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An R.C.C. lintel is spanning an opening of 2m span in a brick wall. The height of the roof is 2.9m above the floor level and that of the opening is 2.1 m above the floor level. The lintel is to be designed for self weight plus
A Triangular load of the wall
B UDL of wall
C UDL of wall + load from the roof
D Triangular load + load from the roof
If the length of a wall on either side of a lintel opening is at least half of its effective span L, the load W carried by the lintel is equivalent to the weight of brickwork contained in an equilateral triangle, producing a maximum bending moment
A $$\frac{{{\text{WL}}}}{2}$$
B $$\frac{{{\text{WL}}}}{4}$$
C $$\frac{{{\text{WL}}}}{6}$$
D $$\frac{{{\text{WL}}}}{8}$$
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
The size of the wooden block is 5×10×20 cm. How many such blocks will be required to contract a solid wooden cube of minimum size?
A 12
B 6
C 10
D 8
If an aluminium pattern made from a wooden master pattern is to be used for grey iron castings, then the shrinkage allowance allowed on the wooden pattern should be
A 10 mm/m
B 16 mm/m
C 20 mm/m
D 26 mm/m
If A is the area of the foundation of a retaining wall carrying a load W and retaining earth of weight 'w' per unit volume, the minimum depth (h) of the foundation from the free surface of the earth, is
A $${\text{h}} = \frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}\left$$
B $${\text{h}} = \frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}\left$$
C $${\text{h}} = \frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}{\left^2}$$
D $${\text{h}} = \sqrt {\frac{{\text{W}}}{{{\text{Aw}}}}} {\left^2}$$
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%
For a wall carrying heavy load on low bearing capacity soil,
A Lean concrete bed is provided
B Thick concrete bed is provided
C Reinforced concrete bed is provided
D Both (A) and (C) of the above
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

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