A. WL/12 (L – 2D/3)²
B. WL/10 (L + 2D/3)²
C. WL/10 (L – 2D/3)²
D. WL/12 (L – D/3)²
✅ The correct answer is option C.
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2192. Cantilever retaining walls can safely be used for a height not more than_______________?
A. 3 m
B. 4 m
C. 5 m
D. 6 m
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2193. per unit run exerted by the Total pressure on the vertical face of a retaining wall of height retained earth weighing per unit volume, is___________________?
A. wh [(1 – )/(1 + sin )]
B. wh² [(1 – )/(1 + sin )]
C. wh² [(1 – )/2(1 + sin )]
D. wh² [(1 – )/3(1 + sin )]
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2194. The length of the lap in a compression member is kept greater than bar diameter x (Permissible stress in bar / Five times the bond stress) or____________________?
A. 12 bar diameters
B. 18 bar diameters
C. 24 bar diameters
D. 30 bar diameters
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2195. In a simply supported slab, alternate bars are curtailed at________________?
A. 1/4th of the span
B. 1/5th of the span
C. 1/6th of the span
D. 1/7th of the span
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2196. carrying a uniformly distributed load per metre length is suspended at two A pile of length points, the maximum, B.M. at the centre of the pile or at the points of suspension, is_________________?
A. WL/8
B. WL²/24
C. WL²/47
D. WL²/16
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2197. Pick up the assumption for the design of a pre-stressed concrete member from the following_______________?
A. A transverse plane section remains a plane after bending
B. During deformation limits, Hook’s law is equally applicable to concrete as well as to steel
C. Variation of stress in reinforcement due to changes in external loading is negligible
D. All the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2198. High strength concrete is used in pre-stressed member________________?
A. To overcome high bearing stresses developed at the ends
B. To overcome bursting stresses at the ends
C. To provide high bond stresses
D. All the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2199. If R and T are rise and tread of a stair spanning horizontally, the steps are supported by a wall on one side and by a stringer beam on the other side, the steps are designed as beams of width_______________?
A. R + T
B. T – R
C. 2 + T2)
D. R – T
✅ The correct answer is option C.
2200. According to the steel beam theory of doubly reinforced beams______________?
A. Tension is resisted by tension steel
B. Compression is resisted by compression steel
C. Stress in tension steel equals the stress in compression steel
D. All the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.