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Steel Structures - Structural Engineering - Civil Engineering Previous Year Questions

Practice Steel Structures - Structural Engineering - Civil Engineering previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

20Papers
16Years
38Questions
1Topics

Steel Structures question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Steel Structures. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Medium 22 57.9%
Easy 14 36.8%
Hard 2 5.3%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 26 68.4%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 10 26.3%
Fill in the blanks 1 2.6%
MSQ 1 2.6%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Civil Engineering
38 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Structural Engineering
38 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Steel Structures
38 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2026
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
1 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2013
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2012
2 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2011
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2010
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2009
3 Qs
Civil Engineering (CE) 2008
1 Qs

Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Civil Engineering (CE) 202620261View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 202620262View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]20251View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 2]20251View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]20242View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]20221View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]20202View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]20193View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]20182View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]20162View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]20161View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]20152View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]20151View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]20143View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201320132View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201220122View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201120113View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 201020103View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 200920093View paper
Civil Engineering (CE) 200820081View paper

All Steel Structures previous year questions

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2014 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
The tension and shear force (both in kN) in each bolt of the joint, as shown below, respectively are
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
While designing, for a steel column of Fe250 grade, a base plate resting on a concrete pedestal of M20 grade, the bearing strength of concrete (in N/mm²) in limit state method of design as per IS:456-2000 is ______________
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2014 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2014 [Session 1]
A steel section is subjected to a combination of shear and bending actions. The applied shear force is \( V \) and the shear capacity of the section is \( V_s \). For such a section, high shear force (as per IS:800-2007) is defined as
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2015 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
A bracket plate connected to a column flange transmits a load of 100 kN as shown in the following figure. The maximum force for which the bolts should be designed is ______________ kN.

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2015 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 1]
For formation of collapse mechanism in the following figure, the minimum value of $P_u$ is $cM_p/L$ . $M_p$ and $3M_p$ denote the plastic moment capacities of beam sections as shown in this figure. The value of c is ___________ .

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2015 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2015 [Session 2]
A fixed end beam is subjected to a load, W at 1/3rd span from the left support as shown in the figure. The collapse load of the beam is:

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2016 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
Two plates are connected by fillet welds of size 10 mm and subjected to tension, as shown in the figure. The thickness of each plate is 12 mm. The yield stress and the ultimate tensile stress of steel are 250 MPa and 410 MPa, respectively. The welding is done in the workshop (γmw = 1.25).

As per the Limit State Method of IS 800: 2007, the minimum length (rounded off to the nearest higher multiple of 5 mm) of each weld to transmit a force P equal to 270 kN (factored) is
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 1]
The semi-compact section of a laterally unsupported steel beam has an elastic section modulus, plastic section modulus and design bending compressive stress of 500 cm3, 650 cm3 and 200 MPa, respectively. The design flexural capacity (expressed in kNm) of the section is ______
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2016 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2016 [Session 2]
Two bolted plates under tension with alternative arrangement of bolt holes are shown in figures 1 and 2. The hole diameter, pitch, and gauge length are d, p and g, respectively.
Which one of the following conditions must be ensured to have higher net tensile capacity of configuration shown in Figure 2 than that shown in Figure 1?
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2018 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]

A fillet weld is simultaneously subjected to factored normal and shear stresses of 120 MPa and 50 MPa, respectively. As per IS 800 : 2007, the equivalent stress (in MPa, up to two decimal places) is ______

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2018 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2018 [Session 2]
Four bolts P, Q, R and S of equal diameter are used for a bracket subjected to a load of 130 kN as shown in the figure.

The force in bolt P is

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2019 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]

A steel column is restrained against both translation and rotation at one end and is restrained only against rotation but free to translate at the other end. Theoretical and design (IS:800-2007) values, respectively, of effective length factor of the column are

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2019 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]

The critical bending compressive stress in the extreme fibre of a structural steel section is 1000 MPa. It is given that the yield strength of the steel is 250 MPa, width of flange is 250 mm and thickness of flange is 15 mm. As per the provisions of IS:800-2007, the non-dimensional slenderness ratio of the steel cross-section is

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2019 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2019 [Session 2]
A rolled I-section beam is supported on a 75 mm wide bearing plate as shown in the figure. Thicknesses of flange and web of the I-section are 20 mm and 8 mm, respectively. Root radius of the I-section is 10 mm. Assume: material yield stress, \( f_y = 250 \text{ MPa} \) and partial safety factor for material, \( \gamma_{mo} = 1.10 \).
As per IS: 800-2007, the web bearing strength (in kN, round off to 2 decimal places) of the beam is ______

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2020 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]

The ratio of the plastic moment capacity of a beam section to its yield moment capacity is termed as

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2020 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2020 [Session 2]
Two steel plates are lap jointed in a workshop using 6 mm thick fillet weld as shown in the figure (not drawn to the scale). The ultimate strength of the weld is 410 MPa. As per Limit State Design of IS 800:2007, the design capacity (in kN, round off to three decimal places) of the welded connection, is __________.

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2022 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2022 [Session 2]
For the square steel beam cross-section shown in the figure, the shape factor about \(z-z\) axis is \(S\) and the plastic moment capacity is \(M_p\). Consider yield stress \(f_y = 250\) MPa and \(a = 100\) mm.
The values of \(S\) and \(M_p\) (rounded-off to one decimal place) are

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2024 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
The steel angle section shown in the figure has elastic section modulus of \(150.92\text{ cm}^3\) about the horizontal X – X axis, which passes through the centroid of the section.
The shape factor of the section is __________ (rounded off to 2 decimal places).

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2024 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2024 [Session 2]
A homogeneous, prismatic, linearly elastic steel bar fixed at both the ends has a slenderness ratio (l/r) of 105, where l is the bar length and r is the radius of gyration. The coefficient of thermal expansion of steel is 12 × 10-6 /°C. Consider the effective length of the steel bar as 0.5l and neglect the self-weight of the bar.

The differential increase in temperature (rounded off to the nearest integer) at which the bar buckles is
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2025 · Civil Engineering · Structural Engineering · Steel Structures
Civil Engineering (CE) 2025 [Session 1]
Consider the built-up column made of two I-sections as shown in the figure, with each batten plate bolted to a component I-section of the column through 6 black bolts. Each connection of the batten plate with the component section is to be designed for a longitudinal shear of 70 kN and moment of 10 kN.m. The minimum bolt value required (in kN) is __________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).

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