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In a counterfort retaining wall, the main reinforcement in the stem at mid span is provided on_______________?

  • (A)  front face only
  • (B)  inner face only
  • (C)  both front face and inner face
  • (D)  none of the above
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In counterfort retaining walls, the main reinforcement in the stem at support is_______________?

  • (A)  not provided
  • (B)  provided only on inner face
  • (C)  provided only on front face
  • (D)  provided both on inner and front faces
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The main reinforcement in the heel of a T-shaped R.C. retaining wall is provided on______________?

  • (A)  top face perpendicular to wall
  • (B)  bottom face perpendicular to wall
  • (C)  both top and bottom faces perpendicular to wall
  • (D)  none of the above
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For a reinforced concrete section, the shape of shear stress diagram is_______________?

  • (A)  wholly parabolic
  • (B)  wholly rectangular
  • (C)  parabolic above neutral axis and rectangular below neutral axis
  • (D)  rectangular above neutral axis and parabolic below neutral axis
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Submitted By :Ali Uppal


As per Whitney’s theory, the maximum moment of resistance of the balanced section of a beam of width b and effective depth d is given by_______________?

  • (A)  ^acybd2
  • (B)  ^acybd2
  • (C)  0.185acybd2
  • (D)  0.43acybd2 where acy is the cylinder compressive strength of concrete
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Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The design yield stress of steel according to IS: 456-1978 is_______________?

  • (A)  0.37 fy
  • (B)  0.57 fy
  • (C)  0.67 fy
  • (D)  0.87 fy
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Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The load factors for live load and dead load are taken respectively as_________________?

  • (A)  1.5 and 2.2
  • (B)  2.2 and 1.5
  • (C)  1.5 and 1.5
  • (D)  2.2 and 2.2
Submitted By :Ali Uppal