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Civil Engineering Mcqs

Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The angle of internal friction of soil mass is the angle whose_______________?

  • (A)  Tangent is equal to the rate of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
  • (B)  Sine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance to sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
  • (C)  Cosine is equal to the ratio of the maximum resistance sliding on any internal inclined plane to the normal pressure acting on the plane
  • (D)  None of these
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The thickness of the topping of a ribbed slab, varies between________________?

  • (A)  3 cm to 5 cm
  • (B)  5 cm to 8 cm
  • (C)  8 cm to 10 cm
  • (D)  12 cm to 15 cm
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The allowable tensile stress in mild steel stirrups, reinforced cement concrete, is_______________?

  • (A)  1400 kg/cm2
  • (B)  190 kg/cm2
  • (C)  260 kg/cm2
  • (D)  230 kg/cm2
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Submitted By :Ali Uppal


The advantage of reinforced concrete, is due to_______________?

  • (A)  Monolithic character
  • (B)  Fire-resisting and durability
  • (C)  Economy because of less maintenance cost
  • (D)  All the above
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


Bottom bars under the columns are extended into the interior of the footing slab to a distance greater than____________?

  • (A)  42 diameters from the centre of the column
  • (B)  42 diameters from the inner edge of the column
  • (C)  42 diameters from the outer edge of the column
  • (D)  24 diameters from the centre of the column
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


As per IS : 456, the reinforcement in a column should not be less than________________?

  • (A)  0.5% and not more than 5% of cross-sectional area
  • (B)  0.6% and not more than 6% of cross-sectional area
  • (C)  0.7% and not more than 7% of cross-sectional area
  • (D)  0.8% and not more than 8% of cross-sectional area
Submitted By :Ali Uppal


per unit run exerted by the Total pressure on the vertical face of a retaining wall of height retained earth weighing per unit volume, is___________________?

  • (A)  wh [(1 – )/(1 + sin )]
  • (B)  wh² [(1 – )/(1 + sin )]
  • (C)  wh² [(1 – )/2(1 + sin )]
  • (D)  wh² [(1 – )/3(1 + sin )]
Submitted By :Ali Uppal