Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 3

1. The flooring suitable to resist heavy wear and provide an attractive appearance is:

2. Which sequence is correct with respect to the removal of formwork?

3. The intensity of pressure below the floating foundation is:

4. Minimum water-cement ratio required for full hydration of cement:

5. Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:

6. The alignment of a cross joint along the plumb line is:

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

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

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

10. Curing period is minimum for concrete using:

11. Later stage strength of cement is caused by:

12. Negative skin friction on piles:

13. The arrangement of supporting an existing structure by providing supports underneath is known as:

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

15. The area covered by flat brick soling is approximately... times for brick on edge:

16. The W/C ratio of ferrocement should be......than normal concrete:

17. The addition of pozzolana to cement causes:

18. The roof sloping in two directions is called:

19. Concrete mixer is:

20. The least bearing capacity of soil is that of:

21. A joint in the masonry parallel to the face of the wall is called:

22. The work in which bricks are left projecting out in a masonry wall is known as:

23. Bulking of sand is:

24. Skin frictional resistance is caused by:

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

26. The bearing capacity of a soil depends on:

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

28. High temperature:

29. The insoluble residue in cement should be:

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

31. The number of treads in a flight is equal to?

32. Separation of coarse aggregates from mortar during transportation is known as:

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

34. The window provided on a sloping roof of a building is called:

35. The approximate ratio of strength of cement concrete at 3 months to that at 28 days of curing is:

36. ISI has specified the full strength of concrete after:

37. Gypsum is added for:

38. The shrinkage in cement concrete decreases with:

39. 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:

40. Water-cement ratio is:

41. From an earthquake safety perspective, the floor-to-floor wall height of the building should be?

42. If the floor height of a building is 2.70 m and the riser is 15 cm, then calculate the number of tread required:

43. Which of the following is not true about a cavity wall?

44. The cement becomes useless if its absorbed moisture content exceeds:

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

46. Bituminous asphalt/asphaltic felt is used as D.P.C. on the surface:

47. The foundations are placed below ground level to increase:

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

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

50. The D.P.C. should be: