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The window which is provided on a sloping roof of a building, is called
Options
A. lantern window
B. dormer window
C. louvered window
D. rash window
E. air window.
Correct Answer
dormer window
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1. A wall constructed with stones to protect slopes of cuttings in natural ground from the action of weathering agents, is called
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A. retaining wall
B. breast wall
C. buttress
D. parapet wall.
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Correct Answer: breast wall
2. Vertical construction joints are provided where the shearing forces are minimum in the case of
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A. slabs
B. beams
C. girders
D. all of these.
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Correct Answer: all of these.
3. The stone blocks approximately triangular in shape, used as steps, are known
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A. stone steps
B. built up steps
C. spandril steps
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: spandril steps
4. Pick up the correct statement about silt soil from the following :
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A. the silt soil has particle size from 0.02 mm to 0.06 mm.
B. in organic fine grained silt soil possesses no plasticity.
C. the least plastic type normally consists of more or less equi-dimensional grains of quartz
D. all the above.
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Correct Answer: all the above.
5. The minimum strength of the mortar used in load bearing brick masonry, is
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A. 50 N/cm
2
B. 100 N/cm
2
C. 150 N/cm
2
D. 200 N/cm
2
.
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Correct Answer: 100 N/cm
2
6. In ordinary residential and public buildings, the damp proof course is generally provided at
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A. ground level
B. plinth level
C. water table level
D. midway ground level and watertable level.
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Correct Answer: plinth level
7. The highest line of sloping roof, where two oposite slopes meet, is known as
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A. rafter
B. ridge
C. crown
D. eave.
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Correct Answer: ridge
8. The mortar in which both cement and lime are used as binding materials, is called
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A. cement mortar
B. lime mortar
C. fire resistant mortar
D. gauged mortar
E. light weight mortar.
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Correct Answer: gauged mortar
9. The line of intersection of two surfaces of a sloping roof forming an internal angle less than 180°, is known as
Options
A. ridge
B. hip
C. valley
D. none of these.
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Correct Answer: valley
10. The stone masonry of finely dressed stones laid in cement or lime, is
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A. random rubble masonry
B. coursed rubble masonry
C. dry rubble masonry
D. ashlar masonry.
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Correct Answer: ashlar masonry.
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