Design Department Weekly Technical Quiz

Issue Number 78 (22nd to 26th August 2011)

Questions for This Week

Answer of the Last Weeks Questions

Thought of the Week

Without your involvement you can't succeed.

With your involvement you can't fail..--- By Dr. Abdul Kalam

Q.153) In limit state method of design a RCC column of concrete grade M20 has to resist 200KN of ultimate axial load acting at center of gravity of the cross section of the column. Dimensions of the column are 200mm X200mm. The minimum area of reinforcement steel required for the column as per IS456-2000 is

a) 320mm2

b) 160mm2

c) 80mm2

d) 60mm2

Q.154) Who is Indias Athava Sur (the eight note) in classical music?

a) Lata Mangeshkar b) Kishori Amonkar c) Pandit Ratanjankar d) M S Subbulakshmi

Q.151) The breaking up of cohesion in a mass of concrete is called ANS: Segregation

a) workability b) bleeding c) segregation d) creep

Q.152) The term PUCK is connected with ANS: Ice Hockey

a) Cricket b) Lawn Tennis c) Ice Hockey d) Foot Ball

Another promotion for him. He is now

senior principal technical sub-assistant to

Additional deputy chief engineer

(Repairs), although he is doing the same

type of work for last fifteen years.

(27th August World Tourism Day) ATITHI DEVO BHAVAH

'Atithi Devo Bhavah' is a Social Awareness Campaign aimed at

providing the inbound tourist a sense of being welcomed to the country.

The campaign targets the general public as a whole, while focusing

mainly on the stakeholders of the tourism industry. The main

components of the campaign are training and orientation to taxi

drivers, guides, immigration officers, tourist police and other

personnel directly interacting with the tourists, while simultaneously creating a brand equity for the trained

persons. "Atithi Devo Bhavah" involves Sensitization, Screening, Induction, Training & Orientation, Certification

and Feedback of key stakeholders of the Tourism industry in India.

As Smt. Renuka Chowdhury, the Minister of State for Tourism

(Independent charge) says 'Atithi Devo Bhavah' is a nationwide

campaign aimed at sensitizing people about India's rich cultural heritage,

its preservation, cleanliness, hospitality and bringing out an attitudinal

shift among the masses towards tourists. It is a symbolic representation

of India's age old hospitality and with this campaign, we are trying to

re-install in the stakeholders a sense of pride and responsibility towards

tourists, while positioning India as a popular tourist destination worldwide."

The Ministry of Tourism is thus looking at both the macro and micro perspective by promoting destinations on

the one hand and bringing about a sea change in the mindset and behaviour of people, on the other.

Crossing the border

While crossing the US-Mexican border on his bicycle, the man was stopped by a guard who pointed to two sacks the man had on his shoulders. "What's in the bags?", asked the guard. "Sand," said the cyclist. "Get them off - we'll take a look," said the guard. The Cyclist did as he was told, emptied the bags, and proving they contained nothing but sand, reloaded the bags, put them on his shoulders and continued across the border. Two weeks later, the same thing happened. Again the guard demanded to see the two bags, which again contained nothing but sand. This went on every week for six months, until one day the cyclist with the sand bags failed to appear. A few days later, the guard happened to meet the cyclist downtown. "Say friend, you sure had us crazy", said the guard. "We knew you were smuggling something across the border. I won't say a word - but what is it you were smuggling?"

"BICYCLES!"