Construction Materials Online Test – Paper 2

1. *Oil varnish generally consists of

2. Storage of cement should be done on

3. *A brick is a block of ........

4. *A thin sheet of wood sliced from a log of wood is called

5. Granite is not suitable for ordinary building purposes because

6. The insoluble residues in good cement should be

7. The temperature at which bricks are burnt varies from (low melting clay)

8. *The pigment commonly used in the manufacture of cement is

9. Which one of the following does not belong to exogenous trees?

10. The base in a paint has the following function

11. *Tampering of soil for the manufacture of bricks is done by

12. *The most commonly used accelerator for concreting is

13. Monel metal is an alloy of

14. *Rubberization temperature is

15. Knots in timber are

16. A slow-setting cement has a higher percentage of

17. *The strength of timber is maximum along

18. *Duco is the trade name for

19. The process of kneading clay, water, and other ingredients to make a brick is called

20. Fat lime may be converted into artificial hydraulic lime

21. The soil good for making bricks is

22. *The hardest rock is:

23. *Strike is used to remove the

24. Texture of sandstone is

25. *In paints, the pigment is responsible for:

26. The strength of cement is reduced by.......after 6 months

27. *Fire bricks should be laid in a

28. The paint used for automobiles is

29. The ordinary cement used in general construction is:

30. Plastic asphalt is