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  • Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcement of different sizes, should not be less than


  • Options
  • A. one diameter of thinner bar
  • B. one diameter of thicker bar
  • C. sum of the diameters of ihinner and thicker bars
  • D. twice the diameter of thinner bar
  • E. none of these.

  • Correct Answer
  • one diameter of thicker bar 


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    • 1. An R.C.C beam of 25 cm width has a clear span of 5 metres and carries a U.D.L. of 2000 kg/m inclusive of its self weight. If the lever arm of the section is 45 cm., the beam is

    • Options
    • A. safe in shear
    • B. is safe with stirrups
    • C. is safe with stirrups and inclined members
    • D. needs revision of the section.
    • Discuss
    • 2. In a combined footing if shear stress does not exceed 5 kg/cm2, the nominal stirrups provided are

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    • A. 6 legged
    • B. 8 legged
    • C. 10 legged
    • D. 12 legged
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. In a singly reinforced beam, if the permissible stress in concrete reaches earlier than that in steel, the beam section is called

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    • A. under-reinforced section
    • B. over reinforced section
    • C. economic section
    • D. critical section.
    • Discuss
    • 4. A pre-stressed concrete member

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    • A. is made of concrete
    • B. is made of reinforced concrete
    • C. is stressed after casting
    • D. possesses internal stresses.
    • Discuss
    • 5. If permissible working stresses in steel and concrete are respectively 1400 kg/cm2 and 80 kg/cm2 and modular ratio is 18, in a beam reinforced in tension side and of width 30 cm and having effective depth 46 cm, the lever arms of the section, is

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    • A. 37 cm
    • B. 38 cm
    • C. 39 cm
    • D. 40 cm
    • Discuss
    • 6. If diameter of a reinforcement bar is d, the anchorge value of the hook is

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    • A. 4d
    • B. 8d
    • C. 12d
    • D. 16d
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The angle of internal friction of soil mass is the angle whose

    • Options
    • A. tangent is equal to the rate of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
    • B. sine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
    • C. cosine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. A foundation is called shallow if its depth, is

    • Options
    • A. one-fourth of its width
    • B. half of its width
    • C. three-fourth of its width
    • D. equal to its width
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. An R.C.C. roof slab is designed as a two way slab if

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    • A. it supports live loads in both directions
    • B. the ratio of spans in two directions is less than 2
    • C. the slab is continuous over two supports
    • D. the slab is discontinuous at edges.
    • Discuss
    • 10. If At is the gross area of steel in tension, d is the effective depth of the beam and y is the depth of the centre of gravity of the resultant compression, the moment of resistance M of the beam, is given by

    • Options
    • A. M = At(d - y)
    • B. M = Atf(d - y)
    • C. M = Atf(d + y)
    • D. M =
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss


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