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**111. Cube strength of controlled concrete to be used for pretensioned and post-tensioned work respectively should not be less than:**
A. 35 MPa and 42 MPa
B. 42 MPa and 35 MPa
C. 42 MPa and 53 MPa
D. 53 MPa and 42 MPa

**112. Ultimate strength of cold drawn high steel wires:**
A. increases with increase in diameter of bar
B. decreases with increase in diameter of bar
C. does not depend on diameter of bar
D. none of the above

**113. High carbon content in the steel causes:**
A. decrease in tensile strength but increase in ductility
B. increase in tensile strength but decrease in ductility
C. decrease in both tensile strength and ductility
D. increase in both tensile strength and ductility

**114. Prestress loss due to friction occurs:**
A. only in post-tensioned beams
B. only in pretensioned beams
C. in both post-tensioned and pretensioned beams
D. none of the above

**115. Most common method of prestressing used for factory production is:**
A. Long line method
B. Freyssinet system
C. Magnel-Blaton system
D. Lee-Macall system

**116. The purpose of reinforcement in prestressed concrete is:**
A. to provide adequate bond stress
B. to resist tensile stresses
C. to impart initial compressive stress in concrete
D. all of the above

**117. The maximum value of hoop compression in a dome is given by:**
A. wR / 4d
B. wR/2d
C. wR/d
D. 2wR/d
(where, w = load per unit area of surface of dome, R = radius of curvature, d = thickness of dome)

**118. In a spherical dome subjected to concentrated load at crown or uniformly distributed load, the meridional force is always:**
A. zero
B. tensile
C. compressive
D. tensile or compressive

**119. In symmetrically reinforced sections, shrinkage stresses in concrete and steel are respectively:**
A. compressive and tensile
B. tensile and compressive
C. both compressive
D. both tensile

**120. The effect of creep on modular ratio is:**
A. to decrease it
B. to increase it
C. either to decrease or to increase it
D. to keep it unchanged:

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