. Assertion (A) : At the standard temperature,
B. Ideal fluid 2. Viscosity invariant with
the kinematic viscosity of air is greater than
shear stress
that of water at same temperature
C. Thixotropic fluid 3. Viscosity decreases at
higher shear stress Reason (R) : The dynamic viscosity of air
at standard temperature is lower than that
D. Rheological fluid 4. Viscosity increases at
of water at the same temperature.
higher shear stress

Code:
A B C D
(a) 2 4 1 3 9. A f lat plate of 0.15 m 2 is pul led at
(b) 3 1 4 2 20 cm/s relative to another plate, fixed
at a distance of 0.02 cm from it with a fluid
(c) 2 1 4 3
having   0.0014 Ns / m2 separating them.
(d) 3 4 1 2
What is the power required to maintain the
motion?
(a) 0.014 W (b) 0.021 W
(c) 0.035 W (d) 0.042 W
6. Which one of the following statements is
correct?

(a) Dynamic viscosity of water is nearly 50

times that of air
10. Which one of the following expresses the
(b) Kinematic viscosity of water is 30 times height of rise or fall of a liquid in a’ capillary
that of air
tube?
(c) Water in soil is able to rise a
considerable distance above the 4wd  cos 
groundwater table due to viscosity (a) (b)
 cos  4 w
(d) Vapour pressure of a liquid is inversely
4 cos  wd
proportional to the temperature (c) (d)
wd 4 cos 
7. Which of the following fluids can be classified
as non-Newtonian? w = Specific weight of the liquid
1. Kerosene oil a = Angle of contact of the liquid surface
2. Diesel oil s = Surface tension
3. Human Blood
4. Toothpaste
5. Water
Select the correct answer using the codes 11. Match List-I (Curve identification in figure)
given below : with List-II (Nature of fluid) and select the
correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4
the lists:’
(c) 2 and 5 (d) 1 and 5
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1. (a) 1 millibar = 10–3 × 105 N/m2 = 100 N/m2 (iii) Bingham Plastic/Ideal Plastic: It has
1 mm of Hg = 10–3 m of Hg some initial strength beyond which
deformation starts e.g., Toothpaste, Sewage
= 10–3 × 13.6 m of water
sludge.
= 10–3 × 13.6 × 9810
= 133.41 N/m2 (iv) Newtonian fluid: Water, air, gasoline and
2
1 N/mm = 106 N/m2 oil.

9.81N 5. (c) Correct sequence should be (c).

1Kgf/cm2 = = 98.1 × 103 N/m2
10–4 m2 Thixotropic
(Printer Ink)
0
2. (c) For equilibrium B Ideal Plastic
< 1,
n 0
2r  r 2hg 
B 0
1, B
Rheological fluid
n= >1,
t n =0
 2  2  75  10 3 Pseudo plastic 1,
B
 h=   3 3 = 15×10–3 m (Mud slurries Blood) n > Newtonian fluid
 rg  (10  10  10)

Yield Stress
0
= Dilatant (Butter,
B 0
h = 15 mm 1, = Concentrated
= ,B
n 1 Sugar Solution)
<
n
3. (a) O  du 
Curve between shear stress () and velocity  dy  Ideal fluid
 
gradient (du/dy) is:
u General equation for fluid shear stress
 and dy
n
Thixotropic - Printer’s ink  du 
 = A   B
Ideal Plastic (Bhingham Plastic,  dy 
Toothpaste, Drillingmud)
Elastic Rheopectic n 1
Solid   du    du 
  =  A  dy    B
Pseudo - (Paint, Blood, Paper pulp)    Apparent vis cosity  dy 
Shear Stress

Newtronian - (Water, Air, Gasoline) Now when B = 0,

Dilatant (Solution with suspended
sand, Starch and butter) n = 1 ... Newtonian fluid, viscosity
Ideal Fluid invariant of shear stress.
Velocity gradient n > 1 ... Shear thickening fluid i.e.,
apparent viscosity increases
4. (a) with increase in deformation
(i) Dilatant Fluid: Shear thickening fluid e.g., n < 1 ... Shear thinning i.e., apparent
Solution with suspended sand, conc. sugar
viscosity decreases with
solution. increase in shear stress
(ii) Pseudo Plastic Fluid: Shear thinning fluid. (Psedo plastic)
Apparent viscosity decrease with increase
in velocity gradient e.g., blood, milk
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Now when B  0, 10. (c)

n = 1 ... Ideal Bingham fluid (tooth Meniscus
 
paste)
 
n > 1 ... Rheological fluid i.e., apparent
viscosity increases with
glass tube
increase in shear stress h d

n < 1 ... Thixotropic i.e., apparent

viscosity decreases with
increase in shear stress.

6. (a) Dynamic viscosity of water is nearly 50

times that of air.
w = 8.90 × 10–4 Pa.sec Surface tension force in upward direction
= d cos  ... (i)
air = 1.81 ×10–5 Pa.sec
 Weight of the liquid in the downward direction
w  8.90  104   2 
   49.17  50 =  d h w ... (ii)
air =  1.81 10 5  4 
Equating (i) and (ii)
 Water in soil is able to rise a considerable
distance above ground water table due to  2 
 d cos =  d h  w
capillary action. 4 
 Vapour pressure increases with the increase  4 cos  
h =   ... (iii)
in temperature  wd 

7. (b) Example of Newtonian fluid  Kerosene 11. (a) Correct sequence should be (c).
oil, Air, Water, Diesel oil. Thixotropic
Example of Non-Newtonian fluid  Human (Printer Ink)
0
blood, Tooth paste etc. B Ideal Plastic
< 1,
n 0
 Rheological fluid
8. (b) Dynamic viscosity of water is approximately B 0
1, B
n= >1,
50 times that of air, but density water is n
t =0
around 850 times more than air so kinematic B
Pseudo plastic 1,
(Mud slurries Blood) n> Newtonian fluid
viscosity of air is more than that of water
Yield Stress

0
= Dilatant (Butter,
and defined as B 0
1, = Concentrated
= ,B
Dynamic viscosity n 1 Sugar Solution)
Kinematic viscosity = <
n
density
O  du 
Hence both the statements are correct but  dy  Ideal fluid
R is not the correct explanation of A.  

9. (d) Power = force × velocity General equation for fluid shear stress
 du  n
= A    V  du 
 dy   = A   B
 dy 
20 
= 0.0014  0.15     20  10
2   du n 1  du 
 0.02    = A  dy    B
   Apparent vis cosity  dy 
= 0.042 W