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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

1. 500 mm

2. 600 mm

3. 1000 mm

4. 300 mm

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2. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as

1. stringer beam

2. lintel beam

3. spandrel beam

4. header beam

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3. For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will give larger value of minimum radius of gyration?

1. equal angles back-to-back

2. unequal legged angles with long legs back-to-back

3. unequal legged angles with short legs back-to-back

4. both b or c

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4. The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:

1. 1.5

2. 1.7

3. 2

4. 2.34

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5. Load factor is

1. always equal to factor of safety

2. always less than factor of safety

3. always greater than factor of safety

4. sometimes greater than factor of safety

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6. The mechanism method and the statical method give

1. lower and upper bounds respectively on the strength of structure

2. upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure

3. lower bound on the strength of structure

4. upper bound on the strength of structure

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7. The elastic strain for steel is about

1. 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about1/120 of maxi-mum strain

2. 1/2 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/12of maxi-mum strain

3. 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and 1/200 of maximum strain

4. 1/24 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about1/200 of maximum strain

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8. compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for

1. bearing and shear

2. bending and shear

3. bearing and bending

4. bearing, shear and bending

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9. In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for

1. rectangular beams up to 300 mm depth

2. all rectangular beams

3. solid circular beams only

4. all square cross-section beams

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10. The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called

1. sway bracing

2. portal bracing

3. top lateral bracing

4. bottom lateral bracing

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11. The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of i) lateral braces, ii) chord members. The correct answer is

1. only (i)

2. only (ii)

3. both (i) and (ii)

4. none of the above

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12. Hudson’s formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of

1. bottom chord area

2. top chord area

3. effective span of bridge

4. heaviest axle load of engine

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13. As per IS: 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into

1. 4 zones

2. 5 zones

3. 6 zones

4. 7 zones

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14. Minimum spacing of vertical stiffeners is limited to (where d is the distance between flange angles)

1. d/4

2. d/3

3. d/2

4. 2d/3

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15. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safe guard against

1. shear buckling of web plate

2. compression buckling of web plate

3. yielding

4. all of the above

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16. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to

1. minimum weight

2. minimum depth

3. maximum weight

4. minimum thickness of web

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17. The overlap of batten plates with the main members in welded connections should be more than (where t = thickness of the batten plate)

1. 3t

2. 4t

3. 6t

4. 8t

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18. The effective length of a battened column is increased by

1. 0.05

2. 0.1

3. 0.15

4. 0.2

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19. Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between

1. 10° to 30°

2. 30° to 40°

3. 40° to 70°

4. 90°

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20. The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is

1. 180

2. 200

3. 250

4. 350

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21. According to IS Specifications, the effective length of a column effectively held in position at both ends and restrained in direction at one end is taken as

1. 0.67 L

2. 0.8 L

3. L

4. 1.5 L

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22. According to IS Specifications, the maximum pitch of rivets in compression is (where t is thickness of thinnest outside plate or angle)

1. lesser of 200 mm and 12 t

2. lesser of 200 mm and 161

3. lesser of 300 mm and 32 t

4. lesser of 3 00 mm and 24 t

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23. The actual thickness of butt weld as compared to the thickness of plate is usually

1. more

2. less

3. equal

4. none of the above

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24. Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as

1. gross diameter of bolt

2. nominal diameter + 1.5 mm

3. nominal diameter + 2.0 mm

4. nominal diameter of bolt

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25. Select the correct statement

1. Material cost of a rivet is higher than that of a bolt.

2. Tensile strength of a bolt is lesser than that of a rivet.

3. Bolts are used as a temporary fastening whereas rivets are used as permanent fastenings.

4. Riveting is less noisy than bolting.

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26. Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than (where d is gross diameter of rivet)

1. 1.5 d

2. 2.0 d

3. 2.5 d

4. 3.0 d

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27. If the thickness of plate to be connected by a rivet is 16mm, then suitable size of rivet as per Unwin’s formula will be

1. 16 mm

2. 20 mm

3. 24 mm

4. 27 mm

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28. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which

1. is at the maximum distance from CG of the rivet group

2. is at the minimum distance from CG of the rivet group

3. gives the maximum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

4. gives the minimum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

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29. If the size of a column is reduced above the floor, the main bars of the column, are

1. Continued up

2. Bent inward at the floor level

3. Stopped just below the floor level and separate lap bars provided

4. All the above

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30. With usual notations the depth of the neutral axis of a balanced section, is given by

1. mc/t=(d-n)/n

2. t/mc=(d-n)/n

3. t/mc=(d+n)/n

4. mc/t=n/(d-n)

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31. The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab, is

1. One-fourth the width of the panel

2. Half the width of the panel

3. Radius of the column

4. Diameter of the column

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32. The width of the rib of a T-beam , is generally kept between

1. 1/7 to 1/3 of rib depth

2. 1/3 to 1/2 of rib depth

3. 1/2 to 3/4 of rib depth

4. 1/3 to 2/3 of rib depth

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33. For the design of a simply supported T-beam the ratio of the effective span to the overall depth of the beam is limited to

1. 10

2. 15

3. 20

4. 25

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34. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in two directions, is

1. 25

2. 30

3. 35

4. 40

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35. If the length of an intermediate span of a continuous slab is 5m, the length of the end span is kept

1. 4.5 m

2. 4.0 m

3. 3.5 m

4. 3.0 m

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36. The minimum thickness of s flat slab is taken

1. L/32 for end panels without drops

2. L/36 for end panels without drops

3. L/36 for interior panels without drops

4. All the above

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37. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than

1. One-sixth of the effective span

2. Breadth of the rib + four times thickness of the slab

3. Breadth of the rib + half clear distance between ribs

4. Least of the above

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38. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method?

1. Moment distribution method

2. Column analogy method

3. Three moment equation

4. None of the above

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39. The maximum bending moment due to a train of wheel loads on a simply supported girder

1. Always occurs at center of span

2. Always occurs under a wheel load

3. Never occurs under a wheel load

4. None of the above

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40. The three moments equation is applicable only when

1. The beam is prismatic

2. There is no settlement of supports

3. There is no discontinuity such a hinges within the span

4. The spans are equal

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41. In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by

1. Bending moment

2. Shear force

3. Axial force

4. Both b & c

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42. A lift of weight W is lifted by a rope with an acceleration f. if the area of cross-section of the rope is A, the stress in the rope is?

1. [W(1+f/G)]/A

2. (1-g/f)/A

3. [W(2+f/G)]/A

4. [W(2+g/f)]A

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43. The maximum deflection due to a load W at the free end of a cantilever of length L and having flexural rigidity EI, is?

1. WL2/2EI

2. wL2/3EI

3. wL3/2EI

4. wL3/3EI

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44. If a concrete column 200×200 mm in cross-section is reinforced with four steel bars of 1200 mm2 total cross-sectional area. Calculate the safe load for the column if permissible stress in concrete is 5 N/mm2 and Es is 15Ec?

1. 264 MN

2. 274 MN

3. 284 MN

4. 294 MN

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45. A cantilever of length is subjected to a bending moment at its free end If EI is the rigidity of the section, the deflection of the free end, is?

1. ML/EI

2. ML/2EI

3. ML2/2EI

4. ML2/3EI

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46. The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as

1. 0.65 kN/m2

2. 0.75 kN/m2

3. 1.35 kN/m2

4. 1.50 kN/m2

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47. Generally, the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid

1. axial force in rafter

2. shear force in rafter

3. deflection of rafter

4. bending moment in rafter

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48. The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from

1. L/3 to L/5

2. L/4to2L/5

3. L/3 to L/2

4. 2L/5 to 3L/5 where L is span

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49. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?

1. lap joint

2. butt joint with single cover plate

3. butt joint with double cover plates

4. none of the above

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50. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is

1. 1.0 mm

2. 1.5 mm

3. 2.0 mm

4. 2.5 mm

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