Questions /Information Regarding Building Concrete Technology and Design Engineering

 

Building Concrete Technology and Design Engineering 

Question No. 01

For construction of structures in sea water, the cement generally preferred to, is

(A) Portland-pozzolana cement

(B) Quick setting cement

(C) Low heat Portland cement

(D) Rapid hardening cement

Question No. 02

 Addition of pozzolana to ordinary port land cement, causes

(A) Decrease in early strength

(B) Reduction in chemical action with sulphates

 (C) Increase in shrinkage

 (D) All the above

Question No. 03

Diagonal tension in a beam

(A) Is maximum at neutral axis

 (B) Decreases below the neutral axis and increases above the neutral axis

(C) Increases below the neutral axis and decreases above the neutral axis

 (D) remains same

Question No. 04

 Bulking of sand is maximum if moisture content is about

 (A) 2 %

(B) 4 %

(C) 6 %

(D) 10 %

Question No. 05

 Select the correct statement

 (A) Elastic modulus of high tensile steel is nearly the same as that of mild steel

(B) Elastic modulus of high tensile steel is more than that of mild steel

(C) Carbon percentage in high carbon steel is less than that in mild steel

(D) High tensile steel is cheaper than mild steel

Question No. 06

 Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(A) Minimum cross sectional area of longitudinal reinforcement in a column is 0.8%

(B) Spacing of longitudinal bars measured along the periphery of column should not exceed 300 mm

 (C) Reinforcing bars in a column should not be less than 12 mm in diameter

(D) The number of longitudinal bars provided in a circular column should not be less than four

Question No. 07

Workability of concrete is directly proportional to

(A) Aggregate cement ratio

(B) Time of transit

(C) Grading of the aggregate

(D) All of above

Question No. 08

 For road pavements, the cement generally used, is

(A) Ordinary Portland cement

(B) Rapid hardening cement

 (C) Low heat cement

 (D) Blast furnace slag cement

Question No. 09

A brick masonry could failed due to……..

(A)   Rupture Along a vertcal joint in poorly bounded walls

(B)   Shearing along a horizontal plane

(C)   Crushing due to overloading

(D)  Any of these

Question No. 10

A horizontal layer of bricks or stones is termed as a

(A)  Course

(B)   Header

(C)   Stretcher

(D)  Bed

Question No. 11

The following defect may arise in plaster work:

 (A) Cracking

(B) Efflorescence

(C) Peeling

(D) All of above

Question No. 12

A brick laid with its length perpendicular to the length of the wall is called as

(A)   Stretcher

(B)    Queen

(C)   Bed

(D)  Header

Question No. 13

The porton of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the length is called…….

(A)   Closer

(B)   Queen closer

(C)   King closer

(D)  Squint brick

Question No. 14

When a brick is cut into two halves longitudinally one part is called

(A)   King closer

(B)    Cornice brick

(C)   Queen closer

(D)  Voussoir

Question No. 15

The following proporton of cement: sand(mortar) is normally used for brick masonry constructon

(A)   1:3

(B)   1:6

(C)    1:10

(D)   1:9