For the design of retaining walls, the minimum factor of safety against overturning is taken as_____________?

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1% of voids in a concrete mix would reduce its strength by about______________?

A. 5% B. 10 % C. 15% D. 20%...

For walls, columns and vertical faces of all structural members, the form work is generally removed after______________?

A. 24 to 48 hours B. 3 days C. 7 days D. 14 days...

The permissible diagonal tensile stress in reinforced brick work is_____________?

A. about 0.1 N/mm2 B. zero C. 0.3 N/mm2 to 0.7 N/mm2 D. about 1.0 N/mm2...

If the depth of neutral axis for a singly reinforced rectangular section is represented by kd in working stress design, then the value of k for balanced section_______________?

A. depends on as, only B. depends on aCbC only C. depends on both crst and acbc D. is independant of both ast and acbc where d is the effective depth, ast is per-missible stress in steel in tension and ocbc is permissible stress in concrete in bend¬ing compression...

Cube strength of controlled concrete to be used for pretensioned and post-tensioned work respectively should not be less than__________________?

A. 35 MPa and 42 MPa B. 42 MPa and 35 MPa C. 42 MPa and 53 MPa D. 53 MPa and 42 MPa...