Related Mcqs:

1. To ensure that the hogging bending moment at two points of suspension of a pile of length L equals the sagging moment at its centre, the distances of the points of suspension from either end, is________________?

   A. 0.107 L
   B. 0.207 L
   C. 0.307 L
   D. 0.407 L

2. If q is the punching shear resistance per unit area a, is the side of a square footing for a column of side b, carrying a weight W including the weight of the footing, the depth D. of the footing from punching shear consideration, is____________________?

   A. D = W (a – b)/4a²bq

   B. D = W (a² – b²)/4a²bq

   C. D = W (a² – b²)/8a²bq

   D. D = W (a² – b²)/4abq

3. If W is total load per unit area on a panel, D is the diameter of the column head, L is the span in two directions, then the sum of the maximum positive bending moment and average of the negative bending moment for the design of the span of a square flat slab, should not be less than________________?

   A. WL/12 (L – 2D/3)²
   B. WL/10 (L + 2D/3)²
   C. WL/10 (L – 2D/3)²
   D. WL/12 (L – D/3)²

4. carrying a uniformly distributed load per metre length is suspended at the A pile of length centre and from other two points 0.15 L from either end ; the maximum hogging moment will be_______________?

   A. WL²/15
   B. WL²/30
   C. WL²/60
   D. WL²/90

5. If is the net upward pressure on a square footing of side for a square column of side , the maximum bending moment is given by_________________?

   A. B.M = pb (c – a)/4
   B. B.M = pb (b – a)²/4
   C. B.M = pb (b – a)²/8
   D. B.M = pb (b + a)/8

6. 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

7. If the length of a combined footing for two columns l metres apart is L and the projection on the left side of the exterior column is x, then the projection y on the right side of the exterior column, in order to have a uniformly distributed load, is (where is the distance of centre of gravity of column loads______________?

   A. y = L – (l – ) )
   B. y = L/2 + (l –
   C. y = L/2 – (l + )
   D. y = L/2 – (l – )

8. For stairs spanning l metres longitudinally between supports at the bottom and top of a flight carrying a load w per unit horizontal area, the maximum bending moment per metre width, is_______________?

   A. wl²/4
   B. wl²/8
   C. wl²/12
   D. wl²/16

9. is the pre-stressed force applied to the tendon of a rectangular pre-stressed beam whose area of cross section is and sectional modulus is . The maximum stress in 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)

10. For a circular slab carrying a uniformly distributed load, the ratio of the maximum negative to maximum positive radial moment, is___________________?

    A. 1
    B. 2
    C. 3
    D. 5