The maximum permissible size of aggregates to be used in casting the ribs of a slab, is______________?
(A) 5 mm
(B) 7.5 mm
(C) 10 mm
(D) 15 mm
The minimum thickness of the cover at the end of a reinforcing bar should not be less than twice the diameter of the bar subject to a minimum of___________________?
(A) 10 mm
(B) 15 mm
(C) 20 mm
(D) 25 mm
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: Tensile reinforcement bars of a rectangular beam_______________?
(A) Are curtailed if not required to resist the bending moment
(B) Are bent up at suitable places to serve as shear reinforcement
(C) Are bent down at suitable places to serve as shear reinforcement
(D) Are maintained at bottom to provide at least local bond stress
longitudinal bars and lateral stirrups, is__________________?
(A) Stress in concrete × area of concrete
(B) Stress in steel × area of steel
(C) Stress in concrete × area of concrete + Stress in steel × area of steel
(D) None of these
If the ratio of the span to the overall depth does not exceed 10, the stiffness of the beam will ordinarily be satisfactory in case of a__________________?
(A) Simply supported beam
(B) Continuous beam
(C) Cantilever beam
(D) None of these
If is the uniformly distributed load on a circular slab of radius maximum positive radial moment at its centre, is__________________?
(A) 3WR²/16
(B) 2WR²/16
(C) WR²/16
(D) None of these
carrying a uniformly distributed load per metre length is suspended at two A pile of length points, the maximum, B.M. at the centre of the pile or at the points of suspension, is_________________?
(A) WL/8
(B) WL²/24
(C) WL²/47
(D) WL²/16
mutually perpendicular principal stresses acting on a soil mass, the normal stress If p1 and p2 are________________?
(A) [(p – p p p to the principal plane carrying the principal stress p1, is: sin 2
(B) [(p – p p p cos 2
(C) [(p p p – p cos 2
(D) [(p p p – p /2] sin 2
Steel bars are generally connected together to get greater length than the standard length by providing_______________?
(A) Straight bar splice
(B) Hooked splice
(C) Dowel splice
(D) All the above
In a pre-stressed member it is advisable to use________________?
(A) Low strength concrete only
(B) High strength concrete only
(C) Low strength concrete but high tensile steel
(D) High strength concrete and high tensile steel