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Vanadium steel is generally used for
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A. railway switches and crossing
B. bearing balls
C. magnets
D. axles and springs.
Correct Answer
axles and springs.
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1. Pick up the polymineralic rock from the following:
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A. Quartz sand
B. Pure gypsum
C. Magnesite
D. Granite
E. None of these.
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Correct Answer: Granite
2. The variety of pig iron used for the manufacture of steel by Bessemer process, is
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A. Bessemer pig
B. Grey pig
C. White forge pig
D. Mottled pig.
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Correct Answer: Bessemer pig
3. Polymerization helps to improve the property of
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A. strength
B. rigidity
C. elasticity
D. all of these.
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Correct Answer: all of these.
4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. The theory of formation of concrete is based on the phenomena of formation of voids
B. The bulking of sand is taken into account while volumetric proportioning of the aggregates
C. The dry sand and the sand completely flooded with water, have practically the same volume
D. The expansion and contraction joints are provided if concrete structures exceed 12 m in length
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
5. Quartzite is a
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A. metamorphic rock
B. argillaceous rock
C. calcareous rock
D. silicious rock.
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Correct Answer: silicious rock.
6. The main constituent of fly-ash, is
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A. aluminium oxide
B. silica
C. ferrous oxide
D. All of these.
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Correct Answer: All of these.
7. Due to attack of dry rot, the timber
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A. cracks
B. shrinks
C. reduces to powder
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: reduces to powder
8. Elastomers can extend upto
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A. five times their original dimensions
B. seven times their original dimensions
C. ten times their original dimensions
D. three times their original dimensions.
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Correct Answer: ten times their original dimensions
9. In the method of condensation polymerization,
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A. low-molecular substances are removed from the high molecular substance
B. the reaction proceeds with an evolution of ammonia
C. the reaction proceeds with an evolution of hydrogen chloride
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
10. Asbestos cement
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A. is brittle
B. warps due to changes in humidity
C. strength is lowered when saturated by water
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
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