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Civil Engineering Mcqs

A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as________________?

  • (A)  stringer beam
  • (B)  lintel beam
  • (C)  spandrel beam
  • (D)  header beam
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The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of___________________?

  • (A)  1.23 m above the rail level
  • (B)  1.50 m above the rail level
  • (C)  1.83 m above the rail level
  • (D)  2.13 m above the rail level
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The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to_____________________?

  • (A)  transfer load from top of end posts to bearings
  • (B)  keep the rectangular shape of the bridge cross-section
  • (C)  stiffen the structure laterally
  • (D)  prevent the sidesway buckling of top chord
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compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for_________________?

  • (A)  bearing and shear
  • (B)  bending and shear
  • (C)  bearing and bending
  • (D)  bearing, shear and bending
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The elastic strain for steel is about_________________?

  • (A)  1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/120 of maxi-mum strain
  • (B)  1/2 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/12 of maxi-mum strain
  • (C)  1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and 1/200 of maximum strain
  • (D)  1/24 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/200 of maximum strain
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The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is________________?

  • (A)  linear
  • (B)  parabolic
  • (C)  constant moment for all curvatures
  • (D)  constant curvature for all moments
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The statical method of plastic analysis satisfies_______________?

  • (A)  equilibrium and mechanism conditions
  • (B)  equilibrium and plastic moment conditions
  • (C)  mechanism and plastic moment conditions
  • (D)  equilibrium condition only
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Load factor is____________________?

  • (A)  always equal to factor of safety
  • (B)  always less than factor of safety
  • (C)  always greater than factor of safety
  • (D)  sometimes greater than factor of safety
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Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is_______________?

  • (A)  equal to load factor in determinate structures
  • (B)  more than the load factor in determinate structures
  • (C)  less than the load factor in determinate structures
  • (D)  unpredictable
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