Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. Critical section for shear in case of flat slabs is at a distance of
- (A) Effective depth of slab from periphery of
column/drop panel
- (B) d/2 from periphery of column/capital/ drop
panel
- (C) At the drop panel of slab
- (D) At the periphery of column
2. For road pavements, the cement generally used, is
- (A) Ordinary
Portland cement
- (B) Rapid
hardening cement
- (C) Low
heat cement
- (D) Blast
furnace slag cement
3. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
- (A) Space
between the exterior walls of a warehouse and bag piles should be 30 cm
- (B) Cement
bags should preferably be piled on wooden planks
- (C) Width
and height of the pile should not exceed 3 m and 2.70 m respectively
- (D) None of
these
4. For a slab supported on its four edges with corners held down and loaded uniformly, the Marcus correction factor to the moments obtained by Grashoff Rankine's theory
- (A) Is always less than 1
- (B) Is always greater than 1
- (C) Can be more than 1
- (D) Can be less than 1
5. Addition of pozzolana to ordinary port land cement, causes
- (A) Decrease
in early strength
- (B) Reduction
in chemical action with sulphates
- (C) Increase
in shrinkage
- (D) All the
above
6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The maximum
size of a coarse aggregate, is 75 mm and minimum 4.75 mm
- (B) The maximum
size of the fine aggregate, is 4.75 mm and minimum 0.075 mm
- (C) The material
having particles of size varying from 0.06 mm to 0.002 mm, is known as silt
- (D) All the
above
7. In a counterfort retaining wall, the main reinforcement is provided on the
(i) Bottom face in front counterfort
(ii) Inclined face in front counterfort
(iii) Bottom face in back counterfort
(iv) Inclined face in back counterfort
The correct answer is
- (A) (i) and (ii)
- (B) (ii) and (iii)
- (C) (i) and (iv)
- (D) (iii) and (iv)
8. For construction of structures in sea water, the cement generally preferred to, is
- (A) Portland-pozzolana
cement
- (B) Quick
setting cement
- (C) Low
heat Portland cement
- (D) Rapid
hardening cement
9. Curing of pavements, floors, roofs and slabs, is done by
- (A) Membrane
method
- (B) Ponding
method
- (C) Covering
surface with bags
- (D) Sprinkling
water method
10. The centroid of compressive force, from the extreme compression fiber, in limit state design lies at a distance of
- (A) 0.367 xu
- (B) 0.416 xu
- (C) 0.446 xu
- (D) 0.573 xu
Where xu is the depth of neutral
axis at the limit state of collapse
11. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) Construction
joints are necessarily planned for their locations
- (B) Expansion
joints are provided to accommodate thermal expansion
- (C) Construction
joints are provided to control shrinkage cracks
- (D) All the
above
12. The bulk density of aggregates, depends upon
- (A) Shape
- (B) Grading
- (C) Compaction
- (D) All the
above
13. In symmetrically reinforced sections, shrinkage stresses in concrete and steel are respectively
- (A) Compressive and tensile
- (B) Tensile and compressive
- (C) Both compressive
- (D) Both tensile
14. The main object of compaction of concrete, is:
- (A) To eliminate
air holes
- (B) To
achieve maximum density
- (C) To
provide intimate contact between the concrete and embedded materials
- (D) All the
above
15. Which of the following has high tensile strength?
- (A) Plain hot rolled wires
- (B) Cold drawn wires
- (C) Heat treated rolled wires
- (D) All have same tensile strength
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