INSTITUTE OF CIVIL

ENGINEERING
86, 3rd FLOOR INFRONT OF REYMOND SHOWROOM
ZONE 2 MP NAGAR BHOPAL (M.P.)
Test Booklet

Test ID: 348 TEST BOOKLET Date: 26/03/2016

Time: 30 Minutes Total Marks: 84

Topics:
Steel Structures
Instructions for Candidates
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2. This Question Booklet contains 04 pages. After you are permitted to open the booklet, please
check all pages and report discrepancies, if any, to the invigilator.
3. There are a total of 28 questions carrying 84 marks. All these questions are of objective type.
Each Question has only one correct answer. Questions must be answered on the Back side of the
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point pen against the question number. For each question darken the bubble of the correct
answer. More than one answer bubbled against a question will be treated as an incorrect
response.
4. Since bubbles darkened by the black/blue ink ball point pen cannot be erased, candidates should
darken the bubbles in the OMR very carefully.
5. Questions Q.01 Q.28 belong to Steel Structures and carrying 03 marks each.
6. Unattempted questions will result in zero mark and there is no negative marking for wrong
answers.
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Q. 1 Q. 28 carries 03 mark each (Steel Structrures).

1. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses?
a) lap joint
b) butt joint with single cover plate
c) butt joint with double cover plates
d) none of the above

2. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter
is
a) 1.0 mm b) 1.5 mm c) 2.0 mm d) 2.5 mm

3. 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
a) 16 mm b) 20 mm c) 24 mm d) 27 mm

4. Providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided?
a) tension failure of the plate b) shear failure of the rivet
c) shear failure of the plate d) crushing failure of the rivet

5. Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than

a) 1.5 d b) 2.0 d c) 2.5 d d) 3.0 d
where d is gross diameter of rivet

6. Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS : 800, is

a) 40 % b) 50 % c) 60 % d) 70 %

7. The number of seismic zones in which the country has been divided are
a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

8. As per IS : 875, for the purposes of specifying basic wind velocity, the country has been divided into
a) 4 zones b) 5 zones c) 6 zones d) 7 zones

9. Economical depth of a plate girder corresponds to

a) minimum weight b) minimum depth
c) maximum weight d) minimum thickness of web

10. The slenderness ratio of lacing bars should not exceed

a) 100 b) 120 c) 145 d) 180

11. Effective length of a weld is equal to

a) overall length - weld size b) overall length - throat thickness
c) overall length - 2 x weld size d) overall length - 2 x throat thickness

12. Size of a right angled fillet weld is given by

a) 0.707 x throat thickness b) 1.41 x throat thickness
c) 2.0 x throat thickness d) throat thickness

13. The effective length of a fillet weld designed to transmit axial load shall not be less than
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a) 2 x size of weld b) 4 x size of weld
c) 6 x size of weld d) 10 x size of weld

14. Weakest section in a fillet weld is

a) throat of the fillet b) smaller side
c) side parallel to force d) side perpendicular to force

15. Effective throat thickness of a fillet weld is

a) 0.707 x size of weld
b) 1.414 x size of weld
c) a function of the angle between fusion faces
d) equal to the side of the fillet

16. If the rivet value is 16.8 kN and force in the member is 16.3 kN, then the number of rivets
required for the connection of the member to a gusset plate is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

17. For determination of allowable stress in axial compression, Indian Standard Institution has
adopted
(a) Euler's formula (b) Rankine formula (c) Engesser formula (d) Secant formula

18. Rivets connecting flange angles to cover plates in a plate girder are subjected to
a) horizontal shear only b) vertical load only
c) both (a) and (b) d) none of the above

19. Which of the following types of riveted joint is free from bending stresses?
a) lap joint b) butt joint with single cover plate
c) butt joint with double cover plates d) none of the above

20. The difference between gross diameter and nominal diameter for the rivets up to 25 mm diameter
is
a) 1.0 mm b) 1.5 mm c) 2.0 mm d) 2.5 mm

21. 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
a) 16 mm b) 20 mm c) 24 mm d) 27 mm

22. Providing sufficient edge distance, which of the following failures of riveted joint can be avoided?
a) tension failure of the plate b) shear failure of the rivet
c) shear failure of the plate d) crushing failure of the rivet

23. Minimum pitch of the rivets shall not be less than

a) 1.5 d b) 2.0 d c) 2.5 d d) 3.0 d
where d is gross diameter of rivet

24. Efficiency of a riveted joint, having the minimum pitch as per IS : 800, is
a) 40 % b) 50 % c) 60 % d) 70 %

25. Bolts are most suitable to carry

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a) shear b) bending c) axial tension d) shear and bending

26. Diameter of a bolt hole is usually taken as

a) gross diameter of bolt b) nominal diameter + 1.5 mm
c) nominal diameter + 2.0 mm d) nominal diameter of bolt

27. When the bolts are subjected to reversal of stresses, the most suitable type of bolt is
a) black bolt b) ordinary unfinished bolt
c) turned and fitted bolt d) high strength bolt

28. Load factor is

a) always equal to factor of safety b) always less than factor of safety
c) always greater than factor of safety d) sometimes greater than factor of safety

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