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  • The concrete slump recommended for columns, is


  • Options
  • A. 25 to 50 mm
  • B. 25 to 75 mm
  • C. 75 to 125 mm
  • D. 50 to 100 mm.

  • Correct Answer
  • 75 to 125 mm 


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    • 1. The additional piles which are driven to increase the capacity of supporting loads on vertical piles, are known

    • Options
    • A. construction piles
    • B. raking piles
    • C. eccentric piles
    • D. sinking piles
    • E. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 2. A wall constructed to resist the pressure of an earth filling, is called

    • Options
    • A. retaining wall
    • B. breast wall
    • C. buttress
    • D. parapet wall.
    • Discuss
    • 3. The floor is rubbed with oxalic acid, for making its surface

    • Options
    • A. free from voids
    • B. glossy
    • C. durable
    • D. uniform.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The type of bond in a brick masonry containing alternate courses of stretchers and headers, is called

    • Options
    • A. Flemish bond
    • B. English bond
    • C. Stretcher bond
    • D. Header bond.
    • Discuss
    • 5. Best type of piles for soft soil having little resistance to the flow of concrete, is

    • Options
    • A. Simplex pile
    • B. Vibro pile
    • C. Raymond pile
    • D. Franki pile.
    • Discuss
    • 6. The triangular portion between any two adjacent arches and the tangent to their crowns, is

    • Options
    • A. haunch
    • B. spandril
    • C. soffit
    • D. rise.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The alignment of a cross joint along the plumb line is

    • Options
    • A. bed block
    • B. perpend
    • C. lintel
    • D. vertical line.
    • Discuss
    • 8. The range of spread from the wall base to outer edge of a brick work foundation does not exceed

    • Options
    • A. 1/2 horizontal to 1 vertical
    • B. 2/3 horizontal to 1 vertical
    • C. 1 horizontal to 1 vertical
    • D. 2 horizontals to 1 vertical.
    • Discuss
    • 9. The type of bond in which every course contains both headers and stretchers, is called

    • Options
    • A. English bond
    • B. Flemish bond
    • C. Russian band
    • D. Mixed bond.
    • Discuss
    • 10. In grillage foundations, distance between flanges of grillage beams, is kept

    • Options
    • A. 40 cm
    • B. equal to flange width
    • C. twice the flange width
    • D. maximum of (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss


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