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MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Define different types of earth mover, what is the best option for formation cutting machines nowadays and how and why ?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

What is illumination ? How to calculate the level of illumination in a given room/ Buildings as Lux/ sqm?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Define Refrigeration Process in Modern Inverter frost free Refrigerator and advantages over Reciprocal compressor Refrigerator.

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

What is the most high precision measuring system? Mention its uses?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Purpose of backup protection is

A) to increase the speed.
B) to increase a reach.
C) to leave no blind spot.
D) to guard against failure of primary.
Option D is correct: to guard against failure of primary..
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

A short circuit is identified by

A) no current flow
B) heavy current flow
C) voltage drop
D) voltage rise
Option B is correct: heavy current flow.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Define Depreciation factor, and list out anything that effect the values of co-efficient of Utilization.

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Load torques can be classified into how many types?

A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) Five
Option A is correct: Three.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

The minimum cover to the main bars in RCC beam should be

A) 15 mm or dia of the bar
B) 25 mm or dia of the bar
C) 25 mm or size of the aggregate
D) 40 mm or dia of the bar
Option B is correct: 25 mm or dia of the bar.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

River Valley Projects having Hydro Electric Power Generation equal to or above 50 MW is categorize as-

A) Category A
B) Category B
C) Category C
D) Category D
Option A is correct: Category A.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Name any four laboratory test for cement.

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Calculate the cost of earthwork for a forebay site. The Cross sectional area taken at an uniform interval of 10 m c/c. Area 1 - 28 sqm, Area 2 - 32 sqm, Area 3 - 18 sqm. Assume the rate of earthwork is Rs 100 per cum

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

The quorum of the meeting of Advisory Committee constituted under Forest (Conservation) Act, 2003. Shall be

A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
Option C is correct: Five.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Public hearing/Public Consultation for environmental clearance shall be conducted by-

A) Divisional Forest Office
B) State Pollution Control Board
C) Non-Government Organisation
D) Project Authority seeking Environmental clearance
Option B is correct: State Pollution Control Board.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

It is the sanction of the detailed estimate, design calculations, quantities of works, rates and cost of the work by competent authority of the engineering department.

A) Expenditure Sanction
B) Technical Sanction
C) Administrative approval
D) None of the above
Option B is correct: Technical Sanction.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

The portion of the slab constructed downward at the end of the heel slab to avolid sliding in retaining wall is called

A) Key
B) 0.55 b
C) Cut off wall
D) Counterfort
Option A is correct: Key.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

For Structural member in concrete, the minimum grade of concrete should not be less than

A) M15
B) M20
C) M25
D) M30
Option B is correct: M20.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

In which Schedule of The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is given fishing right to affected families in case of Irrigation or hydel projects

A) The first Schedule
B) The second Schedule
C) The third Schedule
D) The fourth Schedule
Option B is correct: The second Schedule.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

For obtaining Environmental clearance, Any Project activity specified in Category ‘B’ will be appraised at the Central level as Category ‘A’, if located in whole or in part within _______ from the boundary of (i) Protected area notified under Wild Life (Protection) act, 1972b (ii) Critically polluted areas as notified by the Central Pollution control Board under the water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 from time to time (iii) Eco-sensitive areas as notified under sub-section (2) of section 3 of environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and (iv) Inter-State boundaries and International boundaries.

A) 5 km
B) 7 km
C) 10 km
D) 12 km
Option C is correct: 10 km.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

To ensure uniform pressure distribution, the thickness of foundation is kept

A) Uniform throughout
B) Decreased towards the edges
C) Increased towards the edges
D) None of the above
Option A is correct: Uniform throughout.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

What are the four stages of process for obtaining environmental clearance for a new project ?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

As per Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee shall be constituted under the Chairmanship of the Collector if the land proposed to be acquired is equal to or more than

A) Fifty acres
B) One hundred acres
C) One hundred fifty acres
D) Two hundred acres
Option B is correct: One hundred acres.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Public hearing for obtaining Environmental Clearance shall be completed within ____ from the date of receipt of request letter from the applicant

A) 30 days
B) 45 days
C) 60 days
D) 1 year
Option B is correct: 45 days.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Indian Standard Code for Plain and reinforced Concrete:-

A) IS 800 : 1984
B) IS 456 : 2000
C) IS 13920:2016
D) IS 875 : 1987
Option B is correct: IS 456 : 2000.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

The property of soil by which water percolates through it is known as

A) Surface tension
B) Capillarity
C) Permeability
D) Seepage
Option C is correct: Permeability.
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