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24221. 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
24222. A wall built to resist the pressure of earth filling, is known as-
retaining wall
breast wall
shoring
buttress
24225. 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
24226. 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
24228. 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
24229. The steel used for the manufacture of rails, is-
bessemer steel
cast steel
mild steel
stainless steel
24230. 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
24231. On the basis of intensity of earthquaks, Bangladesh has been divided into generalised seismic zones of
2
3
4
5
24236. According to the principle of buoyancy a body totally or partially immersed in a fluid will be lifted up by a force equal to-
the weight of the body
more than the weight of the body
less than the weight of the body
weight of the fluid displaced by the body
24237. 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
24239. The shear reinforcement in RCC is provided to resist-
vertical shear
horizontal shear
diagonal compression
diagonal tension
24240. 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