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  • Shingle is


  • Options
  • A. decomposed laterite
  • B. crushed granite
  • C. water bound pebbles
  • D. air weathered rock.

  • Correct Answer
  • decomposed laterite 


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    • 1. Name the type of cement from the following for canal linings :

    • Options
    • A. sulphate resisting cement
    • B. rapid hardening cement
    • C. quick setting cement
    • D. pozzuolana cement.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Minimum of 40% of iron, is available in

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    • A. Magnetite
    • B. Red haemetite
    • C. Limonite
    • D. Siderite
    • E. Black band.
    • Discuss
    • 3. A badly mixed cement concrete results in

    • Options
    • A. segregation
    • B. bleeding
    • C. honey combing
    • D. none to these.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. Alexander Parkes, a Scottish chemist prepared a hard material by mixing camphor and alcohol with nitro cellulose and called it, as Parkesite
    • B. Dr. L. Bakeland, a Belgian scientist prepared a product known as Bakelite
    • C. Pollark, an Austrian scientist prepared a substance from urea and formaldehyde and called it Plastic
    • D. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The commonly used lime in white washing, is

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    • A. white lime
    • B. fat lime
    • C. hydraulic lime
    • D. lime
    • E. quick lime.
    • Discuss
    • 6. A good quality stone absorbs water less than

    • Options
    • A. 5%
    • B. 10%
    • C. 15%
    • D. 20%
    • E. 25%.
    • Discuss
    • 7. A good brick earth should contain :

    • Options
    • A. about 20% to 30% of alumina
    • B. about 50% to 60% of silica
    • C. not more than 5% of lime
    • D. about 5 to 6% of oxide of lime
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Mastic asphalt is generally used for

    • Options
    • A. damp proof course
    • B. water proof layer
    • C. partition walls
    • D. both (a) and (b).
    • Discuss
    • 9. The lime which contains mainly calcium oxide and slacks with water, is

    • Options
    • A. fat lime
    • B. quick lime
    • C. hydraulic lime
    • D. poor lime
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Cement is said to be of good quality if

    • Options
    • A. its colour is not greenish grey
    • B. one feels cool by thrusting one's hand in the cement bag
    • C. it is not smooth when rubbed in between fingers
    • D. a handful of cement thrown into a bucket of water does not float
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss


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