Building Construction Questions

• The type of bond in a brick masonry containing alternate courses of stretchers and headers, is called
• The floor is rubbed with oxalic acid, for making its surface
• A wall constructed to resist the pressure of an earth filling, is called
• The additional piles which are driven to increase the capacity of supporting loads on vertical piles, are known
• The concrete slump recommended for columns, is
• The triangular portion between any two adjacent arches and the tangent to their crowns, is
• The alignment of a cross joint along the plumb line is
• The range of spread from the wall base to outer edge of a brick work foundation does not exceed
• The type of bond in which every course contains both headers and stretchers, is called
• In grillage foundations, distance between flanges of grillage beams, is kept
• In the method of tube boring of soil investigation, the following is essential :
• Safe bearing capacity of black cotton soil varies from
• To stagger vertical joints in successive courses of a wall, a piece of brick is generally used at the end of the course, which is known as
• Pile foundations are suitable for
• Pick up the consideration to the taken while designing a hospital from the following :
• The nominal thickness of one brick wall in mm, is
• According to National Building Code, the hydrants in water mains is provided at minimum interval of
• In verandah floors outward slope is
• The projections of head or sill of a door or window frame, are
• Rotary drilling is the fastest method in case of