Which of the following losses of prestress occurs only in pretensioning and not in post-tensioning ?

A. Elastic shortening of concrete
B. Shrinkage of concrete
C. Creep of concrete
D. Loss due to friction

Normally prestressing wires are arranged in the_______________?

A. Upper part of the beam
B. Lower part of the beam
C. Center
D. Anywhere

In prestressed concrete______________?

A. Forces of tension and compression change but lever arm remains unchanged
B. Forces of tension and compressions remain unchanged but lever arm changes with the moment
C. Both forces of tension and compres-sion as well as lever arm change
D. Both forces of tension and compres-sion as well as lever arm remain unchanged

In a spherical dome the hoop stress due to a concentrated load at crown is_______________?

A. Compressive everywhere
B. Tensile everywhere
C. Partly compressive and partly tensile
D. Zero

A beam curved in plan is designed for_______________?

A. Bending moment and shear
B. Bending moment and torsion
C. Shear and torsion
D. Bending moment, shear and torsion

Due to shrinkage stresses, a simply supported beam having reinforcement only at bottom tends to_____________?

A. Deflect downward
B. Deflect upward
C. Deflect downward or upward
D. None of the above

As per Whitney’s theory, the maximum moment of resistance of the balanced section of a beam of width b and effective depth d is given by_______________?

A. ^acybd2
B. ^acybd2
C. 0.185acybd2
D. 0.43acybd2

When The G20 (or Group of Twenty) was founded?

A. 26 september 1999
B. 20 october 1998
C. 5 june 1997
D. 1 december 2000

The design yield stress of steel according to IS: 456-1978 is_______________?

A. 0.37 fy
B. 0.57 fy
C. 0.67 fy
D. 0.87 fy

Assertion A : The load factor for live load is greater than that for dead load. Reason R : The live loads are more uncertain than dead loads?

SelEct your answer based on the coding system given below :
D. None of these