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Qn- The cylinder strength of the concrete is less than the cube strength
because of
A) The difference in the shape of cross section of the specimens
B) The difference in the slenderness ratio of specimens
C) The friction between the concrete specimens and the steel plate of
testing machine
D) The cubes are tested without capping but cylinders are tested with
capping
Qn- The IS: 459-1978 recommends to provide certain minimum steel in RCC
beam
A)
B)
C)
D)
Qn- Permissible bending tensile stress in high yield strength deformed bars of
grade 415 N/mm2 in a beam is
A)
B)
C)
D)
190 N/mm2
230 N/mm2
140 N/mm2
None of the above
-3.46 (tension)
2.59 (compression)
Zero
8.64 (compression)
Qn- Factor of safety adopted by IS: 800 -1984 while arriving at the
permissible stress in axial compression is
A)
B)
C)
D)
2
1
1.67
1.5
Qn- A hall is covered by a beam and slab system with beams placed at 3m
centres. The effective span of the beam is 8.35 m. The thickness of slab is
120 mm. The size of beam below the slab is 230mm width and 380 mm
depth. The beam is reinforced with two numbers of 32 mm diameter steel
rods of grade 415 N/mm2. Compute the maximum total load/m run, the beam
can carry, including its own weight at service stage. Grade of concrete is
M25.
1998
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Qn- An isolated T-beam is used as a walkway. The beam is simply supported
with an effective span of 6m. The effective width of flange, for the crosssection shown in Figure, is
A)
B)
C)
D)
900 mm
1000 mm
1259 mm
2200 mm
Qn- The plane of stairs supported at each end by landings spanning parallel
with risers is shown in figure. The effective span of staircase slab is
A)
B)
C)
D)
3000
4600
4750
6400
mm
mm
mm
mm
2:1
5:3
1:1
3:5
Qn- The cross-section of a simply supported plate girder is shown in fig. The
bearing stiffeners at supports are the sole means of providing restraint
against torsion. Design the bearing stiffeners at supports, with minimum
moment of inertia about the centre line of web plate only as the sole design
criterion. The flat section available are: 250 x 25, 250 x 32, 200 x 28 and 200
x 32 mm. Draw a sketch.
1999
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Qn- In reinforced concrete, pedestal is defined as compression member,
whose effective length does not exceed its dimension by
(A) 12 times
(B) 3 times
(C) 16 times
(D) 8 times
Qn- The width and depth of a reinforced concrete beam is 250 mm and 400
mm respectively. The beam is provided with 4 Number of 20 mm tor bars in
the tension zone. The beam is subjected to a shear force of 150 kN
(Factored). Check the requirement of shear reinforcement and provide if
required. Grade of concrete is M 20 and that of steel is Fe 415. The shear
strength of concrete for different percentages of tensile steel are as below.
[Vus = 0.87fyAsvd/Sv and (Asv/Sv) 0.4 b/fy with the terms having usual
meaning]
% of steel shear strength of concrete.
1.0
0.62
1.25
0.67
1.50
0.72
(c) in N/k
Qn- A beam with a rectangular cross section of size 250 mm wide and 350
mm deep is pre-stressed by a force of 400 kN using 8 number 7 mm steel
cables located at an eccentricity of 75 mm. Determine the loss of pre-stress
due to creep of concrete. Grade of concrete is M40; coefficient of creep is 2;
Stress at transfer is 80%, Modulus of elasticity of steel (Es) is 2.0 105MPa.
Qn- Fig. 9 shows the section (nonoverflow portion) of a straight gravity dam
built with concrete. Considering water pressure and uplift pressure, and
neglecting the other external forces acting on the dam, check whether the
resultant passes through the middle third of the base for the reservoir full
condition. In the figure, RL stands for Reduced Level in metres and MWL
stands for Maximum Water Level. (Unit weight of water is 1000 kg/m3 and
that of concrete is 2400 kg/m3)
2000
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Qn- The following two statements are made with reference to a simply
supported under-reinforced RCC beam:
I.
II.
assumed. The design bond stress for mild steel bars in M15 concrete is
specified to be 1.0 N/mm2.
Qn- For the retaining wall shown in the figure below assume that the wall can
yield sufficiently to develop active stage. Use Rankines active earth pressure
theory and determine
(a) active force per meter of the wall, and
(b) the location of the resultant line of action.
2001
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Qn- Identify the FALSE statement from the following, pertaining to the design
of concrete structures.
(A)The assumption of a linear strain profile in flexure is made use of in
working stress design, but not in ultimate limit state design.
(B)Torsional reinforcement is not required to be provided at the corners of
simply supported rectangular slabs, if the corners are free to lift up.
(C)A rectangular slab, whose length exceeds twice its width, always
behaves as a two way slab, regardless of the support conditions.
(D)
The load balancing concept can be applied to select the
appropriate tendon profile in a pre-stressed concrete beam subject to a
given pattern of load.
Qn- Consider the following two statements related to reinforced concrete
design, and identify whether the y are TRUE or FALSE:
I.
Qn- The plan of a reinforced concrete column section, and the distribution of
strains at the ultimate limit state are shown below. The concrete is of M20
grade and the steel of Fe 250 grade. Also sketched below, for convenience,
are the concrete compression stress block and the design stress - strain
curve for Fe 250, with all notations as per IS 456. Ignore the reduction in
concrete area due to the embedded steel.
(A)Determine the ultimate axial compression capacity (in kN units).
(B)Determine the corresponding eccentricity e (in mm units) of loading,
with respect to the centroidal axis at the ultimate limit state.
Qn- The effective spans for a simple one-way slab system, with an overhang,
are indicated in the figure below. The specified ultimate design loads on the
slab are 6.0 kN/ and 4.5 kN/ for dead loads and live loads respectively
considering the possibility of live loads not occurring simultaneously on both
spans, determine the maximum spacing (in mm units) of 8 mm diameter
Qn- A concrete gravity type retaining wall, shown below, retains granular soil
having a friction angle of 35 and dry and saturated unit weights of 16 kN/m3
and 20 kN/m3. The unit weights of concrete and water are 24 kN/m3 and 10
kN/m3 respectively. The friction factor at the base of the wall against lateral
sliding is 0.47. Calculate the following quantities for the retaining wall.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
2002
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Qn- As per the provisions of IS 456-2000, in the limit state method for design
of beams, the limiting value of the depth of neutral axis in a reinforced
concrete beam of effective depth d is given as
(A) 0.53d
(B) 0.48d
(C) 0.46d
(D) Any of the above depending on the different grades of steel.
Qn- Give reasons for the following in not more than 20 words:(15)
(A)A maximum permissible distance between ties in reinforced concrete
columns is usually specified
(B)A concrete mix is targeted to give higher compressive strength than
the required characteristic strength.
(C)In the limit state design of reinforced concrete beams, it is a
requirement that the maximum strain in the tension reinforcement in
the section at failure is not less than a given value.
(D)
In the case of slabs running over supports, reinforcement needs
to be provided on the top in the neighborhood of the supports.
2003
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Qn- The working stress method of design specifies the value of modular
ratio, m = 280/ (3cbc), where cbc is the allowable stress in bending
compression in concrete. To what extent does the above value of m make
any allowance for the creep of concrete?
(a) No compensation
(b) Full compensation
(c) Partial compression
(d) The two are unrelated
Qn- A long structural column (length = L) with both ends hinged is acted
upon by an axial compressive load, P. The differential equation governing the
bending of column is given by (d2y/dx2) = -py, where y is the structural
lateral deflection and EI is the flexural rigidity. The first critical load on
column responsible for its buckling is given by
(a)2EI/L2
(b)
2 2EI/L2
(c) 2 2EI/L2
(d) 4 2EI/L2
Qn- Top ring beam of an Intze tank carries a hoop tension of 120 kN. The
beam cross-section is 250 mm wide and 400 mm deep and it is reinforced
with 4 bars of 20 mm diameter of Fe 415 grade. Modular ratio of the concrete
is 10. The tensile stress in N/mm2 in the concrete is
(a) 1.02 (b) 1.07 (c) 1.20 (d) 1.32
Qn- The state of two dimensional stress acting on a concrete lamina consists
of a direct tensile stress, x= 1.5 N/mm2 , and shear stress 1.20 N/mm2,
which cause cracking of concrete. Then the tensile strength of the concrete
in N/mm2 is
(a) 1.5 (b) 2.08 (c) 2.17 (d) 2.2
Qn- A concrete column caries an axial load of 450 kN and a bending moment
of 60 kN m at its base. An isolated footing of size 2m by 3m, with 3m side
along the plane of the bending moment, is provided under the column.
Centers of gravity of column and footing coincide. The net maximum and the
minimum pressures in kN/m2 on soil under the footing are respectively.
(a) 95 and 55 (b) 95 and 75 (c) 75 and 55 (d) 75 and 75
Qn- A reinforced concrete beam, size 200 mm wide and 300 mm deep overall
is simply supported over a span of 3m. It is subjected to two point loads P of
equal magnitude placed at middle third points. The two loads are gradually
increased simultaneously. Beam is reinforced with 2 HYSD bars of 16 mm
diameter placed at an effective cover of 40 mm bottom face and nominal
shear reinforcement. The characteristics compressive strength and the
bending tensile strength of the concrete are 20.0 N/mm2 and 2.2N/mm2
respectively.
Qn- Ignoring the presence of tension reinforcement, find the value of
load P in kN when the first flexure crack will develop in the beam.
(a) 4.5 (b) 5.0 (c) 6.6 (d) 7.5
Qn- The theoretical failure load of the beam for attainment of limit
state of collapse in flexure is
(a) 23.7 kN (b) 25.6 kN (c) 28.7 kN (d) 31.6 kN
2004
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Qn- In the limit state design method of concrete structures, the
recommended partial material safety factor for steel according to IS:4562000 is
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.15 (c) 1.00 (d) 0.8
Qn- For avoiding the limit state of collapse, the safety of R.C. structures is
checked for appropriate combinations of dead load (DL), imposed load or live
load (IL), wind load (WL) and earthquake load (EL). Which of the following
load combinations is NOT considered?
(a) 0.9 DL + 1.5 WL
2005
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Qn- IS : 1343 1980 limits the minimum characteristic s strength of prestressed concrete for post tensioned works and pretension work as
(a) 25 MPa, 30 MPa respectively
(b) 25 MPa, 35 MPa respectively
(c) 30 MPa, 35 MPa respectively
(d) 30 MPa, 40 MPa respectively
Qn- The permissible stress in axial tension sst in steel member on the net
effective area of the section shall not exceed the following value (fy is the
yield stress)
(a) 0.80fy
(b) 0.75fy
(c) 0.60fy
(d) 0.50fy
Qn- concrete beam of rectangular cross section of 200 mmx400 mm is prestressed with a force 400kN at eccentricity 100 m. The maximum
compressive stress in the concrete is
(a) 12.5 N/mm2
(b) 7.5 N/mm2
(c) 5.0 N/mm2
(d) 2.5 N/mm2
Qn- Which one of the following is NOT correct for steel sections as per IS :
800-1984 ?
(a) The maximum bending stress in tension or in compression in extreme
fibre calculated on the effective section of a beam shall not exceed 0.66fy
(b) The bearing stress in any part of a beam when calculated on the area
shall not exceed 0.75fy.
(c) The direct stress in compression on the gross sectional area of axial
loaded compression member shall not exceed 0.6 fy.
(d) None of above.
2006
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Qn- Consider following statements:
Only 1 and 2
B)
Only 2 and 3
C)
Only 1 and 3
D)
1, 2 and 3
(d)V/3
Qn- Assuming concrete below the neutral axis to be cracked, the shear stress
across the depth of a singly-reinforce rectangular beam section
(a) Increases parabolic ally to the neutral axis and then drops suddenly to
zero value.
(b) Increases parabolically to the neutral axis and then remains constant
over the remaining depth
(c) Increases linearly to the neutral axis and then remains constant up to the
tension steel
(d) Increases parabolically to the neutral axis and then remains constant up
to the tension steel.
Qn- As per IS : 456-2000, consider the following statements,I. The modular ratio considered in the working stress method depends on the
type of steel used.
II. There is an upper limit on the nominal shear stress in beams (even with
shear reinforcement) due to the possibility of crushing of concrete in
diagonal compression.
III. A rectangular slab whose length is equal to its width may not be a twoway slab for some support conditions.
The TRUE statements are
(a) only I and II
(b) only II and III
(c) only I and III
(d)I , II and III
Qn- In the design of beams for the limit state of collapse in flexure as per IS :
456-2000, let the maximum strain in concrete be limited to 0.0025 (in place
of 0.0035). For this situation, consider a rectangular beam section with
breadth as 250 mm, effective depth as 350 mm, area of tension steel as
1500 mm2, and characteristics strengths of concrete and steel as 30Mpa and
250 MPa respectively.
Qn- The depth of neutral axis for the balanced failure is
(a) 140 mm (b) 156 mm (c) 168 mm (d) 185 mm
Qn- At the limiting state of collapse in flexure, the force acting on the
compression zone of the section is
(a) 326 kN (b) 389 kN (c) 424 kN (d) 542 kN
2007
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Qn- An axially loaded bar is subjected to a normal stress of 173 MPa. The
shear stress in the bar is
(a) 75 MPa
(b) 86.5 MPa
(c) 100 MPa
(d) 122.3 MPa
Qn- For an isotropic material, the relationship between the Youngs modulus
(E), shear modulus (G) and
Poissons ratio () is given by
(A) G=E/2(1+)
(B)) E=G/2(1+)
(C) G=E/(1+2)
(D) G=E/2(1-).
Qn- The vertical stress at some depth below the corner of a 2m x 3m
rectangular footing due to certain load intensity is 100 kN/m2. What will be
the vertical stress in kN/m2 below the Centre of a 4m x 6m rectangular
footing at the same depth and same load intensity?
(a) 25
(b) 100
(c) 200
(d) 400
Qn- The percentage loss of pre-stress due to anchorage slip of 3 mm in a
concrete beam of length 30 m which is post-tensioned by a tendon with an
initial stress of 1200 N/mm2 and modulus of elasticity equal to 2.1 x 105
N/mm2 is
(a) 0.0175
(b) 0.175
(c) 1.75
(d) 17.
2008
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under dead, live, wind and earthquake loads respectively. The design
moment (kNm) as per IS: 456- 2000 for the limit state of collapse (flexure) is
(A) 195
(B) 250
(C) 345
(D) 37
(B) 75
(C) 80
(D) 10
2009
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Qn- A thin walled cylindrical pressure vessel having a radius of 0.5m and wall
thickness of 25mm is subjected to an internal pressure of 700kPa. The hoop
stress developed is
(A) 14MPa
(B) 1.4MPa
(C) 0.14MPa
(D) 0.014M
Qn- For limit state of collapse, the partial safety factors recommended by IS
456:2000 for estimating the design strength of concrete and reinforcing steel
are respectively
(A) 1.15 and 1.5
(B) 1.0 and 1.0
(C) 1.5 and 1.15
(D) 1.5 and 1.0
Qn- A rectangular concrete beam of width 120mm and depth 200mm is prestressed by pre-tensioning to a force of 150kN at an eccentricity of 20mm.
The cross sectional area of the pre-stressing steel is 187.5mm 2. Take
modulus of elasticity of steel and concrete as 2.1 105 MPa and 3.0104
MPa respectively. The percentage loss of stress in the pre-stressing steel due
to elastic deformation of concrete is
(A) 8.75
(B) 6.125
(C) 4.81
(D) 2.
2010
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Qn- As per India standard code of practice for pre stressed concrete (IS:13431980) the minimum grades of concrete to be used for post-tensioned and
pre-tensioned structural elements are respectively
(A) M20 for both
(B) M40 and M30
(C) M15 and M20
(D) M30 and M40
2011
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A)
B)
C)
D)
Qn- Consider two RCC beams, P and Q, each having the section 400 mmx750
mm (effective depth, d = 750 mm) made with concrete having a cmax= 2.1
N/mm2. For the reinforcement provided and the grade of concrete used, it
may be assumed that the c= 0.75 N/mm2. The design shear in beam P is
400 kN and in beam Q is 750 kN. Considering the provisions of IS 456
2000, which of the following statements is TRUE?
(A) Shear reinforcement should be designed for 175 kN for beam P and the
section for beam Q should be revised.
(B) Nominal shear reinforcement is required for beam P and the shear
reinforcement should be designed for 120 kN for beam Q.
(C) Shear reinforcement should be should be designed for 175 kN for beam P
and the shear reinforcement should be designed for 525 kN for beam Q.
(D) The sections for both beams P and Q need to be revised.
2012
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Qn- Which one of the following is categorized as a long-term loss of prestress in a pre-stressed concrete member?
(A) Loss due to elastic shortening
(B) Loss due to friction
(C) Loss due to relaxation of strands
(D) Loss due to anchorage slip
Qn- The ratio of the theoretical critical buckling load for a column with fixed
ends to that of another column with the same dimensions and material, but
with pinned ends, is equal to
(A) 0.5
(B) 1.0
(C) 2.0
(D) 4.0
Qn- The value of xu (in mm) computed as per the Limit State Method of
IS 456:2000 is
(A) 200.0
(B) 223.3
(C) 236.3
(D) 273.6
Qn- The ultimate moment capacity (in kNm) of the section, as per the
Limit State Method of IS 456:2000 is
(A) 475.2
(B) 717.0
(C) 756.4
(D) 762.5
2013
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Qn- As per IS 800:2007, the cross-section in which the extreme fiber can
reach the yield stress, but cannot develop the plastic moment of resistance
due to failure by local buckling is classified as
(A) Plastic section
(B) Compact section
(C) Semi-compact section
(D) Slender section
Qn- As per IS 456:2000 for M20 grade concrete and plain bars in tension the
design bond stress bd= 1.2 MPa. Further, IS 456:2000 permits this design
bond stress value to be increased by 60 % for HSD bars. The stress in the
HSD reinforcing steel bars in tension, s=360Mpa. Find the required
development length, Ld, for HSD bars in terms of the bar diameter, =
__________
Qn- A rectangular concrete beam 250 mm wide and 600 mm deep is prestressed by means of 16 high tensile wires, each of 7 mm diameter, located
at 200 mm from the bottom face of the beam at a given secton. If the
effective pre-stress in the wires is 700 MPa, what is the maximum sagging
bending moment (in kNm) (correct to 1-decimal place) due to live load that
this section of beam can withstand without causing tensile stress at the
bottom face of beam? Neglect the effect of dead load of beam.
2014
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Qn- Match the information given in Group I with those in Group - II.
Group I
Group II
1. Upper bound on ultimate load
2. Lower bound on ultimate load
4 Load factor
(A) P - 1; Q - 2; R - 3; S - 4
(B) P - 2; Q - 1; R - 4; S - 3
(C) P - 3; Q - 4; R - 2; S - 1
(D) P - 4; Q - 3; R - 2; S 1
Qn- While designing, for a steel column of Fe250 grade, a base plate resting
on a concrete pedestal of M20 grade, the bearing strength of concrete (in
N/mm2) in limit state method of design as per IS:456-2000 is
________________
Qn- A rectangular beam of width (b) 230 mm and effective depth (d) 450 mm
is reinforced with four bars of 12 mm diameter. The grade of concrete is M20
and grade of steel is Fe500. Given that for M20 grade of concrete the
ultimate shear strength, uc = 0.36 N/mm2 for steel percentage, p = 0.25,
and uc = 0.48 N/mm2 for p = 0.50. For a factored shear force of 45 kN, the
diameter (in mm) of Fe500 steel two legged stirrups to be used at spacing of
375 mm, should be
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 12
(D) 16
Qn- For a beam of cross-section, width = 230 mm and effective depth = 500
mm, the number of rebars of 12 mm diameter required to satisfy minimum
tension reinforcement requirement specified by IS:456-2000 (assuming
grade of steel reinforcement as Fe500) is _____________
(A) 2.0106
(B) 3.0106
(C) 4.0106
(D) 5.0106