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  • Question
  • The most commonly used base for timber painting, is


  • Options
  • A. red lead
  • B. zinc white
  • C. white lead
  • D. titanium white.

  • Correct Answer
  • white lead 


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    • 1. Teak wood is suitable for

    • Options
    • A. sports articles
    • B. furnitures
    • C. railway sleepers
    • D. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 2. In stone masonry, if stones are so placed that their layers are parallel to the direction of load, they

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    • A. split easily
    • B. are affected by moisture
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Rapid hardening cement attains early strength due to

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    • A. larger proportion of lime grounded finer than normal cement
    • B. lesser proportion of lime grounded coarser than normal cement
    • C. lesser proportion of lime grounded finer than normal cement
    • D. larger proportien of lime grounded coarser than normal cement
    • E. excess percentage of gypsum.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The wedging is adopted for quarrying costly stratified rock such as

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    • A. laterite
    • B. marble
    • C. limestone
    • D. sandstone
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 5. The rocks formed from molten magma, are called

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    • A. sedimentary rocks
    • B. igneous rocks
    • C. metamorphic rocks
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The lime which contains high percentage of calcium oxide, is generally called

    • Options
    • A. fat lime
    • B. rich lime
    • C. white lime
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Brass is an alloy of

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    • A. copper and zinc
    • B. zinc and lead
    • C. tin and silver
    • D. zinc and nickel
    • E. tin and lead.
    • Discuss
    • 8. Bitumen paints offer

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    • A. pleasing surface
    • B. hard surface
    • C. smooth surface
    • D. protective surface
    • E. rough surface.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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    • A. The free quartz suddenly expands at a temperature lower than 600°C
    • B. The lime stone resists fire upto about 800°C and at higher temperature it splits into CaO and CO2
    • C. The sand stone with silicates resist a fire in a better way
    • D. The argillaceous stone though poor in strength can resist fire quite weak
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. Styrene resin is produced from ethylene which is made from petroleum
    • B. Styrene resin is light in weight
    • C. Styrene resin transmits ultraviolet waves of light
    • D. Styrene resin is used to manufacture utensils which are unaffected by chemicals
    • E. All the above.
    • Discuss


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