Building Construction Questions

• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• A projecting piece usually provided to support a truss, is
• To ensure that supporting area of an offset footing of a boundary wall is fully compressive, the C.G. of load must act
• The raft slab is projected beyond the outer walls of the structure by
• The form work from the underside of slabs, can be removed only after
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
• During percussion drilling
• If (φ) is the angle of repose of soil of weight w kg/m3, the horizontal pressure p at a depth of h metres per metre length of wall, is
• The single stage well point system of dewatering an excavation can be used if the depth of excavation does not exceed
• For providing a raft foundation, the following activities are involved ramming the foundation bed excavation of the soil upto required depth laying the reinforcement over the foundation bed curing the cement concrete placed over reinforcement pouring the cement concrete over the reinforcement. The correct sequence is
• You are asked to design and supervise a truss for a factory to have spans 6 m to 9 m. The type of the truss you will use, is
• Pick up the correct statement from the following :
• The arrangement of supporting an existing structure by providing supports underneath, is known as
• The 19 cm x 9 cm side of a brick as seen in the wall face, is generally known as
• Cavity wall is generally provided for
• Depth of lean concrete bed placedat the bottom of a wall footing, is kept
• Exposed portions of vertical surface at right angles to the door or window frame, are known as
• The opening provided in sloping roof with its top parallel to the roof surface, is called
• The foundation which consists of a thick reinforced cement slab covering whole area to support heavy concentrated structural loads, is known as
• Rotary drilling