MCQ on Stairs

Number of questions: 10 Total mark:10

Q1: Tread depth of a step is 260mm, going depth of the step is 260mm, rise height of the step is
140mm and the depth of the waist slab is 160mm. Take unit weight of reinforced concrete as
25.0kN/m3. The weight of the step (including waist) will be equal to

(a) 1.227kN per m width of staircase

(b) 1.635kN per m width of staircase
(c) 2.045kN per m width of staircase
(d) 2.454kN per m width of staircase

Q2: Tread depth of a step is 260mm, the going depth of the step is 260mm, the rise height of the step is
140mm and the depth of the waist slab is 160mm. The thickness of floor finish is 20mm. If unit weight of

reinforced concrete as 25.0kN/m 3 and that of floor finish is 23.5kN/m3. The weight of each step
(including waist) will be equal to

(a) 0.879kN per m width of staircase

(b) 1.319kN per m width of
staircase (c) 1.757kN per m width of
staircase
(d) 2.198kN per m width of staircase

Q3: Tread depth of a step is 260mm, going depth of the step is 260mm, and the rise height of the
step is 140mm. If unit weight of reinforced concrete is 25.0kN/m 3. The weight of each step
(without waist) will be equal to

(a) 1.750kN/m per m width of staircase

(b) 2.188kN/m per m width of staircase
(c) 2.625kN/m per m width of staircase
(d) 3.062kN/m per m width of staircase
Q4: In a staircase tread depth of a step is 260mm and the rise height of the step is 140mm. The
width of staircase is 1500mm. The width of landing provided in one side of the flight is
1300mm. If floor to floor height of the building is 3360.0mm. Considering spanning direction of
the landing slab parallel with the risers, effective span of the staircase would be

(a) 1.625m
(b) 2.438m
(c) 3.510m
(d) 4.062m

Q5: In a staircase tread depth of a step is 260mm, going depth of the step is 260mm, the rise
height of the step is 140mm and the depth of the waist slab is 160mm. If unit weight of
reinforced concrete is 25.0kN/m3. The weight of each step (including waist) will be equal to

(a) 4.720kN/m per m width of staircase

(b) 6.288kN/m per m width of staircase
(c) 7.866kN/m per m width of staircase
(d) 9.440kN/m per m width of staircase

Q6: In a staircase tread depth of a step is 260mm, going depth of the step is 260mm, the rise
height of the step is 140mm and the depth of waist slab is 160mm. The thickness of floor finish
is 20mm. If unit weight of reinforced concrete is 25.0kN/m3 and that of floor finish is
23.5kN/m3. The weight of each step (including waist) will be equal to

(a) 3.382kN/m per m width of staircase

(b) 5.072kN/m per m width of staircase
(c) 6.758kN/m per m width of staircase
(d) 8.454kN/m per m width of staircase
Q7: In a staircase, the horizontal dimension of a step is 250mm and the vertical dimension is
150mm. The horizontal part of the step along the direction of going is called

(a) Riser
(b) Tread
(c) Nosing
(d) Waist

Q8: In a staircase, the horizontal dimension of a step is 250mm and the vertical dimension is
150mm. The vertical part of the step is called

(a) Riser
(b) Tread
(c) Nosing
(d) Waist

Q9: The floor to floor height of a building is 3360mm. The tread depth of a step is 260mm and
the rise height of a step is 140mm. The total number of steps to be provided for accessing next
floor is equal to

(a) 21
(b) 22
(c) 23
(d) 25

Q10: In a staircase tread depth of a step is 260mm and the rise height of the step is 140mm. If
unit weight of reinforced concrete is 25.0kN/m3. The weight of each step (without waist) will be
equal to

(a) 0.455kN per m width of staircase

(b) 0.569kN per m width of staircase
(c) 0.682kN per m width of staircase
(d) 0.796kN per m width of staircase