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- Question
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
Options- A. Cement is added to lime mortar to increase its hydraulic properties only
- B. Lime surkhi mortar is used for pointing the walls
- C. Lime should be slaked before preparing lime mortar
- D. High early strength concrete is generally used in cold weather.
- Correct Answer
- Cement is added to lime mortar to increase its hydraulic properties only
- 1. The form work from the underside of slabs, can be removed only after
Options- A. 1 day
- B. 4 days
- C. 7 days
- D. 14 days. Discuss
- 2. The raft slab is projected beyond the outer walls of the structure by
Options- A. 5 to 10 cm
- B. 15 to 20 cm
- C. 25 to 30 cm
- D. 30 to 45 cm
- E. 60 cm. Discuss
- 3. To ensure that supporting area of an offset footing of a boundary wall is fully compressive, the C.G. of load must act
Options- A. at the centre of the base
- B. within the middle third of the base
- C. within the middle fifth of the base
- D. neither (a), (b) nor (c). Discuss
- 4. A projecting piece usually provided to support a truss, is
Options- A. cornice
- B. coping
- C. frieze
- D. lintal. Discuss
- 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- A. Louvered door is generally provided in bath rooms
- B. Flush door is generally provided in dinning room
- C. Revolving door is generally provided in cinema halls
- D. Sliding door is generally provided in show rooms
- E. All the above. Discuss
- 6. During percussion drilling
Options- A. ground water observations are hindered due to entry of the slurry in the soil below the bottom of the hole
- B. caving or mixing of strata are caused in soft soils or cohesionless soils
- C. the soil to a considerable depth below the bottom of the hole gets disturbed
- D. all the above. Discuss
- 7. If (?) 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
Options- A.
- B.
- C.
- D.
Discuss
- 8. The single stage well point system of dewatering an excavation can be used if the depth of excavation does not exceed
Options- A. 5 m
- B. 10 m
- C. 15 m
- D. 20 m
- E. 25 m. Discuss
- 9. 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
Options- A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- B. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- C. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
- D. 3, 2, 5, 1, 4. Discuss
- 10. Hydration of cement is due to chemical action of water with
Options- A. Tricalcium silicate and dicalcium silicate
- B. Dicalcium silicate and tricalcium aluminate
- C. Tricalcium aluminate and tricalcium alumino ferrite
- D. All the above. Discuss
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Correct Answer: 7 days
Correct Answer: 30 to 45 cm
Correct Answer: within the middle third of the base
Correct Answer: frieze
Correct Answer: Revolving door is generally provided in cinema halls
Correct Answer: all the above.
Correct Answer:
Correct Answer: 5 m
Correct Answer: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
Correct Answer: All the above.
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