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The concrete slump recommended for columns, is
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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
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A. construction piles
B. raking piles
C. eccentric piles
D. sinking piles
E. none of these.
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Correct Answer: raking piles
2. A wall constructed to resist the pressure of an earth filling, is called
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A. retaining wall
B. breast wall
C. buttress
D. parapet wall.
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Correct Answer: retaining wall
3. The floor is rubbed with oxalic acid, for making its surface
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A. free from voids
B. glossy
C. durable
D. uniform.
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Correct Answer: glossy
4. The type of bond in a brick masonry containing alternate courses of stretchers and headers, is called
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A. Flemish bond
B. English bond
C. Stretcher bond
D. Header bond.
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Correct Answer: English bond
5. Best type of piles for soft soil having little resistance to the flow of concrete, is
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A. Simplex pile
B. Vibro pile
C. Raymond pile
D. Franki pile.
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Correct Answer: Vibro pile
6. The triangular portion between any two adjacent arches and the tangent to their crowns, is
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A. haunch
B. spandril
C. soffit
D. rise.
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Correct Answer: spandril
7. The alignment of a cross joint along the plumb line is
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A. bed block
B. perpend
C. lintel
D. vertical line.
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Correct Answer: perpend
8. The range of spread from the wall base to outer edge of a brick work foundation does not exceed
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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.
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Correct Answer: 1 horizontal to 1 vertical
9. The type of bond in which every course contains both headers and stretchers, is called
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A. English bond
B. Flemish bond
C. Russian band
D. Mixed bond.
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Correct Answer: Flemish bond
10. In grillage foundations, distance between flanges of grillage beams, is kept
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A. 40 cm
B. equal to flange width
C. twice the flange width
D. maximum of (a), (b) and (c).
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Correct Answer: twice the flange width
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