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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Q. For M 150 grade concrete (1:2:4) the moment of resistance factor is

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Q. For a ribbed slab

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

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Q. The neutral axis of a T-beam exists

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Q. The self-weight of the footing, is

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Q. For normal cases, stiffness of a simply supported beam is satisfied if the ratio of its span to its overall depth does not exceed

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Q. If the length of an intermediate span of a continuous slab is 5m, the length of the end span is kept

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Q. The floor slab of a building is supported on reinforced cement floor beams. The ratio of the end and intermediate spans is kept

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Q. For a continuous floor slab supported on beams, the ratio of end span length and intermediate span length, is

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