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This section includes 224 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Surveying knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
If p and d are pitch and gross diameter of rivets, the efficiency (η) of the riveted joint, is given by |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» D. D | |
| 202. |
In a member subjected to an axial tensile force and bending moment, the maximum allowable stress in axial tension is ft and the maximum allowable bending stress in tension is fht. If ft and fht are their corresponding actual axial tensile and bending stresses, the relationship which holds goods is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 203. |
An axial loaded column is supported on a slab base whose projection is 8 cm. If the intensity of pressure from concrete is 40 kg/cm² and allowable bending stress in slab base is 1890 kg/cm², the thickness (t) of the slab base, is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 204. |
In a tension member if b is width of plate, t is thickness of plate, p is staggered pitch, g is gauge distance, n is number of rivet holes in zig-zag line, n is number of gauge spaces, d is gross diameter of rivets, then the net sectional area Anet of the plate, is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» D. D | |
| 205. |
If flexural rigidity of a column whose length is L and the loaded end is free, is El, the critical load will be |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 206. |
The area Ap of cover plates in one flange of a built up beam, is given by |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» E. | |
| 207. |
Web crippling generally occurs at the point where |
| A. | bending moment is maximum |
| B. | shearing force is minimum |
| C. | concentrated loads act |
| D. | deflection is maximum |
| Answer» D. deflection is maximum | |
| 208. |
If P is the load applied to a bracket with an eccentricity e, the resisting moment F exerted by a rivet at a distance rn from the centre of gravity, is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 209. |
The allowable stress in axial tension for rolled I-sections and channels, is taken as |
| A. | 1420 kg/cm² |
| B. | 1500 kg/cm² |
| C. | 2125 kg/cm² |
| D. | 1810 kg/cm² |
| Answer» C. 2125 kg/cm² | |
| 210. |
The ratio of longitudinal stress to strain within eiastic limit, is known as |
| A. | modulus of elasticity |
| B. | shear modulus of elasticity |
| C. | bulk modulus of elasticity |
| D. | tangent modulus of elasticity |
| Answer» B. shear modulus of elasticity | |
| 211. |
When a tension member is made of four angles with a plate as a web, the allowance for holes is made as |
| A. | two holes for each angle and one hole for the web |
| B. | one hole for each angle and one hole for the web |
| C. | one hole for each angle and two holes for the web |
| D. | two holes for each angle and two holes for the web |
| Answer» D. two holes for each angle and two holes for the web | |
| 212. |
The least permissible clear dimension of the web of thickness t in the panel of a plate girder, is restricted to |
| A. | 150 t |
| B. | 160 t |
| C. | 170 t |
| D. | 180 t |
| Answer» E. | |
| 213. |
If the moment of inertia of a section about its axis is I and its effective sectional area is A, its radius of gyration r about the axis, is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» C. C | |
| 214. |
The equivalent axial tensile load Pe, which produces an average axial tensile stress in the section equivalent to the combined stress due to axial tension P and bending M, at the extreme fibre of the section, is given by (where Z is the section modulus of the section). |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» B. B | |
| 215. |
The critical stress on a column for elastic buckling given by Euler's formula, is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» B. B | |
| 216. |
Slenderness ratio of a compression member is |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» D. D | |
| 217. |
The critical load for a column of length I hinged at both ends and having flexural rigidity El, is given by |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | D |
| Answer» B. B | |
| 218. |
The gross diameter of a rivet is the diameter of |
| A. | cold rivet before driving |
| B. | rivet after driving |
| C. | rivet hole |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. rivet hole | |
| 219. |
Spans of continuous fillers are considered approximately equal if the longest span does not exceed the shortest span by more than |
| A. | 5% |
| B. | 10% |
| C. | 15% |
| D. | 20% |
| Answer» D. 20% | |
| 220. |
The effective length of a compression member of length L , held in position and restrained in direction at both ends, is |
| A. | L |
| B. | 0.67 L |
| C. | 0.85 L |
| D. | 1.5 L |
| Answer» C. 0.85 L | |
| 221. |
If the slenderness ratio is greater than 160, the allowable stress in axial compression is multiplied by a factor (1.2 - ( l /xy) where x is |
| A. | 200 |
| B. | 400 |
| C. | 600 |
| D. | 800 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 222. |
A 20 mm dia steel bar which is subjected to an axial tension of 2300 kg/cm 2 produces a strain of 0.004 cm. If Young's modulus of steel is 2.1 x 10 6 kg/cm 2 , the bar is |
| A. | in the elastic range |
| B. | in the plastic range |
| C. | at yield point |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» B. in the plastic range | |
| 223. |
The Indian standard code which deals with steel structures, is |
| A. | IS : 875 |
| B. | IS : 800 |
| C. | IS : 456 |
| D. | IS : 1893 |
| Answer» C. IS : 456 | |
| 224. |
Strengths of a rivet in single shearing, in bearing and in tearing are 3425 kg, 4575 kg and 5025 kg respectively. If the load in the member is 35 tonnes, the number of rivets required, is |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 11 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 13 |
| Answer» E. | |