Building Construction Technology

1) If the depth of the foundation is less than or equal to its width; foundation is termed as
a) Shallow foundation
b) Deep foundation
c) Mat foundation
d) Pile foundation
2) Floor constructed with 3 mm marble chips is known as
a) Marble floor
b) Mosaic floor
c) Chips floor
d) Terrazo floor
3) The foundation in a building is provided to
a) Distribute the load over a large area
b) Increase overall stability of the structure
c) Transmit load to the bearing surface at a uniform rate
d) All of the above
4) The failure of the foundation of a building is due to
a) Withdrawl of subsoil moisture
b) Unequal settlement of soil
c) Lateral escape of supporting material
d) All of the above
5) The minimum depth of foundation for buildings on clays is
a) 0.2 to 0.4 m
b) 0.4 to 0.6 m
c) 0.6 to 0.9 m
d) 0.9 to 1.6 m
6) The minimum depth of building foundations on
a) Sandy soil is 80 cm to 100 cm
b) Clay soil is 90 cm to 160 cm
c) Rocky soil is 5 cm to 50 cm
d) All of the above
7) The raft foundation are generally used when the required area of footing is …………..the total
area of the structure.
a) More than one-fourth
b) Less than one-fourth
c) More than one-half
d) Less than one-half
8) In a combined footing,
a) Depth of footing varies
b) Width of footing is uniform
c) C.G of column loads must coincide with C.G of footing
d) All of the above
9) The damp-proof course
a) May be vertical or horizontal
 b) Should be continuous
c) Should be of good impervious material
d) All of these
10) The construction of a temporary structure required to support an unsafe structure is called
a) Underpinning
b) Scaffolding
c) Shoring
d) Jacketing
11) A temporary rigid structure having platforms raised up as the building increases in height is
called
a) Underpinning
b) Scaffolding
c) Shoring
d) Jacketing
12) A brick which is half as wide as a full brick is called
a) King Closer
b) Mitred Closer
c) Bevelled Closer
d) Queen Closer
13) A brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of wall is
a) Header
b) Stretcher
c) Closer
d) None of these
14) The heading bond is usually used for
a) Half brick wall
b) One brick wall
c) One and half brick wall
d) Two brick wall
15) The bearing capacity of water logged area may be improved by
a) Grouting
b) Chemical action
c) Drainage
d) Compaction
16) Dampness causes
a) Efflorescence
b) Bleaching of paint
c) Growth of termites
d) All of the above
17) In horizontal DPC; the thickness of cement concrete(1:2:4) is
a) 2 cm
b) 4 cm
c) 6 cm
d) 8 cm
18) Expansion joints in masonry walls are provided if length exceeds
a) 10 m
b) 20 m
c) 30 m
d) 40 m
19) The minimum depth of foundation for load bearing wall of a building is restricted to
a) 600 mm
b) 700 mm
c) 800 mm
d) 900 mm
20) The type of foundation used to transfer heavy load is
a) Isolated footing
b) Combined footing
c) Grillage foundation
d) All of the above
21) The maximum load on the wooden pile should not exceed
a) 50 KN
b) 100 KN
c) 150 KN
d) 200 KN
22) The masonry with stone having chisel-dressed on all beds and joints to be true and square giving
perfectly vertical and horizontal joint is
a) Ashlar
b) Rubble
c) Square rubble
d) Random
23) The structure on which arch rests is called
a) Pier
b) Column
c) Arch Column
d) Abutment
24) The main purpose of cavity wall is
a) Sound insulation
b) Damp proofing
c) Heat insulation
d) All of the above
25) The slenderness ratio for masonry walls should not be more than
a) 10
b) 20
c) 30
d) 40
26) The ingredients of concrete includes
a) Only cement and aggregate
b) Only cement and water
 c) Only water and aggregate
d) None of the above
27) Workability of concrete can be increased by
a) Increasing water content
b) Decreasing water content
c) By addition of stones
d) All of the above
28) The binder in concrete is
a) Water
b) Sand
c) Aggregate
d) Cement
29) Increase in water cement ratio results
a) increase in strength of concrete
b) decrease in strength of concrete
c) Strength remains constant
d) None of the above

30) Higher slump value indicates

a) high workability
b) low workability
c) Extremely low workability
d) Has no relation with workability
31) Separation of water sand cement from a freshly mixed concrete is known as
a) Bleeding
b) Creeping
c) Segregation
d) Flooding
32) Separation of coarse aggregates from mortar during transportation
a) Bleeding
b) Creeping
c) Segregation
d) Shrinkage
The size of fine aggregate doesn’t exceed
a) 2.75 mm
b) 3.00 mm
c) 3.75 mm
d) 4.75 mm
22) An aggregate generally should not be preferred for use in concrete which has the following
surface texture
a) Smooth
b) Rough
c) Glossy
d) Granular
23) The type of aggregate of same nominal size, which contain less voids when compacted are
a) Rounded spherical
b) Irregular
c) Flaky
d) None of these
24) Best type of aggregate for concrete is
a) Rounded
b) Angular
c) Spherical
d) Elongated
25) The commonly used material in manufacture of cement is
a) Sand stone
b) Slate
c) Lime stone
d) Graphite
26) Initial setting time of O.P.C cement is:
a) 10 min
b) 20 min
c) 30 min
d) 40 min
) The aggregate with surface dry and pores completely filled with moisture is known as:
a) Very Dry Aggregate
b) Dry Aggregate
c) Saturated surface dry aggregate
d) Moist Aggregate
36) The aggregate with it’s least dimension less than 3/5 of mean dimension is:
a) Angular
b) Flaky
c) Irregular
d) Elongated
37 ) The aggregate with it’s greatest dimension greater than 9/5 of the mean dimension is:
a) Angular
b) Flaky
c) Irregular
d) Elongated
38) The substance added in concrete to increase the strength of the concrete without
decreasing w/c ratio are:
a) Chemicals
b) Chemical powders
c) Admixtures
d) None of the above
39) The number of samples of concrete to be used for determining compressive strength of
concrete is
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
40) The number of samples of concrete to be used for determining tensile strength of concrete
is
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
41) Workability of concrete is determined by
a) Slump test
b) Vee-bee test
c) Compaction factor test
d) All of the above
42) The height of slump cone is:
a) 20 cm
b) 30 cm
c) 40 cm
d) 50 cm
) Standard size of mould for compressive strength of concrete is
a) 10 cm
b) 15 cm
c) 20 cm
d) 25 cm
The diameter of the Vicat plunger is 10 mm and its length varies from
a) 20 mm to 30 mm
b) 30 mm to 40 mm
c) 40 mm to 50 mm
d) 50 mm to 60 mm
The specific surface of cement is expressed as
a) mm2
b) mm2/g
c) g/mm2
d) mm2/gm.m
A setting of cement or concrete which occurs suddenly while being mixed and placed and
prevents further working of the materials is called
a) quick test
b) flash set
c) initial setting
d) knocking
Adding a thin layer of cement mortar to the surface of concrete is known as
a) punning
b) admixing
c) rodding
d) rendering
The breaking up and remixing of concrete that has layers to set is called
a) resetting
b) double setting
c) knocking
d) time setting
A watery scum that is formed on top of concrete due to excessive water or excessive use of
trowel or float is called
a) Laitance
b) Flashing
c) Punning
d) Water facing
Gypsum is added for
a) Colour
b) Strength
c) Controlling setting time
d) None of these
The entrained air in concrete
a) Increases workability
b) Decreases workability
c) Decrease resistance to weathering
d) Increase strength
Gypsum
a) Increases setting time
b) Decreases setting time
c) Doesn’t affect setting time
d) Increases curing time
The modulus of concrete improves with
a) Age
b) Higher W/C ratio
c) Shorter curing period
d) Better compaction
Flaky particles not more than ………… is desirable
a)5%
b)10%
c)15%
d) 20%
Quality control means
a) Extra cost
b) A rational use of available resources
c) Adequate design to minimize cost
d) All of the above
Ware house pack of cement means
a) Full capacity of ware house
b) Pressure exertion of the bags of upper layers
c) Pressure compaction of bags on lower layers
d) Packing of ware house
Ware house set cement is
a) Cement which absorbs moisture in ware house
b) Cement which sets due to being adjacent wall
c) Cement which gets compressed due to load of several bags of cement above it
d) There is no such setting
The most appropriate method to specify the concret mix is by
a) Nominal mix ratio
b) The designed mix ratio
c) Degree of control
d) The grade of concrete
The soffit formwork of slab can be removed after
a) 1 day
b) 2 day
c) 3 day
d) 4 day