Aptitude testing (Final year-20th Jan 2016)

1. Four columns of a building are to be located within a plot size of 10 m x 10 m. The expected load on each column
is 4000 KN. Allowable bearing capacity of the soil deposit is 100 kN/m2 . The type of foundation best suited is
(A) Isolated footing (B) raft foundation (C) pile foundation (D)combined footing.
2. A symmetric I-section (with width of each flange 50 mm, thickness of each flange 10 mm, depth of web = 100
mm, and thickness of web 10 mm) of steel is subjected to a shea force of 100 KN. Find the magnitude of the shear
stress(in N/sq.m ) in the web at its junction with the top flange
3. The contact pressure for a rigid footing resting on clay at the centre and the edges are respectively (a) max and
zero (b) max and min (c) zero and max (d) min and max
4. In any given year, the probability of an earthquake greater than Magnitude 6 occurring in the Garhwal Himalayas
is 0.04. The average time between successive occurrences of such earthquakes is ______ years.
5. Group I contains representative stress-strain curves as shown in the figure, while Group II gives the list of
materials. Match the stress-strain curves with the corresponding materials.

6. A prismatic beam (as shown below) has plastic moment capacity of Mp, then the collapse
load P of the beam is

7. The tension (in kN) in a 10 m long cable, shown in the figure, neglecting its self-weight is

8. The pin-jointed 2-D truss is loaded with a horizontal force of 15 KN at joint S and another 15 KN vertical force at
joint U, as shown. Find the force in member RS (in KN) and report your answer taking tension as positive and
compression as negative. __________

9. Select the strength parameter of concrete used in design of plain jointed cement concrete pavements from the
following choices:
(A) Tensile strength (B) Compressive strength (C) Flexural strength (D) Shear strength
10. All members in the rigid-jointed frame shown are prismatic and have the same flexural stiffness EI. Find the
magnitude of the bending moment at Q (in KN-m) due to the given loading. __________

11. A uniform beam (EI= constant) PQ in the form of a quarter-circle of radius R , is fixed at end P
and free at the end Q, where a load W is applied as shown. The vertical downward displacement,
, at the loaded point Q is given by:

= (

).

Find the value of

12. A propped cantilever made of a prismatic steel beam is subjected to a concentrated load P at mid span as
shown.

a) If load P=80 KN , find the reaction R (in KN) using elastic analysis. __________
b) If the magnitude of load P is increased till collapse and the plastic moment carrying capacity of steel beam
section is 90 KN-m, determine reaction R (in KN)using plastic analysis. ______
13. Workability of concrete can be measured using slump, compaction factor, Vee-bee time. Consider the following
statements for workability of concrete:
i.
As the slump increases, the vee bee time increases.
ii.
As the slump increases, the compaction factor increases
Which of the following is true?
A) Both (i) and (ii) are true
(B) Both (i) and (ii) are false (C) (i) is true and
(ii) is false
(D) (i) is false and (ii) is true
14. Consider the following statements about Air entrained concrete:
Air-entrainment reduces the water demand for a given level of workability
Use of air entrained concrete is required in environments where cyclic freezing and thawing is expected
Which of the following is true?
A) Both (i) and (ii) are true
(ii) is false

(B) Both (i) and (ii) are false (C) (i) is true and
(D) (i) is false and (ii) is true

15. The development length of a deformed reinforcement bar can be expressed as (

the value of K can be calculated as____________.
16. From the beam shown below, the stiffness coefficient 22 can be written as

, from the IS:456-2000,

17. The composition of air entrained concrete is given below:

Water: 184 Kg/cu.m , OPC: 368 Kg/cu.m , Sand : 606 Kg/cu.m , Coarse Aggregate: 1155 Kg/cu.m
Assuming the specific gravity of OPC, sand and Coarse Aggregate to be 3.14, 2.67, 2.74 respectively. The air content
is ________ litres/cubic meter
A) 21 B) 50
C) 74 D) 86

18. For the 2D truss with the applied loads shown , the strain energy in the
member XY (having AE=30 KN) is
A) 5
B)4
C) 3
D)0

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