Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 2

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

2. The bearing capacity of a soil:

3. Sukhi is added to lintel mortar to:

4. A floor constructed with special aggregate of 3 mm marble chips mixed with white and colored cement is called:

5. The bulk density of aggregates is generally expressed as:

6. A wooden block fixed on the back side of a door frame on its post is known as:

7. Size of fine aggregates should not exceed:

8. The maximum height of a masonry wall generally done in one day is:

9. The bond filled with 4 bats and 1Γüä2 closer with the regular header and stretcher is known as:

10. In the slump test, each layer of concrete is compacted by a steel rod 60 cm long and 16 mm diameter for:

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

12. Allowable shear stress of concrete depends upon:

13. The approximate ratio of strength of cement concrete at 6 months to that at 28 days of curing is:

14. The header bond is used in:

15. Higher load-carrying capacity of a strut depends on:

16. A horizontal mortar joint on which masonry units are laid is called:

17. The types of foundation used to transfer heavy load are:

18. The vertical member provided at the top and bottom ends of a flight supporting the handrail is:

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

20. The strength gained by concrete at the age of twenty-eight days should be:

21. The height of the slump cone is kept:

22. The approximate ratio of strength of cement concrete at 1 year to that at 28 days of curing is:

23. The bearing capacity of a waterlogged soil may be improved by:

24. A combined footing is generally used when:

25. The thickened portion of a masonry wall is called:

26. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

27. The arrangement made to support an unsafe structure temporarily is known as:

28. For the construction of thin R.C.C. structures, the type of cement to be avoided is:

29. The types of footing provided at the boundary line should be:

30. Pitch & sloping roofs are suitable for ........... regions.