The minimum cover to the ties or spirals should not be less than 25 mm 15 mm 20 mm 50mm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Maximum distance between expansion joints in structures as per IS : 456 – 1978 is 30 m 60 m 45 m 20 m TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Cube strength of controlled concrete to be used for pretensioned and post-tensioned work respectively should not be less than 35 MPa and 42 MPa 42 MPa and 35 MPa 53 MPa and 42 MPa 42 MPa and 53 MPa TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Air entrainment in the concrete increases the effects of temperature variations workability the unit weight strength TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The design yield stress of steel according to IS: 456-1978 is (where fy is the characteristic yield strength of steel) 0.37 fy 0.57 fy 0.87 fy 0.67 fy TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A T-shaped retaining wall mainly conssits of four cantilevers two cantilevers one cantilever three cantilevers TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The purpose of reinforcement in pre-stressed concrete is All of these To provide adequate bond stress To resist tensile stresses To impart initial compressive stress in concrete TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In reinforced concrete footing on soil, the minimum thickness at edge should not be less than 100 mm 200 mm 250 mm 150 mm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
1% of voids in a concrete mix would reduce its strength by about 20% 10 % 5% 15% TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In a ring beam subjected to uniformly distributed load i) shear force at mid span is zero ii) shear force at mid span is maximum iii) torsion at mid span is zero iv) torsion at mid span is maximum The correct answer is (ii) and (iv) (i) and (iv) (ii) and (iii) (i) and (iii) TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?