| As the percentage of steel increases |
A) Depth of neutral axis decreases
B) Depth of neutral axis increases
C) Lever arm increases
D) Lever arm decreases
| A raft foundation is provided if its area exceeds the plan area of the building by |
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 40%
D) 50%
| Design of a two way slab simply supported on edges and having no provision to prevent the corners from lifting, is made by |
A) Rankine formula
B) Marcus formula
C) Rankine Grashoff formula
D) Grashoff formula
| Steel beam theory is used for |
A) Design of simple steel beams
B) Steel beams encased in concrete
C) Doubly reinforced beams ignoring compressive stress in concrete
D) Beams if shear exceeds 4 times allowable shear stress
| Enlarged head of a supporting column of a flat slab is technically known as |
A) Supporting end of the column
B) Top of the column
C) Capital
D) Drop panel
| The maximum permissible size of aggregates to be used in casting the ribs of a slab, is |
A) 5 mm
B) 7.5 mm
C) 10 mm
D) 15 mm
| A column is regarded as long column if the ratio of its effective length and lateral dimension, exceeds |
A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 25
| The weight of a foundation is assumed as |
A) 5% of wall weight
B) 7% of wall weight
C) 10% of wall weight
D) 12% of wall weight
| The diameter of the column head support a flat slab, is generally kept |
A) 0.25 times the span length
B) 0.25 times the diameter of the column
C) 4.0 cm larger than the diameter of the column
D) 5.0 cm larger than the diameter of the column
| For M 15 grade concrete (1 : 2 : 4) the moment of resistance factor is |
A) 0.87
B) 8.50
C) 7.50
D) 5.80
