Building Construction MCQs [set-1]

1. The asphalt type of flooring is recommended for swimming pools

because it is non-slippery.

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: A
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D. 14 m

Answer: B

3. When the foundation is placed immediately beneath the lowest part of

the super-structure, it is called

A. deep

B. shallow

Answer: B

4. The minimum thickness of a wall in stone masonry should not be less

than

A. 100 mm

B. 200 mm

C. 350 mm

D. 450 mm

Answer: C

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5. In masonry construction, excessive tension is not permissible and
hence in order that the supporting area is fully in compression, the width
of footing is so adopted that the centre of gravity of the load falls.

A. at the centre of base

B. within the middle third of base

C. within the middle fifth of base

D. any one of these

Answer: B
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6. High early strength of cement is obtained

A. fine grinding
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C. decreasing the lime content

D. increasing the quantity of gypsum

Answer: A

7. Cast-in-situ piles

A. are cast in position inside the ground

B. beed not be reinforced in ordinary cases

C. are not subjected to handling or driving stresses

D. all of the above

Answer: D

8. King closers are related to

A. king post truss

B. queen post truss

C. brick masonry

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 D. doors and windows

Answer: C

9. A bat is the portion of a

A. wall not exposed to weather

B. brick cut across the width

C. wall between facing and backing

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D. brick cut in such a manner that its one long face remains uncut

Answer: B
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10. Herring-bone bond is commonly used

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C. partition walls

D. footings in foundations

Answer: A

11. The bearing capacity of soils can be improved by

A. increasing the depth of footing

B. draining the sub-soil water

C. ramming the granular material like crushed stone in the soil

D. all of the above

Answer: D

12. The most important purpose of frog in a brick is to

A. emboss manufacture's name

B. reduce the weight of brick

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 C. form keyed joint between brick and mortar

D. improve insulation by providing 'hollows'

Answer: C

13. The raft foundations are generally used when the required area of
footing is

A. more than one-fourth

B. less than one-fourth

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14. The construction of a temporary
unsafe structure, is calledM

A. underpinning

B. scaffolding

C. shoring

D. jacking

Answer: C

15. In the first class coursed rubble masonry

A. all the coruses are of the same height

B. minimum height of the course is limited to 150 mm

C. the length of the quoin is generally kept 450 mm

D. all of the above

Answer: D

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16. For providing safe and economical foundation in black cotton soil, the
under-reamed piles are commonly recommended.

A. Yes

B. No

Answer: A

17. In pitched roofs, the term gable is defined as the

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D. triangular upper part of a wall formed at the end of a pitched roof

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18. In order that the wall may be stable, the lowermost course of the wall
footing is made

A. half

B. equal to

C. twice

D. four times

Answer: C

19. The projecting part of the tread beyond the face of riser is called

A. pitch

B. nosing

C. baluster

D. stringer

Answer: B

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20. The piles which are driven in the type of soil whose strength does not
increase with depth or where the rate of increase in strength with depth is
very slow, are known as

A. friction piles

B. bearing piles

C. batter piles

D. compaction piles

Answer: A
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21. Plain brick type of partition wall is constructed by
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C. reinforcing the brick wall with iron straps

D. brick work built within a frame-work of wooden members

Answer: A

22. In made-up ground having a low value of its bearing power, heavy
concentrated structural loads are generally supported by providing

A. combined footing

B. strap footing

C. raft footing

D. all of these

Answer: C

23. The minimum load which will cause failure of a foundation is called

A. ultimate tensile strength

B. nominal strength

C. ultimate bearing power

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 D. ultimate compressive strength

Answer: C

24. In stairs, the flier is

A. a vertical portion of a step providing a support to the tread

B. a straight step having a parallel width of tread

C. the under surface of a stair

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D. the angle which the line of nosing of the stair makes with the horizontal

Answer: B
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25. The highest point on the extradosais called

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C. voussoir

D. keystone

Answer: A

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