If ‘H’ is the height of wall between centers of supports, then the effective height of wall where concrete floors have a bearing on wall irrespective of the direction of span will be 0.75 H 1.0 H 0.85 H 1.5 H TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Water retentivity for brick masonry should not be less than 60 % 70 % 80 % 50 % TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The timber floor not spanning on the masonry wall but properly anchored to the wall gives Rotational restraint but not lateral restraint Neither lateral nor rotational restraint Both lateral and rotational restraints Lateral restraint but not rotational restraint TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Direct load carrying capacity of a brick masonry wall standing freely as against when it supports RC slab will be The same in both the cases 100 % Less More TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Assertion A : Limiting value of slenderness ratio for a column is less than that of a wall.Reason R : A column can buckle around either of the two horizontal axes while a wall can buckle around only one axis.Select your answer according to the codes given below: A is true but R is false A is false but R is true Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
For earthquake resistant masonry buildings, the vertical distance between openings one above the other in a load bearing wall shall not be less than 60 cm 50 cm 100 cm 75 cm TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
For earthquake resistant masonry buildings, where seismic coefficient is less than 0.08, the horizontal distance between two openings shall not be less than Ax height of shorter opening Vi x height of longer opening Vt x height of shorter opening Vt x height of longer opening TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the horizontal cross-sectional area of a wall is 1200 cm², then the basic stress shall be multiplied by a reduction factor equal to 0.85 0.95 0.6 0.75 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
If the ratio of center to center spacing of intersecting walls to actual thickness of intersecting wall is more than 20, then the stiffening coefficient for wall proper will be Between 0 and 1 Greater than 1 1 TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Assertion A : Lime based mortars give higher ratio of brickwork strength to mortar strength as compared to non-lime mortar.Reason R : Lime based mortars have lower bond strength as compared to non-lime mortars.Select your answer according to the codes given below: Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A A is false but R is true A is true but R is false Both A and R is true but R is not the correct explanation of A TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?