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FIRST SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, JANUARY 2016
Course Code: CE100
Course Name: BASICS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Max. Marks: 100 ⋅ Duration: 3 Hours

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Answer ALL questions. Each question carries 3 marks

Explain relevance of Civil engineering in the overall infrastructural development of the country.
Discuss the difference between plinth area and carpet area.

Enumerate the principles considered for the survey of a land.

Explain different types of steel with their properties.

Define bearing capacity of soil.

What are the various roofing materials available?

List the different types of flooring materials.

What are the purposes of air conditioning a building?

Write short note on towers.

Difference between elevators and escalators.

Part B
Answer any 8 questions (6 x 8 = 48 Marks)

List out the types of building as per occupancy. Explain any two, each in about five sentences.
Discuss the components of a building with a neat figure.

List the steps"in the setting out of foundation in centre line method

What are the open space requirements you should provide in constructing a building?

What are the points to be considered while selecting the position of doors and windows inside a
building?

Write short notes on Total Station.

The following staff readings were observed successively with a level, instrument having been
moved after third, sixth and eighth readings: 2.228, 1.606, 0.988, 2.090, 2.864, 1.262, 0.602,
1.982, 1.044, 2.684, meters. Enter the above readings in a page of a level book and calculate
R.L. of points if the first reading was taken with a staff held on a bench mark of 432.384 m
What are the constituents of cement and explain the function of each?