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1. Lug angles

1. are used to reduce the length of connection.

2. are unequal angles.

3. increases shear lag.

4. all the above

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2. The minimum thickness of a steel plate, which is directly exposed to weather and is not accessible for cleaning and repainting, should be:

1. 4.5 mm

2. 6 mm

3. 8 mm

4. 10 mm

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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as

1. 1.18

2. 1.414

3. 1.67

4. 1.81

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8. 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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9. The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to

1. transfer load from top of end posts to bearings

2. keep the rectangular shape of the bridge cross-section

3. stiffen the structure laterally

4. prevent the sidesway buckling of top chord

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10. The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of

1. 1.23 m above the rail level

2. 1.50 m above the rail level

3. 1.83 m above the rail level

4. 2.13 m above the rail level

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11. If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called

1. deck type

2. through type

3. half through type

4. double deck type

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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. The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be

1. 4 mm

2. 5 mm

3. 6 mm

4. 8 mm

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15. The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is

1. 1000 liters

2. 1650 liters

3. 1950 liters

4. 2450 liters

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16. Steel tanks are mainly designed for

1. weight of tank

2. wind pressure

3. water pressure

4. earthquake forces

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17. Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to

1. transfer the load from the top flange to the bottom one

2. prevent buckling of web

3. decrease the effective depth of web

4. prevent excessive deflection

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18. The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are

1. axial forces

2. shear and axial forces

3. shear and bending forces

4. axial and bending forces

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19. The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by

1. increasing the web thickness

2. providing suitable stiffeners

3. increasing the length of the bearing plates

4. none of the above

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20. Minimum thickness of web in a plate girder, when the plate is accessible and also exposed to weather, is

1. 5 mm

2. 6 mm

3. 8 mm

4. 10 mm

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21. 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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22. 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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23. The effective length of a battened strut effectively held in position at both ends but not restrained in direction is taken as

1. 1.8 L

2. L

3. 1.1 L

4. 1.5 L

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24. A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because

1. it is uneconomical

2. it cannot carry the load safely

3. it is difficult to connect beams to the round sections

4. all of the above

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25. 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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26. A butt weld is specified by

1. effective throat thickness

2. plate thickness

3. size of weld

4. penetration thickness

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27. For a standard 45° fillet, the ratio of size of fillet to throat thickness is

1. 0.042361111

2. 1 : V2

3. V2 : 1

4. 0.084027778

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28. 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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29. 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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30. In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined for complete bearing on the base plate, then the axial load is assumed to be transferred to base plate

1. fully by direct bearing

2. fully through fastenings

3. 50% by direct bearing and 50% through fastenings

4. 75% by direct bearing and 25% through fastenings

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31. Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on

1. net area and gross area

2. gross area and net area

3. net area in both cases

4. gross area in both cases

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32. The steel generally used in R.C.C. work, is

1. Stainless steel

2. TOR Steel

3. Mild steel3

4. High tension steel

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33. For normal cases, stiffness of a simply supported beam is satisfied if the ratio of its span to its overall depth does not exceed

1. 10

2. 15

3. 20

4. 25

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34. 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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35. 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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36. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is

1. 35

2. 25

3. 30

4. 20

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37. When a uniformly distributed load, shorter than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the conditions for maximum bending moment at a section is that

1. The head of the load reaches the section

2. The tail of the load reaches the section

3. The load position should be such that the section divides it equally on both sides

4. The load position should be such that the section divides the load in the same ratio as it divides the span

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38. A single rolling load of 8 kN rolls alone a girder of 15 m span. the absolute maximum bending moment will be

1. 8 kN.m

2. 15 kN.m

3. 30 kN.m

4. 60 kN.m

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39. According to IS codes recommendations, the maximum depth of stress block for balanced section of a beam of effective depth d is

1. 0.43 d

2. 0.55 d

3. 0.68 d

4. 0.85 d

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40. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by

1. Increasing the depth

2. Providing shear reinforcement

3. Using high strength steel

4. Using thinner bars but more in number

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41. 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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42. Which of the below is a disadvantage of frame structure?

1. Ease of construction

2. Economy

3. Speed of construction

4. Large Span lengths

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43. The basic wind speed is specified at a height ‘h’ above mean ground level in an open terrain. The value of ’h’ is

1. 10 m

2. 20 m

3. 25 m

4. 50 m

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44. 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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45. The relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as

1. pa V

2. paV2

3. p a (1/V)

4. paV”2

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46. To minimize the total cost of a roof truss, the ratio of the cost of truss to the cost of purlins shall be

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

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47. The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is

1. 650 mm

2. 810 mm

3. 1250 mm

4. 1680 mm

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48. Battening is preferable when the( i) column carries axial load only, ii) space between the two main components is not very large, iii) column is eccentrically loaded The correct answer is)

1. only (i)

2. only (iii)

3. (i) and (ii)

4. (ii) and (iii)

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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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