Top 350+ Solved Design of Steel Structures MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Gantry girders are designed to resist
a. lateral loads
b. longitudinal loads and vertical loads
c. lateral, longitudinal and vertical loads
d. lateral and longitudinal loads
Q. The distance between e.g. of compression and e.g. of tension flanges of a plate girder, is known as
a. overall depth
b. clear depth
c. effective depth
d. none of these
Q. The effective length of a compression member of length L held in position at both ends but notrestrained in direction, is
a. l
b. 0.67 l
c. 0.85 l
d. 1.5 l
Q. The live load for a sloping roof with slope 15°, where access is not provided to roof, is taken as
a. 0.65 kn/m²
b. 0.75 kn/m²
c. 1.35 kn/m²
d. 1.50 kn/m²
Q. Design of a riveted joint is based on the assumption:
a. bending stress in rivets is accounted for
b. riveted hole is assumed to be completely filled by the rivet
c. stress in the plate in not uniform
d. friction between plates is taken into account
Q. Steel tanks are mainly designed for
a. weight of tank
b. wind pressure
c. water pressure
d. earthquake forces
Q. The cross-section of a standard fillet is a triangle whose base angles are
a. 45° and 45°
b. 30° and 60°
c. 40° and 50°
d. 20° and 70°
Q. The sway bracing is designed to transfer
a. 2vi % of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
b. 10% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
c. 25% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
d. 50% of the top panel wind load to bottom bracing
Q. Cold driven rivets range from
a. 6 to 10 mm in diameter
b. 10 to 16 mm in diameter
c. 12 to 22 mm in diameter
d. 22 to 32 mm in diameter
Q. The mechanism method of plastic analysis satisfies
a. equilibrium and mechanism conditions
b. equilibrium and plastic moment conditions
c. mechanism and plastic moment conditions
d. equilibrium condition only
Q. Rolled steel beams are designated by Indian Standard series and its
a. weight per metre and depth of its section
b. depth of section and weight per metre
c. width of flange and weight per metre
d. weight per metre and flange width
Q. For a compression member with double angle section, which of the following section will givelarger value of minimum radius of gyration?
a. equal angles back to back
b. unequal legged angles with long legs back to back
c. unequal legged angles with short legs back to back
d. both (b) and (c)
Q. The gross section of the web of a beam is defined as
a. depth of the beam multiplied by its web thickness
b. width of the flange multiplied by its web thickness
c. sum of the flange width and depth of the beam multiplied by the web thickness
d. none of these
Q. Pitch of tacking rivets, when double angles connected back to back and acting as tension membersshould not be more than
a. 500 mm
b. 600 mm
c. 1000 mm
d. 300 mm