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  • In case the factor of safety against sliding is less than 1.5, a portion of slab is constructed downwards at the end of the heel slab, which is known as


  • Options
  • A. a key
  • B. a cut-off wall
  • C. a rib
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


  • RCC Structures Design problems


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    • 1. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than

    • Options
    • A. 10%
    • B. 15%
    • C. 20%
    • D. 25%
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    • 2. The self-weight of the footing, is

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    • A. not considered for calculating the upward pressure on footing
    • B. also considered for calculating the upward pressure on footihg
    • C. not considered for calculating the area of the footing
    • D. both (b) and (c)
    • Discuss
    • 3. If p1 and P2 are effective lateral loadings at the bottom and top exerted by a level earth subjected to a superload on the vertical face of height h of a retaining wall, the horizontal pressure p per unit length of the wall, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 4. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is

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    • A. square
    • B. rectangular
    • C. trapezoidal
    • D. triangular.
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    • 5. The ratio of the breadth to effective depth of a beam is kept

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    • A. 0.25
    • B. 0.50
    • C. 0.70
    • D. 0.75
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. For normal cases, stiffness of a simply supported beam is satisfied if the ratio of its span to its overall depth does not exceed

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    • A. 10
    • B. 15
    • C. 20
    • D. 25
    • E. 30
    • Discuss
    • 7. Columns may be made of plain concrete if their unsupported lengths do not exceed their least lateral dimension

    • Options
    • A. two times
    • B. three times
    • C. four times
    • D. five times
    • E. six times.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The allowable tensile stress in mild steel stirrups, reinforced cement concrete, is

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    • A. 1400 kg/cm2
    • B. 190 kg/cm2
    • C. 260 kg/cm2
    • D. 230 kg/cm2
    • Discuss
    • 9. A pile weighing W1 kg penetrates S metres with its last blow. If W2 is the weight of the hammer having a drop of H metres, the pile can carry a maximum external load

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 10. Long and short spans of a two way slab are ly and lx and load on the slab acting on strips parallel to lx and ly be wx and wy respectively. According to Rankine Grashoff theory

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E. none of these.
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