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1. Minimum length of stiffening wall shall be
height/2
height/3
height/4
height/5

2. The timber floor not spanning on the masonry wall but properly anchored to the wall gives
neither lateral nor rotational restraints
lateral restraint but not rotational restraint
rotational restraint but not lateral restraint
both lateral and rotational restraints

3. If H is the height of wall between centres of supports, then the effective height of wall where concrete floors have a bearing on wall irrespective of the direction of span will be
0.25 H
0.75 H
1.0 H
1.5 H

4. Direct load carrying capacity of a brick masonry wall standing freely as against when it supports RC slab will be
100%
more
less
the same in both the cases

5. 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
0.075 MPa
0.125 MPa
0.1 Mpa
0.15 MPa

6. For masonry work with solid bricks, consistency of mortar should be
5 to 8 cm
9 to 13 cm
14 to 18 cm
10 to 23 cm

7. The effective height of free standing non load bearing wall and column respectively will be
1.0H and 1.0H
1.5H to 1.5H
2.0H to 1.5H
2.0H to 2.0H

8. Minimum thickness of stiffening wall for 1 to 3 storey's shall not be less than Minimum thickness of stiffening wall for 1 to 3 storey's shall not be less than
5 cm
10 cm
20 cm
30 cm

9. Rich cement mortars are more liable to cracking as compared to lean mortars because rich mortars have Rich cement mortars are more liable to cracking as compared to lean mortars because rich mortars have
less strength
high shrinkage
both a and b
None of the above

10. In a cavity wall, both leaves of which are load bearing, the effective thickness is taken as
sum of thickness of both leaves
two third of the sum of thickness of both the leaves
actual thickness of the stronger leaf
larger of b and c