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  • Question

  • The design of a retaining wall assumes that the retained earth


  • Options
  • A. is dry
  • B. is free from moisture
  • C. is not cohesives
  • D. consists of granular particles
  • E. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 

    • RCC Structures Design problems

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    • 1. If the permissible compressive stress for a concrete in bending is C kg/m2, the modular ratio is

    • Options
    • A. 2800/C
    • B. 2300/2C
    • C. 2800/3C
    • D. 2800/C2
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    • 2. According to I.S. : 456 specifications, the safe diagonal tensile stress for M 150 grade concrete, is

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    • A. 5 kg/cm2
    • B. 10 kg/cm2
    • C. 15 kg/cm2
    • D. 20 kg/cm2
    • E. 25 kg/cm2
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    • 3. Cantilever retaining walls can safely be used for a height not more than

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    • A. 3 m
    • B. 4 m
    • C. 5 m
    • D. 6 m
    • E. 8 m
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    • 4. If k is wobble correction factor, ? is coefficient of friction between the duct surface and the curve of tendon of radius R, the tension ratio at a distance x from either end, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 5. Design of a two way slab simply supported on edges and having no provision to prevent the corners from lifting, is made by

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    • A. Rankine formula
    • B. Marcus formula
    • C. Rankine Grashoff formula
    • D. Grashoff formula
    • E. Rankine-Marcus formula.
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    • 6. For loss of head in a canal inverted syphon barrel, the factor in the Unwin formula is a coefficient for loss of head due to

    • Options
    • A. friction
    • B. exit
    • C. entry
    • D. gradient
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    • 7. The difference in level between the top of a bank and supply level in a canal, is called

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    • A. berm
    • B. free board
    • C. height of bank
    • D. none of these.
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    • 8. Groynes are generally built

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    • A. perpendicular to the bank
    • B. inclined up stream up to 30°
    • C. inclined down stream upto 30°
    • D. all the above.
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    • 9. For the conditions enumerated to provide a crossing at C1 You will probably provide

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    • A. an aqueduct
    • B. a super-passage
    • C. a syphon aqueduct
    • D. none of these.
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    • 10. Side slopes generally kept for canals in loam soil, are :

    • Options
    • A. 1 : 1 in cutting and : 1 in filling
    • B. : 1 in cutting and 2 : 1 in filling
    • C. Neither (a) nor (b)
    • D. Both (a) and (b)
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