महाराष्ट्र अभियंता सेवा (स्थापत्य) मुख्य परीक्षा २०१५ पेपर १

If unit load moves from left to right on S.S. beam the nature of ILD for reaction is :

A portal frame consisting of three members is pinned at both the supports. All the members have same value of El. The frame has height of 3 m and width of 4 m. It is subjected to horizontal load at top beam level of P=10 kN in the plane of frame. Calculate maximum moment in the frame using approximate method or otherwise :

The influence line for bending moment at section X( M_X) at a distance of 4 m from the left support of a simply supported girder AB is shown in figure below. A uniformly distributed load of intensity 2 t/m longer than the span crosses the girder from left to right. 

The max bending moment at section X is equal  to : 12 tm

A continuous beam has AB as one of the spans. It is subjected to fixed end moments at end A and B as FEM_A and FEM_B respectively under given loads. It has length 'L' and flexural rigidity EI. It rotates at end A and B by θ_A and θ_B respectively. The member axis rotates through clockwise angle  . The moment at end A is given by

What is the shear equation in slope deflection method for the portal frame shown below? 

A bolt is subjected to a shear stress of fish and a tensile stress of f_tb. If the permissible stresses in shear and tension are f_asb and f_atb respectively then the stress should satisfy :

The failure of a column depends upon : 

In which form is the permissible stress in columns, f by Merchant - Rankine's formula ?

The partial safety factors for dead load and leading live load in calculation of vertical deflection in a steel beam are :

A square base plate of 1200 mm x 1200 mm is provided under a column 15 MB 400, which is carrying an axial force of 1440 kN along with bending moments of 288 kNm and 144 kNm about its Major and Minor axes respectively. 

The maximum pressure (neglecting poisson's effect) any where on the base plate is :

The effective throat thickness of a fillet weld depends upon :

For plate girder shown in figure below by using what action is panel A designed ? 

The maximum permissible vertical deflection of a simply supported beam in non industrial buildings if the element is susceptible for cracking is :

Which of the options given below are true about how the commonly used structural steels
are made ? 

(a) Very low carbon steels,          < 0.1% 

(b) Low carbon steel                  0.1 to 0.25% 

(c) Medium carbon steel            0.25 to 0.6%

(d) High carbon steel                 0.6 to 1.1% 

Answer options : 

Effective length of groove welds in case of butt joint is equal to :

For economical spacing of roof truss, if t, p and r are the costs of truss, purlin and roof covering respectively then :

Which statement is correct if splices are provided in the reinforcing bars ? :

Dead weight of waist slab of a stair case spanning longitudinally is calculated as :

In the design of cantilever retaining wall, if the angle of repose (Φ) is 30° then the relation between active earth pressure (Ka) and passive earth pressure (Kp) will be :

A continuous beam shall be deemed to be deep beam when, the ratio of effective span to overall depth is less than: