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This section includes 93 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Civil Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Hard, rough and durable granite stone ballast gauge, shall be used. |
| A. | 100 mm |
| B. | 20 mm |
| C. | 1mm |
| D. | 60mm |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
At high shear locations in the girder web, principal plane will be to longitudinal axis of member |
| A. | inclined |
| B. | parallel |
| C. | perpendicular |
| D. | coincides |
| Answer» B. parallel | |
| 3. |
What will be the ruling gradient in hills on “Other district roads”? |
| A. | 1 in 20 |
| B. | 1 in 5 |
| C. | 1 in 10 |
| D. | 1 in 3 |
| Answer» D. 1 in 3 | |
| 4. |
In a lap joint, at least bolts should be provided in a line. |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» D. 3 | |
| 5. |
In flexible end plate design, beam is designed for the |
| A. | maximum bending moment |
| B. | shear force |
| C. | torsional moment |
| D. | zero end moment |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
which of the following condition is true for web side plate connection? |
| A. | hsfg bolts should be used |
| B. | bolts should be designed to fail by shear of bolt |
| C. | bolts should be designed to fail by bearing of connected plies |
| D. | edge distances must be less than two times the bolt diameter |
| Answer» D. edge distances must be less than two times the bolt diameter | |
| 7. |
Clip and seating angle connection is provided for |
| A. | lateral support |
| B. | bending support |
| C. | frictional support |
| D. | hinged support |
| Answer» B. bending support | |
| 8. |
Why is double cover butt joint preferred over single cover butt joint or lap joint? |
| A. | bolts are in single shear |
| B. | eliminates eccentricity |
| C. | bending in bolts |
| D. | shear force is not transmitted |
| Answer» C. bending in bolts | |
| 9. |
Use of lap joints is not recommended because |
| A. | stresses are distributed unevenly |
| B. | eccentricity is eliminated |
| C. | bolts are in double shear |
| D. | no bending is produced |
| Answer» B. eccentricity is eliminated | |
| 10. |
Simple connections are used to transmit |
| A. | forces |
| B. | moments |
| C. | stresses |
| D. | both force and moment |
| Answer» B. moments | |
| 11. |
In a lap joint, at least                      bolts should be provided in a line. |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» D. 3 | |
| 12. |
Live load for roof truss should not be less than |
| A. | 0.4kn/m2 |
| B. | 0.2kn/m2 c) 0.75kn/m2 |
| C. | d) 0.8kn/m2 |
| Answer» B. 0.2kn/m2 c) 0.75kn/m2 | |
| 13. |
Which of the following load combination is not considered for design of roof trusses? |
| A. | dead load + crane load |
| B. | dead load + wind load |
| C. | dead load + earthquake load |
| D. | dead load + live load + wind load |
| Answer» D. dead load + live load + wind load | |
| 14. |
Which of the following is true for economic spacing? |
| A. | cost of trusses should be equal to twice the cost of purlins |
| B. | cost of trusses should be equal to twice the cost of purlins minus cost of roof coverings |
| C. | cost of trusses should be equal to the cost of purlins plus cost of roof coverings |
| D. | cost of trusses should be equal to twice the cost of purlins plus cost of roof coverings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
The economic spacing of roof truss depends on |
| A. | cost of purlins only |
| B. | cost of purlins and cost of roof covering |
| C. | dead loads |
| D. | cost of roof covering and dead loads |
| Answer» C. dead loads | |
| 16. |
The minimum recommended rise of trusses with Galvanised Iron sheets is |
| A. | 1 in 12 |
| B. | 1 in 6 |
| C. | 1 in 10 |
| D. | 1 in 18 |
| Answer» C. 1 in 10 | |
| 17. |
The maximum wheel load is obtained when |
| A. | crane crab is farthest to gantry girder |
| B. | crane crab is closest to gantry girder |
| C. | crane crab is not attached |
| D. | crane crab is at mid span |
| Answer» C. crane crab is not attached | |
| 18. |
The bending moment due to dead load of girder is maximum at |
| A. | one-third distance at span |
| B. | two-third distance at span |
| C. | end of span |
| D. | centre of span |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The wheel load transferred from trolley to gantry girder is given by |
| A. | w1 = [wt(lc+l1)]/(2lc) |
| B. | w1 = [wt(lc-l1)](2lc) |
| C. | w1 = [wt(lc-l1)]/(2lc) |
| D. | w1 = [wt(lc+l1)]/( lc) |
| Answer» D. w1 = [wt(lc+l1)]/( lc) | |
| 20. |
Which of the following loads are not considered in the design of gantry girders? |
| A. | longitudinal loads |
| B. | gravity loads |
| C. | lateral loads |
| D. | wind loads |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is correct regarding gantry girders? |
| A. | it is laterally supported except at the columns |
| B. | it is subjected to impact load |
| C. | it should not be analysed for unsymmetrical bending |
| D. | it is not subjected to longitudinal load |
| Answer» C. it should not be analysed for unsymmetrical bending | |
| 22. |
Which of the statement is not true about intermediate stiffeners? |
| A. | they reduce shear capacity of web |
| B. | they improve shear capacity of web |
| C. | they can be used to develop tension field action |
| D. | their main purpose is to provide stiffness to the web |
| Answer» B. they improve shear capacity of web | |
| 23. |
Which of the following statement is correct for reducing web buckling due to diagonal compression? |
| A. | not providing web stiffeners to increase shear strength |
| B. | providing web stiffeners to reduce shear strength |
| C. | increasing depth-to-thickness ratio |
| D. | reducing depth-to-thickness ratio |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
Which of the following causes web buckling in plate girder? |
| A. | diagonal tension |
| B. | diagonal compression |
| C. | diagonal tension and diagonal compression |
| D. | neither diagonal tension nor diagonal compression |
| Answer» C. diagonal tension and diagonal compression | |
| 25. |
Which of the following is correct during tension field action? |
| A. | web can resist diagonal compression |
| B. | horizontal component of diagonal compression is supported by flanges |
| C. | vertical component of diagonal compression is supported by flanges |
| D. | vertical component of diagonal compression is supported by stiffeners |
| Answer» C. vertical component of diagonal compression is supported by flanges | |
| 26. |
At high shear locations in the girder web, principal plane will be              to longitudinal axis of member |
| A. | inclined |
| B. | parallel |
| C. | perpendicular |
| D. | coincides |
| Answer» B. parallel | |
| 27. |
The modes of failure of plate girder are |
| A. | by yielding of compression flange only |
| B. | by buckling of tension flange only |
| C. | by yielding of tension flange and buckling of compression flange |
| D. | by yielding of compression flange and buckling of tension flange |
| Answer» D. by yielding of compression flange and buckling of tension flange | |
| 28. |
An ideal bolted plate girder section consists of |
| A. | flange angles and cover plates for both compression flange and tension flange |
| B. | flange angles and cover plates for compression flange and only flange angle for tension flange |
| C. | only flange angle for compression flange and flange angles and cover plates for tension flange |
| D. | flange angles for both compression flange and tension flange |
| Answer» C. only flange angle for compression flange and flange angles and cover plates for tension flange | |
| 29. |
Which of the following is economical if depth is limited and loads are too large? |
| A. | rolled section beam |
| B. | truss girder |
| C. | welded box plate girder |
| D. | bolted box plate girder |
| Answer» D. bolted box plate girder | |
| 30. |
Bending resistance of plate girders can be increased by |
| A. | decreasing distance between flanges |
| B. | increasing distance between flanges |
| C. | reducing distance between flanges to half |
| D. | bending resistance cannot be increased |
| Answer» C. reducing distance between flanges to half | |
| 31. |
Why plate girder is preferred over truss girder? |
| A. | plate girder requires costly maintenance |
| B. | higher vertical clearance required for plate girder than truss girder |
| C. | cost of fabrication of plate girder is high |
| D. | cost of fabrication of truss girder is high |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
The architect is usually the lead designer on buildings, with a structural engineer employed as a sub-consultant. |
| A. | false |
| B. | true |
| Answer» C. | |
| 33. |
Cracking of the concrete section is nearly impossible to prevent. |
| A. | true |
| B. | false |
| Answer» B. false | |
| 34. |
High strength concrete is used in prestressed member? |
| A. | to ovecome bursting stresses at the ends |
| B. | to provide high bond stresses |
| C. | to overcome cracks due to shrinkage |
| D. | to overcome bursting stresses, provide high bond stresses and overcome cracks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
For initial estimate for a beam design, the width is assumed? |
| A. | 1/10th of span |
| B. | 1/30th of span |
| C. | 1/15th of span |
| D. | 1/5th of span |
| Answer» C. 1/15th of span | |
| 36. |
The advantage of reinforced concrete is due to |
| A. | monolithic character |
| B. | moulding in any desired shape |
| C. | fire-resisting and durability |
| D. | monolithic character, moulding any shape and fire-resisting |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
The number of treads in a flight is equal to |
| A. | risers in the flight |
| B. | risers plus one |
| C. | risers minus one |
| D. | risers plus three |
| Answer» D. risers plus three | |
| 38. |
The diameter of longitudinal bars of a column should never be less than? |
| A. | 12 mm |
| B. | 6 mm |
| C. | 10 mm |
| D. | 8 mm |
| Answer» B. 6 mm | |
| 39. |
Which of the following buckling does not occur in beam? |
| A. | lateral buckling of whole beam |
| B. | local buckling of web |
| C. | local buckling of flanges |
| D. | longitudinal buckling of web |
| Answer» C. local buckling of flanges | |
| 40. |
Simple bending takes place if |
| A. | loading passes above shear centre for single symmetric open section |
| B. | loading passes below shear centre for single symmetric open section |
| C. | loading plane coincides with one of the principal planes of doubly symmetric section |
| D. | loading plane do not coincide with one of the principal planes of doubly symmetric section |
| Answer» D. loading plane do not coincide with one of the principal planes of doubly symmetric section | |
| 41. |
Complex stresses may occur when |
| A. | loads are inclined to principal axes |
| B. | loads are along principal axes |
| C. | symmetrical section are used |
| D. | small values of shear and bending moment occur at section |
| Answer» B. loads are along principal axes | |
| 42. |
Members used in bridges parallel to traffic are called |
| A. | spandrel |
| B. | stringers |
| C. | purlin |
| D. | joist |
| Answer» C. purlin | |
| 43. |
What are spandrels? |
| A. | exterior beams at floor level of buildings |
| B. | interior beams at floor level of buildings |
| C. | exterior columns |
| D. | interior columns |
| Answer» B. interior beams at floor level of buildings | |
| 44. |
Load transfer by a beam is primarily by |
| A. | bending only |
| B. | shear only |
| C. | bending and shear |
| D. | neither bending nor shear |
| Answer» D. neither bending nor shear | |
| 45. |
Members used to carry wall loads over wall openings are called |
| A. | purlin |
| B. | rafter |
| C. | girder |
| D. | lintels |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Structural members subjected to bending and large axial compressive loads are known as |
| A. | strut |
| B. | purlin |
| C. | beam-column |
| D. | lintel |
| Answer» D. lintel | |
| 47. |
What is beam? |
| A. | structural member subjected to transverse loads |
| B. | structural member subjected to axial loads only |
| C. | structural member subjected to seismic loads only |
| D. | structural member subjected to transverse loads only |
| Answer» B. structural member subjected to axial loads only | |
| 48. |
Calculate vertical prestressing force if wires of 5mm diameter with an initial stress of 1000n/mm2 are available for circumferential winding and Freyssinet cables made up of 12 wires of 8mm diameter stressed to 1200n/mm2 are to be used for vertical prestressing? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 8 | |
| 49. |
The metal linear concept in prestressed tanks has proved to be success in case of |
| A. | air tanks |
| B. | water tanks |
| C. | fluid tanks |
| D. | vapour tanks |
| Answer» C. fluid tanks | |
| 50. |
Find vertical prestressing force if characteristic strength is 8.2, wires are stressed at 1000n/mm2, diameter is 150mm? |
| A. | 1500kn |
| B. | 1230kn |
| C. | 4567kn |
| D. | 8967kn |
| Answer» C. 4567kn | |