Building Materials

This is an MCQ-based quiz on Building Materials.

This includes Cast iron, Wrought iron, Steel, Stone masonry, and Brick walls.

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For ordinary building works, the ___________ is formed and the concrete is conveyed in pans from hand to hand.

Pump Conveyor belt Bucket Human ladder

The most important tool in brick laying for lifting and spreading mortar and for forming joints is

Trowel Square Bolster Scutch

French polish is

Oil paint Distemper Spirit varnish None to these

If the iron ore contains clay as an impurity, the flux added during calcination, is

Clay Lime stone Argillaceous iron ore All the above

Rapid hardening cement contains

Tri-calcium silicate Tri-calcium aluminate Tetra-calcium alumino-ferrite Di-calcium silicate

The amount of water used for one kg of distemper is

0.2 liter 0.4 liter 0.6 liter 0.8 liter

Specific gravity for most of the building stones lies between

1.5 to 2.0 2.0 to 2.5 2.5 to 3.0 3.0 to 3.5

For melting one tonne of cast iron

700 m3 air is required 20 kg limestone is required One quintal coke is required All the above

A volatile substance added to a paint to make its application easy and smooth, is known as

Base Solvent Vehicle None to these

Name the type of cement from the following for canal linings:

Sulphate resisting cement Rapid hardening cement Quick setting cement Pozzolana cement

Which of the following building material have high Seismic resistance and flexibility of nailed joints.

Husk Bamboo Timber Ply

In old times, the construction of superstructure was done by using which of the following building material?

Rubber Timber Bamboo Mud

Which of the following hazard is concerned with the damage or destruction of the building itself?

Surrounding hazard Personal hazard Building hazard Internal hazard

When the area to be enclosed is large, it becomes essential to provide the _________ construction so as to give stability to the cofferdam.

Cellular cofferdam Single wall cofferdam Suspended cofferdam Double wall cofferdam

Which of the following types of walls is constructed to divide the space within the building?

Curtain wall Party wall Partition wall Cavity wall

A wall may be defined as that component of a building, whose width is _________ times its thickness.

2 4 6 8

A window should be located on which of the following side of a room as seen from the point of view of fresh air?

Western Eastern Southern Northern

Which of the following term is used to indicate the art of building the structures in stones?

Mortar Brick Bond Masonry

Which of the following is a non combustible building material with low coefficient of expansion?

Glass Asbestos cement Brick Sandstone

Study the following statements.

(i) Hydraulic lime is suitable for white washing,

(ii) Fat lime is suitable for whitewashing,

(iii) Hydraulic lime is suitable for making mortar,

(iv) Fat lime is suitable for making mortar.

Correct choices are:-

(i) and (iv)

(ii) and (iii)

(i) and (ii)

(iii) and (iv)

Quiz/Test Summary

Title: Building Materials

Questions: 20

Contributed by:

Nisha Wed, Apr 06, 2022 07:47 AM UTC

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