Important Points to Remember from IS Codes for Civil Engineering Interview
Q1. What is Fine Aggregate?
Answer: As per IS 383, Aggregate most of which passes 4.75 mm IS Sieve.
Q2. What is Coarse Aggregate?
Answer: As per IS 383, Aggregate most of which retained on 4.75 mm IS Sieve.
Q3. What is All-in-Aggregate?
Answer: As per IS 383, Material composed of both fine aggregate and coarse aggregate is known as All-in-Aggregate.
Q4. What is the minimum curing period for Super Sulphate Cement?
Answer: The minimum curing period for Super Sulphate Cement is 7 days.
Q5. Convert 1 Soot into millimetre?
Answer: 1 soot = 3.175 mm
Q6. What is Anchorage Length?
Answer: As per IS Code 13920: 2016, Clause – 6.2.5, Anchorage length equals to development length of the bar in tension and plus 10 times bar diameter minus the allowance for 90 degrees bend.
Q7. What should be the spacing considered when we use coupler in a longitudinal reinforcement bar?
Answer: As per IS Code 13920: 2016, Clause – 6.2.6.2 (b), The spacing between adjacent longitudinal bars shall be based also on the outer size of the coupler to allow easy flow of concrete.
