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  • Question
  • Pick up the correct specification of one-room quarters generally adopted from the following :


  • Options
  • A. six quarters in a row
  • B. the size of room is either 3.5 m x 3 m or 4.2 m x 2.5 m
  • C. the front verandah is kept 2 m wide.
  • D. all the above.

  • Correct Answer
  • all the above. 


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    • 1. The formWork including the props can be removed from beams, only after

    • Options
    • A. 3 day
    • B. 7 days
    • C. 14 days
    • D. 21 days.
    • Discuss
    • 2. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :

    • Options
    • A. In king post truss, one vertical post is used
    • B. In a queen post truss, one vertical post is used
    • C. In a queen post truss, two vertical posts are used
    • D. None of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The depth of the ground water table may be ascertained by

    • Options
    • A. looking through the well in the vicinity
    • B. standing on the well in the vicinity
    • C. measuring the depth of water in the well
    • D. none of the above.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The position of a brick when laid on its side 9 cm x 9 cm with its frog in the vertical plane, is called

    • Options
    • A. brick on edge
    • B. brick on end
    • C. brick on bed
    • D. brick held vertically.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

    • Options
    • A. In dog-legged stairs, no space between its flights is provided
    • B. In open newel stair, a rectangular well is provided
    • C. In geometric stair, a curved shaped well between forward and backward flights, is provided
    • D. In geometrical stair, two quarter space landing is provided.
    • Discuss
    • 6. For the construction of flyovers in sandy soils, the type of foundation provided, is

    • Options
    • A. strap footing
    • B. raft footing
    • C. combined footing
    • D. pier footing
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 7. Auger boring

    • Options
    • A. is the most primitive method for making a hole in the ground
    • B. is generally employed in cohesive and other self soils above water table
    • C. is most economical upto a depth of 5 metres
    • D. is done by portable power driven helical augers those diameters range from 7.5 to 30 cm
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The stone whose crushing strength is least, is

    • Options
    • A. granite
    • B. chalk
    • C. marble
    • D. slate
    • E. sand stone.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The brick laid with its length parallel to the face of a wall, is a known as

    • Options
    • A. header
    • B. stretcher
    • C. closer
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 10. Two columns 50 cm x 50 cm and 60 cm x 60 cm carry 80 tonnes and 120 tonnes of loads respectively. The centre to centre distance between columns is 5.00 metres. The permissible bearing capacity of the soil is 20 t/m2. If the footing is not to project more than 25 cm beyond the outside of the smaller column, pick up the correct design parameters of the footing from the following:

    • Options
    • A. distance of C.G. of the loads from the smaller column = 3.00 m
    • B. the length of the foundation slab = 7.00 m
    • C. area of footing slab = 11.00 m2
    • D. width of the footing = 1.57 m.
    • E. all the above.
    • Discuss


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