In ordinary residential and public buildings, the D.P.C. is generally provided at :
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Answer: C
The D.P.C. is generally provided at plinth level.
A damp proof course is a layer of impervious material laid across the full thickness of the walls to stop ground moisture rising by capillary action. In ordinary buildings it is laid at plinth level, the top of the plinth, usually about 150 mm above the outside ground, so that splashing rain and ground moisture are kept below the floor.
At ground level it would be wetted by surface water and splashing. The water table is below the foundations in most buildings, so a D.P.C. there, or midway down, would leave the walls above it exposed to rising damp.
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