Question: The permissible bending stresses Pbet for steel slab bases should not exceed_______________?
- 1. 1500 kg/cm2
- 2. 1650 kg/cm2
- 3. 1800 kg/cm2
- 4. 1890 kg/cm2
Question: Pick up the correct statement from the following?
- 1. For steel castings, the minimum tensile strength is 41 kg/mm2 and minimum yield stress is 20.5 kg/mm2
- 2. For high tensile steel, the minimum tensile strength is 58 kg/mm2
- 3. For mild steel the minimum tensile strength is 44 kg/mm2 and minimum elongation of 23% on a gauge length of 5.65A
- 4. All the above
Question: The anchorage value of standard U-type hook of a reinforcing bar of diameter d in tension, is______________?
- 1. 4 d
- 2. 8d
- 3. 12 d
- 4. 16 d
Question: Pick up the correct statement from the following?
- 1. The diameter of a rivet, before driving is taken as the nominal diameter of the rivet
- 2. The diameter of the rivet hole is taken as the gross area of the rivet
- 3. For rivets of nominal diameters less than 25 mm, the diameter of the rivet hole is taken as the nominal diameter of the rivet plus 1.5 mm
- 4. All the above
Question: Pick up the correct statement from the following?
- 1. The minimum pitch of rivets should not be less than 2.5 times the diameter of the rivet hole
- 2. The distance between centres of two adjacent rivets in line with the direction of stress shall not
- 3. The distance between the centres of two adjacent rivets in line with the direction of stress shall not exceed 12 t or 203 mm whichever is less in compression members
- 4. All the above
Question: Pick up the correct statement for the web stiffeners?
- 1. d is the distance between flange angles or the clear distance between flanges
- 2. vertical stiffeners are spaced at a distance not greater than 1.5 d and not less than 0.33 d
- 3. for horizontal stiffeners, d is the clear distance between the horizontal stiffener and the tension flange
- 4. all the above
Question: Moist sand may contain surface water by mass upto__________________?
- 1. 1.25%
- 2. 2.5%
- 3. 5.0%
- 4. 7.5%
Question: In a triaxial compression test when drainage is allowed during the first stage (i. e. application of cell pressure) only and not during the second stage (i.e. application of deviator stress at constant cell pressure), the test is known as_________________
- 1. consolidated drained test
- 2. consolidated undrained test
- 3. unconsolidated drained test
- 4. unconsolidated undrained test
Question: Sensitivity of a soil can be defined as___________________?
- 1. percentage of volume change of soil under saturated condition
- 2. ratio of compressive strength of unconfined undisturbed soil to that of soil in a remoulded state
- 3. ratio of volume of voids to volume of solids
- 4. none of the above
Question: The coefficient of active earth pressure for a loose sand having an angle of internal friction of 30° is___________________?
