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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Q. Columns may be made of plain concrete if their unsupported lengths do not exceed their least lateral dimension

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Q. An R.C.C. column is treated as short column if its slenderness ratio is less than

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Q. Lapped splices in tensile reinforcement are generally not used for bars of size larger than

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Q. An R.C.C. beam of 6 m span is 30 cm wide and has a lever arm of 55 cm. If it carries a U.D.L. of 12 t per m and allowable shear stress is 5 kg/cm², the beam

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Q. In a slab, the pitch of the main reinforcement should not exceed its effective depth

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Q. The maximum ratio of span to depth of a slab simply supported and spanning in one direction, is

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Q. The load stress of a section can be reduced by

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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Q. The allowable tensile stress in mild steel stirrups, reinforced cement concrete, is

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Q. If longitudinally spanning stairs are casted along with their landings, the maximum bending moment per metre width, is taken as

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Q. If A is the sectional area of a prestressed rectangular beam provided with a tendon prestressed by a force P through its centroidal longitudinal axis, the compressive stress in concrete, is

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Q. According to I.S.: 456, 1978 the thickness of reinforced concrete footing on piles at its edges, is kept less than

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Q. A pre-stressed concrete member is preferred because

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Q. A very comfortable type of stairs is

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