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This section includes 264 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 251. |
Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist |
| A. | Bending moment due to 2.5% of the column load |
| B. | Shear force due to 2.5% of the column load |
| C. | 2.5% of the column load |
| D. | Both (A) and (B) |
| Answer» C. 2.5% of the column load | |
| 252. |
The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is |
| A. | 650 mm |
| B. | 810 mm |
| C. | 1250 mm |
| D. | 1680 mm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 253. |
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 sides-way buckling of top chord |
| Answer» B. Keep the rectangular shape of the bridge cross-section | |
| 254. |
In moment resistant connections, the moment resistance of riveted connection depends upon |
| A. | Shear in rivets |
| B. | Compression in rivets |
| C. | Tension in rivets |
| D. | Strength of rivets in bearing |
| Answer» D. Strength of rivets in bearing | |
| 255. |
In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is |
| A. | Displacement |
| B. | Load |
| C. | Slope |
| D. | Moment |
| Answer» B. Load | |
| 256. |
The elastic strain for steel is about |
| A. | 1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/120 of maximum strain |
| B. | 1/2 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/12 of maximum 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 |
| Answer» D. 1/24 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and about 1/200 of maximum strain | |
| 257. |
If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge is not braced, then the bridge is called |
| A. | Deck type |
| B. | Through type |
| C. | Half through type |
| D. | Double deck type |
| Answer» D. Double deck type | |
| 258. |
In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined for complete bearing on the base plate, then the axial load is assumed to be transferred to base plate |
| A. | Fully by direct bearing |
| B. | Fully through fastenings |
| C. | 50% by direct bearing and 50% through fastenings |
| D. | 75% by direct bearing and 25% through fastenings |
| Answer» D. 75% by direct bearing and 25% through fastenings | |
| 259. |
The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than |
| A. | Two times the weld size |
| B. | Four times the weld size |
| C. | Six times the weld size |
| D. | Weld size |
| Answer» C. Six times the weld size | |
| 260. |
Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to |
| A. | Horizontal shear only |
| B. | Vertical load only |
| C. | Both (A) and (B) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Vertical load only | |
| 261. |
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 |
| Answer» C. Less than the load factor in determinate structures | |
| 262. |
Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs? |
| A. | Angle section |
| B. | Channel section |
| C. | Box type section |
| D. | Any of the above |
| Answer» D. Any of the above | |
| 263. |
Generally the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid |
| A. | Axial force in rafter |
| B. | Shear force in rafter |
| C. | Deflection of rafter |
| D. | Bending moment in rafter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 264. |
The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are |
| A. | Axial forces |
| B. | Shear and axial forces |
| C. | Shear and bending forces |
| D. | Axial and bending forces |
| Answer» D. Axial and bending forces | |