Building Construction Questions

• The maximum permissible differential settlement, in case of foundations in clayey soil, is usually limited to
• In clay soil
• The inclined surface of an abutment to receive the arch, is known as
• The columns of multi-storeyed buildings are designed to withstand the forces due to
• For brick construction, the lime-sand mortar, is
• A floor constructed with 3 mm marble chips, is known
• The angle between skew back of a flat arch and the horizontal, is kept approximately equal to
• For heavy embankments and dams, of height h, the depth of exploration of soil should not be less than
• Raft foundation are generally preferred to when the area required for individual footing, is more than
• The depth of an arch is the distance between
• The platform at the end of a series of steps, is known as
• The skirting/dado in a bath roof should be upto
• For a wall carrying heavy load on low bearing capacity soil,
• In places where the soil is soft and has small resistance to the flow of concrete, which one of the following types of piles, is used
• The compaction of concrete in the drilled pile hole is done by compressed air in the case of
• Cast iron piles
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
• The position of a brick when laid on its side 9 cm x 9 cm with its frog in the vertical plane, is called
• The depth of the ground water table may be ascertained by