If p₁ and p₂ are effective lateral loadings at the bottom and top exerted by a level earth subjected to a super-load on the vertical face of height h of a retaining wall, the horizontal pressure p per unit length of the wall, is [(p₁ + p₂)/4] h (p₁ - p₂) ⅔h [(p₁ - p₂)/2] h [(p₁ + p₂)/2] h TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A foundation is called shallow if its depth, is Equal to its width One-fourth of its width Three-fourth of its width Half of its width TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Columns may be made of plain concrete if their unsupported lengths do not exceed their least lateral dimension Two times Four times Three times Five times TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is 40 35 45 30 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If longitudinally spanning stairs are casted along with their landings, the maximum bending moment per metre width, is taken as <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mi>w</mi><msup><mi>l</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow><mn>8</mn></mfrac></math> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mi>w</mi><msup><mi>l</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow><mn>4</mn></mfrac></math> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mi>w</mi><msup><mi>l</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow><mn>12</mn></mfrac></math> <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mi>w</mi><msup><mi>l</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow><mn>10</mn></mfrac></math> TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is 25 30 20 35 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The ratio of the breadth to effective depth of a beam is kept 0.25 0.7 0.5 0.75 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The width of the flange of a T-beam should be less than Distance between the centers of T-beam Least of the above Breadth of the rib plus twelve times the thickness of the slab One-third of the effective span of the T-beam TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The stem of a cantilever retaining wall which retains earth level with top is 6 m. If the angle of repose and weight of the soil per cubic metre are 30° and 2000 kg respectively, the effective width of the stem at the bottom, is 54.5 53.5 52.5 51.5 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The minimum thickness of the cover at the end of a reinforcing bar should not be less than twice the diameter of the bar subject to a minimum of 25 mm 15 mm 20 mm 10 mm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?