The document describes the format for a quiz competition between teams. It includes: - 8 multiple choice questions with 10 marks for each correct answer and a deduction of 10 marks for incorrect answers. - Questions can be passed to other teams for a 5 mark bonus. - Additional rounds include true/false questions with negative marks for incorrect answers and questions worth 20 marks each with deductions for incorrect answers.

1. VEERAPPA NISTY ENGINEERING COLLEGE,
SHORAPUR – 585 224, DIST: YADGIR
Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering
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PREPARED BY,
VISHWA B T & PRASHANT D

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4.  It includes 8 questions (2 questions per team).
 No negative marks.
 No passing of questions.
 Each question carries 10 marks.
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5. 1) Which country leads in the production of rubber?
A.Australia
B.India
C.Malaysia
D.Myanmar
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6. 2) Which is the most irrigated State in India?
A.Bihar
B.Punjab
C.Andhra Pradesh
D.Uttar Pradesh
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7. 3) Which of the following states is highly flood prone
as well as drought prone ?
A. West Bengal
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Bihar
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8. 4) The weight of an object at the poles is greater than
at the equator. This is because:
A. Of the shape of the earth
B. The attraction of the moon is maximum at the
earth’s surface
C. The attraction of the sun is maximum at the earth’s
surface
D. Gravitational pull is more at the poles
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9. 5) If a large number of people are enclosed in a room,
then :
A. Oxygen decreases and carbon dioxide increases
B. Oxygen increases and carbon dioxide decrease
C. Both oxygen and carbon dioxide decrease
D. Both oxygen and carbon dioxide increase
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10. 6) Which of the following is a balanced fertiliser for
plants ?
A. Urea
B. Ammonia sulphate
C. Nitrates
D. Compost
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11. 7) Less dew is formed on cloudy nights because:
A. Clouds absorb the falling dew
B. Clouds scatter moisture
C. In cloudy nights the radiation takes place very
slowly
D. In cloudy nights the radiation takes place very
quickly
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12. 8) Which of the following rivers flows westward ?
A. Krishna
B. Cauvery
C. Mahanadi
D. Narmada
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14.  It includes 8 questions (2 questions per team).
 For each correct answers, 10 marks will be
rewarded.
 If attempted wrong/no answer from the team
within specified time (15 seconds), there will
be deduction of 10 marks.
 If question is passed, the team which will give
correct answer will get 5 marks bonus.
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15. 1) Arrange the following in the decreasing order of
their carbon content
I. Cast iron
II. Wrought iron
III. Steel
A. I, II, III
B. II, I, III
C. III, II, I
D. I, III, II
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16. 2) Venturi relation is one of applications of the:
1. Equation of continuity
2. Bernoulli's equation
3. Light equation
4. Speed equation
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17. 3) If every particle of fluid has irregular flow, then
flow is said to be:
1. Laminar flow
2. Turbulent flow
3. Fluid flow
4. Both a and b
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18. 4) Well known formula one racing car has a body
with:
1. Laminated design
2. Turbulent design
3. Flat design
4. Streamlined design
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19. 5) Strain energy is the:
A. energy stored in a body when strained within
elastic limits
B. energy stored in a body when strained upto the
breaking of a specimen
C. maximum strain energy which can be stored in a
body
D. proof resilience per unit volume of a material
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20. 6) A vertical column has two moments of inertia (i.e.
Ixx and Iyy ). The column will tend to buckle in the
direction of the:
A. Axis of load
B. Perpendicular to the axis of load
C. Maximum moment of inertia
D. Minimum moment of inertia
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21. 7) When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the
maximum compressive stress is developed on the:
A. Top layer
B. Bottom layer
C. Neutral axis
D. Every cross-section
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22. 8) Resilience is the:
A. Energy stored in a body when strained within
elastic limits
B. Energy stored in a body when strained upto the
breaking of the specimen
C. Maximum strain energy which can be stored in a
body
D. None of the above
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24.  Answers should be in the form of True/False
statement.
 There will be a negative marks for each wrong
answer and 10 marks will be deducted for the
same.
 No negative marks, if particular team says
“pass“.
 Total questions = 10
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26.  It includes 4 questions.
 For each correct answers + 20 marks will be
allotted.
 If attempted wrong/no answer from the team
within specified time (15 seconds), there will
be deduction of 20 marks.
 If question is passed, the team which will give
correct answer will get 10 marks bonus.
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27. 1. The stress at which the extension of the material
takes place more quickly as compared to the increase
in load, is called:
A. Elastic limit
B. Yield point
C. Ultimate point
D. Breaking point
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28. 2. Compression members always tend to buckle in the
direction of the:
A. Axis of load
B. Perpendicular to the axis of load
C. Minimum cross section
D. Least radius of gyration
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29. 3. Rivets are generally specified by:
A. Thickness of plates to be joined
B. Overall length
C. Shank diameter
D. Diameter of head
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30. 4. Principle plane is a plane on which the shear stress
is:
A. Zero
B. Minimum
C. Maximum
D. None of the above
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