Chapters

1. Timber & Timber Products

2. Steel: Types, Properties and Uses
3. Alloys: Types, properties and uses
4. Insulating materials
5. Miscellaneous materials
6. Health impacts and implication of these materials

(2019)

1. Various classification of steel. Natural structure of a

timber with sketches.
2. Mild steel vs hard steel. Types of alloy, stainless steel
& its uses
3. Insulation. Role of insulating materials in building
construction with examples.
 4. Health implications of building materials in human
beings
5. Difference
Plaster vs stucco
Natural seasoning vs artificial seasoning
Stainless steel vs hard strength steel

6. Short Notes
Adhesive materials
Synthetic materials
Acoustic boards

2017

1. Preservation of timber with objectives. Various

types of timber preservation.
Or
Various types of timber preservation

2. Alloys, types and uses.

Or
 Reasons on use of steel as versatile building
material. Factors affecting physical properties of
steel

3. Uses of modern materials in designing of interior of

building and their health impact
4. Why insulating materials is needed in building and
their health impact.
5. Mention the objective of painting. Give a brief
description of the process of plastered surface.
6. Short Notes:
Natural Seasoning of Timber
Plaster of Paris
Plastic
Synthetic products

2015
1. Characteristics of good quality timber and process of
timber preservation with neat sketches.
2. Steel, general properties & also factors affecting the
physical properties of steel.
Or
 Different forms of alloys used in the building? Its
properties and uses.
3. Insulating materials, general properties & its uses in
building construction.
4. Modern materials used for interior decoration &
designing of the building. Uses & properties of Plater
of Paris in building?
5. Short Notes
Asphalt and bitumen products
Health implications of building materials
Synthetic Products

2013

1. Process of timber preservation. Importance of

Timber seasoning.
Or
Defects in timber. Qualities of good timber.
2. Steel & general properties. Carbon content for the
properties and classification of steel.
3. Different types of plaster & uses.
4. Insulting materials, types of insulating materials
used in building.
 5. Gypsum plaster. How is it obtained? Properties &
uses.
6. Short Notes:
Aluminum Alloys
Adhesives
Emulsion Paints (Water based paints)

2011 (NEW)
1. Various parts of exogenous tree. How natural
seasoning of timber is done?
Or
Various defects in timber? Qualities of good
timber.
2. Steel as a building material and explain use of
steel in building.
3. Define alloy with types and uses.
4. Various types of insulating materials used in
building.
5. Objectives of plastering with procedure.
6. Impact of using modern building material on
health.
7. Short Notes
Bitumen
Plaster of Paris
 Function of Paint

2011 (Old)

1. Explain seasoning in brief, advantages and

methods of timber seasoning.
2. Steel. Compare cast iron & wrought iron and
mild steel & hard steel.
3. Alloys, different types of nonferrous alloys.
4. Difference between paint and varnishes.
Different Constituents of an oil based paints.
5. Plastering. Types & process.
6. Short Notes
Insulating materials
Asphalt bitumen
Adhesive

2010

1. Types of decay of timber. Explain: decay

caused after tree has been felled.
Or
Methods of seasoning of timber & which
method is most effective and why?
2. Types of steel according to composition.
Explain properties & uses.
Or
Types & uses of nonferrous alloys.
3. ‘Insulation factor is the most sensitive and
important consideration in the context of
industrial & commercial buildings. ’ Justify
this statement with examples & its effects.
4. Types of interior decorative materials. Its use
in modern context.
Or
Impact of modern finishing materials. Verify
with implications.

Short Notes:
Tree Structure
Asphalt
Plaster of Paris
Hard Boards

2019
Mild Steel Vs Hard Steel
 Hard Steel:
Carbon content- 0.7% to 1.5%

Stainless steel
Chromium added

Factors affecting physical properties of steel

Carbon Content & Impurities of steel & Heat
Treatment methods