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  • Question
  • Pick up the constituent of good brick earth whose excess causes the raw bricks shrink and warp during drying and burning, from the following:


  • Options
  • A. Alumina
  • B. Lime
  • C. Ironoxide
  • D. Magnesia.

  • Correct Answer
  • Alumina 


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    • 1. The pigment used in paints for corrosive resistance, is

    • Options
    • A. white lead
    • B. ferrous oxide
    • C. zinc white
    • D. red lead
    • E. gypsum.
    • Discuss
    • 2. For sanitary pipes and chemical stonewares,

    • Options
    • A. salt glazing is used
    • B. lead glazing is used
    • C. opaque glazing is used
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Mastic asphalt is

    • Options
    • A. water proof
    • B. fire proof
    • C. elastic
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. Stainless steel resists corrosion due to

    • Options
    • A. carbon
    • B. sulphur
    • C. vanadium
    • D. chromium
    • E. maganese.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Cast iron is used for

    • Options
    • A. structural works in beams
    • B. small sized water pipes
    • C. columns and struts
    • D. none to these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Non acid-resistant asbestos is :

    • Options
    • A. tremolite asbestos
    • B. chrysolite abestos
    • C. amosite absestos
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Refractory bricks resist

    • Options
    • A. high temperature
    • B. chemical action
    • C. dampness
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Good quality sand is never obtained from

    • Options
    • A. river
    • B. nala
    • C. sea
    • D. gravel powder.
    • Discuss
    • 9. For making fly-ash building bricks, the following mix of fly-ash, sand and lime, is

    • Options
    • A. 80 : 13 : 7
    • B. 70 : 20 : 10
    • C. 60 : 35 : 5
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. The rocks which are formed due to cooling of magma at a relatively shallow depth from the earth's surface are called

    • Options
    • A. Plutonic rocks
    • B. Hypabyssal rocks
    • C. Volcanic rocks
    • D. Ignoeous rocks.
    • Discuss


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