List of top Civil Engineering Questions on Concrete asked in TS PGECET

In the limit state approach, the spacing of main reinforcement primarily controls
The chances of diagonal tension cracks in R.C.C. members reduce when
Vertical prestressing is done to reduce
The Slack time in PERT analysis
Flexural collapse in over reinforced beams is due to
What type of stresses are artificially induced by prestressed concrete in a structure before it is loaded?
For production of structural elements, which of the following system is used?
Normally, the tensile strength of concrete is about ______ of its compressive strength.
The section in which concrete is not fully stressed to its maximum permissible value while stress in steel reaches its maximum value is called ____
Maximum longitudinal reinforcement in columns shall not exceed ____
The neutral axis of the reinforced beam passes through ____
Lateral ties in reinforced concrete columns are provided to resist ____
A reinforced slab built monolithically with the supporting columns and is reinforced in two or more directions, without any provision of beams, is called a____
The average permissible stress in bond for plain bars in tension is
High strength/high grade concrete is preferred for pre-stressed concrete for controlling
Which one of the following is categorized as a long-term loss of pre-stress in a pre-stressed concrete member?
As per IS 456:2000, the maximum spacing of vertical stirrups is to be limited to
To avoid the limit state of collapse, the safety of RC structures is checked for appropriate combinations of dead load (DL), live load (LL), wind load (WL) and earthquake load (EQ). Which of the following combinations is not considered?
The maximum spacing of longitudinal bars measured along the periphery of a column is
The diameter of the lateral ties in a column shall in no case be less than
What is the minimum grade of concrete recommended in coastal areas according to IS 456:2000?
Which section is good from ductility point of view?
A prestressing force of \(300\,\mathrm{kN}\) is applied to a concrete member of cross-sectional area \(15000\,\mathrm{mm^2}\). Due to losses, \(20\%\) of the prestress is lost. The effective compressive stress in concrete is