Department of Civil Engineering, University Departments, RTU, Kota

Concrete Technology, B Tech IV Semester

Surprise Test- 1
Time: 45 Minutes Max Marks 20
Ethics Declaration: I appraise the value of originality in Engineering education. I will not try to
fetch any illegal help from any of my colleague students by ay means, even if it remains unnoticed
by the teacher/examiner.
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1. (a)Write the effect of increasing the nominal maximum size of aggregate on the water
demand of concrete. [CO1,PO1]
(b) Write specific provisions of the relevant IS code, if the manufactured sand is used as
fine aggregate instead of river sand. [CO1, PO1, BT1]
© Why ‘curing’ of concrete is done?. Write minimum period of curing and its method for
a concrete slab, 150 mm thick of size 3m*21 m. [CO1, PO1, BT2] (1+2+3=6)
2. Write details about formwork of a beam along-with a figure [CO2, PO2] (3)
3. (a) Describe ultrasonic pulse velocity test method for concrete with figures. [CO3,PO4]
(b) If core strength is 20 N/mm2, what is the value of equivalent cube strength? [CO3,PO4]
© Which NDT method or methods will you prefer in the following condition: (2+1+2)
A RCC framed residential building of 10 storeys, which has undergone fire [CO3,PO4,BT3]
4. Design a concrete mix for a M40 Grade pumpable concrete using flyash equal to 20 % of
the total cementitious material. Maximum water – cemementitious material ratio to be used
is 0.40. Specific gravities of cement, flyash, SNF superplasticizer, fine and coarse
aggregates are 3.00, 2.30, 1.12, 2.80 and 2.65 respectively. [CO4, PO3, BT4] (6)