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Category: Design of Concrete Structures
The property of the ingredients to separate from each other while placing the concrete is called____________?
A. segregation
B. compaction
C. shrinkage
D. bulking
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
If a beam fails in bond, then its bond strength can be increased most economi-cally by___________?
A. increasing the depth of beam
B. using thinner bars but more in number
C. using thicker bars but less in number
D. providing vertical stirrups
Workability of concrete is inversely pro¬portional to______________?
A. time of transit
B. ‘vater-cement ratio
C. the air in the mix
D. size of aggregate
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
Ultimate strength of cold drawn high steel wires_______________?
A. increases with increase in diameter of bar
B. decreases with increase in diameter of bar
C. does not depend on diameter of bar
D. none of the above
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
Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
A. Minimum cross sectional area of longitudinal reinforcement in a column is 0.8%
B. Spacing of longitudinal bars measured along the periphery of column should not exceed 300 mm
C. Reinforcing bars in a column should not be less than 12 mm in diameter
D. The number of longitudinal bars provided in a circular column should not be less than four
Poisson’s ratio for concrete_______________?
A. remains constant
B. increases with richer mixes
C. decreases with richer mixes
D. none of the above
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