Q. What should be maintained in cross walls?

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Q. Stronger and resistant walls should be designed with plain concrete.

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Q. Which type of roofs gives better resistance against shocks?

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Q. Which of the following need not be avoided for construction of quake resistant buildings?

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Q. A dam is subjected to simpler system of forces during an earthquake compared to the other buildings.

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Q. In a storage dam, how many forces have to be considered?

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Q. To avoid shearing, dam has to be placed as far as possible from __________

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Q. What is the downgrade movement of mass along no definite surface called?

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Q. In which type of flowage, failure is not easily perceptible?

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Q. In which type of flowage, failure is easily visible?

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Q. What is a type of mass failure in which a superficial mass fails by moving as a whole along a definite surface of failure called?

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Q. What is the characteristic of the mass above and below a landslide respectively?

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Q. What type of landslide may undergo landslide?

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Q. What is the character of the surface of shear in hard, brittle and coherent mass?

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Q. What is the character of the surface of shear in loose, inherently weak rocks?

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Q. Type of landslide where surface of failure is planar is __________

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Q. What is the characteristic sloping surface in rotational slides?

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Q. Type in which falls are involved rather than sliding is __________

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Q. Sinking or settling of the ground in almost vertical direction naturally is called __________

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Q. What movements is observed in all cases of subsidence?

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