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Pick up the correct statement regarding low heat cement from the following:
Options
A. It possesses less compressive strength
B. Its initial setting time is about one hour
C. Its final setting time is about 10 hours
D. Its mainly used for mass concrete work
E. All the above.
Correct Answer
All the above.
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1. If the iron ore contains clay as an impurity, the flux added during calcination, is
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A. clay
B. lime stone
C. argillaceous iron ore
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: lime stone
2. Plywood is made from
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A. common timber
B. bamboo fibre
C. teak wood only
D. asbestos sheets.
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Correct Answer: teak wood only
3. Cast steel is manufactured by
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A. Cementation process
B. Crucible process
C. Bessemer process
D. Open hearth process.
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Correct Answer: Crucible process
4. The filler used in plastic bitumen, is
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A. shale powder
B. talc powder
C. asbestos powder
D. plastic powder
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: asbestos powder
5. Geologically, marble is known as
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A. sedimentary rock
B. igneous rock
C. metamorphic rock
D. stratified rock.
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Correct Answer: metamorphic rock
6. For slaking of 10 kg of CaO, the theoretical amount of water is
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A. 2.2 kg
B. 1.5 kg
C. 3.2 kg
D. None of these.
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Correct Answer: 3.2 kg
7. Inner part of a timber log surrounding the pitch, is called
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A. sapwood
B. cambium layer
C. heart wood
D. none to these.
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Correct Answer: heart wood
8. Quick lime (or caustic lime)
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A. is obtained by the calcination of pure lime stone
B. has great affinity to moisture
C. is amorphous
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
9. Clay and silt content in a good brick earth must be at least
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A. 50%
B. 40%
C. 30%
D. 25%
E. 20%.
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Correct Answer: 50%
10. Soundness test of cement determines
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A. quality of free lime
B. ultimate strength
C. durability
D. initial setting
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: quality of free lime
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