Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 3

1. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

2. The types of footing provided at the boundary line should be:

3. The cut or broken portion of a brick is called:

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

5. The brick laid with its length parallel to the face of a wall is known as:

6. The member laid horizontally to support common rafters and which transmits the loads to the trusses or wall is:

7. The maximum size of the aggregate used in a damp proof course is about:

8. For compacting plum concrete road surface of thickness less than 20 cm, we use:

9. If x, y, and z are the fineness moduli of coarse, fine, and combined aggregates, the percentage (p) of fine aggregates to combined aggregates is:

10. The part of a brick cut from a whole brick to maintain the bond in such a way that its one long face remains uncut is known as:

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

12. Concrete mixer is:

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

14. The bearing capacity of a soil depends on:

15. A gate (door) without importance is:

16. In made-up ground having a low value of bearing power, heavy concentrated load is generally supported by:

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

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

19. For hearthing of thick walls, the brick used is:

20. Undisturbed samples are obtained by:

21. The soundness test of cement by Le Chatelier's apparatus gives unsoundness due to:

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

23. To support a heavy structure in sandy soil, the type of foundation generally used is:

24. Proper batching ensures:

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

26. The header bond is used in:

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

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

29. Under strap footing, individual footings are connected by:

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

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

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

33. Slump test of concrete is a measure of its?

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

35. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

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

37. The inner section of a cavity wall is generally known as:

38. The datum temperature for maturity by Plowman is:

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

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

41. Which of the following is not an activity associated with damp proofing?

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

43. In Nepal, the generally used method of bond in masonry wall of brickwork is:

44. The increased cohesiveness of concrete makes it:

45. The temporary structure to support the platform over which workmen can sit and work is known as scaffolding whose minimum height is kept above the floor level:

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

47. The minimum percentage of the chemical ingredient of cement is that of:

48. Non-uniform compaction may cause the concrete:

49. The arrangement made to support an unsafe structure temporarily is known as:

50. The maximum differential settlement for foundations on clayey soils is limited to: