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  • Question
  • Knots in timber are


  • Options
  • A. defects caused by crushing fibres
  • B. splits radiating from the centre
  • C. speckled strains
  • D. signs of branches cut off.

  • Correct Answer
  • signs of branches cut off. 


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    • 1. For the manufacture of stainless steel, steel is mixed with

    • Options
    • A. chromium
    • B. nickel
    • C. tungsten
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Wrought iron is manufactured from pig iron by

    • Options
    • A. refining
    • B. pudding
    • C. shingling
    • D. rolling
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Initial setting of cement is caused due to

    • Options
    • A. Tri-calcium silicate
    • B. Di-calcium silicate
    • C. Tri-calcium aluminate
    • D. Tetra calcium alumino ferrite.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Stuco paints are suitable for

    • Options
    • A. stone masonry
    • B. brick walls
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss
    • 5. The foliated structure is very common in

    • Options
    • A. sedimentary rocks
    • B. igneous rocks
    • C. metamorphic rocks
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The hardest rock is

    • Options
    • A. marble
    • B. diamond
    • C. talc
    • D. quartz.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Wrought iron is used for

    • Options
    • A. structural works in beams
    • B. small sized water pipes
    • C. columns and struts
    • D. none to these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Turpentine oil is used in paints as

    • Options
    • A. thinner
    • B. vehicle
    • C. base
    • D. drier.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The cracks caused by shrinkage of the exterior surface of the wood exposed to atmosphere, are called:

    • Options
    • A. radial shakes
    • B. heart shakes
    • C. wind cracks
    • D. twisted fibres.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Lime concrete is generally used for

    • Options
    • A. wall foundations
    • B. flooring at ground level
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b).
    • Discuss


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