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Pitch of tacking rivets, when double angles connected back to back and acting as tension members should not be more than

A. 500 mm

B. 600 mm

C. 1000 mm

D. 300 mm

Correct Answer :

C. 1000 mm


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Rolled steel beams are designated by Indian Standard series and its

A. Weight per metre and depth of its section

B. Depth of section and weight per metre

C. Width of flange and weight per metre

D. Weight per metre and flange width

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Tongue plates are provided in a steel girder at

A. The upper flange

B. The lower flange

C. The upper end of the web

D. The upper and lower ends of the web

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Rolled steel Tee-sections are used

A. As columns

B. With flat strips to connect plates in steel rectangular tanks

C. As built up sections to resist axial tension

D. None of these

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In double lacing, the thickness t of flat lacing is

A. t < 1/40 th length between inner end rivets

B. t < 1/50 th length between inner end rivets

C. t < 1/60 th length between inner end rivets

D. t < 1/70 th length between inner end rivets

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If the thickness of plate to be connected by a rivet is 16 mm, then suitable size of rivet as per Unwin's formula will be

A. 16 mm

B. 20 mm

C. 24 mm

D. 27 mm

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Perforated cover plates are particularly suitable for built up sections consisting of

A. Channels placed back to back

B. Channels placed toe to toe

C. Four angle box section

D. All the above

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Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs?

A. Angle section

B. Channel section

C. Box type section

D. Any of the above

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As per IS : 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into

A. 4 zones

B. 5 zones

C. 6 zones

D. 7 zones

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Effective length of a column effectively held in position and restrained in direction at one end but neither held in position nor restrained in direction at the other end, is

A. 1.5 L

B. 0.67 L

C. 0.85 L

D. 2 L

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For a column of height L fixed in position and direction both at its top and bottom, its effective length, is

A. L

B. 1/√2 × L

C. ½ L

D. 2L

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A simply supported beam carrying a central load, will be safe in deflection if the ratio of its span to depth, is

A. < 19

B. < 24

C. > 19

D. > 24

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Factor of safety is the ratio of

A. Yield stress to working stress

B. Tensile stress to working stress

C. Compressive stress to working stress

D. Bearing stress to working stress

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Design of a riveted joint, is based on the assumption:

A. Load is uniformly distributed among all the rivets

B. Shear stress on a rivet is uniformly distributed over its gross area

C. Bearing stress in the rivet is neglected

D. All the above

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If L is the overall length of a combined footing having A as its area, d being the distance between the centre of gravity of the base and centre of the base, the larger width b is

A. (A/L) + (3Ad/L²)

B. (A/L) + (6Ad/L²)

C. (A/L) - (6Ad/L²)

D. (A/L) - (3Ad/L²)

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For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will give larger value of minimum radius of gyration?

A. Equal angles back to back

B. Unequal legged angles with long legs back to back

C. Unequal legged angles with short legs back to back

D. Both (B) and (C)

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The stress in the wall of a thin cylinder subjected to internal pressure, is

A. Hoop compression

B. Shear

C. Torsional shear

D. Hoop tension

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The gross diameter of a rivet is the diameter of

A. Cold rivet before driving

B. Rivet after driving

C. Rivet hole

D. None of these

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In a built up section carrying a tensile force, the flanges of two channels are turned outward

A. To simplify the transverse connections

B. To minimise lacing

C. To have greater lateral rigidity

D. All the above

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Under a concentrated load, bearing stress fb in a beam is given by (where b is the length of the bearing plate and h is the depth of the root of the fillet).

A. fb = W/(b + h√3)tw

B. fb = W/(b + 2h√3)tw

C. fb = W/(b + 2h√2)tw

D. fb = W/(b + h√2)tw

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On steel structures the dead load is the weight of

A. Steel work

B. Material fastened to steel work

C. Material supported permanently

D. All the above

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A major beam in a building structure, is known as

A. A girder

B. A floor beam

C. A main beam

D. All the above

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Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to

A. Horizontal shear only

B. Vertical load only

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. None of the above

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When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is

A. Black bolt

B. Ordinary unfinished bolt

C. Turned and fitted bolt

D. High strength bolt

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According to IS : 800-1962 the permissible bending stress in steel slab plates, is

A. 1500 kg/cm2

B. 1420 kg/cm2

C. 2125 kg/cm2

D. 1890 kg/cm2

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An axial loaded column is supported on a slab base whose projection is 8 cm. If the intensity of pressure from concrete is 40 kg/cm2 and allowable bending stress in slab base is 1890 kg/cm2, the thickness (t) of the slab base, is

A. t = √(21/64)

B. t = √(64/21)

C. t = 21/64

D. t = 64/21

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For simply supported beams, the maximum permitted deflection, is

A. 1/325 of the span

B. 1/350 of the span

C. 1/375 of the span

D. 1/400 of the span

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The bending moment for filler joists at the middle of an intermediate span, is

A. WL²/10

B. - WL²/10

C. - WL²/12

D. WL²/12

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If the thickness of thinnest outside plate is 10 mm, then the maximum pitch of rivets in tension will be taken as

A. 120 mm

B. 160 mm

C. 200 mm

D. 300 mm

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Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds

A. 50 t

B. 85 t

C. 200 t

D. 250 t Where t is thickness of web

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The heaviest I-section for same depth is

A. ISMB

B. ISLB

C. ISHB

D. ISWB