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For a sample of dry, cohesionless soil with friction angle,, the failure plane will be inclined to the major principal plane by an angle equal to: (a ) (b ) 45 (c ) (45-/2) (d ) (45+/2) Mininmum grade of concrete for RCC works in saline environment is: (a ) M20 (b ) M25 (c ) M30 (d ) M35 A masonry dam is founded on previous sand having priority equal to 45% and Gsand = 2.65. For a desired factor of safety of 3 against sand boiling, the minimum permissible upward gradient will be: (a ) 0.225 (b ) 0.302 (c ) 1.0 (d ) none of these The ratio of saturated unit weight to dry unit weight of soil is 1.25. If the specific gravity of solids(Gs) is 2.65, the void ratio of the soil is: (a ) 0.625 (b ) 0.663 (c ) 0.944 (d ) 1.325 When a retaining wall moves away from the backfill, the pressure exerted on the wall is termed as: (a ) Passive earth pressure (b ) Swelling pressure (c ) Pore pressure (d ) Active earth pressure In limit state design method of concrete structures, the recommended partial material safety factor(m) for steel as per IS-450: 2000 is: (a ) 1.5 (b ) 1.15 (c ) 1.00 (d ) 0.87 The partial factor of safety for concrete as per IS-456 : 2000 is: (a ) 1.5 (b ) 1.15 (c ) 0.87 (d ) 0.446 In the theory of plastic bending of beam, the ratio of plastic moment to yield moment is called: (a ) Shape factor (b ) Plastic section modulus (c ) Modulus of resilence

(d ) Rigidity modulus Two plates subjected to directtension each of 10mm thickness and having widths of 100mm & 175mm respectively are to be fillet welded with an overlap of 200mm. Given that permissible weld stress is 110 MPa and permissible stress in steel is 150 Mpa, length of weld required using maximum permissible weld size as per IS-800 :1984 is: (a ) 245.3 mm (b ) 229.2 mm (c ) 205.5 mm (d ) 194.8 mm A beam subjected to aload 'P' is shown in the fig.10. The BM at support AA of the beam will be: (a ) PL (b ) PL/2 (c ) 2PL (d ) 0