A. 1/15th of span
B. 1/20th of span
C. 1/25th of span
D. 1/30th of span
✅ The correct answer is option D.
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2272. The width of the rib of a T-beam, is generally kept between_______________?
A. 1/7 to 1/3 of rib depth
B. 1/3 to 1/2 of rib depth
C. 1/2 to 3/4 of rib depth
D. 1/3 to 2/3 of rib depth
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2273. If the degree of saturation of a partially saturated soil is 60%, then air content of the soil is______________?
A. 40%
B. 60%
C. 80%
D. 100%
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2274. The minimum thickness of a flat slab is taken_________________?
A. L/32 for end panels without drops
B. L/36 for end panels without drops
C. L/36 for interior panels without drop
D. All the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2275. A raft foundation is provided if its area exceeds the plan area of the building by______________?
A. 10 %
B. 20 %
C. 40 %
D. 50 %
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2276. The water content of soil, which represents the boundary between plastic state and liquid state, is known as_________________?
A. liquid limit
B. plastic limit
C. shrinkage limit
D. plasticity index
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2277. If the effective length of a 32 cm diameter R.C.C. column is 4.40 m, its slenderness ratio, is_______________?
A. 40
B. 45
C. 50
D. 55
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2278. An R.C.C. beam of 6 m span is 30 cm wide and has a lever arm of 55 cm. If it carries a U.D.L. of 12 t per m and allowable shear stress is 5 kg/cm2, the beam________________?
A. Is safe in shear
B. Is safe with stirrups
C. Is safe with stirrups and inclined bars
D. Needs revision of section
✅ The correct answer is option D.
2279. At liquid limit, all soils possess________________?
A. same shear strength of small magnitude
B. same shear strength of large magnitude
C. different shear strengths of small magnitude
D. different shear strengths of large magnitude
✅ The correct answer is option A.
2280. The system in which high tensile alloy steel bars (silica manganese steel) are used as prestressing tendons, is known as________________?
A. Freyssinet system
B. Magnel-Blaton system
C. C.C.L. standard system
D. Lee-McCall system
✅ The correct answer is option D.