Civil Engineering (CE) SET 1 2014

The monthly rainfall chart based on 50 years of rainfall in Agra is shown in the following figure. Which of the following are true? (k percentile is the value such that k percent of the data fall below that value) (i) On average, it rains more in July than in December (ii) Every year, the amount of rainfall in August is more than that in January (iii) July rainfall can be estimated with better confidence than February rainfall (iv) In August, there is at least 500 mm of rainfall

One percent of the people of country X are taller than 6 ft. Two percent of the people of country Y are taller than 6 ft. There are thrice as many people in country X as in country Y. Taking both countries together, what is the percentage of people taller than 6 ft?

The smallest angle of a triangle is equal to two thirds of the smallest angle of a quadrilateral. The ratio between the angles of the quadrilateral is 3: 4: 5: 6. The largest angle of the triangle is twice its smallest angle. What is the sum, in degrees, of the second largest angle of the triangle and the largest angle of the quadrilateral?

Anuj, Bhola, Chandan, Dilip, Easwar and Faisal live on different floor in a six–storeyed building (the ground floor is numbered 1, the floor above it 2, and so on). Anuj lives on an even–numbered floor, Bhola does not live on an odd numbered floor. Chandan does not live on any of the floors below Faisal’s floor. Dilip does not live on floor number 2. Eswar does not live on a floor immediately above or immediately below Bhola. Faisal lives three floors above Dilip. Which of the following floor–person combinations is correct?

Find the odd one in the following group : ABRVX, EPVZB, ITZDF, OYEIK

A foundry has a fixed daily cost of Rs. 50,000 whenever it operates and a variable cost of Rs. 800 Q, where Q is the daily production in tones. What is the cost o production in Rs per tone for a daily production of 100 tonnes?