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  1. The minimum horizontal distance between two parallel main reinforcing bars, is

  2. A.

     The diameter of the bar if their diameters are same

    B.

     The diameter of the longer bar if their diameters are unequal

    C.

     5 mm more than nominal maximum size of the coarse aggregate

    D.

     Greatest value of the above


  3. A single rolling load of 8 kN rolls along a girder of 15 m span. The absolute maximum bending moment will be

  4. A.

     8 kN.m

    B.

     15 kN.m

    C.

     30 kN.m

    D.

     60 kN.m


  5. If in a pin-jointed plane frame (m + r) > 2j, then the frame is
    (Where ‘m’ is number of members, ‘r’ is reaction components and ‘j’ is number of joints)

  6. A.

     Stable and statically determinate

    B.

     Stable and statically indeterminate

    C.

     Unstable

    D.

     None of the above


  7. A rigid-jointed plane frame is stable and statically determinate if (where m is number of members, r is reaction components and j is number of joints)

  8. A.

     (m + r) = 2j

    B.

     (m + r) = 3j

    C.

     (3m + r) = 3j

    D.

     (m + 3r) = 3j


  9. A pin-jointed plane frame is unstable if (where m is number of members, r is reaction components and j is number of joints)

  10. A.

     (m + r)<2j

    B.

     m + r = 2j

    C.

     (m + r)>2j

    D.

     none of the above


  11. The degree of static indeterminacy of a pin-jointed space frame is given by (where m is number of unknown member forces, r is unknown reaction components and j is number of joints)

  12. A.

     m + r – 2j

    B.

     m + r – 3j

    C.

     3m + r – 3j

    D.

     m + r + 3j


  13. The degree of static indeterminacy up to which column analogy method can be used is

  14. A.

     2

    B.

     3

    C.

     4

    D.

     unrestricted


  15. When a load crosses a through type Pratt truss in the direction left to right, the nature of force in any diagonal member in the left half of the span would

  16. A.

     Change from compression to tension

    B.

     Change from tension to compression

    C.

     Always be compression

    D.

     Always be tension


  17. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

  18. A.

     The gross section of the web of rolled I-beams is the depth of the beam multiplied by the web thickness

    B.

     The gross section of the web of channels is the depth of the web multiplied by its thickness

    C.

     The gross section of the web of plate girders is the depth of the web plate multiplied by its thickness

    D.

     None of these


  19. The number of independent equations to be satisfied for static equilibrium in a space structure is

  20. A.

     2

    B.

     3

    C.

     4

    D.

     6