Question: In a combined footing for two columns carrying unequal loads, the maximum hogging bending moment occurs at:

• 1. Less loaded column
• 2. More loaded column
• 3. A point of the maximum shear force
• 4. A point of zero shear force

Question: The live load to be considered for an inaccessible roof, is______________?

• 1. Nil
• 2. 75 kg/m2
• 3. 150 kg/cm 2
• 4. 200 kg/m2

Question: If W is total load per unit area on a panel, D is the diameter of the column head, L is the span in two directions, then the sum of the maximum positive bending moment and average of the negative bending moment for the design of the span of a square flat

• 1. WL/12 (L – 2D/3)²
• 2. WL/10 (L + 2D/3)²
• 3. WL/10 (L – 2D/3)²
• 4. WL/12 (L – D/3)²

Question: If a bent tendon is required to balance a concentrated load W at the centre of the span L, the central dip h must be at least________________?

• 1. WL /P
• 2. WL/2P
• 3. WL/3P
• 4. WL/4P

Question: The radius of a bar bend to form a hook, should not be less than_______________?

• 1. Twice the diameter
• 2. Thrice the diameter
• 3. Four times the diameter
• 4. Five times the diameter

Question: A circular slab subjected to external loading, deflects to form a_________________?

• 1. Semi-hemisphere
• 2. Ellipsoid
• 3. Paraboloid
• 4. None of these

Question: The reinforced concrete beam which has width 25 cm, lever arm 40 cm, shear force 6t/cm2, safe shear stress 5 kg/cm2 and B.M. 24 mt________________?

• 1. Is safe in shear
• 2. Is unsafe in shear
• 3. Is over safe in shear
• 4. Needs redesigning

Question: If a rectangular pre-stressed beam of an effective span of 5 meters and carrying a total load 3840 kg/m, is designed by the load balancing method, the central dip of the parabolic tendon should be_________________?

• 1. 5 cm
• 2. 10 cm
• 3. 15 cm
• 4. 20 cm

Question: If the effective length of a 32 cm diameter R.C.C. column is 4.40 m, its slenderness ratio, is_______________?

• 1. 40
• 2. 45
• 3. 50
• 4. 55

Question: The anchorage value of a hook is assumed sixteen times the diameter of the bar if the angle of the bend, is___________________?

• 1. 30°
• 2. 40°
• 3. 45°
• 4. All the above