Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Quiz Set 1 Results




Quiz set 1 results

1.K.Mohammed Ashik (Mepco Schlenk, Sivakasi, India)
2.J.Sivaraj (Thanthai Periyar Government Inst. of tech., Vellore)
3.Raj Thilak (PSG College of technology, Coimbatore)


College Points table
1.Mepco Schlenk, Sivakasi...... 15
2.PSG College of Technology....12
3.Thanthai Periyar Inst.............10

Quiz set 1 along with the answers
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1. The lift equation used by the Wright brothers was due to a civil engineer. Name Him

Answer: JOHN SMEATON


2. The floor plan of a famous monument is shown below. Identify the monument


Answer: TAJ MAHAL

3. Identify and put fundaes.


Answer: JOHN SMEATON'S Lighthouse, now re-erected on Plymouth Hoe.

4. What is This?????

Answer: Google doodle to celebrate the 125th birthday of Walter Gropius - a famous German architect who found the architecture school Bauhaus and was mostly regarded as the pioneer of modern architecture.

Introduction

Hi, This is Gideon from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. This site is a platform for all civil engineering students to sharpen their technical knowledge, enrich their understanding in the field civil engineering. Each week a set of questions on various civil engineering topics will be uploaded. The questions will be lethal combination of technical and trivia.



Rules and Regulations for the Quiz:
1. The participants can be students of civil engineering (both undergraduate and post graduate)
from any part of the world
2. Send your answers before the deadline to gideon.psg@gmail.com
3. Winning team names will be posted in the website and a points table for the college
will be maintained.
4. This is your chance to put your college in the top of the table.