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The portion of a brick cut to form angles other than right angles in plan, is known as
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A. queen closer
B. king closer
C. closer
D. squint brick.
Correct Answer
squint brick.
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1. Generally wooden moulds are made from
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A. ply wood
B. shisham wood
C. deodar wood
D. teak wood
E. hard wood.
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Correct Answer: shisham wood
2. The low voltage porcelain is mainly used for
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A. switch block
B. insulating tubes
C. lamp sockets
D. All of these.
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Correct Answer: All of these.
3. Plastic bitumen is generally used for
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A. road pavements
B. expansion joints
C. crack fillings
D. none to these.
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Correct Answer: crack fillings
4. The main ingredient of a good quality brick earth, is
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A. magnesia
B. lime
C. silica
D. alumina.
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Correct Answer: alumina.
5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. The plywoods do not split or crack due to changes in atmosphere
B. The commercial plywoods are available upto 150 cm wide and upto 300 cm long
C. The plywoods possess uniform tensile strength in all directions
D. The plywoods are light in weight
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
6. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
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A. Steel produced by open hearth process is milder than that obtained by the bessemer process
B. Engineers prefer open hearth steel for structural purpose as it is more homogenous
C. Basic Bessemer process is suitable for converting poor ore containing a large proportion of sulphur and phosphorus into steel
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
7. Cast iron
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A. is obtained by purifying pig iron
B. is manufactured in required shapes
C. may contain 2 to 5 per cent of carbon with other impurities
D. is remelted in a cupola furnace
E. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
8. The steel which contains fissures and cavities, is manufactured by
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A. Cementation process
B. Crucible process
C. Bessemer process
D. Open hearth process.
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Correct Answer: Cementation process
9. The commonly used thinner in oil paints, is
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A. naptha
B. turpentine
C. both (a) and (b)
D. neither (a) nor (b)
E. none the these.
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Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
10. The size of modular bricks, is
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A. 10 x 10 x 9 cm
B. 19 x 9 x 9 cm
C. 22.5 x 10 x 8.5 cm
D. 22.5 x 8.0 x 9 cm.
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Correct Answer: 19 x 9 x 9 cm
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