Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 3

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

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

3. The ratio of the number of vertical joints in the header course to that of the stretcher course is equal to:

4. The filling in cavities with cement slurry is known as:

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

6. The safe bearing capacity of a soil can be defined as:

7. Curing is the process of:

8. The flash set of Portland cement is:

9. In brick masonry, lintels are preferred to arches because arches:

10. The masonry with stone having chisel-dressed on all beds and joints to be true and square giving perfectly vertical & horizontal joint is called:

11. Practically which one is not concerned with w/c ratio in the construction industry:

12. The process of making the background rough before plastering is known as:

13. Generally, D.P.C. is provided at:

14. The bulking of aggregates is due to:

15. The type of bond provided in brick masonry for carrying heavy loads is:

16. The thickness of a bed joint and cross joint in the brick masonry is about (in mm):

17. Percentage of pozzolanic material containing clay up to 80% used for the manufacture of pozzolana cement is:

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

19. The brick of special shape used in brick masonry is called:

20. The maximum total settlement for isolated foundations on clayey soils should be limited to:

21. A combined footing is generally used when:

22. The roof suitable in high mountainous regions is:

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

24. In ordinary residential buildings, the damp proofing course is generally provided at:

25. Horizontal construction joints in concrete walls are generally provided at:

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

27. The slenderness ratio for masonry walls should not be more:

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

29. The part of a wall at the side of an opening in the masonry is known as:

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

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

32. Black cotton soil is unsuitable for foundations because of its:

33. The addition of pozzolana to cement causes:

34. The vertical member running through the middle of a shutter frame is:

35. The lightweight spongy concrete, used for roof slab and precast units in partitions for heat and sound insulation, prepared by mixing aluminum in the cement concrete is called:

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

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

38. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

39. Proper batching ensures:

40. The joints provided in wooden floors are?

41. Strength of cement with the passage of time:

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

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

44. The floor height of a 3 m building is connected to 17 numbers of tread/going; the number of risers is:

45. The increased cohesiveness of concrete makes it:

46. Water-cement ratio is:

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

48. Skin frictional resistance is caused by:

49. The allowable clay silt in sand for mortar is:

50. Warehouse pack of cement means: