In factory buildings, the horizontal beams spanning between the wall columns sup

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In factory buildings, the horizontal beams spanning between the wall columns supporting a wall covering, are called
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A. stringers
B. trimmers
C. girts
D. lintels.

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girts

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1. Design of a riveted joint is based on the assumption:
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A. Bending stress in rivets is accounted for
B. Riveted hole is assumed to be completely filled by the rivet
C. Stress in the plate in not uniform
D. Friction between plates is taken into account
E. None of these.

2. A beam may be designed as a cased beam if
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A. section is of double open channel form with the webs not less than 40 mm apart
B. overall depth and width of the steel section do not exceed 750 and 450 mm respectively.
C. beam is solidly encased in concrete with 10 mm aggregate having 28 days strength 160 kg/cm²
D. width of the solid casing is kept at least 100 mm more than the width of the steel flange and having a concrete cover of 50 mm
E. all the above.

5. If P is the allowable bending stress in a slab, whose greater and lesser projections from the column faces, are A and B, the thickness (t) of the slab base, is (where w is the intensity of earth pressure.)
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A.
B.
C.
D.

7. At a road junction, 7 cross conflict points are severe if
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A. both are one-way roads
B. both are two-way roads
C. one is two-way road and other is one-way road
D. none of these.

10. While designing hair pin bends on higways, the minimum
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A. designed speed is 20 km/hour
B. gradient is 1 in 40
C. gradient is 1 in 200
D. superelevations is 1 in 10
E. All the above.

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