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R.C.C.| MCQ – 05 | 20 MCQs

Posted on October 5, 2021March 17, 2023 By Civil Vedant

Q.1) Air entrainment in concrete increases –

A) Workability

B) Strength

C) Effects of temperature variation

D) Unit weight

Answer

Option (A)

Q.2) For a reinforced concrete section, the shape of shear stress diagram is –

A) Wholly parabolic

B) Wholly rectangular

C) Parabolic above neutral axis and rectangular below neutral axis

D) Rectangular above neutral axis and parallel below neutral axis

Answer

Option (C)

Q.3) For walls, columns and vertical faces of all structural members, the form work is generally removed after :

A) 24 – 48 Hrs

B) 3 days

C) 7 days

D) 14 days

Answer

Option (A)

Q.4) Lap length in compression shall not be less than (φ = diameter of bar) –

A) 15 φ

B) 20 φ

C) 24 φ

D) 30 φ

Answer

Option (C)

Q.5) As per IS:456-2000, the maximum reinforcement in a column is –

A) 2 %

B) 4 %

C) 6 %

D) 8 %

Answer

Option (C)

Q.6) Critical section for shear in case of flat slabs is at a distance of –

A) Effective depth of slab from periphery of column/drop panel

B) d/2 from periphery of column/capital/drop panel

C) At the drop panel of slab

D) At the periphery of column

Answer

Option (B)

Q.7) Minimum thickness of load-bearing RCC wall shall be –

A) 50 mm

B) 100 mm

C) 150 mm

D) 200 mm

Answer

Option (B)

Q.8) The average permissible stress in bond for plain bars in tension is –

A) Increased by 10% for bars in compression

B) Increased by 25% for bars in compression

C) Decreased by 10% for bars in compression

D) Decreased by 25% for bars in compression

Answer

Option (B)

Q.9) The main reason for providing number of reinforcing bars at a support in a simply supported beam is to resist in that zone –

A) Compressive stress

B) Shear stress

C) Bond stress

D) Tensile stress

Answer

Option (C)

Q.10) The minimum cover to the ties or spirals should not be less than –

A) 15 mm

B) 20 mm

C) 25 mm

D) 50 mm

Answer

Option (C)

Q.11) The load-carrying capacity of a helically reinforced column as compared to that of a tied column is about –

A) 5% less

B) 10% less

C) 5% more

D) 10% more

Answer

Option (C)

Q.12) Due to circumferential action of the spiral in a spirally reinforced column –

A) Capacity of column is decreased

B) Ductility of column reduces

C) Capacity of column is decreased but ductility of column increases

D) Both the capacity of column and ductility of column increase

Answer

Option (D)

Q.13) In counterfort retaining walls, the main reinforcement in the stem at support is –

A) Not provided

B) Provided only in inner face

C) Provided only on front face

D) Provided both on inner and front faces

Answer

Option (B)

Q.14) To minimize the effect of differential settlement, the area of a footing should be designed for –

A) Dead Load only

B) Dead Load + Live Load

C) Dead Load + Fraction of Live Load

D) Live Load + fraction of Dead Load

Answer

Option (C)

Q.15) The centroid of compressive force, from the extreme compression fibre in limit state design lies at a distance of –

A) 0.367xu

B) 0.416xu

C) 0.446xu

D) 0.573xu

Answer

Option (B)

Q.16) For bars in tension, a standard hook has an anchorage value equivalent to a straight length of –

A) 8φ

B) 12φ

C) 16φ

D) 24φ

Answer

Option (C)

Q.17) Due to shrinkage stresses, a simply supported beam having reinforcement only at bottom tends to –

A) Deflect downward

B) Deflect upward

C) Deflect downward or upward

D) None of the above

Answer

Option (A)

Q.18) In a spherical dome the hoop stress due to a concentrated load at crown is –

A) Compressive everywhere

B) Tensile everywhere

C) Partly compressive and Partly Tensile

D) Zero

Answer

Option (B)

Q.19) Which of the following losses of prestress occurs only in pre-tensioning and not in post-tensioning?

A) Elastic shortening of concrete

B) Shrinkage of concrete

C) Creep of concrete

D) Loss due to friction

Answer

Option (A)

Q.20) In concrete, use of angular crushed aggregate in place of natural rounded gravel affects –

A) Direct tensile strength

B) Split tensile strength

C) Flexural tensile strength

D) Compressive strength

Answer

Option (C)

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