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Total pressure on the vertical face of a retaining wall of height h acts parallel to free surface and from the base at a distance of
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A. h/4
B. h/3
C. h/2
D. 2h/3

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h/3

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1. The length of lap in tension reinforcement should not be less than the bar diameter x (actual tension / four times the permissible average bond stress) if it is more than
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A. 18 bar diameters
B. 24 bar diameters
C. 30 bar diameters
D. 36 bar diameters

2. A pile of length L carrying a uniformly distributed load W per metre length is suspended at the centre and from other two points 0.15 L from either end ; the maximum hogging moment will be
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E.

4. If the ratio of the span to the overall depth does not exceed 10, the stiffness of the beam will ordinarily be satisfactory in case of a
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A. simply supported beam
B. continuous beam
C. cantilever beam
D. none of these.

5. The maximum shear stress (q_max) in a rectangular beam is
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A. 1.25 times the average
B. 1.50 times the average
C. 1.75 times the average
D. 2.0 times the average
E. 2.5 times the average.

9. Steel beam theory is used for
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A. design of simple steel beams
B. steel beams encased in concrete
C. doubly reinforced beams ignoring compressive stress in concrete
D. beams if shear exceeds 4 times allowable shear stress.

10. For stairs spanning l metres longitudinally between supports at the bottom and top of a flight carrying a load w per unit horizontal area, the maximum bending moment per metre width, is
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