Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 3

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

2. Size of fine aggregates should not exceed:

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

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

5. Steam curing is used in:

6. Cement provides strength, durability, and water-tightness to concrete because:

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

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

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

10. The stretcher bond in brick masonry can be used only when the wall is of:

11. The foundation used on weaker soil is:

12. The header bond is used in:

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

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

15. The bulk density of an aggregate does not depend upon:

16. The joints provided in wooden floors are?

17. A wooden block hinged on the post outside a door is known as:

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

19. The datum temperature for maturity by Plowman is:

20. The addition of pozzolana to cement causes:

21. If the slump of the concrete mix is 60mm, its workability is:

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

23. In stairs, a flier is:

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

25. 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:

26. Gypsum is a:

27. Too wet concrete may cause:

28. The exterior angle between outer faces of a wall is known as:

29. Higher workability of concrete is required if the structure is:

30. The bearing capacity of a soil:

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

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

33. Later stage strength of cement is caused by:

34. The resistance of an aggregate to compressive force is known as?

35. Maximum permissible unit of magnesia concentration in ordinary Portland cement is:

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

37. Minimum number of test specimens required for finding the tensile strength of concrete is:

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

39. While designing an air-entrained concrete:

40. First-class brick when immersed in cold water for 24 hours should not absorb water more than:

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

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

43. The risk of segregation is more for:

44. The maximum bearing capacity of soil is that of:

45. To prevent segregation, the maximum height for placing concrete is:

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

47. The commercial name of white and colored cement in Nepal is:

48. Damp proofing course is done:

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

50. The flash set of ordinary Portland cement paste is: