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A ladder is resting against a vertical wall and its bottom is 2.5 m away from the wall. If it slips 0.8 m down the wall, then its bottom will move away from the wall by 1.4 m. What is the length of the ladder?
A 6.2 m
B 6.5 m
C 6.8 m
D \7.5 m
A glass ball is shot to hit a wall from a point on a smooth floor. If the ball returns back to the point of projection in twice the time taken in reaching the wall, the coefficient of restitution between the glass ball and the wall is
A 0.25
B 0.33
C 0.40
D 0.50
To have pressure wholly compressive under the base of a retaining wall of width b, the resultant of the weight of the wall and the pressure exerted by the retained, earth should have eccentricity not more than
A $$\frac{{\text{b}}}{3}$$
B $$\frac{{\text{b}}}{4}$$
C $$\frac{{\text{b}}}{5}$$
D $$\frac{{\text{b}}}{6}$$
The design of a retaining wall assumes that the retained earth
A Is dry
B Is free from moisture
C Is not cohesive
D All the above
A vertical wall is subjected to a pressure due to one kind of liquid, on one of its sides. The total pressure on the wall acts at a distance __________ from the liquid surface.
A $$\frac{{\text{H}}}{3}$$
B $$\frac{{\text{H}}}{2}$$
C $$\frac{{2{\text{H}}}}{3}$$
D $$\frac{{3{\text{H}}}}{4}$$
A painter has painted one-third of a rectangular wall which is ten feet high. When he will paint another 75 square feet of that wall, he will have finished three-quarters of the job. What is the length (the horizontal dimension) of the wall?
A 18 feet
B 12 feet
C 10 feet
D 9 feet
A painter has painted 1/3 of a rectangular wall that is 12 feet high. When he will paint another 50 square feet of the wall he will have finished 50% of the job. What is the length of the wall?
A 25
B 50
C 15
D 20
A marble ball is rolled on a smooth floor of a room to hit a wall. If the time taken by the ball in returning to the point of projection is twice the time taken in reaching the wall, the coefficient of restitution between the ball and the wall, is
A 0.25
B 0.50
C 0.75
D 1.0
If ‘H’ 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
A painter has painted one -third of a rectangular wall which is ten feet high. When he will paint another 75 square feet of that wall, he will have finished three-quaters of the job. What is the length (the horizontal dimension) of the wall?
A 18 feet
B 12 feet
C 10 feet
D 9 feet

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