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.

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.

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.

In a singly reinforced beam____________?

A. Compression is borne entirely by concrete
B. Steel possesses initial stresses when embedded in concrete
C. Plane sections transverse to the centre line of the beam before bending remain plane after bending
D. Elastic moduli for concrete and steel have different values within the limits of deformation of the beam
✅ The correct answer is option C.

A reinforced concrete cantilever beam is 3.6 m long, 25 cm wide and has its lever arm 40 cm. It carries a load of 1200 kg at its free end and vertical stirrups can carry 1800 kg. Assuming concrete to carry one-third of the diagonal tension and ignoring the weight of the beam, the number of shear stirrups required, is___________________?

A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45
✅ The correct answer is option C.

The stem of a cantilever retaining wall which retains earth level with top is 6 m. If the angle of repose and weight of the soil per cubic metre are 30° and 2000 kg respectively, the effective width of the stem at the bottom, is_______________?

A. 51.5
B. 52.5
C. 53.5
D. 54.5
✅ The correct answer is option C.