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Design of Steel Structures

Assignment- Week 1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 16 Total mark: 20
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QUESTION 1:
What does 80 stands in ISRO80?
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a. Circumference of round section
b. Area of round section
c. Diameter of round section
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 17, Lecture no. 01
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QUESTION 2:
What does ISST stand for?
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a. Indian Standard Steel Strip Section
b. Indian Standard Steel Sheet Section
c. Indian Standard Steel Strap Section
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 18, Lecture no. 01
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QUESTION 3:
Stainless steel is manufactured by adding foreign materials like
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a. zinc, nickel, and copper
b. nickel and zinc
c. zinc and chromium
d. nickel and chromium

Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 5, Lecture no. 02

QUESTION 4:
Due to uneven heating and cooling during manufacturing process of structural steel, which stress
is generated?
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a. Flow stress
b. Residual stress
c. Fatigue stress
d. Structural stress

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 11, Lecture no. 02
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QUESTION 5:
Increase in the carbon content of steel will result in:
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a. Increase in its strength
b. Decrease in its ductility
c. Increase in both strength and ductility
d. Both (a) and (b) options are correct

Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 5, Lecture no. 02

QUESTION 6:
What should be the maximum permissible lateral deflection for the case of inter story drift in an
ordinary building having story height of 3 m under the action of wind load?
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a. 12.00 mm
b. 10.00 mm
c. 9.23 mm
d. 8.57 mm
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 14, Lecture no. 03
Floor height = 3 m
𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 3000
Max. permissible lateral deflection for the case of inter story drift = = = 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐦
300 300
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QUESTION 7:
In case of staggered pitch, pitch may be increased by:
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a. 50%
b. 30%
c. 20%
d. 10%

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Clause 10.2.3.4 of IS 800:2007
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QUESTION 8:
Consider a typical stress-strain curve of a structural steel specimen shown in figure. What is the
name of the zone specified as ‘DE’?

U
fu
C F
fy
B D E
f A
Stress (MPa)

ε Strain (%)

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a. Strain hardening
b. Strain softening
c. Yield plateau
d. Elastic zone

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 13, Lecture no. 02

QUESTION 9:
The centre-to-centre distance of adjacent rivets or bolt holes measured in the direction of stress is
called:
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a. Pitch
b. Nominal diameter
c. Edge distance
d. Gauge distance
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Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 16, Lecture no. 04

QUESTION 10:
According to IS 800:2007, what should be partial safety factor for material whose resistance is
governed by yielding?
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a. 1.00
b. 1.10
c. 1.25
d. 1.50

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Slide no. 12, Lecture no. 03

QUESTION 11:
According to IS 800:2007, what is the appropriate load combination for DL (Dead Load) and ER
(Erection Load) in case of limit state of strength? (LL = Live Load)
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a. 1.0 DL + 1.0 ER
b. 1.2 DL + 1.2 (0.9) LL
c. 1.2 (0.9) DL + 1.2 LL
d. 1.5 DL + 1.5 ER

Correct Answer: c

Detailed Solution: Slide no. 10, Lecture no. 03 [Table 4, IS 800:2007]

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QUESTION 12:
According to IS 800:2007, what should be the diameter of bolt hole if diameter of bolt is 22 mm?

a. 25 mm
b. 24 mm
c. 23 mm
d. 22 mm

Correct Answer: b

Detailed Solution:

Bolt hole = Bolt diameter + hole clearance = 22 + 2 = 24 mm [Table 19, IS 800:2007]

QUESTION 13:
Riveted connection has following advantages:

i. Rivet connection is permanent in nature

ii. Rivet connection has high maintenance cost
iii. Rivet connection has cheaper fabrication cost
Choose the correct option:
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a. Only (i) and (iii) are correct
b. Only (i) and (ii) are correct
c. Only (ii) and (iii) are correct
d. All (i), (ii), and (iii) are correct

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution: Slide no. 06, Lecture no. 04

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QUESTION 14:
Calculate the nominal diameter of rivet if its gross diameter is 28 mm.

a. 28.0 mm
b. 27.0 mm
c. 26.5 mm
d. 26.0 mm

Correct Answer: d

Detailed Solution: Slide no. 18, Lecture no. 04

Diameter of rivet hole ‘D’ = 28 mm

Diameter of rivet ‘d’ = 28 – 2 = 26 mm [Clause 3.6.1.1, IS 800:1984]

QUESTION 15:
Name the connection shown in the figure.

a. Direct shear connection

b. Eccentric connection
c. Pure moment connection
d. Moment shear connection

Correct Answer: c
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Detailed Solution: Slide no. 11, Lecture no. 05

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QUESTION 16:
The reduction in area due to bolt holes can be minimized by:
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a. arranging bolts in zig-zag form
b. arranging bolts in chain form
c. arranging bolts in linear form
d. None of the above

Correct Answer: a

Detailed Solution: Slide no. 17, Lecture no. 05

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