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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. A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as
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3. Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is
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4. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies
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5. The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is
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6. The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of
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7. The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as
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8. Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to
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9. The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is(where d is the distance between flange angles)
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10. 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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11. Minimum spacing of vertical stiffeners is limited to (where d is the distance between flange angles)
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12. The overlap of batten plates with the main members in welded connections should be more than (where t = thickness of the batten plate)
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13. The use of tie plates in laced columns is
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14. Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between
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15. 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
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16. A butt weld is specified by
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17. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the
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18. When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is
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19. Select the correct statement
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20. Bolts are most suitable to carry
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21. By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided?
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22. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which
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23. 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
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24. As the percentage of steel increases
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25. The width of the rib of a T-beam , is generally kept between
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26. 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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27. If the length of an intermediate span of a continuous slab is 5m, the length of the end span is kept
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28. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as
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29. The self-weight of the footing, is
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30. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is
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31. In the displacement method of structural analysis, the basic unknowns are
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32. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a displacement method?
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33. Which of the following is not the displacement method?
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34. A single rolling load of 8 kN rolls alone a girder of 15 m span. the absolute maximum bending moment will be
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35. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam
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36. The three moments equation is applicable only when
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37. In the slope deflection equations, the deformations are considered to be caused by
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38. The centroid of compressive force, from the extreme compression fiber, in limit state design lies at a distance of ? (Where xu is the depth of natural axis at the limit state of collapse)
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39. When shear stress exceeds the permissible limit in a slab, then it is reduced by
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40. A truss containing j joints and m members, will be a simple truss if?
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41. 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?
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42. A simply supported beam A carries a point load at its mid span. Another identical beam B carries the same load but uniformly distributed over the entire span. The ratio of the maximum deflections of the beams A and B, will be?
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43. For a continuous slab of 3m 3.5m size, the minimum overall depth of slab to satisfy vertical deflection limits is?
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44. 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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45. The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as
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46. For the buildings having a low permeability, the internal wind pressure acting normal to the wall and roof surfaces is taken as (where p is basic wind pressure)
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47. The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from
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48. As per IS: 800, for compression flange, the out stand of flange plates should not exceed (where t = thickness of thinnest flange plate)
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49. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds (where t is thickness of web)
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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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