Sunday, 18 November 2012

Design of Steel Structures Multiple Choice Questions and Answers preparation for gate exams - Civil Engineering Questions and Answers

1.      The heaviest I-section for same depth is
2.    Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on
3.    If the thickness of thinnest outside plate is 10 mm, then the maximum pitch of rivets in tension will be taken as
4.    In a gusseted base, when the end of the column is machined for complete bearing on the base plate, then the axial load is assumed to be transferred to base plate
5.    When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the rivets are subjected to
6.    When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which
7.    Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?
8.    The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is
9.    As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are
10.    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
11.    By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided ?
12.    Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than
13.    Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS : 800, is
14.    Select the correct statement
15.    Bolts are most suitable to carry
16.    Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as
17.    When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is
18.    In the cross-section of a weld, throat is the
19.    The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than
20.    For a standard 45° fillet, the ratio of size of fillet to throat thickness is
21.    A butt weld is specified by
22.    The actual thickness of butt weld as compared to the thickness of plate is usually
23.    According to IS Specifications, the maximum pitch of rivets in compression is
24.    A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because
25.    The slenderness ratio of a column supported throughout its length by a masonry wall is
26.    According to IS Specifications, the effective length of a column effectively held in position at both ends and
restrained in direction at one end is taken as
27.     The effective length of a battened strut effectively held in position at both ends but not restrained in direction is taken as
28.    The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is
29.    The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is
30.    According to IS:800, in the Merchant Rankine formula the value of imperfection index (n) is
31.    The best arrangement to provide unified behaviour in built up steel columns is by
32.    If the 20 mm rivets are used in lacing bars, then the minimum width of lacing bar should be
33.    The use of tie plates in laced columns is
34.    Lacing bars in a steel column should be designed to resist
35.    Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between
36.    Battening is preferable when the
37.    The effective length of a battened column is increased by
38.    The overlap of batten plates with the main members in welded connections should be more than
39.    The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed
40.    Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to
41.    Shear buckling of web in a plate girder is prevented by using
42.    Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against
43.    Minimum thickness of web in a plate girder, when the plate is accessible and also exposed to weather, is
44.    The web crippling due to excessive bearing stress can be avoided by
45.     As per IS : 800, for compression flange, the outstand of flange plates should not exceed
46.    Intermediate vertical stiffeners in a plate girder need be provided if the depth of web exceeds
47.    Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to
48.    The forces acting on the web splice of a plate girder are
49.    Gantry girders are designed to resist
50.    Minimum spacing of vertical stiffeners is limited to
51.    Bearing stiffeners are provided at
52.    Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to
53.    The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is
54.    The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from
55.    The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is
56.    Normally, the angle of roof truss with
asbestos sheets should not be less than
57.    To minimise the total cost of a roof truss, the ratio of the cost of truss to the cost of purlins shall be
58.    Generally the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid
59.    For the buildings having a low permeability, the internal wind pressure acting normal to the wall and roof surfaces is taken as
60.    The relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as
61.     The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as
62.     The internal pressure coefficient on walls for buildings with large permeability is taken as
63.    The basic wind speed is specified at a height 'h' above mean ground level in an open terrain. The value of'h' is
64.    The risk coefficient k, depends on
65.     The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on
66.    Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than
67.    As per IS : 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into
68.    The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are
69.    Minimum pitch provided in riveted steel tanks is
70.     The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as
71.     Steel tanks are mainly designed for
72.     Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs ?
73.     The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is
74.     The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist
75.    The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be
76.    Maximum pitch of rivets, used in steel stacks, is limited to
77.    The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is
78.    Hudson's formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of
79.     If the loaded length of span in metres of a railway steel bridge carrying a single track is 6 m, then impact factor is taken as
80.    If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called
81.    The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of
82.    The effect of racking forces is considered in the design of
83.    The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to
84.    The sway bracing is designed to transfer
85.    Study the following statements.
86.     The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called
87.     compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for
88.    The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as
89.    In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as
90.    In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for
91.    The elastic strain for steel is about
92.    The mechanism method and the statical method give
93.    The   moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is
94.    Shape factor is a property which depends
95.    The statical method of plastic analysis satisfies
96.    The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies
97.    Load factor is
98.    The ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section modulus
99.    Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is
100.    Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis ?
101.    In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is
102.    As per IS:800, in the plastic design, which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
Working Loads Load factor
103.    The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is:
104.    In case of plastic design, the calculated maximum shear capacity of a beam as per IS:800 shall be
105.    The minimum thickness of a steel plate, which is directly exposed to weather and is not accessible for cleaning and repainting, should be:
106.    The moment of inertia of the pair of vertical stiffeners about the center line of the web should not be less than.

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