MCQ
16501. The factor of safety due to sliding of the retaining wall is generally taken as-
1
2
4
1.5
16502. 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
16503. What is the live load for residential building?
20 lb/ft²
30 lb/ft²
40 Ib/ft²
60 lb/ft²
16504. Shell structure does not have any-
bending moment
shear stress
tensile stress
compressive stress
16505. 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
16506. The shear reinforcement in RCC is provided to resist-
vertical shear
horizontal shear
diagonal compression
diagonal tension
16507. What is the unit weight of brick work?
100 Ib/fr^3
120 Ib/ft^3
140 Ib/ft^3
160 Ib/ft^3
16508. The live load to be considered for an accessible roof is-
Nil
75 kg/m^3
200 kg/m²
150 kg/m²
16509. 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
16510. Thickness of base, in no case, should be more than-
10 cm
15 cm
20 cm
30 cm
16511. The steel used for the manufacture of rails, is-
bessemer steel
cast steel
mild steel
stainless steel
16512. 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
16513. The bending stress in a beam at neutral axis is-
zero
maximum
minimum
none
16514. The columns whose slendeness ratio is less than 80, are known as-
short columns
long columns
weak columns
medium columns
16515. A wall built to resist the pressure of earth filling, is known as-
retaining wall
breast wall
shoring
buttress
16516. In frame structure, what transfers the load to columns?
foundation
slabs
beams
roofs
16517. Cast iron is used for:
Structural work in beam
Small size tank
Columns work
Boundary walls
16518. 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
16519. 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
16520. 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