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The frog of the brick in a brick masonry is generally kept on
A Bottom face
B Top face
C Shorter side
D Longer side
The solid brick shown is made of small square shaped bricks of side 1. when the large brick is disassembled into its component small bricks. the total surface area of all the small bricks is how much greater than the surface area of the large brick?
A 32
B 40
C 60
D 72
The method of moving each brick through a small horizontal distance before it is finally laid in any brick wall and pressing it by means of brick hammer, is known as
A Troweling
B Laying
C Grouting
D Placing
Water retentivity for brick masonry should not be less than
A 50%
B 60%
C 70%
D 80%
Number of bricks required for one cubic metre of brick masonry is
A 400
B 450
C 500
D 550
Direct load carrying capacity of a brick masonry wall standing freely as against when it supports RC slab will be
A More
B Less
C The same in both the cases
D 100%
The minimum strength of the mortar used in load bearing brick masonry, is
A 50 N/cm2
B 100 N/cm2
C 150 N/cm2
D 200 N/cm2
The type of bond in a brick masonry containing alternate courses of stretchers and headers, is called
A Flemish bond
B English bond
C Stretcher bond
D Header bond
The stretcher bond in brick masonry can be used only when the thickness of wall is
A 90 mm
B 180 mm
C 190 mm
D 280 mm
For one cubic metre of brick masonry, number of bricks required, is
A 400
B 425
C 450
D 500

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