Q. To have pressure wholly compressive under the base of a retaining wall of width b, the resultant of the weight of the wall and the pressure exerted by the retained, earth should have eccentricity not more than

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Q. The width of the flange of a T-beam, which may be considered to act effectively with the rib depends upon

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Q. Design of a two way slab simply supported on edges and having no provision to prevent the corners from lifting, is made by

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Q. Design of R.C.C. simply supported beams carrying U.D.L. is based on the resultant B.M. at

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Q. The transverse reinforcements provided at right angles to the main reinforcement

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Q. The amount of reinformcement for main bars in a slab, is based upon

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

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Q. The percentage of minimum reinforcement of the gross sectional area in slabs, is

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Q. A continuous beam shall be deemed to be a deep beam if the ratio of effective span to overall depth, is

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Q. The diameter of longitudinal bars of a column should never be less than

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Q. The design of a retaining wall assumes that the retained earth

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Q. Dimensions of a beam need be changed if the shear stress is more than

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Q. The thickness of base slab of a retaining wall generally provided, is

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Q. For a circular slab carrying a uniformly distributed load, the ratio of the maximum negative to maximum positive radial moment, is

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Q. If T and R are tread and rise respectively of a stair, then

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Q. In a prestressed beam carrying an external load W with a bent tendon is having angle of inclination θ and prestressed load P. The net downward load at the centre is

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Q. The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab, is

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Q. High strength concrete is used in prestressed member

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Q. In a combined footing if shear stress exceeds 5 kg/cm², the nominal stirrups provided are:

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Q. The maximum area of tension reinforcement in beams shall not exceed

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