Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 2

1. The method of damp proofing in which a layer of water repellent substance is provided between the source of dampness and part of the structure, adjacent to it is known as:

2. The addition of pozzolana to cement causes:

3. The type of aggregate of the same nominal size, which contains fewer voids when compacted, is:

4. With the rise in the temperature of atmospheric air, the setting time of cement:

5. The black cotton soil:

6. The minimum column size as per National Building Code of Nepal is:

7. Non-uniform compaction may cause the concrete:

8. The minimum depth of the foundation on clayey soil is:

9. The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of a wall is known as:

10. The soundness test of cement by Le Chatelier's apparatus gives unsoundness due to:

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

12. The approximate ratio of strength of 30 cm concrete cube to that of 15 cm cube is:

13. Efflorescence in cement is caused due to an excess of:

14. The commercial name of white and colored cement in Nepal is:

15. The high strength of rapid hardening cement at an early stage is due to its:

16. Lap is the horizontal distance between the vertical joints in:

17. The bond in which all courses are laid as stretcher is known as:

18. The line of intersection of the sloping surface of the slope roof having an internal angle greater than 180┬░ is called:

19. The process of mixing, transporting, placing, and compacting concrete using ordinary Portland cement should not take more than:

20. D.P.C. stands for:

21. If the average compressive strength is 4000kg/cm2 and standard deviation is 500, the coefficient of variation is:

22. Coarse-grained soil contains material bulk density, half of which is larger than?

23. The maximum permissible value of dry density is referred to as:

24. Maximum permissible unit of magnesia concentration in ordinary Portland cement is:

25. Proper batching ensures:

26. The portion of a brick obtained by cutting a brick lengthwise into two directions is known as:

27. A wooden block hinged on the post outside a door is known as:

28. The platform at the end of the series of steps is known as:

29. Separation of water, sand, and cement slurry from freshly mixed concrete is known as:

30. Damp proofing course is done: