Building Materials MCQs

Question 1

With increase in moisture content, the bulking of sand

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First increases to a certain maximum value and then decreases

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Increases

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Decreases

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First decreases to a certain minimum value and then increases

Question 2

Paints with white lead base are suitable for painting of

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Wood work

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Iron work

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Both wood work and iron work

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None of the above

Question 3

The hardest rock is

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Diamond

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Marble

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Talc

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Quartz

Question 4

A heavy stone is suitable for

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Retaining walls

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Arches

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Rubble masonry

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Roads

Question 5

For obtaining vinyl chloride acetate, the method used, is

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Co-polymerization

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Addition polymerization

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Condensation polymerization

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None of these

Question 6

For testing compressive strength of cement, the size of cube used is

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70.6 mm

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50 mm

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100 mm

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150 mm

Question 7

Snowcrete is one of the patent forms of

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Water proof cement paints

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Distempers

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Enamel paints

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Cellulose paints

Question 8

The softest rock is

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Talc

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Marble

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Diamond

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Quartz

Question 9

The term frog means

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A depression on a face of brick

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An apparatus to lift the stone

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Vertical joint in a brick work

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Soaking brick in water