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Building Materials problems


  • 1. Wrought iron contains carbon upto

  • Options
  • A. 0.25%
  • B. 1.0%
  • C. 1.5%
  • D. 2%.
  • Discuss
  • 2. The initial setting time of lime-pozzolana, is

  • Options
  • A. 30 minutes
  • B. 60 minutes
  • C. 90 minutes
  • D. 120 minutes.
  • Discuss
  • 3. Stainless steel contains

  • Options
  • A. 18% of chromuim and 8% nickel
  • B. 8% of chromium and 18% of nickel
  • C. 12% of chromium and 36% of nickel
  • D. 36% of chromium and 12% of nickel.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout

  • Options
  • A. the monsoon
  • B. the winter
  • C. the summer
  • D. none of these.
  • Discuss
  • 5. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  • Options
  • A. In basic Bessemer process, the steel heats the converter
  • B. In open-hearth process, the furnace heats the steel
  • C. In Siemens process, the impurities of pig iron are oxidised by the oxygen of the ore
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 6. Bitumen felt

  • Options
  • A. is used as water proofing material
  • B. is used as damp proofing material
  • C. is made from bitumen and hessian fibres
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  • Options
  • A. In stone arches, the stones are placed with their natural beds radial
  • B. In cornices, the stones are placed with their natural beds as vertical
  • C. In stone walls, the stones are placed with their natural beds as horizontal
  • D. All the above.
  • Discuss
  • 8. If the furnace is provided with insufficient fuel at low temperatures, the type of pig iron produced, is called

  • Options
  • A. Bessemer pig
  • B. Grey or foundry pig
  • C. White or forge pig
  • D. Mottled pig.
  • Discuss
  • 9. Bitumen in

  • Options
  • A. solid state, is called asphalt
  • B. semi fluid state, is called mineral tar
  • C. fluid state, is called petroleum
  • D. all the above.
  • Discuss
  • 10. Plastic

  • Options
  • A. is an organic substance
  • B. consists of natural or synthetic binders
  • C. finished products are rigid and stable at normal temperature
  • D. is capable of flow when necessary heat and pressure are applied
  • E. All the above.
  • Discuss

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