Steel Structure Designs Most Important MCQs

1 - A butt weld is specified by__________________?






effective throat thickness

2 - A circular column section is generally not used in actual practice because________________?






it is difficult to connect beams to the round sections

3 - A steel beam supporting loads from the floor slab as well as from wall is termed as________________?






spandrel beam

4 - 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________________?






0.8 L

5 - According to IS Specifications, the maximum pitch of rivets in compression is_____________________?






lesser of 200 mm and 12 t

6 - According to IS:800, in the Merchant Rankine formula the value of imperfection index (n) is_______________?






1.4

7 - Angle of inclination of the lacing bar with the longitudinal axis of the column should preferably be between____________________?






40° to 70°

8 - Area of openings for buildings of large permeability is more than_________________?






20% of wall area

9 - As compared to field rivets, the shop rivets are________________?






stronger

10 - As per IS : 800, for compression flange, the outstand of flange plates should not exceed________________?






161

11 - As per IS : 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into_____________________?






6 zones

12 - Bearing stiffener in a plate girder is used to__________________?






prevent buckling of web

13 - Bending compressive and tensile stresses respectively are calculated based on_________________?






gross area and net area

14 - Bolts are most suitable to carry_________________?






axial tension

15 - By providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided ?






shear failure of the plate

16 - compression force in two end posts The pin of a rocker bearing in a bridge is designed for_________________?






bearing, shear and bending

17 - Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS : 800, is_________________?






0.6

18 - For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will give larger value of minimum radius of gyration?






unqual legged angles with long legs back to back

19 - For a standard 45° fillet, the ratio of size of fillet to throat thickness is_______________?






V2 : 1

20 - For rivets in tension with counter-sunk heads, the tensile value shall be____________________?






reduced by 33.3%

21 - For the buildings having a low permeability, the internal wind pressure acting normal to the wall and roof surfaces is taken as__________________?






±0.2p

22 - Gantry girders are designed to resist_________________?






lateral, longitudinal and vertical loads

23 - Generally the purlins are placed at the panel points so as to avoid__________________?






bending moment in rafter

24 - Hudson's formula gives the dead weight of a truss bridge as a function of_________________?






bottom chord area

25 - If the floor is supported at or near the bottom but top chords of a bridge are not braced, then the bridge is called________________?






half through type

26 - If the loaded length of span in meters of a railway steel bridge carrying a single track is 6 m, then impact factor is taken as_________________?






between 0.5 and 1.0

27 - 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__________________?






24 mm

28 - If the thickness of thinnest outside plate is 10 mm, then the maximum pitch of rivets in tension will be taken as______________?






160 mm

29 - 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__________________?






50% by direct bearing and 50% through fastenings

30 - In case of plastic design, the calculated maximum shear capacity of a beam as per IS:800 shall be________________?






0.55 Awfy

31 - In case of timber structures, the form factor for solid circular cross-section is taken as_________________?






1.18

32 - In case of timber structures, the simple bending formula M = fz may be applied for________________?






rectangular beams up to 300 mm depth

33 - In moment resistant connections, the moment resistance of riveted connection depends upon________________?






tension in rivets

34 - In the virtual work method, the virtual quantity is_________________?






displacement

35 - Largest percentage of material in the rail is in its__________________?






head

36 - Load factor is____________________?






always greater than factor of safety

37 - Lug angles_________________?






are used to reduce the length of connection.

38 - Maximum pitch of rivets, used in steel stacks, is limited to_______________?






101

39 - Minimum pitch provided in riveted steel tanks is________________?






3.0 d

40 - Minimum thickness of web in a plate girder, when the plate is accessible and also exposed to weather, is______________?






6 mm

41 - Normally, the angle of roof truss with asbestos sheets should not be less than_______________?






30°

42 - Other conditions being same, the load factor in indeterminate structures is_______________?






more than the load factor in determinate structures

43 - Pitch of tacking rivets, when double angles connected back to back and acting as tension members should not be more than_________________?






1000 mm

44 - Shape factor is a property which depends________________?






only on the geometry of the section

45 - Shear buckling of web in a plate girder is prevented by using________________?






vertical intermediate stiffener

46 - Steel tanks are mainly designed for_______________________?






water pressure

47 - The actual thickness of butt weld as compared to the thickness of plate is usually________________?






more

48 - The allowable shear stress in the web of mild steel beams decreases with__________________?






increase in h/t ratio

49 - The allowable tensile stress in structural mild steel plates for steel tank is assumed as________________?






105.5 MPa on net area

50 - The basic wind speed is specified at a height 'h' above mean ground level in an open terrain. The value of'h' is__________________?






10 m

51 - The best arrangement to provide unified behaviour in built up steel columns is by______________?






lacing

52 - The bracing between two columns of a steel tank will be designed to resist_________________?






horizontal, shear due to wind or earthquake + 2.5% of column loads

53 - The bracing provided in the plane of end posts is called__________________?






portal bracing

54 - The capacity of the smallest pressed steel tank is__________________?






1950 litre

55 - The centrifugal force due to curvature of track is assumed to act on the bridge at a height of___________________?






1.83 m above the rail level

56 - The connection of intermediate vertical stiffeners to the web, not subjected to external loads, shall be designed for a minimum shear force (kN/m) of___________________?






125 t2/h

57 - The cross-sectional area of 52 kg flat footed rail is_________________?






6615 mm2

58 - The diameter of base of conical flare of a steel stack is_____________________?






more than d

59 - The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter is__________________?






1.5 mm

60 - The effective length of a battened column is increased by_________________?






0.1

61 - The effective length of a battened strut effectively held in position at both ends but not restrained in direction is taken as________________?






1.1 L

62 - The effective length of a fillet weld should not be less than___________________?






four times the weld size

63 - The elastic strain for steel is about_________________?






1/12 of strain at the initiation of strain hardening and 1/200 of maximum strain

64 - The external wind pressure acting on a roof depends on__________________?






slope of roof

65 - The heaviest I-section for same depth is_________________?






ISHB

66 - The internal pressure coefficient on walls for buildings with large permeability is taken as_______________?






± 0.7

67 - The least dimension in case of a circular column of diameter D is taken as_______________?






0.88 D

68 - The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as_______________?






0.65 kN/m2

69 - The maximum permissible span of asbestos cement sheets is______________________?






1680 mm

70 - The maximum slenderness ratio of a compression member carrying both dead and superimposed load is___________________?






180

71 - The maximum slenderness ratio of a steel column, the design of which is governed by wind or seismic forces is________________?






250

72 - The maximum spacing of vertical stiffeners is_________________?






1.5 d

73 - The mechanism method and the statical method give__________________?






upper and lower bounds respectively on the strength of structure

74 - The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies___________________?






equilibrium and mechanism conditions

75 - The minimum thickness of a steel plate, which is directly exposed to weather and is not accessible for cleaning and repainting, should be___________________?






8 mm

76 - The minimum thickness of plates in a steel stack should be___________________?






6 mm

77 - The moment of inertia of the pair of vertical stiffeners about the center line of the web should not be less than__________________?






1.5d¥/C2

78 - The moment-curvature relation at a plastic hinge is________________?






constant moment for all curvatures

79 - The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are_________________?






5

80 - The portal bracing in a truss bridge is used to_____________________?






transfer load from top of end posts to bearings

81 - The rail is designated by its__________________?






weight per unit length

82 - The range of economical spacing of trusses varies from________________?






L/3 to L/5

83 - The ratio of plastic section modulus to elastic section modulus__________________?






is always greater than 1

84 - The relation between intensity of wind pressure p and velocity of wind V is taken as_______________?






paV2

85 - The risk coefficient k, depends on__________________?






both (A) and (B)

86 - The shape factor of an isosceles triangle for bending about the axis parallel to the base is________________?






2.34

87 - The slenderness ratio of a column supported throughout its length by a masonry wall is________________?






zero

88 - The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed________________?






145

89 - The standard length of rail for Broad Gauge and Meter Gauge are respectively __________________?






13 m and 12 m

90 - The statical method of plastic analysis satisfies_______________?






equilibrium and plastic moment conditions

91 - The sway bracing is designed to transfer____________________?






50% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing

92 - The use of tie plates in laced columns is_________________?






permitted at start and end of lacing system only

93 - To minimize the total cost of a roof truss, the ratio of the cost of truss to the cost of purlins shall be_______________?






2

94 - Two important constituents in the com-position of steel used for rail are_________________?






carbon and manganese

95 - When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which________________?






gives the minimum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm

96 - When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the rivets are subjected to________________?






only shear stresses

97 - When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is________________?






high strength bolt

98 - Which of the following conditions is to be satisfied both in elastic and plastic analysis ?






equilibrium condition

99 - Which of the following sections should preferably be used at places where torsion occurs ?






box type section

100 - Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses ?






butt joint with double cover plates

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