Top Best Most Important Basic Civil Engineering Interview Questions with Answers On Design of Steel and R.C.C Structures

          1) What is Flat Slab?

Ans: The slab which is supported on columns.

2) What is the slope of staircase?

Ans: It should be 25to 400.

3) What is Durability?

Ans: Ability to withstand under pressure is called Durability.

4) What do you mean by Reinforced Concrete?

Ans: Reinforced Concrete comprises of steel bars or mesh inside them, which gives additional strength to the structure.

5) How much binding wire is used for binding one MT Reinforcement?

Ans: Approximate 10-12 kg.

6) What is the quantity of steel per square feet in High Rise Buildings?

Ans: Approximate 6kg/sqft of built-up area.

7) Rolling Margin in Steel Reinforcement as per IS 1786:1985?

Ans: 8 dia to 10 dia             + 7%
        10 dia to <= 16 dia        + 5%
        >16 dia                         + 3%

     8) IS code for bending & fixing of bars and most useful for making BBS?

Ans: IS: 2502.
9) How to calculate the lap length of steel bar?
Ans: Beam- 60 X D
         Column- 45 X D.

10) What is the standard length of steel bar?

Ans: 12 Meter.

11) Types of loads in building?

Ans: Gravity load & Lateral load.

12) What is the full form of HYSD and CTD and MS?

Ans: HYSD – High Yield Strength Deformed
         CTD – Cold Twisted Deformed
          MS – Mild Steel.

13) Chair bar minimum spacing?

Ans: 1 Sq.m – 1 no’s.

14) How to calculate the no of stirrups?

Ans: No of stirrups = (Clear span/ spacing) +1

     15) How much Clear Cover provided for main Reinforcement?

     Ans: Footing   = 50mm
              Raft Foundation Top =50mm
              Raft Foundation Bottom Sides =75mm
              Column    = 40mm
               Beam   = 25mm
               Slab    =15 to 25 mm
               Staircase =15mm.

      16) What Is the Weight of Steel?

      Ans: 6mm = 0.222kg          20mm=2.466kg
               8mm=0.395kg            25mm=3.853kg
               10mm=0.313kg           32mm=6.313kg
               12mm=0.88kg             40mm=9.865kg
               16mm=1.578kg.

       17) Function of stirrups.

       Ans: Stirrups are provided to hold the main bar in position, or to handle the shear force.

       18) What do you mean by the moment of inertia?

        Ans: A quantity expressing a body's tendency to resist angular acceleration, which is the sum of the products of the mass of each particle in the body with the square of it distance from the axis of rotation.

       19) What is a crank length in the slab?

       Ans: The crank length in Slab is 0.42 D.  Where, D is Depth of Slab. 
                D=Top cover - Bottom Cover.