Test: IS Codes - Civil Engineering (CE) MCQ

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There are 41 groups or categories of IS codes available for Civil Engineering. Some of them include hardware, stone, ports and harbour, cement and concrete, fire safety, etc.

IS 456 gives specifications about plain reinforcement concrete. For designing any concrete structure, this IS code is a must.

IS 2062 gives the specifications for steel to be used for general purposes.

They are a total of 28 parts in IS 1200. These cover all important information about measurements and deductions of building and civil engineering works.

IS 2368 gives specifications regarding aggregates and the methods of test performed on them. There are 9 parts in total, each deal with specific tests.

IS 808-1989 gives guidelines on dimensioning of hot rolled steel beams, columns, channel and angle sections.

IS 1893-2002 gives the criteria for earthquake resistance design of structures. It is the fifth revised edition.

IS 4860-1968 gives specifications for acid-resistant bricks. IS 4832 deals with mortar, IS 5766 with laying burnt clay brick flooring and IS 5318 with laying flexible PVC sheets and tile flooring.

IS 875 has five parts which address the imposed, dead, wind, snow and special loads except earthquake that act on structures.