Building Construction Technology Online Test – Paper 3

1. A wooden block fixed on the back side of a door frame on its post is known as:

2. Concrete gains strength due to:

3. Different types of bonds used in brick masonry work due to:

4. Cement used for resisting acid is:

5. A plate load test is useful to determine:

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

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

8. Pick up the cohesive soil from the following:

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

10. The bond used when bricks are of different thickness is:

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

12. An aggregate is said to be flaky if its least dimension is less than:

13. The termination of the unfinished wall in a stepped fashion is known as:

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

15. A horizontal mortar joint on which masonry units are laid is called:

16. Curing of pavements, floors, roofs, and slabs are done by:

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

18. The datum temperature for maturity by Plowman is:

19. The unit weight of RCC is taken as:

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

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

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

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

24. Which one of the following is not a source of dampness in walls and floors:

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

26. Undisturbed samples are obtained by:

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

28. The maximum percentage of the chemical ingredient of cement is that of:

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

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

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

32. Select the most correct statement.

33. Gypsum is a:

34. The structure on which an arch rests is called:

35. Separation of water, sand, and cement slurry from freshly mixed concrete is known as:

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

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

38. A retaining wall may be built of:

39. Negative skin friction of piles is predominant in

40. Los Angeles machine is used to test the aggregate for:

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

42. The types of foundation used to transfer heavy load are:

43. The cement-sand mortar preferred in load-bearing walls is:

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

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

46. The platform at the end of the series of steps is known as:

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

48. A cavity wall provided with:

49. As compared to english bond, the double flemish bond is:

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