Related Mcqs:

1. If the permissible compressive and tensile stresses in a singly reinforced beam are 50 kg/cm2 and 1400 kg/cm2 respectively and the modular ratio is 18, the percentage area At of the steel required for an economic section, is__________________?

   A. 0.496 %

   B. 0.596 %

   C. 0.696 %

   D. 0.796 %

2. A singly reinforced beam has breadth b, effective depth d, depth of neutral axis n and critical neutral axis n1. If fc and ft are permissible compressive and tensile stresses, the moment to resistance of the beam, is____________________?

   A. bn (fc/2) (d – n/3)
   B. Atft (d – n/3)
   C. ½ n1 (1 – n1/3) cbd²
   D. All the above

3. A singly reinforced concrete beam of 25 cm width and 70 cm effective depth is provided with 18.75 cm2 steel. If the modular ratio (m) is 15, the depth of the neutral axis, is_________________?

   A. 20 cm
   B. 25 cm
   C. 30 cm
   D. 35 cm

4. The section of a reinforced beam where most distant concrete fibre in compression and tension in steel attains permissible stresses simultaneously, is called_________________?

   A. Balanced section
   B. Economic section
   C. Critical section
   D. All the above

5. If permissible working stresses in steel and concrete are respectively 1400 kg/cm2 and 80 kg/cm2 and modular ratio is 18, in a beam reinforced in tension side and of width 30 cm and having effective depth 46 cm, the lever arms of the section, is______________?

   A. 37 cm

   B. 38 cm

   C. 39 cm

   D. 40 cm

6. A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is___________________?

   A. 30
   B. 35
   C. 40
   D. 45

7. A short column 20 cm × 20 cm in section is reinforced with 4 bars whose area of cross section is 20 sq. cm. If permissible compressive stresses in concrete and steel are 40 kg/cm2 and 300 kg/cm2, the Safe load on the column, should not exceed_______________?

   A. 4120 kg
   B. 41,200 kg
   C. 412,000 kg
   D. None of these

8. effective depth and depth of the neutral axis respectively of a singly reinforced If d and n are the beam, the lever arm of the beam, is_________________?

   A. d
   B. n
   C. d + n/3
   D. d – n/3

9. The maximum shear stress (q) in concrete of a reinforced cement concrete beam is_____________?

   A. Shear force/(Lever arm × Width)
   B. Lever arm/(Shear force × Width)
   C. Width/(Lever arm × Shear force)
   D. (Shear force × Width)/Lever arm

10. The stresses developed in concrete and steel in reinforced concrete beam 25 cm width and 70 cm effective depth, are 62.5 kg/cm2 and 250 kg/cm 2 respectively. If m = 15, the depth of its neutral axis is_______________?

    A. 20 cm
    B. 25 cm
    C. 30 cm
    D. 35 cm