Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 2

1. A block of stone placed on a wall or column to distribute the load to the masonry is called:

2. A cut in the frame of a door to receive the shutter is known as:

3. The maximum percentage of the chemical ingredient of cement is that of:

4. Raft foundations are generally used when the area required for individual footing is more than:

5. A cavity wall provided with:

6. An aggregate is said to be flaky if its least dimension is less than:

7. The arrangement of steps provided from the ground level to plinth level is:

8. Minimum number of test specimens required for finding the tensile strength of concrete is:

9. The D.P.C. is provided for efficiency, at:

10. The alignment of a cross joint along the plumb line is:

11. The process of proper and accurate measurement of concrete ingredients for the uniformity of proportion is:

12. The minimum percentage of the chemical ingredient of cement is that of:

13. For a uniform face appearance, the bond desired in brick masonry is:

14. Minimum width of stretcher bond, header bond, and single Flemish bond are...... and...... bricks, respectively.

15. The final operation of finishing floors is known as:

16. If the fineness modulus of sand is 2.5, it is graded as:

17. Depth of foundation is determined by:

18. The compaction of concrete improves:

19. From an earthquake safety perspective, the floor-to-floor wall height of the building should be?

20. The joint preferred in a single brick wall to save facing bricks is:

21. Width of wall footing (according to thumb's rule) is: (where t = thickness of the wall)

22. In the case of the foundation on black cotton soil, the most suitable method to improve the bearing capacity of soil is:

23. Bearing capacity of soil cannot be improved by:

24. The main purpose of a cavity wall is:

25. Negative skin friction on a pile is due to:

26. No. of bricks required for one cubic meter masonry wall is:

27. Inert material of a cement concrete mix is:

28. The approximate ratio of strength of cement concrete at 3 months to that at 28 days of curing is:

29. The termination of the unfinished wall in a stepped fashion is known as:

30. Dampness causes: