Civil Engineering Mcqs

A very comfortable type of stairs is_______________?

• (A)  Straight
• (B)  Dog legged
• (C)  Geometrical
• (D)  Open newel

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For a ribbed slab______________?

• (A)  Clear spacing between ribs shall not be greater than 4.5 cm
• (B)  Width of the rib shall not be less than 7.5 cm
• (C)  Overall depth of the slab shall not exceed four times the breadth of the rib
• (D)  All the above

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Minimum spacing between horizontal parallel reinforcement of the same size should not be less than________________?

• (A)  One diameter
• (B)  2.5 diameters
• (C)  3 diameters
• (D)  3.5 diameters

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If the width of the foundation for two equal columns is restricted, the shape of the footing generally adopted, is__________________?

• (A)  Square
• (B)  Rectangular
• (C)  Trapezoidal
• (D)  Triangular

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The design of heel slab of a retaining wall is based on the maximum bending moment due to______________?

• (A)  Its own weight
• (B)  Weight of the soil above it
• (C)  Load of the surcharge, if any
• (D)  All the above

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The minimum clear cover for R.C.C. columns shall be_________________?

• (A)  Greater of 40 mm or diameter
• (B)  Smaller of 40 mm or diameter
• (C)  Greater of 25 mm or diameter
• (D)  Smaller of 25 mm or diameter

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An R.C.C. lintel is spanning an opening of 2 m span in a brick wall. The height of the roof is 2.9 m above the floor level and that of the opening is 2.1 m above the floor level. The lintel is to be designed for self weight plus_______________?

• (A)  Triangular load of the wall
• (B)  UDL of wall
• (C)  UDL of wall + load from the roof
• (D)  Triangular load + load from the roof

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If C is creep coefficient, f is original pre-stress in concrete, m is modular ratio, E is Young’s modulus of steel and e is shrinkage strain, the combined effect of creep and shrinkage is________________?

• (A)  (1 – C) mf – eE
• (B)  (C – 1)mf + eE
• (C)  (C – 1)mf – eE
• (D)  (1 – C)mf + eE

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is the pre- stressed force applied to tendon of a rectangular pre-stressed beam whose area of cross section is and sectional modulus is . The minimum stress on the beam subjected to a maximum bending moment is________________?

• (A)  f = (P/A) – (Z/M)
• (B)  f = (A/P) – (M/Z)
• (C)  f = (P/A) – (M/Z)
• (D)  f = (P/A) – (M/6Z)

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Top bars are extended to the projecting parts of the combined footing of two columns Ldistance apart for a distance of_______________?

• (A)  0.1 L from the outer edge of column
• (B)  0.1 L from the centre edge of column
• (C)  Half the distance of projection
• (D)  One -fourth the distance of projection

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