Construction Materials Online Test – Paper 2

1. Inert filler/adulterant is used in paint to

2. The building stone can be dressed very easily

3. A slow-setting cement has a higher percentage of

4. *The kiln which may work regularly throughout the year is called

5. Tripoli is a type of

6. The vehicle used in the case of enamel paints is

7. The preparation of the surface of stones to obtain plain edges or to obtain stone of the required shape and size is known as

8. *Workability is tested by

9. The cracks in the painted surface extending throughout the thickness of the paint are caused due to

10. The quick lime as it comes from kilns is called

11. Gypsum is added to cement for reducing the fast reacting property of

12. *The commonly used thinner in oil paints is

13. *Sandstone is a

14. *The function of frog is

15. *Turpentine oil is used in paints as a

16. The main component of oil paint is

17. The tendency of minerals split along a certain plane is known as

18. The constituent responsible for setting of hydraulic lime underwater is

19. In the manufacture of plywood, the veneers are placed such that the grains of one layer are

20. Based on its dry weight, a freshly felled tree may contain water

21. *Seasoning of timber is done for

22. *Plastic bitumen is generally used for

23. The explosive not used for blasting the rocks underwater is

24. *The process of adding water to lime to convert it into hydrated lime is known as

25. The impurity not desirable in the soil used for brick formation is

26. Slate is a metamorphic rock obtained from the structural change of

27. Quarry sap is found in

28. The layer between the bark of the tree and the sapwood, which is not yet converted into wood is called

29. Knots in timber are

30. *Softest rock is