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  • Question
  • 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.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


  • Building Materials problems


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    • 1. Pick up the plutonic rock from the following:

    • Options
    • A. Granite
    • B. Dolerite
    • C. Basalt
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Rocks formed due to alteration of original structure due to heat and excessive pressure are called

    • Options
    • A. sedimentary rocks
    • B. igneous rocks
    • C. metamorphic rocks
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Soundness test of cement determines

    • Options
    • A. quality of free lime
    • B. ultimate strength
    • C. durability
    • D. initial setting
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Clay and silt content in a good brick earth must be at least

    • Options
    • A. 50%
    • B. 40%
    • C. 30%
    • D. 25%
    • E. 20%.
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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
    • 6. Pick up the correct statement from the following: Method of sawing timber

    • Options
    • 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
    • 7. Chemically, marble is known as

    • Options
    • A. metamorphic rock
    • B. argillaceous rock
    • C. calcareous rock
    • D. silicious rock.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The standard size of masonry bricks, is

    • Options
    • A. 18 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm
    • B. 19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm
    • C. 20 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm
    • D. 21 cm x 11 cm x 11 cm
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The proportions of charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur in gun powder by weight, are respectively:

    • Options
    • A. 15, 75, 10
    • B. 75, 10, 15
    • C. 10, 15, 75
    • D. 10, 75, 15.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Resins are

    • Options
    • A. not soluble in water
    • B. soluble in spirit
    • C. used in varnishes
    • D. left behind on evaporation of oil
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss


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