‘Mpsc Civil Engineering Mains — 2018 Pre-Stressed Concrete Class Test - 1 Dinfinizy..., 1. Freyssinets method of pre-stressing is suitable for A. Pre tensioning beams B. Railway sleepers C. Post tensioning beams D. Pre-fabricated lintels 2. The breakage of wire in any prestressed concrete member during lensioning as percentage of total number of wires should not exceed A. 1.0 B. 1.5 Cc. 2.0 D. 2.5 3. The minimum compressive sirength of 100mm cubes of grout in prestressing tendons should not be less than A. 17.0 MPo ot 7 days B. 17.0 MPa at 28 days C. 22.0 MPo at 7 days D. 22.0 MPa at 28 days 4, The minimum longitudinal reinforcement in post tensioned concrete unit as a percentage of cross sectional area should not be less thon A. 0.12 B. 0.15 C. 0.20 D. 0.25 5. Prestressing of concrete member is effective in ‘A. Columns B. Walls C. Roilway sleeper. Struts TELEGRAM - hitps://t.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 78878114116. The modulus of prestressing steel should be taken as A. 200 GPa B. 2 GPa C. 2.5 GPa D. 220 GPa 7. 28 days compressive strength of controlled concrete to be used for pre tensioned and post tensioned work respectively should not be less than: A. 53 MPa and 42 MPa B. 40 MPa and 50 MPa C. 50 MPa and 40 MPa D. 40 MPa and 30 MPa 8. Ifa simply supported concrete beam, prestressed with @ force of 2500 kN is designed by load balancing concept for an effective span of 10 m and fo carry a total load 8F40 kN/m the central dip of the cable profile should be A. 100 mm B. 200 mm C. 400 mm D300 mm 9. The stress block in concrete for an estimate of ultimate strength in flexure of a prestressed beam A. Should be parabolic B. Should be parabolic rectangulor C. Should be rectangular D. Maybe of any shape which provides agreement with the test date 10. A simply supporied beam of span L afd ‘Uniform flexural rigidity £7 is subjected a prestressing force of magnitude P at afvectentricity ¢ below the neutral layers, parallel to the axis of the members. The displaceménhof the beam ata locations L/2 from the supports. A. Pel?/EI B. PeL?/8EL C. Pel?/2EI D. Pel?/4EI 11. Ifa simply supported coneréte beam prestressed with a force of 2500 kN is designed by load balancing conceptfor an effective spen of 10 m and fo carry a total load of 40 kN/m the central dip of tKe cable profile should be A. 100 mm B. 200 mm C. 300 mm D. 400 mm 12. For presiressed structural elements, high strength concrete is used primarily because A. Bolly Shrinkage and creep ore more B. Shrinkage is less but creep is more C. Modulus of elasticity and creep valves ore higher D. High modulus of elasticity and low creep TELEGRAM - hiips://1.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 788781141113. Prestressed concrete is more desirable in case of A. Cylindrical pipe subjected to internal fluid pressure B. Cylindrical pipe subjected to externol fluid pressure C. Cylindrical pipe subjected to equal internal and external fluid pressure D. Cylindrical pipe subject to end pressure 14, In @ post tension prestress concrete beam, the end block zone is in between the end of the beam and the section where A. The shear stresses are maximum B. Only shear stresses exist C. No lateral stresses exist D. Only longitudinal stresse8exist 15. If the loading on @ simply supported prestressed concrete beam is ufiformly distributed, the centroid of the prestressing tendon should be as A. a straight profile along the lower edge of the kern B. a porabolic profile with convexity downword C. a straight profile along the centroidal axis D. a circular profile with convexity upword 16. Consider the following statement Correct estimation of loss of prestress is requifed for accessing 1. The serviceability behaviour of a PSC beam. 2. The ultimate shear resistance of a PSC-beam 3. The ultimate moment of resistanc® ofPSC beam Which of the above statements iS/are-€orrect. A. 1,2and3 B. 3 only C. 2only D. 1 only 17. The percentage loss of prestress due to anchorage slip of 3 mm in a concrete beam of length of 30 m whi€hNis post tensioned by a tendon subjected fo an initial stress of 1200 N/mm? and\niedulus of elasticity equal to 2.1 x 10° N/mm*. A. 0.0175°% B. 0.175% C. 1.75% D. 175% TELEGRAM - hiips://1.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 788781141118. Spalling stresses are produced in post tensioned prestressed concrete member at A. Location of maximum bending moment only B. Location of maximum shear zone C. Anchorage zone D. Bond developing zone 19. A concrete beam of rectangular cross sectional of 200 mm x 400 mm is prestressed with «a force of 400 kN at an eccentricity of 100 mm the moximum compressive stress in concrete is A. 12.5 N/mm? B. 7.5 N/mm? C. 5.0 N/mm? D. 2.5,.N fmm? 20. A pre-tensioned (assume no losses) concrete rectangular (b x d) beam is)designed on the basis of no tension concrete strength is a, the maximum moment that thé beam can carry is ba? ba? ba? ba? AL 028 B. 0,25 C. 0,28 D. 0,25 2 3 7 6 TELEGRAM - hiips://1.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 7887811411Mpsc Civil Engineering Mains - 2018 Pre-Stressed Concrete Class Test - 2 Dinfinizy._., 1. M40 is preferred over M20 concrete in prestressed tonerete is becouse A. Overcome bursting stresses at the ends B. Eliminate the effect of shrinkage C. Avoid britile failure of concrete D. Economies the use of cement 2. Loss of siress with time at cofsiént strain in steel is called A. Duciilily B. Crsep C. Relaxation D. Shrinkage 3, The loss of prestress dve’to elastic deformation of concrete depends on A. The modulapratie, And the average stress in concrete at the line of Steel B. The modular Fatio and stress in steel C. Both (A)-and’(B) D. Nore df the above 4:Woat type of stresses are artificially introduced by prestressed concrete in a strudlure before il is loaded? A. Torsional B. Shear C. Compressive D. Tensile TELEGRAM - https://t.me/infinitympsccivil Contact ~ 78878114115. Ina prestressed concrete member, High strength concrete should be used High strength concrete and high tensile Steel should be used Normal strength concrete should be used High strength concrete and low tensile Stee! should be used oOe> 6. Which of the following system is used for mass production of structural elements? A. Lee McCall system B. Magnel - blaton system C. Freyssinet system D. Hoyer’s systems 7. The profile of the centroid of the tension is parabolic with a central diph Effective prestressing force is P and the span L, then what is the equivalent upward) déting uniform load? A. BAL/P B. 8hP/L? C. Bh7L/P. D) 8h?P/L 8. One of the following is not related to PSC A. Fressynet B. Guyons C. Giffod: Udel_—-D. Coulombs 9. Circular prestressing is the best suited to A, Circular beams in buildings B. Pipes C. Railway sleepers D. Columns 10. The principal reason for adopting prestressing cable profile in flexure members as parabolic is due to the fact that“ A. li's @ regular practice B. The strength of presfressing cable is maximum in parabolic shapes only. C. The profile of momeni’caused by self-weight of structure is parabolic and to counter this, thé cable profile also needs to be parabolic. D. They needito resist both bending moment and shear forces in members. TELEGRAM - https://t.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 788781141111. The below figure represents a section of presiressed beam for @ no tension design where az is the permissible stress in concrete, the total moment carrying capacity is }<—— b ——» a2 dae baton Db. 6 2 12, For a certain set of external load concordant profile in presfresséd beam represent to some scale the A. Influence line diagram B. Shear Forée diagram C. Bending moment diagram D. Williot? mohr diagram 13. The transmission length requirement is to,6as A. Pre- tensioned concrete beams B. Post- tension concrete beam ied in the design of C. Unbonded post- tensioned coneréte béams D. Post tensioned - continuous conérete beams 14. A simply supported rectangular beam is uniformly loaded and is prestressed. The tendon provided for prestreszing should be A. Straight, above Centroidal axis B. Straight, below Centroidal axis C. Parabolic, with convexity upward D. Parabolic, with convexity downward 15. The’pertentage of loss prestress due to Anchorage slip of 3 mm in a concrete beam of length 30 m which is post tensioned by a tendon with an initial stress of 12Q0W/mm? and modulus of elasticity equal to 2.1 x 10° N/mm? is A. 0.0175 B. 0.175 C. 1.75 D. 17.5 TELEGRAM - https://t.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 788781141116. Consider the following statement The sheor resistance of structural concrete member may be improved by: 1. Axial prestressing 2. Vertical prestressing 3. Inclined prestressing Which of these statement is/ are correct? A. Vonly B. land2only CC. 2and3only —_D. 1, 2and3 17. The uses of ‘concordant cables’ in prestressed continuous beam induced A. Initial support reactions B. No initial support reactions. C. Excess cracking D. Excess deflection 18. In case of magnel - Blaton system of prestressing, each sandwich,pldle can be generally anchor A. 6 wires B. 8 wires C. 10 wires D. 16 wires 19. In pre - tensioned beams, which of the following |dss69 is/ are not considered? 1. Anchor loss 2. Shrinkage 3. Creep 4. Relaxation 5. Friction 6. Elastic shortening Select the correct answer usingAhe.codes given below: A. 1,2and3only B. 4,5.and6 only C. 5 only D. 6 only 20. Which one of the follwing is correct for horizontal spacing between the group of prestressing cable os\per |S code? A. Greater of 40.mm and 5 mm + maximum size of coarse coarse aggregate B. Greater 540 mm and -5 mm + maximum size of coarse aggregate C. 50 grim D. 25.¢hm TELEGRAM - https://t.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 7887811411‘Mpsc Civil Engineering Mains ~ 2018 Pre-Stressed Concrete Class Test - 3 1. Ina load balanced prestressed concrete beam(Ufider self-load the cross section is subjected to A. Axial stress B. Bending stress C. Axial and sheor stress D. Axiol and bending stress 2. Which one of the following statéments is correct? ‘A. Web shear cracks start duéite high diegonal tension in case of beams with thei high prestressing force. B. Shear design for a prestressed concrete beom is based on elastic theory. C. In the zone wheré bending moment is dominant and shear is insignificant, cracks occur at 20°to 30° » D. After diagonal racking, the mechanism of shear transfer in prestressed concrete member is very tuich different from that in reinforced concrete members. 3. For’e. prestressed concrete Bridge beam, a minimum clear spacing of the cable or group of cables should be A. 25mm B. 25 mm or 6 mm Plus the largest size of the aggregate Cc. 40mm D. 50 mm TELEGRAM - hitos://t.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 78878114114, The magnitude of loss of prestress due to relaxation of steel is in the range of A. Zero to 1% B. 2 10 8% C. Bto 12% D. 1210 14% 5. In the design of prestressed concrete structure, which of the following limit state will come under the limit States of serviceability? 1. Flexure 2. Shear 3. Deflection 4. Cracking Select the correct answer using the code given below Tond 4 B. 3and 4 . 2, 3.and 4 D. 2and 3 In pre-tensioning schemes, pre - stress load is transferred in A single stage process Multi stage process . Either single stage or multistage process depending upon the Magnitude of load transfer. . The same manner as in post tensioning scheme The ultimate strength of the Steel used for prestressirig is hearly 250N /mm? B. 415N/mm? C500N /mm? D. 1500N/mm? In post tensioned prestressed concrete beam, the end block zone is the zone between the end of the beam and the section where A. No lateral stresses exist B. Only longitudinal stress exist C. Only shear stress exist D. The shear stresses are maximum 9. While going for a pre,tensioring system A. The member is prestressed by external anchors B, The member is €dsted prior fo tensioning of high tensile tendons/ wires C. The high tensile Wires are tensioned prior to placing of concrete D. None of the above 10. Th8SdVantages of concentric tendons over eccentric tendons e are that A. Itinduces uniform compressive stress over the entire section of beam B. It induces uniform tensile stress over the entire section of beam C. In induces linearly varying stress D. it induces parabolically varying stress TELEGRAM - hiips://1.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 788781141111. Loss of prestress due to concrete shrinkage depends on A. Shrinkage strain B. Modulus of elasticity of concrete C. Modular ratio D. Concrete stress at the level of Steel 12. Stress transfer in pre tensioned beam occurs due to A. Shear resistance B. Flexural resistance C. Bearing resistance D. Bond between steel and concrete 13. Transmission length as per IS 1343 is A. 1000 B. 300 14. In the system of prestressing by post tensioning A. The tensioning wires are stretched prior to placement of concrete B. The wire are tensioned against the hardened concrete. C. Conerete is compressed after setting D. None of the above 15. A simply supported post tensioned prestressed cdnérete beam of span L is prestressed by a straight tendons at o uniform eccentricity ‘e” belowthe centroidal axis if the magnitude of prestressing force is P and flexural rigidity of, beam is El, the maximum Central deflection of the beam is A. = (Downward) 8. £ (upward) c. 2 (upward) . (upward) 16. M40 concrete is preferredto. M20 concrete for prestressed concrete to ‘A. Overcome bursting stresses at the ends B. Avoid brittle failure of concrete C. Eliminate the effect of shritkage D. Economize the use of cement 17. An ordinary nil Stee! bar has been prestressed fo a working stress of 200MPa, Young's modulus of sté@'is'200 GPa permanent negative strain due to shrinkage and creep is. 0.0008. Héw rhuch is the effective stress left in steel A. 184.MPa B. 160 MPa C. 40 MPa D. 16 MPa 18. What is the limiting principal tensile stress in prestressed uncracked concrete member of M25 grade? A. 1MPa B. 1.5. MPa Cc. 2MPa D. 25 MPa TELEGRAM - hiips://1.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 788781141119. What is the allowable upward deflection in prestress concrete member under serviceability limit state condition? A. Span/250 B. Span/300 C. Span/350 D. Spen/500 20. At the time of initial tensioning, the maximum tensile stress immediately behind the anchorage should not exceed which one of the following? B. 0.60 x Ultimate tensile stress D. 0.80 x Ultimate tensile stress A. 0.50 x Ultimate tensile stress C. 0.70 x Ultimate tensile stress TELEGRAM - hiips://1.me/infinitympsccivil Contact - 7887811411