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- Question
A good quality stone absorbs water less than
Options- A. 5%
- B. 10%
- C. 15%
- D. 20%
- E. 25%.
- Correct Answer
- 5%
- 1. Shingle is
Options- A. decomposed laterite
- B. crushed granite
- C. water bound pebbles
- D. air weathered rock. Discuss
- 2. 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
- 3. Minimum of 40% of iron, is available in
Options- A. Magnetite
- B. Red haemetite
- C. Limonite
- D. Siderite
- E. Black band. Discuss
- 4. A badly mixed cement concrete results in
Options- A. segregation
- B. bleeding
- C. honey combing
- D. none to these. Discuss
- 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Options- 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
- 6. 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
- 7. Mastic asphalt is generally used for
Options- A. damp proof course
- B. water proof layer
- C. partition walls
- D. both (a) and (b). Discuss
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. Apiece of sawn timber whose cross-sectional dimensions exceed 5 cm, in one direction and 20 cm in the other direction, is called a
Options- A. cant
- B. deal
- C. baulk
- D. strip. Discuss
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Correct Answer: decomposed laterite
Correct Answer: sulphate resisting cement
Correct Answer: Black band.
Correct Answer: honey combing
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: All the above.
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b).
Correct Answer: quick lime
Correct Answer: none of these.
Correct Answer: baulk
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