MCQ
4261. What is the unit weight of brick work?
100 Ib/fr^3
120 Ib/ft^3
140 Ib/ft^3
160 Ib/ft^3
4262. The steel used for the manufacture of rails, is-
bessemer steel
cast steel
mild steel
stainless steel
4263. The spacing of transverse reinforcement of column is decided by the following considerations-
The least lateral dimension of the column
Sixteen times the diameter of the smallest longitudinal reniforcing rod is the column
Forty-eight times the diameter of transverse reinforcement
all the above
4264. The spacing of stirrups in a rectangular beam is-
kept constant throughout the beam
decrease towards the centre of the beam
increase at the ends
increase at the centre of the beam
4265. The bending stress in a beam at neutral axis is-
zero
maximum
minimum
none
4266. What is the live load for residential building?
20 lb/ft²
30 lb/ft²
40 Ib/ft²
60 lb/ft²
4267. A pretensioned concrete beam, 100 mm wide and 300 mm deep in prestressed by straight wire. Modulus of elasticity of steel and concrete are 210 N/mm² and 35 N/mm² respectively. Find modular ratio.
14
7
6
3
4268. Cast iron is used for:
Structural work in beam
Small size tank
Columns work
Boundary walls
4269. Thickness of base, in no case, should be more than-
10 cm
15 cm
20 cm
30 cm
4270. The shear reinforcement in RCC is provided to resist-
vertical shear
horizontal shear
diagonal compression
diagonal tension
4271. In a single reinforced beam, the effective depth is measured from its compression edge to-
tensile edge
tensile reinforcement
neutral axis of the beam
longitudinal central axis
4272. Shell structure does not have any-
bending moment
shear stress
tensile stress
compressive stress
4273. The live load to be considered for an accessible roof is-
Nil
75 kg/m^3
200 kg/m²
150 kg/m²
4274. The transverse reinforcement provided at right angles to the main reinforcement in a slab-
Distributed load
Resist the temperature stress
Resist the shrinkage stress
All of the above
4275. A wall built to resist the pressure of earth filling, is known as-
retaining wall
breast wall
shoring
buttress
4276. Why are steel reinforcing rods used in concrete beams-
To make it carry compression
To make it carry tension
To make it carry both compression and tension
None of these
4277. The minimum number of main steel bars provided in RCC.
rectangular column is 4
circular column is 8
octagonal column is 16
all the above
4278. The factor of safety due to sliding of the retaining wall is generally taken as-
1
2
4
1.5
4279. The columns whose slendeness ratio is less than 80, are known as-
short columns
long columns
weak columns
medium columns
4280. In frame structure, what transfers the load to columns?
foundation
slabs
beams
roofs