A. Square
B. Rectangular
C. Trapezoidal
D. Triangular
✅ The correct answer is option B.
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2112. The reinforced concrete beam which has width 25 cm, lever arm 40 cm, shear force 6t/cm2, safe shear stress 5 kg/cm2 and B.M. 24 mt________________?
A. Is safe in shear
B. Is unsafe in shear
C. Is over safe in shear
D. Needs redesigning
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2113. The maximum shear stress (qmax) in a rectangular beam is_______________?
A. 1.25 times the average
B. 1.50 times the average
C. 1.75 times the average
D. 2.0 times the average
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2114. If the loading on a pre-stressed rectangular beam, is uniformly distributed, the tendon to be provided should be_______________?
A. Straight below centroidal axis
B. Parabolic with convexity downward
C. Parabolic with convexity upward
D. Straight above centroidal axis
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2115. The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab, is_______________?
A. One-fourth the width of the panel
B. Half the width of the panel
C. Radius of the column
D. Diameter of the column
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2116. Based on punching shear consideration, the overall depth of a combined footing under a column A, is_______________?
A. (Area of the column A × Safe punching stress)/Load on column A
B. (Perimeter of column A × Safe punching stress)/(Load on column A + Upward pressure × Area of the column)
C. (Perimeter of column A × Safe punching stress)/(Load on column A × Upward pressure × Area of the column)
D. None of these
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2117. Top bars are extended to the projecting parts of the combined footing of two columns Ldistance apart for a distance of_______________?
A. 0.1 L from the outer edge of column
B. 0.1 L from the centre edge of column
C. Half the distance of projection
D. One -fourth the distance of projection
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2118. is the pre-stressed force applied to the tendon of a rectangular pre-stressed beam whose area of cross section is and sectional modulus is . The maximum stress in the beam, subjected to a maximum bending moment , is_________________?
A. f = (P/A) + (Z/M)
B. f = (A/P) + (M/Z)
C. f = (P/A) + (M/Z)
D. f = (P/A) + (M/6Z)
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2119. If the maximum dip of a parabolic tendon carrying tension P is h and the effective length of the pre-stressed beam is L, the upward uniform pressure will be________________?
A. 8hp/ l
B. 8hp/l²
C. 8hl/p
D. 8hl/p²
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2120. If K is a constant depending upon the ratio of the width of the slab to its effective span l, x is the distance of the concentrated load from the nearer support, bw is the width of the area of contact of the concentrated load measured parallel to the supported edge, the effective width of the slab be is_______________?
A. K/x (1 + x/d) + bw
B. Kx (1 – x/l) + bw
C. Kx (1 + x/l) + bw
D. All the above
✅ The correct answer is option B.