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1. Lug angles
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2. In case of plastic design, the calculated maximum shear capacity of a beam as per IS:800 shall be (where, Aw = effective cross-sectional area resisting shear fy = yield stress of the steel)
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3. The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:
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4. Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis?
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5. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies
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6. The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as
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7. The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to
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8. If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called
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9. The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is
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10. Steel tanks are mainly designed for
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11. Minimum pitch provided in riveted steel tanks is (where d is diameter of rivets)
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12. The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on
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13. 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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14. Gantry girders are designed to resist
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15. The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed
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16. If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be
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17. The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is
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18. 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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19. The slenderness ratio of a column supported throughout its length by a masonry wall is
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20. The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than
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21. In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the
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22. As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are
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23. Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than (where d is gross diameter of rivet)
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24. The difference between gross diameter and nominaldia meter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is
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25. 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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26. With usual notations the depth of the neutral axis of a balanced section, is given by
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27. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams
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28. By over-reinforcing a beam, the moment of resistance can be increased not more than
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29. Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as
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30. The width of the flange of a L-beam, should be less than
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31. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is
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32. Which of the following methods of structural analysis is a force method?
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33. When a uniformly distributed load, longer than the span of the girder, moves from left to right, then the maximum bending moment at mid section of span occurs when the uniformly distributed load occupies
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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. For a two-hinged arch, if one of the supports settles down vertically, then the horizontal thrust
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36. A steel rod 1 meter long having square cross section is pulled under a tensile load of 8 tones the extension in the rod was 1 mm only. if E steel=2x106kg/cm2, the side of the rod, is
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37. A truss containing j joints and m members, will be a simple truss if?
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38. 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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39. 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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40. A simply supported beam carries varying load from zero at one end and W at the other end. If the length of the beam is a, the maximum bending moment will be?
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41. Shell structure does not have any?
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42. The sway bracing is designed to transfer
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43. The relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as
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44. 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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45. To minimize the total cost of a roof truss, the ratio of the cost of truss to the cost of purlins shall be
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46. Normally, the angle of roof truss with asbestos sheets should not be less than
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47. 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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48. Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against
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49. 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)
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50. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?
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