Building Materials problems
- 1. To give a brilliant finish, the type of varnish used, is
Options- A. water varnish
- B. spirit varnish
- C. turpentine varnish
- D. oil varnish
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: spirit varnish
- 2. A stone is rejected if it absorbs water more than
Options- A. 5%
- B. 10%
- C. 15%
- D. 20%
- E. 25%. Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 10%
- 3. Mild steel is used for
Options- A. structural works in beams, joints and girders
- B. small sized water pipes
- C. columns and struts
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: structural works in beams, joints and girders
- 4. For obtaining vinyl chloride acetate, the method used, is
Options- A. addition polymerization
- B. condensation polymerization
- C. co-polymerization
- D. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: co-polymerization
- 5. Bitumen may be dissolved in
Options- A. carbondioxide
- B. water
- C. sodium chloride
- D. carbon disulphide
- E. none of these. Discuss
Correct Answer: carbon disulphide
- 6. For light and ornamental casting, the most unsuitable pig iron, is
Options- A. Bessemer pig
- B. Grey or foundry pig
- C. White or forge pig
- D. Mottled pig. Discuss
Correct Answer: Mottled pig.
- 7. Steel contains carbon approximately
Options- A. 1.50% to 5.6%
- B. 0.05% to 1.75%
- C. 0.25%
- D. none to these. Discuss
Correct Answer: 0.05% to 1.75%
- 8. Soundness of cement is tested by
Options- A. Vicat's apparatus
- B. Le-chatelier apparatus
- C. compressive strength testing apparatus
- D. none of the these. Discuss
Correct Answer: Le-chatelier apparatus
- 9. Linseed oil is used in paints as
Options- A. thinner
- B. vehicle
- C. base
- D. drier. Discuss
Correct Answer: drier.
- 10. A rock contains only one mineral. It is called
Options- A. homogeneous
- B. non-homogeneous
- C. monomineralic
- D. polymineralic. Discuss
Correct Answer: monomineralic
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