Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 3

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

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

3. Proper batching ensures:

4. Workability increasing admixture is used in concrete to?

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

6. A bifurcated stair is normally used in:

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

8. The specific yield of soil depends upon:

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

10. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

11. The quantity of seepage of water through soils is proportional to:

12. Curing is the process of:

13. The joint preferred in a single brick wall to save facing bricks is:

14. Workability of concrete mix with a low water-cement ratio is determined by:

15. Carpet area of a building does not include the area of:

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

17. Volume of one bag of cement (50kg) is:

18. Dampness causes:

19. The projections of the head or sill of a door or window frame are known as:

20. Undisturbed samples are obtained by:

21. Grading of sand causes great variation in:

22. Bringing the floor to a true level surface by means of screeds is known as:

23. The shrinkage in cement concrete decreases with:

24. The members which support covering materials of a sloping roof are:

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

26. In stairs, a flier is:

27. The arrangement of steps provided from the ground level to plinth level is:

28. The final operation of finishing floors is known as:

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

30. In brick laying, the tool used for lifting and spreading mortar and for forming joints is:

31. Concrete is filled in how many layers in a slump cone slump test?

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

33. The black cotton soil:

34. Which of the mortar is most suitable for construction work in waterlogged areas?

35. 'Curing' as used in concrete and cement plaster is a process that helps these gain:

36. Bar bending schedule is prepared in RCC structure for:

37. Lacing in steel structures are provided:

38. To produce impermeable concrete:

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

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

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

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

43. Cement used for resisting acid is:

44. Maximum shrinkage takes place in concrete after drying for:

45. A roof sloping in four directions but with a break in slopes is called:

46. The load-bearing cantilever projection from the face of a masonry wall is called:

47. The fineness of cement is tested by:

48. If sea water is used for preparing concrete:

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

50. Select the most correct statement.