Building Materials problems
- 1. Minimum required water cement ratio for a workable concrete, is
Options- A. 0.30
- B. 0.40
- C. 0.50
- D. 0.60
- E. 1.0. Discuss
Correct Answer: 0.40
- 2. The compound of Portland cement which contributes to the strength after two to three years is
Options- A. Tricalcium silicate
- B. Di-calcium silicate
- C. Tricalcium aluminate
- D. Tetracalcium alumino ferrite. Discuss
Correct Answer: Di-calcium silicate
- 3. Seasoning is
Options- A. a process of removing sap
- B. creosoting
- C. painting with sodium silicate
- D. coating with tar. Discuss
Correct Answer: a process of removing sap
- 4. Refractory bricks are used for
Options- A. retaining walls
- B. columns
- C. piers
- D. combustion chambers. Discuss
Correct Answer: combustion chambers.
- 5. The most fire resistant paints are :
Options- A. enamel paints
- B. aluminium paints
- C. asbestos paints
- D. cement paints. Discuss
Correct Answer: asbestos paints
- 6. A pug mill is used for
Options- A. softening brick earth
- B. moulding brick earth
- C. tempering brick earth
- D. providing brick earth
- E. all the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: tempering brick earth
- 7. A 1st class brick immersed in water for 24 hours, should not absorb water (by weight) more than
Options- A. 10%
- B. 15%
- C. 20%
- D. 25%
- E. 5%. Also asked in: Bank Exams
Correct Answer: 20%
- 8. For the manufacture of plywood, veneers are placed so that grains of adjacent veneers
Options- A. run at right angles
- B. parallel
- C. inclined at 45°
- D. inclined at 60°. Discuss
Correct Answer: run at right angles
- 9. Black marble is generally found in the district of
Options- A. Jodhpur
- B. Jaipur
- C. Jabalpur
- D. Jaisalmer
- E. Pune. Discuss
Correct Answer: Jaipur
- 10. The portion of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the length, is called
Options- A. closer
- B. queen closer
- C. king closer
- D. squint brick. Discuss
Correct Answer: king closer
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