MCQ

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Structure 18%
All of the above and none of the above question
By RKS
1. A hollow shaft of the same cross-sectional area that of a solid shaft can:
a) Resists less torque
b) Resist more torque
c) Resist equal torque
d) All of the above
2. The point of contra flexure occurs in:
a) Cantilever beam only
b) Continous beams only
c) Over hanging beam only
d) All types of beams
3. Inclined loads generally cause :
a) Thrust in the beam
b) Toasting of the beam
c) Point of contra flexure
d) All of the above
4. The modulus of resilience is :
a) The maximum energy stored at elastic limit
b) The maximum strain energy stored at elastic limit per unit volume
c) Strain energy per unit area
d) All of the above
5. The shear stress intensity is minimum at :
a) Axis of the shaft
b) Surface of the shaft
c) Any inside layer of the shaft
d) All the above are correct
6. The maximum shear stress permitted in reinforced concrete members depends unit :*
a) Grade of concrete
b) Percentage of longitudinal tensile reinforcement
c) Shear reinforcement provided
d) All of the above
7. The tension reinforcement in RCC beam can be cut of at a point when it is no longer needed if :
a) Enough bond length is available
b) The shear at the cutoff point does not exceed two third
c) Bending moment is zero
d) All the above
8. Lap silices in tension reinforcement are permitted for bars
a) Larger than 36 mm
b) Less than 36 mm
c) Less than 25 mm
d) All diameter bars
9. The primary compression failure in RCC beam is caused in :*
a) Under reinforced beam
b) Balanced beams
c) Over reinforced beam
d) All of the above
10. Which of the constituent materials of concrete is inert :*
a) Water
b) Cement
c) Aggregate
d) Any of the above

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11. The metal added at the joint while welding is known as :
a) Weld metal
b) Filler
c) Fillet metal
d) All the above
12. Which of the following is necessarily a natural defect in timber :
a) Knots
b) Warping
c) Rupture of tissues
d) All of the above
13. The deflection of beam may be reduced by :
a) Decreasing the depth of beam
b) Increasing the span
c) Providing greater end restraint
d) Any of the above method
14. The column splice is used to increases :
a) Strength of the column
b) Cross sectional area of the column
c) Length of the column
d) All of the above
15. The distance measured along one rivet line from the centre of a rivet to the center of adjoining
rivet on an adjacent parallel rivet line is called :
a) Pitch of rivet
b) Gauge distance of rivet
c) Staggered pitch
d) All the above
16. Perforated cover plats are particularly suitable for built up sections consisting of :
a) Channels placed back to back
b) Channels paced toe to toe
c) Four angle box section
d) All the above
17. A filet weld whose axis is parallel to the direction of the applied load, is known as :
a) Diagonal filer weld
b) End fillet weld
c) Side filet weld
d) All the above
18. In simply supported beam caring a uniformly distributed load W per unit length , the point of
contra flexure:
a) Lies in the centre of the beam
b) Lies at the end of beam
c) Depends upon the length of beam
d) Does not exist
19. The load at which the column just buckles, is known as :
a) Buckling load
b) Critical load
c) Cripping load
d) None of these
20. The radius of gyration of a rectangular section is not proportional to :
a) Square root of the moment of inertia
b) Square root of the inverse of the area
c) Square root of the moment of inertia divided by area of the section
d) None of above
21. If shear force is zero along a section , the bending moment at that section will be :
a) Zero
b) Minimum
c) Maximum
d) Either minimum of maximum
22. In a beam section , if the steel reinforcement is of such a magnitude that the permissible
stresses in concrete and steel are developed simultaneously , the section is known as:
a) Balanced section
b) Critical section
c) Economical section
d) Any one of these
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a) Compressive force developed in concrete
b) Tensile force developed in steel
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these
24. A T-beam behaves lies a rectangular beam of width equal to it’s flange , if neutral axis :
a) Remains outside the flange
b) Remains within the flange
c) Remains below the slab
d) Both a) and b)
25. When one member is placed above the other and they are connected by means of rivets , the
joint is known as :
a) Lap joints
b) Single cover butt joint
c) Double cover butt joint
d) Both a) and b)
D. Prasad
26. Elasticity of a body is defined :
a) The property by which a body returns to it’s original shape after removal of load
b) The property by which a body don’t returns to it’s original shape after removal of load
c) The property by which a body under goes deformation even after removal of load
d) All of the above
27. Simple bending eqn
is :
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d) All of the above
28. Stress in a beam due to simple bending is :
a) Directly proportional
b) Inversely proportional
c) Curvilinearly related
d) All of the above
29. The algebraic sum of the vertical forces on either side of the section of a loaded beam is known
as :
a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
c) Deformed force
d) All of the above
30. The algebraic sum of the moments of the forces on either side of the section of a loaded beam is
known as :
a) Shear force
b) Bending moment
c) Deformed force
d) All of the above
31. The amount of bending moment induced in a cable is :
a) Unity
b) Zero
c) Two
d) All of the above
32. A structure having J=4 and number of member is 3 then structure should be :
a) Stable
b) Unstable
c) Indeterminate
d) All of the above
33. Slope deflection method is :

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a) Energy method
b) Deflection method
c) Unit load method
d) All of the above
34. Moment distribution method is :
a) Approximate method
b) Accurate method
c) international method
d) All of the above
35. Concrete gains strength due to :
a) Chemical action of cement with course aggregate
b) Hydration of cement
c) Evaporation of water
d) All of the above
36. Slump test in concrete is used for :
a) Workability
b) Viscosity
c) Strength
d) All of the above
37. When a member is stretched along it’s axis , the force produced is :
a) Tensile
b) Compression
c) Tortion
d) All of the above
38. The secondary compression failure in RCC beam is caused in :
a) Under reinforced beam
b) Balanced section
c) Over reinforced section
d) All type of beam
39. The types of failure in which stress in concrete and steel reaches it’s permissible value at a time
is called balance failure. at this stage location of neutral axis is :
a) Above the critical neutral axis
b) Match with critical neutral axis
c) Below the critical neutral axis
d) All of the above
40. In the analysis of doubly reinforced beam the assumption made is :
a) Tension is resisted by concrete only
b) Compression is resisted by concrete only
c) The deformations in concrete and steel on both sides remains proportional to their distance
from the neutral axis
d) All of the above
41. Increased depth of a beam causes :
a) Economy in steel
b) Economy in concrete
c) Increased stiffness of the section
d) All of the above
42. If the corners of a two way slab are held down firmly :
a) The buckling takes places
b) The deflection at the centre
increase
c) The cracks develop near the corners
d) All of the above
43. The designed main bars in placed in placed in two way slab :
a) Along the short span
b) Along the long span
c) Perpendicular to length of slab
d) All of the above
44. The resistance offered to slipping of steel bars in concrete is due to :
a) Adhesion
b) Frictional resistance
c) Mechanical resistance
d) All of the above

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45. When the material is loaded with tensile force at both ends then test is known as :
a) Tensile
b) Compressive
c) Shear
d) All of the above
46. In a prestressed simply supported beam tendon is provided in case of UDL :
a) Below neutral axis
b) Above neutral axis
c) At the neutral axis
d) All of the above
47. Efficiency of a riveted joint is defined as the ratio of :
a) Least strength of a riveted joint to the strength of the solid plate
b) Greatest strength of a riveted joint to the strength of the solid plate
c) Least strength of a riveted plate to the greatest strength of the joint
d) All of the above
48. The deflection of the beam may be reduced by :
a) Increasing the depth of beam
b) Increasing the span
c) Increasing the depth of beam
d) All of the above
49. The web splice in plate girders is primarily designed to withstand :
a) Bending moment
b) Axial force
c) Shear force
d) All of the above
50. Gross diameter of a rivet is the diameter of :
a) Rivet
b) Rivet hole
c) Hammer
d) All of the above
51. The size of normal filled weld is the minimum leg length for welds 600
to 900
angle between
fusion faces the throat thickness is taken :
a) 0.707 times size
b) 1.0 times size
c) 1.414 times size
d) All of the above
52. The effective length of an open end fillet weld , for the purpose of strength shall be taken as :
a) Overall length of weld minus twice the weld size
b) Overall length of weld minus thrice the weld size
c) Overall length of weld minus the weld size
d) All of the above
53. The purpose of reinforcement in prestressed concrete is :
a) To provide adequate bond stress
b) To resist tensile stress
c) To impart initial compressive stress in concrete
d) All of the above
54. The direction of normal stress is :
a) Parallel to failure plane
b) Perpendicular to failure plane
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
55. The direction of shear stress is :
a) Parallel to failure plane
b) Perpendicular to failure plane
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
56. Three hinged arc is a ……………structure :
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c) Both a) and b) d) None of the above
57. The ends of continuous beam should be :
a) Cantilever
b) Hinged
c) Roller
d) Any of the above
58. The factor of safety for steel is based on it’s :
a) Ultimate stress
b) Yield stress
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above
59. Buckling occurs in column :
a) Great
b) Short
c) Too great
d) None of the above
60. The self weight of footing not considered :
A) While calculating the upward soil
B) While calculating the area of footing
C) Both a) and b) above
D) None of the above
61. In riveted joint which is not considered :
a) Shearing
b) Bearing
c) Tearing
d) None of the above
62. If the depths of a column section are equal then the column splice is provided :
a) With filler plates
b) With bearing plates
c) With filler and bearing
d) None of the above
63. Which type of footing in recommended for foundation in a ground of low bearing capacity :
a) Isolated footing
b) Combined footing
c) Cantilever footing
d) None of the above
Best of luck
1 B 11 B 21 D 31 B 41 C 51 A 61 D
2 C 12 A 22 D 32 B 42 C 52 A 62 D
3 A 13 C 23 B 33 B 43 A 53 C 63 D
4 B 14 B 24 B 34 A 44 B 54 B
5 A 15 C 25 A 35 B 45 A 55 A
6 A 16 C 26 A 36 A 46 A 56 B
7 B 17 C 27 A 37 A 47 A 57 D
8 B 18 D 28 A 38 A 48 58 B
9 C 19 D 29 A 39 B 49 C 59 D
10 C 20 D 30 B 40 C 50 B 60 D