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  1. In a grillage footing, the maximum shear force occurs at the

  2. A.
    edge of grillage beam
    B.
    edge of base plate
    C.
    centre of grillage beam
    D.
    centre of base plate.

  3. If d is the diameter of column, D is the side of square base, W is total axial load and p is the allowable bending stress, the thickness (t) of the base plate, is


  4. Modified moment of inertia of sections with a single web, is equal to moment of inertia of the section about Y-Y axis at the point of maximum bending moment and is multiplied by the ratio of

  5. A.
    area of compression flange at the minimum bending moment to the corresponding area at the point of maximum bending moment
    B.
    area of tension flange at the minimum bending moment of the corresponding area at the point of maximum bending moment
    C.
    total area of flanges at the maximum bending moment to the corresponding area at the point of maximum bending moment
    D.
    none of these.

  6. Rivets subjected to shear and an externally applied tensile force, should be so proportioned that


  7. According to IS: 800-1962, the coefficient of expansion of steel per degree centigrade per unit length, is taken as

  8. A.
    0.000008
    B.
    0.000010
    C.
    0.000012
    D.
    0.000014
    E.
    0.000016

  9. For a cantilever beam of length L continuous at the support and unrestrained against torsion at the support and free at the end, the effective length l is equal to

  10. A.
    l = L
    B.
    l = 2L
    C.
    l = 0.5L
    D.
    l = 3L
    E.
    l = 3.5L

  11. On steel structures the dead load is the weight of

  12. A.
    steel work
    B.
    material fastened to steel work
    C.
    material supported permanently
    D.
    all the above.

  13. The net area of round bars to resist the tension, is the area of cross section at

  14. A.
    mid-section
    B.
    root of the thread
    C.
    difference of (a) and (b)
    D.
    none of these.

  15. With usual notations of the letters, the shear stress fs at any point of the cross-section is given by


  16. The least permissible clear dimension of the web of thickness t in the panel of a plate girder, is restricted to

  17. A.
    150 t
    B.
    160 t
    C.
    170 t
    D.
    180 t
    E.
    200 t