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  • If 1500 g of water is required to have a cement paste 1875 g of normal consistency, the percentage of water is,


  • Options
  • A. 20%
  • B. 25%
  • C. 30%
  • D. 35%
  • E. 40%

  • Correct Answer
  • 25% 


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    • 1. The following proportion of the ingredients of concrete mix, is not in conformation to arbitrary method of proportioning

    • Options
    • A. 1 : 1 : 2
    • B. 1 : 2 : 4
    • C. 1 : 3 : 6
    • D. 1 : 2 : 8
    • E. 1 : 4 : 10
    • Discuss
    • 2. Curing a concrete for long period ensures better

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    • A. volume stability
    • B. strength
    • C. water resistance
    • D. water tightness and durability
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Curing

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    • A. reduces the shrinkage of concrete
    • B. preserves the properties of concrete
    • C. prevents the loss of water by evaporation
    • D. all of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The process of proper and accurate measurement of concrete ingredients for uniformity of proportion, is known

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    • A. grading
    • B. curing
    • C. mixing
    • D. batching
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The high strength of rapid hardening cement at early stage, is due to its

    • Options
    • A. finer grinding
    • B. burning at high temperature
    • C. increased lime cement
    • D. higher content of tricalcium.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The increased cohesiveness of concrete, makes it

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    • A. less liable to segregation
    • B. more liable to segregation
    • C. more liable to bleeding
    • D. more liable for surface scaling in frosty weather
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. To obtain cement dry powder, lime stones and shales or their slurry, is burnt in a rotary kiln at a temperature between

    • Options
    • A. 1100° and 1200°C
    • B. 1200° and 1300°C
    • C. 1300° and 1400°C
    • D. 1400° and 1500°C
    • E. 1500° and 1600°C
    • Discuss
    • 8. M10 grade of concrete approximates

    • Options
    • A. 1 : 3 : 6 mix
    • B. 1 : 1 : 2 mix
    • C. 1 : 2 : 4 mix
    • D. 1 : 1.5 : 3 mix
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The rock which is not calcareous, is :

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    • A. lime stone
    • B. macl
    • C. chalk
    • D. laterite
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Under normal conditions using an ordinary cement, the period of removal of the form work, is :

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    • A. 7 days for beam soffits
    • B. 14 days for bottom slabs of spans 4.6 m and more
    • C. 21 days for bottom beams over 6 m spans
    • D. 2 days for vertical sides of columns
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss


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