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- Question
Purlins are provided, in industrial buildings, over roof trusses to carry dead loads, live loads and wind loads. As per IS code, what are they assumed to be?
Options- A. Simply supported
- B. Cantilever
- C. Continuous
- D. Fixed
- Correct Answer
- Continuous
- 1. A rise or fall of liquid in a glass tube of a very small diameter when dipped is
Options- A. directly proportional to the force per unit length of periphery
- B. direcly proportional to the sine of the angle of contact
- C. directly proportional to the specific weight of liquid
- D. inversely proportional to the diameter of the glass tube. Discuss
- 2. Newtons's Law of Motion is :
Options- A. Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion, in a straight line, unless it is acted upon by some external force
- B. The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the same direction, in which the force acts
- C. To every action, there is always an equal and opposite reaction
- D. All the above. Discuss
- 3. The following is the physical characteristic of sewage
Options- A. turbidity
- B. colour
- C. odour
- D. temperature
- E. all the above. Discuss
- 4. Measuring with a 30 m chain, 0.01 m too short, introduces
Options- A. positive compensating error
- B. negative compensating error
- C. positive cumulative error
- D. negative cumulative error. Discuss
- 5. The maximum bearing capacity of soil is that of
Options- A. black cotton soil
- B. loose fine sandy soil
- C. dry coarse sandy soil
- D. hard rocks
- E. soft clay soil. Discuss
- 6. If d is the diameter of column, D is the side of square base, W is total axial load and p is the allowable bending stress, the thickness (t) of the base plate, is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 7. ?, ? are the horizontal angles measured at the ends of a base line AB to a hill top whose angle of elevation from station A is ?°. The height of the hill top above the trunnion axis of the theodolite station, is
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- A. Horn blende mineral is brittle
- B. Muscovite is also known as white mica and potashmica
- C. Biotite is also known as blackmica
- D. All the above. Discuss
- 9. If the linear velocity of a point on the rim of a wheel of 10 m diameter, is 50 m/sec, its angular velocity will be
Options- A. 20 rad/sec
- B. 15 rad/sec
- C. 10 rad/sec
- D. 5 rad/sec. Discuss
- 10. If C is creep coefficient, f is original prestress in concrete, m is modular ratio, E is Young's modulus of steel and e is shrinkage strain, the combined effect of creep and shrinkage is:
Options- A. (1 - C)mf - eE
- B. (C - 1)mf + eE
- C. (C - 1)mf - eE
- D. (1 - C)mf + eE Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: directly proportional to the specific weight of liquid
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer: positive cumulative error
Correct Answer: hard rocks
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: 5 rad/sec.
Correct Answer: (C - 1)mf + eE
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