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  1. The toe projection of foundation slabs is taken

  2. A.

     As one third of the base

    B.

     As one sixth of overall height of the wall

    C.

     Equal to heel slab

    D.

     Below ground surface


  3. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is

  4. A.

     35

    B.

     25

    C.

     30

    D.

     20


  5. In a doubly-reinforced beam if ‘c’ and ‘t’ are stresses in concrete and tension reinforcement, ‘d’ is the effective depth and ‘n’ is depth of critical neutral axis, the following relationship holds good

  6. A.

     mc/t = n/(d - n)

    B.

     (m + c)/t = n/(d + n)

    C.

     (t + c)/n = (d + n)/n

    D.

     mc/t = (d - n)/t


  7. The zone in which transverse bending is likely to occur may be obtained by drawing a line from the faces of the column making an angle θ° with horizontal where θ° is

  8. A.

     30°

    B.

     45°

    C.

     60°

    D.

     None of these


  9. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than

  10. A.

     One-sixth of the effective span

    B.

     Breadth of the rib + four times thickness of the slab

    C.

     Breadth of the rib + half clear distance between ribs

    D.

     Least of the above


  11. The width of the flange of a T-beam should be less than

  12. A.

     One-third of the effective span of the T-beam

    B.

     Distance between the centers of T-beam

    C.

     Breadth of the rib plus twelve times the thickness of the slab

    D.

     Least of the above


  13. A continuous beam shall be deemed to be a deep beam if the ratio of effective span to overall depth, is

  14. A.

     2.5

    B.

     2.0

    C.

     Less than 2

    D.

     Less than 2.5


  15. If the loading on a pre-stressed rectangular beam, is uniformly distributed, the tendon to be provided should be.

  16. A.

     Straight below centroidal axis

    B.

     Parabolic with convexity downward

    C.

     Parabolic with convexity upward

    D.

     Straight above centroidal axis


  17. If the average bending stress is 6 kg/cm² for M 150 grade concrete, the length of embedment of a bar of diameter d according to I.S. 456 specifications, is

  18. A.

     28 d

    B.

     38 d

    C.

     48 d

    D.

     58 d


  19. A pre-stressed concrete member is preferred because

  20. A.

     Its dimensions are not decided from the diagonal tensile stress

    B.

     Large size of long beams carrying large shear force need not be adopted

    C.

     Removal of cracks in the members due to shrinkage

    D.

     All the above