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1. In moment resistant connections, the moment resistance of riveted connection depends upon

1. shear in rivets

2. compression in rivets

3. tension in rivets

4. strength of rivets in bearing

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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 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is (where d is the diameter of the cylindrical part)

1. less than d

2. equal to d

3. more than d

4. all of the above

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7. Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?

1. angle section

2. channel section

3. box type section

4. any of the above

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8. Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than

1. 10% of wall area

2. 20% of wall area

3. 30% of wall area

4. 50% of wall area

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9. Steel tanks are mainly designed for

1. weight of tank

2. wind pressure

3. water pressure

4. earthquake forces

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10. The internal pressure coefficient on walls for buildings with large permeability is taken as

1. ± 0.2

2. ±0.5

3. ± 0.7

4. ± 0.1

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11. Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to

1. horizontal shear only

2. vertical load only

3. both a and b

4. none of the above

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12. The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is(where d is the distance between flange angles)

1. 1.33 d

2. 1.25 d

3. 1.5 d

4. 1.75 d

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13. 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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14. Gantry girders are designed to resist

1. lateral loads

2. longitudinal loads and vertical loads

3. lateral, longitudinal and vertical loads

4. lateral and longitudinal loads

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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. 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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17. The best arrangement to provide unified behavior inbuilt up steel columns is by

1. lacing

2. battening

3. tie plates

4. perforated cover plates

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18. The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is

1. 150

2. 200

3. 250

4. 350

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19. 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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20. The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than

1. two times the weld size

2. four times the weld size

3. six times the weld size

4. weld size

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21. Bolts are most suitable to carry

1. shear

2. bending

3. axial tension

4. shear and bending

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22. As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are

1. stronger

2. weaker

3. equally strong

4. any of the above

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23. 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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24. When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the rivets are subjected to

1. only shear stresses

2. only tensile stresses

3. both (a)and (b)

4. none of the above

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25. 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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26. If the thickness of thinnest outside plate is 10 mm, then the maximum pitch of rivets in tension will be taken as

1. 120 mm

2. 160 mm

3. 200 mm

4. 300 mm

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27. An under-reinforced section means

1. Steel is provided at the underside only

2. Steel provided is insufficient

3. Steel provided on one face only

4. Steel will yield first

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28. 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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29. As the percentage of steel increases

1. Depth of neutral axis decreases

2. Depth of neutral axis increases

3. Lever arm increases

4. Lever arm decreases

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30. 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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31. 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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32. 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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33. 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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34. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is

1. Square

2. Rectangular

3. Triangular

4. Trapezoidal

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35. 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

1. Less than the left half span

2. whole of left half span

3. More than the left half span

4. Whole span

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36. Bending moment at any section in a conjugate beam gives in the actual beam

1. Slope

2. Curvature

3. Deflection

4. Bending moment

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37. While using three moments equation, a fixed end of a continuous beam is replaced by an additional span of

1. Zero length

2. Infinite length

3. Zero moment of inertia

4. None of the above

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38. The carryover factor in a prismatic member whose far end is fixed is

1. 2-Jan

2. 4-Mar

3. 1

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39. 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)

1. 0.367 xu

2. 0.416 xu

3. 0.446 xu

4. 0.573 xu

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40. 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

1. 1 cm

2. 1.5 cm

3. 2 cm

4. 2.5 cm

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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?

1. 264 MN

2. 274 MN

3. 284 MN

4. 294 MN

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42. 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?

1. wl3/3EI

2. w14/3EI

3. w14/8EI

4. w14/12EI

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43. In frame structure, what transfers the load to columns?

1. Foundation

2. Beams

3. Slabs

4. Roofs

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44. 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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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. 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)

1. zero

2. ±0.2p

3. ± 0.5 p

4. ±0.7p

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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. 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. Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds (where t is thickness of web)

1. 501

2. 851

3. 200 t

4. 2501

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50. 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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