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  • Question

  • The load on a lintel is assumed as uniformly distributed if the height of the masonry above it, is upto a height of


  • Options
  • A. the effective span
  • B. 1.25 times the effective span
  • C. 1.50 times the effective span
  • D. 2.0 times the effective span
  • E. 2.5 times the effective span.

  • Correct Answer
  • 1.25 times the effective span 

    • More questions

    • 1. The direct shear test suffers from the following disadvantage:

    • Options
    • A. Drain condition cannot be controlled
    • B. Pore water pressure cannot be measured
    • C. Shear stress on the failure plane is not uniform.
    • D. The area under the shear and vertical loads does not remain constant throughout the test
    • E. All the above.
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    • 2. Horizontal construction joints in concrete walls are generally provided at

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    • A. soffit level
    • B. window sill level
    • C. floor level
    • D. all the above.
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    • 3. Hill roads are

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    • A. provided camber along spur curves
    • B. provided camber along valley curves
    • C. seldom provided a camber
    • D. None of these.
      • Discuss
    • 4. The useful moisture of soil, is equal to its

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    • A. field capacity
    • B. saturation capacity
    • C. moisture content at permanent wilting point
    • D. difference between filed capacity and permanent wilting point within the root zone of plants.
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    • 5. An excess of flaky particles in concrete aggregates

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    • A. decreases the workability
    • B. increases the quantity of water and sand
    • C. affects the durability of concrete
    • D. more than 15% are not desirable
    • E. all the above.
      • Discuss
    • 6. If V is the design speed of vehicles in km/hour, the change of radial acceleration in metres/sec3, is

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    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
      • Discuss
    • 7. When a body falls freely under gravitational force, it possesses

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    • A. maximum weight
    • B. minimum weight
    • C. no weight
    • D. no effect on its weight.
      • Discuss
    • 8. A lemniscate curve between the tangents will be transitional throughout if the polar deflection angle of its apex, is

    • Options
    • A.
    • B.
    • C.
    • D.
    • E.
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    • 9. In the method of voids for determination of the quantity of cement paste, it is assumed that

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    • A. Voids in coarse aggregates are filled by fine aggregates
    • B. Voids in fine aggregates are filled by the cement paste
    • C. Volume of fine aggregates is equal to total voids in coarse aggregates plus 10% extra
    • D. Volume of cement paste required is equal to total volume of voids in fine aggregates plus 15% extra
    • E. All the above.
      • Discuss
    • 10. Critical time for developing a water hammer, is the time required for

    • Options
    • A. closing the valve
    • B. the wave to travel from valve to the reservoir
    • C. the wave to travel from the valve to the reservoir and back
    • D. none of these.
      • Discuss

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