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  • For the manufacture of plywood, veneers are placed so that grains of adjacent veneers


  • Options
  • A. run at right angles
  • B. parallel
  • C. inclined at 45°
  • D. inclined at 60°.

  • Correct Answer
  • run at right angles 


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    • 1. A 1st class brick immersed in water for 24 hours, should not absorb water (by weight) more than

    • Options
    • A. 10%
    • B. 15%
    • C. 20%
    • D. 25%
    • E. 5%.
    • Discuss
    • 2. A pug mill is used for

    • Options
    • A. softening brick earth
    • B. moulding brick earth
    • C. tempering brick earth
    • D. providing brick earth
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The most fire resistant paints are :

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    • A. enamel paints
    • B. aluminium paints
    • C. asbestos paints
    • D. cement paints.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Refractory bricks are used for

    • Options
    • A. retaining walls
    • B. columns
    • C. piers
    • D. combustion chambers.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Seasoning is

    • Options
    • A. a process of removing sap
    • B. creosoting
    • C. painting with sodium silicate
    • D. coating with tar.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Black marble is generally found in the district of

    • Options
    • A. Jodhpur
    • B. Jaipur
    • C. Jabalpur
    • D. Jaisalmer
    • E. Pune.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The portion of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the length, is called

    • Options
    • A. closer
    • B. queen closer
    • C. king closer
    • D. squint brick.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The rocks in which argil (or clay) predominates, are called

    • Options
    • A. sillicious rocks
    • B. argillaceous rocks
    • C. calcareous rocks
    • D. igneous rocks.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. soft stones are required for carving
    • B. light stones are required for arches
    • C. hard stones are required to stand high pressure
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The rock generally used for roofing, is

    • Options
    • A. granite
    • B. basalt
    • C. slate
    • D. pumice.
    • Discuss


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