RCC Structures Design - Engineering

Q1:

If the permissible compressive and tensile stresses in a singly reinforced beam are 50 kg/cm2 and 1400 kg/cm2 respectively and the modular ratio is 18, the percentage area At of the steel required for an economic section, is

A 0.496%

B 0.596%

C 0.696%

D 0.796%

E none of these.

ANS:C - 0.696%