Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 2

1. Negative skin friction on piles:

2. The risk of segregation is more for:

3. The bearing capacity of a soil depends on:

4. The expansion of Portland cement is indicated by its soundness. It can be tested by:

5. Batching error means inaccuracy in the quantity of:

6. The unit weight of RCC is taken as:

7. The increased cohesiveness of concrete makes it:

8. The process of hand compaction of concrete is:

9. The cement-sand mortar preferred in 1/2 brick walls is:

10. The roof covering preferred for a large span is:

11. A through stone should be provided in a stone masonry at a distance not exceeding:

12. Concrete gains strength due to:

13. The earliest period for removing formwork under normal atmospheric conditions should be:

14. Minimum width of a load-bearing wall should be:

15. If the water-cement ratio of concrete is 0.6, then water required for mixing concrete is:

16. The operation of finishing the mortar joints after the completion of a masonry wall is known as:

17. Water-cement ratio is generally expressed in the volume of water required per:

18. Bearing capacity of soil cannot be improved by:

19. The types of plaster generally used for the ceiling is:

20. Curing of concrete:

21. The maximum thickness of door shutters provided in doors is:

22. If the compaction factor is 0.95, the workability of concrete is:

23. The window provided in a flat roof of a room is known as:

24. The 9 cm x 9 cm side of a brick as seen in the wall face is generally known as:

25. The following compound that helps in obtaining early strength of cement concrete is:

26. A temporary rigid structure having platforms to enable masons to work at different stages of a building is known as:

27. Inert material of a cement concrete mix is:

28. The position of a brick when laid on its side 9 cm x 9 cm with its frog in the vertical plane is called:

29. The fineness of cement is measured in terms of?

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