Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. The slenderness ratio of a tie in a roof truss if subjected to action of wind and seismic forces, should not be greater than
- (A) 180
- (B) 210
- (C) 250
- (D) 350
2. For design of a column the eccentricity of loading shall be taken as the distance from the assumed point of application of the load to the centroid of the column, subject to a minimum of
- (A) 10 mm
- (B) 20 mm
- (C) 40 mm
- (D) 50 mm
3. A column of rectangular section is considered short, if both the slenderness ratios are less than
- (A) 8
- (B) 10
- (C) 12
- (D) 16
4. For rolled I-beams and channels, permissible tensile and compressive stresses does not exceed
- (A) 1400 kg/cm2
- (B) 1500 kg/cm2
- (C) 1650 kg/cm2
- (D) 1800 kg/cm2
5. Generally acceptable nominal size of aggregates for reinforced concrete, is
- (A) 10 mm
- (B) 15 mm
- (C) 20 mm
- (D) 25 mm
6. The outstand of stiffeners should be (where t is the thickness of flat).
- (A) 6 t
- (B) 8 t
- (C) 10 t
- (D) 12 t
7. The characteristic strength of concrete is the strength of material if its test result is not less than
- (A) 2 %
- (B) 3 %
- (C) 4 %
- (D) 5 %
8. The maximum horizontal deflection of a column of actual length ‘L’, when subjected to lateral forces, may be upto
- (A) L/125
- (B) L/250
- (C) L/325
- (D) L/400
9. The ratio 1/r of the lacing bars for compression members shall not exceed
- (A) 80
- (B) 120
- (C) 145
- (D) 200
10. The cover to the main reinforced may be reduced up to one third of the specified cover but not less than
- (A) 5 mm
- (B) 7 mm
- (C) 10 mm
- (D) 15 mm
11. If the ratio of effective span to overall depth of a simply supported beam is less than 1, the lever arm is
- (A) 0.3l
- (B) 0.4l
- (C) 0.5l
- (D) 0.6l
12. In compression members, the lap length of a bar should not be less than
- (A) 12 φ
- (B) 16 φ
- (C) 20 φ
- (D) 24 φ
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