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A wooden block hinged on post outside a door, is known

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The window which is provided in flat roof of a room, is known

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Weep holes are provided in retaining and breast walls

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The triangular space formed between the extrados and the horizontal line drawn through the crown of an arch is known as

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The vertical distance between the springing line and highest point of the inner curve of an arch is known as

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Pitched and sloping roofs are suitable for

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Pile foundations are suitable for

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The bond in which headers and stretchers are laid in alternate courses and every stretcher course is started with a three fourth brick bat, is known as

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The maximum number of steps in a flight should generally be restricted to

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If a is the offset of concrete bed in cms, and d is the depth of concrete bed in cms, then

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Single Flemish bond consists of

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Herringbone bond is used for

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The piece of a brick cut along the centre of width in such a way that its length is equal to that of full brick, is called

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A pre-stressed concrete pile is

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As compared to stretcher course, the thickness of joints in header course should be

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The depth of an arch is the distance between

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Engineering news formula for obtaining safe bearing capacity of pile for drop hammer, is,

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The pile which is provided with a bulb filled with concrete at its lower end, is known as

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The type of pointing in which upper side of mortar joints is kept about 12 mm inside the face of the masonry and bottom is kept flushed with face of wall, is

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Depth of lean concrete bed placed at the bottom of a wall footing, is kept

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