A. Vt x height of shorter opening
B. Vt x height of longer opening
C. Ax height of shorter opening
D. Vi x height of longer opening
Related Mcqs:
- For earthquake resistant masonry buildings, the vertical distance between openings one above the other in a load bearing wall shall not be less than_________________?
A. 50 cm
B. 60 cm
C. 75 cm
D. 100 cm - For designing masonry components of a structure, seismic forces provision in the design calculation is not necessary for buildings constructed in________________?
A. Zone I only
B. Zone I and II
C. Zone I, II and III
D. Zone I, II, III and IV - Consider the following statements regarding bands to be provided for strengthening masonry work in masonry buildings constructed in zone III, IV and V?
(i) Lintel band is provided at lintel level on partition walls,
(ii) Gable band is provided at top of gable masonry below the purlins,
(iii) The bands shall be to full width of the wall and not less than 7.5 cm in depth,
(iv) The bands shall be made of reinforced concrete only.the correct statements are?
A. (i) and (ii)
B. (i) and (iii)
C. (ii) and (iv)
D. (ii) and (iii) - The thickness of each leaf of a cavity wall shall not be less than_________________?
A. 5 cm
B. 7.5 cm
C. 10 cm
D. 15 cm - 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_______________?
A. 0.15 MPa
B. 0.125 MPa
C. 0.1 MPa
D. 0.075 MPa - A 200 mm thick brick masonry wall made of modular bricks carries an axial load of 30 kN/m from wall above and an eccentric load of 20 kN/m from RCC floor acting at a distance of 47.5 mm from the centre line of the wall. The resultant eccentricity ratio is A. B. C. D. ?
A.090
B.095
C.100
D.105 - The mode of failure of a very short masonry member having h/t ratio of less than 4 is by _______________?
A. shear
B. vertical tensile splitting
C. buckling
D. any of the above - Water retentivity for brick masonry should not be less than__________________?
A. 50%
B. 60%
C. 70%
D. 80% - Assertion A : Limiting value of slenderness ratio for a column is less than that of a wall. Reason R : A column can buckle around either of the two horizontal axes while a wall can buckle around only one axis.
Select your answer according to the codes given below.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
C. A is true but R is false.
D. A is false but R is true. - If the horizontal cross-sectional area of a wall is 1200 cm2, then the basic stress shall be multiplied by a reduction factor equal to________________?
A. 0 6
B. 0.75
C. 0.85
D. 0.95
