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  • Factor of safety adopted by IS : 800 - 1984 while arriving at the permissible stress in axial compression, is :


  • Options
  • A. 2.00
  • B. 1.00
  • C. 1.67
  • D. 1.50

  • Correct Answer
  • 1.67 

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    • 1. The effective width of a reinforced concrete T beam flange under compression, according to IS : 456-1978, given I0 is the distance between the adjacent zero moment points, b is the breadth of the rib and D is the thickness of the flange, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B. I0 + 6D
    • C.
    • D.
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    • 2. Bending moments at joint b and c of the portal frame are respectively :

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    • A. + p l/2, - p l/2
    • B. + p l/2, + p l/2
    • C. + p l/4, - p l/4
    • D. + p l/4, + p l/4
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    • 3. Generally (fatigue life of welded steel structure/fatigue life of riveted steel structure) ratio is,

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    • A. smaller than 1
    • B. equal to 1
    • C. greater than 1
    • D. greater than 2.1
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    • 4. In an area of 200 hectare, water table drops by 4 m. If the porosity is 0.35 and the specific retention is 0.15, change in volume of storage in the aquifer is

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    • A. 160 m3
    • B. 1.6 x 106 m
    • C. 8 x 106 m3
    • D. 1.6 x 103 m3
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    • 5. The Piezometric head at point C, in the experimental set-up shown in the below figure when the flow takes place under a constant head through the soils A and B is

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    • A. 0 cm
    • B. 40 cm
    • C. 80 cm
    • D. 120 cm
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    • 6. In highway pavements emulsions are mainly used in :

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    • A. surface dressing
    • B. patching and maintenance operation
    • C. bitumen macadam
    • D. asphaltic concrete
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    • 7. A river 5 m deep consists of a sand bed with saturated unit weight of 20 kN/m3 . vw = 9.81 kN/m3. The effective vertical stress at 5 m from the top of sand bed is

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    • A. 41 kN/m2
    • B. 51 kN/m2
    • C. 55 kN/m2
    • D. 53 kN/m2
      • Discuss
    • 8. Storage coefficient of a compressible confined aquifer is a function of

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    • A. specific weight of water, thickness of the aquifer, compressibility of the aquifer and that of water
    • B. permeability, thickness and compressibility of aquifer and compressibility of water
    • C. transmissibility of the aquifer and compressibility of water
    • D. transmissibility of aquifer and specific yield of aquifer
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    • 9. According to Darcy's law for flow through porous media, the velocity is proportional to

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    • A. Effective stress
    • B. hydraulic gradient
    • C. cohesion
    • D. stability number
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    • 10. In a river, discharge is 173 m3/s; water surface slope is 1 in 6000; and stage at the gauge station is 10.0 m. If during a flood, the stage at the gauge station is same and the water surface slope is 1 in 2000, the flood discharge in m3/s, is approximately

    • Options
    • A. 371
    • B. 100
    • C. 519
    • D. 300
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