A. h /4
B. h/3
C. h/2
D. 2h/3
✅ The correct answer is option B.
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2132. The steel generally used in R.C.C. work, is_________________?
A. Stainless
B. Mild steel
C. High carbon steel
D. High tension steel
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2133. To ensure that the hogging bending moment at two points of suspension of a pile of length L equals the sagging moment at its centre, the distances of the points of suspension from either end, is________________?
A. 0.107 L
B. 0.207 L
C. 0.307 L
D. 0.407 L
✅ The correct answer is option B.
2134. foundation is assumed as The weight of a_____________?
A. 5% of wall weight
B. 7% of wall weight
C. 10% of wall weight
D. 12% of wall weight
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2135. If the maximum shear stress at the end of a simply supported R.C.C. beam of 16 m effective span is 10 kg/cm2, the length of the beam having nominal reinforcement, is________________?
A. 8 cm
B. 6 m
C. 8 m
D. 10 m
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2136. If the permissible compressive stress for a concrete in bending is C kg/m2, the modular ratio is_____________?
A. 2800/C
B. 2300/2C
C. 2800/3C
D. 2800/C2
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2137. Bottom bars under the columns are extended into the interior of the footing slab to a distance greater than____________?
A. 42 diameters from the centre of the column
B. 42 diameters from the inner edge of the column
C. 42 diameters from the outer edge of the column
D. 24 diameters from the centre of the column
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2138. The live load to be considered for an accessible roof, is________________?
A. Nil
B. 75 kg/m3
C. 150 kg/m 2
D. 200 kg/cm 2
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2139. An intermediate T-beam reinforced with two layers of tensile steel with clear cover 13 cm encasted with the floor of a hall 12 metres by 7 metres, is spaced at 3 metres from adjoining beams and if the width of the beam is 20 cm, the breadth of the flange is__________________?
A. 300 cm
B. 233 cm
C. 176 cm
D. 236 cm
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2140. If p1 and P2 are effective lateral loadings at the bottom and top exerted by a level earth subjected to a super-load on the vertical face of height h of a retaining wall, the horizontal pressure p per unit length of the wall, is____________________?
A. [( – )/2] h
B. [( + )/4] h
C. [( + )/2] h
D. ( – h
✅ The correct answer is option C.