Building Construction Questions

• A cut in frame of a door to receive the shutter, is called
• Negative skin friction
• If the depth of an excavation is 20 metres, number of single stage well points to be installed at various levels, is
• A covering of concrete placed on the exposed top of an external wall, is known as
• The minimum distance between the centres of bulb of diameter du, of a multi under reamed piles, is
• Ornamental moulded course placed on the top of a wall, is
• The type of stone masonry in which stones of same height are laid in layers, is called
• Couple roof is used for spans
• Nogging of a common wooden partition is
• Pile foundation is generally provided if soil is
• The stone whose crushing strength is maximum, is
• The vertical side member of a shutter frame, is known
• The method of moving each brick through a small horizontal distance before it is finally laid in any brick wall and pressing it by means of brick hammer, is known as
• A roof which slopes in four directions, is called
• For effective drainage, the finished surface of flat roof should have a minimum slope of
• Engineering news formula for obtaining safe bearing capacity of pile for drop hammer, is,
• The bearing capacity of piles is determined by
• The size of a floor tile commonly used, is
• Which one of the following piles has a cast iron shoe even after removal of the hollow cylindrical steel casing
• Best type of piles for soft soil having little resistance to the flow of concrete, is