A. 1.OH and 1.OH
B. 1.5Handl.5H
C. 2.0Handl.5H
D. 2.0H and 2.0H
✅ The correct answer is option D.
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1042. 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
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1043. 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)
✅ The correct answer is option D.
1044. For masonry built in 1:1:6 cement-lime-sand mix mortar or equivalent, the horizontal shear stress permissible on the area of a mortar bed joint is_______________?
A. 0.15 MPa
B. 0.125 MPa
C. 0.1 MPa
D. 0.075 MPa
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1045. Minimum compressive strength in N/mm2 for H1 type mortar used for masonry is_______________?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7.5
D. 10
✅ The correct answer is option D.
1046. 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
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1047. Where a structural component or a system is providing lateral support to five or more walls or columns, the lateral load to be resisted may be taken as_______________?
A. 4 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 6 percent
D. 7 percent
✅ The correct answer is option D.
1048. The bending stress in a wall or column subjected to effective vertical load need not be considered, if the eccentricity ratio is_________________?
A. less than or equal to 1/24
B. less than or equal to 1/6
C. more than 1/24
D. less than or equal to 1/12
✅ The correct answer is option A.
1049. Which of the following will give higher ratio of brickwork strength to mortar strength ?
A. 1 : % : 3
B. 1 : Vz: 4>/2
C. 1:1:6
D. 1:2:9
✅ The correct answer is option D.
1050. 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. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
✅ The correct answer is option A.