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RCC

GATE Civil Engineering · Reinforced Concrete Structures · 1992-2026

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2026 Q14

A rectangular singly reinforced concrete beam has a width of 300 mm and an effective depth of 550 mm. The grades of steel and concrete are Fe500 and M25, respectively. The area of...

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2025 Q30

The design shear strength of a reinforced concrete rectangular beam with a width of 250 mm and an effective depth of 500 mm, is 0.3 MPa. The torsional moment capacity of the sectio...

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2025 Q40

Consider a reinforced concrete beam section of 350 mm width and 600 mm depth. The beam is reinforced with the tension steel of 800 mm² area at an effective cover of 40 mm. Consider...

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2025 Q54

A reinforced concrete beam has a support section with width of 300 mm and effective depth of 500 mm. The support section is reinforced with 3 bars of 20 mm diameter at the tension...

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2024 PYQ

A slab panel with an effective depth of 250 mm is reinforced with 0.2% main reinforcement using 8 mm diameter steel bars. The uniform center-to-center spacing (in mm) at which the...

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2023 Q14

A singly reinforced concrete beam of balanced section is made of M20 grade concrete and Fe415 grade steel bars. The magnitudes of the maximum compressive strain in concrete and the...

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2023 Q37

Consider a doubly reinforced RCC beam with the option of using either Fe250 plain bars or Fe500 deformed bars in the compression zone. The modulus of elasticity of steel is $2 \tim...

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2023 Q55

Consider the singly reinforced section of a cantilever concrete beam under bending, as shown in the figure (M25 grade concrete, Fe415 grade steel). The stress block parameters for...

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2022 Q14

Read the following statements relating to flexure of reinforced concrete beams: I. In over-reinforced sections, the failure strain in concrete reaches earlier than the yield strain...

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2022 Q53

A reinforced concrete beam with rectangular cross section (width = 300 mm, effective depth = 580 mm) is made of M30 grade concrete. It has 1% longitudinal tension reinforcement of...

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2020 Q43

The singly reinforced concrete beam section shown in the figure (not drawn to the scale) is made of M25 grade concrete and Fe500 grade reinforcing steel. The total cross-sectional...

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2018 Q41

An RCC beam of rectangular cross section has factored shear of 200 kN at its critical section. Its width b is 250 mm and effective depth d is 350 mm. Assume design shear strength $...

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2015 PYQ

A column of size $$450\,mm \times 600\,mm$$ has unsupported length of $$3.0$$ $$m$$ and is braced against side sway in both directions. According to $$IS$$ $$456: 2000,$$ the minim...

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2014 PYQ

For a beam of cross-section, width $$= 230$$ $$mm$$ and effective depth $$= 500$$ $$mm,$$ the number of rebars of $$12$$ $$mm$$ diameter required to satisfy minimum tension reinfor...

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2013 PYQ

As per $$IS$$ $$456:2000$$ for $$M20$$ grade concrete and plain barsin tension the design bond stress $${\tau _{bd}} = 1.2\,\,MPa.$$ Further, $$IS$$ $$456:2000$$ permits this desig...

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2011 PYQ

Consider two $$RCC$$ beams, $$P$$ and $$Q$$, each having the section $$400$$ $$mm$$ $$ \times \,\,750\,\,mm$$ (effective depth, $$d=750$$ $$mm$$) made with concrete having a $${\ta...

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2007 PYQ

A singly reinforced rectangular concrete beam has a width of $$150$$ $$mm$$ and an effective depth of $$330$$ $$mm.$$ The characteristic compressive strength of concrete is $$20$$...

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1997 PYQ

A hall is covered by a beam and slab system with beams placed at $$3.0$$ $$m$$ center. The effective span of the beam is $$8.35$$ $$m.$$ The thickness of the slab is $$120$$ $$mm.$...

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1997 PYQ

A simply supported beam of a beam and slab system, rests on a support of width $$450$$ $$mm.$$ The clear span of the beam is $$10.0$$ $$m.$$ The thickness of the slab is $$120$$ $$...

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1992 PYQ

If $$\phi \, = \,$$ nominal diameter of reinforcing bar, $${f_s}\, = $$ compressive stress in the bar and $${f_{bd}}\, = $$ design bond stress of concrete, the anchorage length, $$...

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1992 PYQ

A floor slab of thickness, $$t$$ is cast monolithically transverse to a rectangular continuous beam of span $$L$$ and width $$B.$$ If the distance between two consecutive points of...

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