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  1. The breadth of a ribbed slab containing two bars must be between

  2. A.

     6 cm to 7.5 cm

    B.

     8 cm to 10 cm

    C.

     10 cm to 12 cm

    D.

     12 cm to 15 cm


  3. The stresses developed in concrete and steel in reinforced concrete beam 25 cm width and 70 cm effective depth, are 62.5 kg/cm² and 250 kg/cm² respectively. If m = 15, the depth of its neutral axis is

  4. A.

     20 cm

    B.

     25 cm

    C.

     30 cm

    D.

     35 cm


  5. If the modular ratio is ‘m’, steel ratio is ‘r’ and overall depth of a beam is ‘d’, the depth of the critical neutral axis of the beam, is

  6. A.

     [m/(m - r)] d

    B.

     [m/(m + r)] d

    C.

     [(m + r)/m] d

    D.

     [(r - m)/m] d


  7. In a beam the local bond stress Sb, is equal to

  8. A.

     Shear force/(Leaver arm × Total perimeter of reinforcement)

    B.

     Total perimeter of reinforcement/(Leaver arm × Shear force)

    C.

     Leaver arm/(Shear force × Total perimeter of reinforcement)

    D.

     Leaver arm/(Bending moment × Total perimeter of reinforcement)


  9. The angle of internal friction of soil mass is the angle whose

  10. A.

     Tangent is equal to the rate of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane

    B.

     Sine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane

    C.

     Cosine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane

    D.

     None of these


  11. Though the effective depth of a T-beam is the distance between the top compression edge to the centre of the tensile reinforcement, for heavy loads, it is taken as

  12. A.

     1/8th of the span

    B.

     1/10th of the span

    C.

     1/12th of the span

    D.

     1/16th of the span


  13. In a singly reinforced beam, if the permissible stress in concrete reaches earlier than that in steel, the beam section is called

  14. A.

     Under-reinforced section

    B.

     Over reinforced section

    C.

     Economic section

    D.

     Critical section


  15. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than

  16. A.

     10 %

    B.

     15 %

    C.

     20 %

    D.

     25 %


  17. In testing a pile by load test, pile platform is loaded with one and half times the design load and a maximum settlement is noted. The load is gradually removed and the consequent rebound is measured. For a safe pile, the net settlement (i.e. total settlement minus rebound) per tonne of test load should not exceed

  18. A.

     10 mm

    B.

     15 mm

    C.

     20 mm

    D.

     25 mm


  19. A short column 20 cm × 20 cm in section is reinforced with 4 bars whose area of cross section is 20 sq. cm. If permissible compressive stresses in concrete and steel are 40 kg/cm² and 300 kg/cm², the Safe load on the column, should not exceed

  20. A.

     4,120 kg

    B.

     41,200 kg

    C.

     412,000 kg

    D.

     None of these