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  • Which one of the following set of values give the minimum clear cover (in mm) for the main reinforcements in the slab, beam, column and footing, respectively, according to IS : 456-1978?


  • Options
  • A. 20, 25, 30, 75
  • B. 5, 15, 25, 50
  • C. 15, 25, 40, 75
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • 15, 25, 40, 75 

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    • 1. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as

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    • A. Stringer beam
    • B. Lintel beam
    • C. Spandrel beam
    • D. Header beam
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    • 2. A weir on a permeable foundation with downstream sheet pile is shown in the figure below. The exit gradient as per Khosla's method is

    • Options
    • A. 1 in 6.0
    • B. 1 in 5.0
    • C. 1 in 3.4
    • D. 1 in 2.5
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    • 3. The lateral ties in a reinforced concrete rectangular column uncle: axial compression are used to :

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    • A. avoid the buckling of the longitudinal steel under compression
    • B. provide adequate shear capacity
    • C. provide adequate confinement to concrete
    • D. reduce the axial deformation of the column
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    • 4. The degree of kinematic indeterminacy of the rigid frame with clamped ends at A and D shown in the below figure is,

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    • A. 4
    • B. 3
    • C. 2
    • D. zero
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    • 5. If soil is dried beyond its shrinkage limit, it will show :

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    • A. Large volume change
    • B. Moderate volume change
    • C. Low volume change
    • D. No volume change
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    • 6. The centre of pressure of a liquid on a plane surface immersed vertically in a static body of liquid, always lies below the centroid of the surface area, because

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    • A. in liquids the pressure acting is same in-all directions
    • B. there is no shear stress in liquids at rest
    • C. the liquid pressure is constant over depth
    • D. the liquid pressure increases linearly with depth
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    • 7. A propped cantilever beam of span L, is loaded with uniformly distributed load of intensity w/unit length, all through the span. Bending moment at the fixed end is,

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 8. The liquid limit (LL), plastic limit (PL) and shrinkage limit (SL) of a cohesive soil satisfy the relation

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    • A. LL > PL < SL
    • B. LL > PL > SL
    • C. LL < PL < SL
    • D. LL < PL > SL
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    • 9. The plan of a survey plotted to a scale of 10 m to 1 cm is reduced in such a way that a line originally 10 cm long now measures 9 cm. The area of the reduced plan is measured as 81 cm2. The actual (m2) of the survey is

    • Options
    • A. 10000
    • B. 6561
    • C. 1000
    • D. 656
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    • 10. Alligator or map cracking is the common type of failure in

    • Options
    • A. concrete pavements
    • B. bituminous surfacing
    • C. gravel roads
    • D. WBM construction
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