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Building Construction MCQ
5. Which one of the following activities is not correct as applicable to brick corbels
7. The triangular portion between any two adjacent arches and the tangent to their crowns, is
11. The stone blocks approximately triangular in shape, used as steps, are known
12. The type of footing which is used to transmit heavy loads through steel columns is
14. The member which is placed horizontally to support common rafter of a sloping roof, is
17. The minimum distance between the centers of bulb of diameter du, of a multi under reamed piles, is
18. The horizontal timber piece provided at the apex of a roof truss which supports the common rafter is called
19. The vertical sides of a door and window openings provided in a wall, are known as
20. If the depth of an excavation is 20 meters, number of single stage well points to be installed at various levels, is
21. The window which projects outside a room of a building for admitting more light and air, is known
22. The type of arch used for high class buildings where appearance is of prime importance, is known as
25. Exposed portions of vertical surface at right angles to the door or window frame, are known as
26. In soils possessing low bearing capacity, the type of foundation generally provided, is
28. The position of a brick when laid on its side 9 cm × 9 cm with its frog in the vertical plane, is called
31. The loose pockets in soil mass can be bridged safely by providing a raft foundation provided the soft area is smaller than
33. The line of intersection of two surfaces of a sloping roof forming an internal angle less than 180°, is known as
35. You are asked to design and supervise a truss for a factory to have spans 6 m to 9 m. The type of the truss you will use, is
36. If a is the offset of concrete bed in cms, and d is the depth of concrete bed in cms, then
37. The pile which is provided with a bulb filled with concrete at its lower end, is known as
38. Engineering news formula for obtaining safe bearing capacity of pile for drop hammer, is,
40. As compared to stretcher course, the thickness of joints in header course should be
42. The piece of a brick cut along the centre of width in such a way that its length is equal to that of full brick, is called
45. The type of pointing in which upper side of mortar joints is kept about 12 mm inside the face of the masonry and bottom is kept flushed with face of wall, is
46. The maximum number of steps in a flight should generally be restricted to
47. The bond in which headers and stretchers are laid in alternate courses and every stretcher course is started with a three fourth brick bat, is known as
50. The vertical distance between the springing line and highest point of the inner curve of an arch is known as
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