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The most fire resistant paints are :
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A. enamel paints
B. aluminium paints
C. asbestos paints
D. cement paints.
Correct Answer
asbestos paints
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1. Refractory bricks are used for
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A. retaining walls
B. columns
C. piers
D. combustion chambers.
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Correct Answer: combustion chambers.
2. Seasoning is
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A. a process of removing sap
B. creosoting
C. painting with sodium silicate
D. coating with tar.
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Correct Answer: a process of removing sap
3. The compound of Portland cement which contributes to the strength after two to three years is
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A. Tricalcium silicate
B. Di-calcium silicate
C. Tricalcium aluminate
D. Tetracalcium alumino ferrite.
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Correct Answer: Di-calcium silicate
4. Minimum required water cement ratio for a workable concrete, is
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A. 0.30
B. 0.40
C. 0.50
D. 0.60
E. 1.0.
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Correct Answer: 0.40
5. The drop manholes are provided in a sewerage system when there is
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A. change in alignment of sewer line
B. change in size of sewers
C. change in the elevation of ground level
D. change from gravity system to pressure system
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Correct Answer: change in the elevation of ground level
6. A pug mill is used for
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A. softening brick earth
B. moulding brick earth
C. tempering brick earth
D. providing brick earth
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: tempering brick earth
7. A 1st class brick immersed in water for 24 hours, should not absorb water (by weight) more than
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A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
E. 5%.
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Correct Answer: 20%
8. For the manufacture of plywood, veneers are placed so that grains of adjacent veneers
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A. run at right angles
B. parallel
C. inclined at 45°
D. inclined at 60°.
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Correct Answer: run at right angles
9. Black marble is generally found in the district of
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A. Jodhpur
B. Jaipur
C. Jabalpur
D. Jaisalmer
E. Pune.
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Correct Answer: Jaipur
10. The portion of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the length, is called
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A. closer
B. queen closer
C. king closer
D. squint brick.
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Correct Answer: king closer
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