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1. Pitch of tacking rivets, when double angles connected back-to-back and acting as tension members should not be more than
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2. For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will give larger value of minimum radius of gyration?
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3. Lug angles
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4. The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:
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5. Load factor is
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6. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies
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7. The elastic strain for steel is about
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8. In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as
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9. The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as
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10. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called
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11. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of
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12. The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is (where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)
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13. The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is
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14. Steel tanks are mainly designed for
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15. Minimum pitch provided in riveted steel tanks is (where d is diameter of rivets)
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16. The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are
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17. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds 9where t is thickness of web)
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18. Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist
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19. The use of tie plates in laced columns is
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20. Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between
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21. If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be
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22. The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is
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23. A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because
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24. According to IS Specifications, the maximum pitch of rivets in compression is (where t is thickness of thinnest outside plate or angle)
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25. The actual thickness of butt weld as compared to the thickness of plate is usually
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26. A butt weld is specified by
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27. Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS: 800, is
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28. Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than (where d is gross diameter of rivet)
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29. An under-reinforced section means
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30. The steel generally used in R.C.C. work, is
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31. For normal cases, stiffness of a simply supported beam is satisfied if the ratio of its span to its overall depth does not exceed
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32. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in two directions, is
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33. On a circular slab of radius, the maximum radial moment at the center if the load on the slab in wkn/m2
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34. The spacing of the main bars in a simply supported slab, should not exceed its effective depth by
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35. The minimum thickness of s flat slab is taken
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36. The maximum thickness of the cover at the end of a reinforcing bar should not be less than twice the diameter of the bar subject to a minimum of
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37. In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are
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38. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?
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39. The three moments equation is applicable only when
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40. The maximum deflection due to a load W at the free end of a cantilever of length L and having flexural rigidity EI, is?
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41. The maximum deflection due to a uniformly distributed load w/unit length over entire span of a cantilever of length l and of flexural rigidly EI, is?
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42. In frame structure, what transfers the load to columns?
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43. Which of the below is a disadvantage of frame structure?
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44. The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is 9where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)
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45. The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of ( i) lateral braces, ii) chord members) The correct answer is
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46. The basic wind speed is specified at a height ‘h’ above mean ground level in an open terrain. The value of ’h’ is
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47. The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as
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48. Normally, the angle of roof truss with asbestos sheets should not be less than
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49. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?
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50. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is
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