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  • Question
  • Clay and silt content in a good brick earth must be at least


  • Options
  • A. 50%
  • B. 40%
  • C. 30%
  • D. 25%
  • E. 20%.

  • Correct Answer
  • 50% 


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    • 1. Quick lime (or caustic lime)

    • Options
    • A. is obtained by the calcination of pure lime stone
    • B. has great affinity to moisture
    • C. is amorphous
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Inner part of a timber log surrounding the pitch, is called

    • Options
    • A. sapwood
    • B. cambium layer
    • C. heart wood
    • D. none to these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. For slaking of 10 kg of CaO, the theoretical amount of water is

    • Options
    • A. 2.2 kg
    • B. 1.5 kg
    • C. 3.2 kg
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick up the correct statement regarding low heat cement from the following:

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    • 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.
    • Discuss
    • 5. If the iron ore contains clay as an impurity, the flux added during calcination, is

    • Options
    • A. clay
    • B. lime stone
    • C. argillaceous iron ore
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Soundness test of cement determines

    • Options
    • A. quality of free lime
    • B. ultimate strength
    • C. durability
    • D. initial setting
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Rocks formed due to alteration of original structure due to heat and excessive pressure are called

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    • A. sedimentary rocks
    • B. igneous rocks
    • C. metamorphic rocks
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pick up the plutonic rock from the following:

    • Options
    • A. Granite
    • B. Dolerite
    • C. Basalt
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Expanded metal is

    • Options
    • A. manufactured from steel sheets
    • B. used for reinforced concrete in road pavements
    • C. measured in term of SWM (shortway mesh) and LWM (long way mesh)
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following: Method of sawing timber

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    • A. tangentially to annual rings, is known as tangential method.
    • B. in four quarters such that each board cuts annual rings at angles not less than 45°, is known as quarter sawing method.
    • C. cut out of quarter logs, parallel to the medullary rays and perpendicular to annual rings, is known as radial sawing.
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss


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