BARC CE: Full Syllabus Test-11

A cantilever beam of rectangular cross-section is subjected to a concentrated load W at its free end. If the width of the beam is doubled, the deflection at the free end as compared to the earlier case will be:

A simply supported beam with rectangular cross-section is subjected to a centralconcentrated load. If the width and depth of beam is doubled, the deflection at centre the beam will be reduced to:

A soil sample is having a specific gravity of 2.6 and avoid ratio of 0.78. The water content in percentage required to fully saturate the soil at that void ratio is:

In the pin-joined truss shown in the figure, the static degree of indeterminacy is:

For both ends of the fixed beam shown in the figure carrying a concentrated load eccentrically placed on the beam, deflection under load is

For the plane truss shown in the figure, the number of zero force members for the given loading is

Determine the minimum and maximum longitudinal reinforcement for a square column of size 300 mm x 300 mm having a clear cover of 25 mm.

A circular shaft was initially subjected to bending moment and then was subjected to torsion. If the magnitude of bending moment is found to be the same as that of the torque, then the ratio of maximum bending stress to shear stress would be

A soft saturated clayey soil tested unconfined gave an axial stress of 50 kN/m²at failure. The shear strength of the soil is:

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

In case of curved ducts, the loss of prestress depends upon the radius of curvature (R) of the duct and the coefficient of friction (μ) between duct surface and the tendon. The tension at any point of the cable distance V from the end
is given by ____.

The back sight reading on a B.M. = R.L. of 150 m was (-2.250 m). The erected staff reading on the top of workshop floor was 1.450 m. The R.L. of the top of workshop floor is:

The permissible stress in steel (σ_st) is 130 MPa in a water tank of diameter 1.3 m which is designed to resist direct tensile force (T) of 260 kN per meter width. Determine the required
area of tension steel in mm²/m.

To provide safety against piping failure, with a factor of safety of 5, what should be the maximum permissible exit gradient for soil with specific gravity of 2.5 and porosity of 0.35?

As per the Indian Standard (IS) 800:2007, with respect to serviceability and when transverse stiffeners are not provided, the d/t_w ratio of the web should be less than or equal to (depth of web = d; thickness of web = t_w; and yield stress ratio of web = ε_w)

For a certain loading condition, a saturated clay layer undergoes 40% consolidation in a period 178 days. What would be the additional time
required for further 20% consolidation to occur?

Steady pumping of a well at 314 m³/hour produces drawdowns 4.0 m and 2.0 m at radial distances 2.0 m and 20.0 m respectively in a confined aquifer. The transmissivity of the aquifer is about:

To carry a discharge 100 m3/s in a regime canal, the perimeter from Lacey’s theory is about

The degree of kinematic indeterminacy of a plane structure shown in the figure neglecting axial strain, is

Following results are obtained from particle size analysis:

Uniformity coefficient = 8

Coefficient of curvature = 2.8

Percentage of soil passing through 75 μ IS sieve = 10%

Percentage of soil passing through 4.75 mm IS sieve = 70%

If liquid limit and plastic limit for the soil are 38% and 34. 2% respectively, the soil can be classified as per IS soil classification system as

50 gm of oven dried soil of five sizes shown in the table is taken for hydrometer analysis 1000 cc of suspension is prepared and filled in a jar up to 30 cm height

If specific gravity of soil solids is 2.7 and viscosity of soil water suspension is 1 x 10^-6 kN sec/m², the time required for all the particles to settle to the bottom of the jar is

If a rectangular under-reinforced section is subjected to bending moment equal to its moment carrying capacity and the stress in steel and extreme compression fiber of concrete at this moment are σ_s and σ_c respectively then which of the following is correct?

Where, f_y and f_c are the permissible stresses in steel and concrete respectively.

An ordinary mild steel bar has been prestressed to a working stress of 200 MPa. If the Young’s modules of steel is 200 GPa and permanent negative strain due to shrinkage and creep is 0.0008, what is the effective stress left in the steel?

For a circular curve of radius 200 m, the coefficient of lateral friction of 0.15 and the design speed is 40 kmph. The equilibrium superelevation (for equal pressure on inner and outer wheel) would be?

The value of limiting moment of resistance of a RC beam for M25 grade of concrete and Fe500 grade of steel is given by (Notations have their usual meaning):

A singly reinforced concrete beam of 300 mm width and 750 mm effective depth is provided with 2000 mm2 steel. If the modular ratio is 15, the depth of neutral axis will be:

If ‘I_b’ is the moment of inertia of the rolled beam section, ‘A_p’ is the area of cover plates in one flange and ‘h’ is the distance between the centroid of the top and bottom flange plates, moment of intertia of buildup plate girder is given by:

The group index for a soil, whose liquid limit is 40 percent, plasticity index is 10 percent and percentage passing 75 micron IS Sieve is 35, is:

The apparatus used for determining the Soundness of cement is

If the BMD for a simply supported beam is as shown below, the load on the beam will be

The force in the member ‘X’ of the truss supported and loaded as shown is

A layer of soil having G = 2.67 and e = 0.67 is subjected to an upward head of 1.5 m due to seepage of water. The depth of the soil layer required to provide a factor of safety 2 against piping is