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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

In Estimate, It specifies or describe the nature and class of work, materials to be used in the work, workmanship etc

A) Rate
B) Analysis of rates
C) Specifications
D) History & necessity
Option C is correct: Specifications.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Preliminary Estimate of building is usually prepared using

A) Market rate
B) Plinth area rate
C) Lumpsum rate
D) Percentage rate
Option B is correct: Plinth area rate.
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

Sand with a uniformly coefficient value more than 6 can be treated as

A) Well graded
B) Poorly graded
C) Uniform
D) Ill graded
Option A is correct: Well graded.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Proposal referred in sub-rule (2) in Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2003 involving Forest land more than _____ shall be sent by the State government to the Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forest.

A) 30 Hectare
B) 40 Hectare
C) 50 Hectare
D) 60 Hectare
Option B is correct: 40 Hectare.
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

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

In the first schedule of Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the factor by which the market value is to be multiplied in case of Urban areas

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Option B is correct: Two.
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

Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) constituted by the Central Government for category A project shall not exceed _____ regular members.

A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 25
Option B is correct: 15.
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.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Draw a neat sketch showing the active and Passive state of Plastic equilibrium behind a Retaining wall.

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

According to Indian standards the specific gravity of soil is the ratio of the unit weight of the soil solids to that of water at a temperature of

A) 4°C
B) 17°C
C) 27°C
D) 36°C
Option C is correct: 27°C.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Calculate the Maximum Bending Moment in a simply supported beam having a live load of 15 kN/m and a dead load of 5 kN/m. The effective span of the beam is 5.50m.

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

The standard cube size for testing the compressive strength of concrete is-

A) 100 mm × 100mm × 100 mm
B) 150mm × 150mm × 150mm
C) 200mm × 200mm × 200mm
D) 250mm × 250mm × 250mm
Option B is correct: 150mm × 150mm × 150mm.
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

Soil which contains finest grain particles is

A) Coarse sand
B) Gravel
C) Silt
D) Clay
Option D is correct: Clay.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

What do you mean by workability of concrete? What affects workability?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

As per IS- 456:2000, expansion joints in structures are provided in structure lengths greater than

A) 15
B) 20
C) 30
D) 45
Option D is correct: 45.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

A septic tank is a water tight tank where the following operations take place:

A) Sedimentation
B) Sedimentation + Digestion
C) Digestion
D) Decomposition of organic & inorganic material
Option B is correct: Sedimentation + Digestion.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

What is the full form of HDF Board? How does it differ from MDF board in its application?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

The phenomenon of heat build up in cities leads to the formation of:

A) Carbon Island
B) Urban Island
C) Heat Island
D) Green House Island
Option C is correct: Heat Island.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

A covering of concrete placed on the exposed top of an external wall, is known as

A) cornice
B) coping
C) frieze
D) lintel
Option B is correct: coping.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Paper-II

Pointing is a construction technique used in

A) Woodwork
B) Masonry Work
C) Steelwork
D) Earthwork
Option B is correct: Masonry Work.
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