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Q. Rich cement mortars are more liable to cracking as compared to lean mortars because rich mortars have

(A) high shrinkage
(B) less strength
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) none of above
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Q. In a cavity wall, both leaves of which are load bearing, the effective thickness is taken as

(A) sum of thickness of both leaves
(B) two-third of the sum of thickness of both the leaves
(C) actual thickness of the stronger leaf
(D) larger of (b) and (c)
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Q. For earthquake resistant masonry buildings, the vertical distance between openings one above the other in a load bearing wall shall not be less than

(A) 50 cm
(B) 60 cm
(C) 75 cm
(D) 100 cm
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Q. The mode of failure of a very short masonry member having h/t ratio of less than 4 is by

(A) shear
(B) vertical tensile splitting
(C) buckling
(D) any of the above
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Q. The basic stress in masonry units having height to width ratio of 1.5 may be increased by a factor of

(A) 1.2
(B) 1.4
(C) 1.6
(D) 2.0
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Q. The timber floor not spanning on the masonry wall but properly anchored to the wall gives

(A) lateral restraint but not rotational restraint
(B) rotational restraint but not lateral restraint
(C) both lateral and rotational restraints
(D) neither lateral nor rotational restraint
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Q. A free standing brick wall 20 cm thick is subjected to a wind pressure of 75kg/m². The maximum height of wall from stability consideration is

(A) 0.64 m
(B) 0.96 m
(C) 1.28 m
(D) 1.5 m
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Q. If 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

(A) 0.75 h
(B) 0.85 h
(C) 1.0 h
(D) 1.5 h
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Q. For designing masonry components of a structure, seismic forces provision in the design calculation is not necessary for buildings constructed in

(A) zone i only
(B) zone i and ii
(C) zone i, ii and iii
(D) zone i, ii, iii and iv
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Q. A 200 mm thick wall made of modular bricks is 5 m long between cross walls and 3.8 m clear height between RCC slabs at top and bottom. The slenderness ratio of the wall is

(A) 15
(B) 19
(C) 20
(D) 25
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