Q. A raft foundation is provided if its area exceeds the plan area of the building by

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Q. If H is the overall height of a retaining wall retaining a surcharge, the width of the base slab usually provided, is

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Q. 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

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Q. If depth of slab is 10 cm, width of web 30 cm, depth of web 50 cm, centre to centre distance of beams 3 m, effective span of beams 6 m, the effective flange width of the beam, is

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Q. In a combined footing if shear stress does not exceed 5 kg/cm², the nominal stirrups provided are

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Q. A flat slab is supported

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Q. If diameter of a reinforcement bar is d, the anchorge value of the hook is

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Q. Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcement of different sizes, should not be less than

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Q. In a prestressed member it is advisable to use

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Q. The ratio of the breadth to effective depth of a beam is kept

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Q. Spacing of stirrups in a rectangular beam, is

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Q. If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is

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Q. After prestressing process is completed, a loss of stress is due to

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Q. The minimum head room over a stair must be

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Q. In case the factor of safety against sliding is less than 1.5, a portion of slab is constructed downwards at the end of the heel slab, which is known as

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Q. The diameter of the column head support a flat slab, is generally kept

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Q. The steel generally used in R.C.C. work, is

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Q. The minimum thickness of a flat slab is taken

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Q. According to I.S. : 456, slabs which span in two directions with corners held down, are assumed to be divided in each direction into middle strips and edge strips such that the width of the middle strip, is

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Q. Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcement of the same size should not be less than

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