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Past Questions — 2025

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

The standard weight of one bag cement is

A) 25 kg
B) 35 kg
C) 50 kg
D) 60 kg
Option C is correct: 50 kg.
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 • Engineering Paper-II

It is the area calculated by taking the external dimensions of the building at the floor level excluding plinth offsets if any

A) Floor area
B) Plinth area
C) Carpet area
D) Built up area
Option B is correct: Plinth area.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

The Liquid limit exists for

A) Sandy soil
B) Silty soil
C) Clayey soil
D) Gravelly soil
Option C is correct: Clayey soil.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Define the term Permeability?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Name the three division of soil according to Unified Soil Classification / Indian Standard classification?

MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

Revised Estimate should be prepared if the original estimate is exceeded by

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

As per IS code, the minimum diameter of circular septic tank shall not be less than

A) 1.25 m
B) 1.35 m
C) 1.45 m
D) 1.55 m
Option B is correct: 1.35 m.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

If the Item of work to be included in the estimate is not available in Schedule of rates, we should use

A) Equivalent Item rate
B) Market rate
C) Analysis of rate
D) Lumpsum rate
Option C is correct: Analysis of rate.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

It is the concurrence of the Government of the expenditure proposed and represents allotment of money to meet the expenditure.

A) Administrative approval
B) Technical sanction
C) Expenditure sanction
D) All the above
Option C is correct: Expenditure sanction.
MES Departmental • 2025 • Engineering Paper-II

As per IS Code, thickness of wall of septic tank made of bricks should not be less than

A) 100 mm
B) 200 mm
C) 300 mm
D) 400 mm
Option B is correct: 200 mm.
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

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

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

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

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

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.