Types of Cased Cast-in-Situ Concrete Piles

 Raymond piles
 Mac-Arthur piles
 Union metal monotube pile
 Swage pile
 Western button bottom pile

In case of Raymond pile

a) lengths vary from 6 m to 12 m

b) diameter of top of piles varies from 40 cm to 60 cm
c) diameter of pile at bottom varies from 20 cm to 28 cm
d) thickness of outer shell depends upon pile diameter
e) all the above.

Queen closer may be placed

a) in header course
b) in stretcher course
c) in header course next to first brick
d) in stretcher course next to first brick
e) in any position.

Dado is usually provided in

a) dinning halls
b) bath rooms
c) living rooms
d) verandah
e) roofs.

The foundation in which a cantilever beam is provided to join two footings, is known as

a) strip footing
b) strap footing
c) combined footing
d) raft footing
e) none of these.

Cast iron piles

a) are suitable for works under sea water
b) resist shocks or vibrations
c) are suitable for use as batter piles
d) are useful for heavy vertical loads.
Expansion joints in masonry walls are provided if length exceeds
 a) 10 m
b) 20 m
c) 30 m
d) 40 m
e) 50 m.

Raft foundation are generally preferred to when the area required for individual footing, is
more than
a) 25% to total area
b) 30% of total area
c) 40% to total area
d) 50% of total area.

What is Grillage foundations

A grillage foundation is a type of foundation that consists of a series of interconnected

steel beams and concrete footings. It is commonly used for heavy structures, such as
bridges, towers, and large buildings, where the loads are too heavy for traditional foundation
systems

In grillage foundations, distance between flanges of grillage beams, is kept

a) 40 cm
b) equal to flange width
c) twice the flange width
d) maximum of (a), (b) and (c).

what is Herringbone in construction industry

The herringbone bond is a variety of raking bond in which units are

laid at an angle of 45° to the direction of the row, instead of
horizontally. Alternate courses lie in opposing directions, resulting in
a zigzag pattern.

The concrete slump recommended for foundations, is

a) 25 to 50 mm
b) 30 to 125 mm
c) 50 to 100 mm
d) 75 to 125 mm
e) none of these.

The bubble tube is nearly filled with

a) alcohol or chloroform
b) a liquid which is very mobile
c) a liquid having low freezing point
d) all the above
Simpson's rule for calculating areas states that the area enclosed by a curvilinear figure
divided into an even number of strips of equal width, is equal to
a) half the width of a strip, multiplied by the sum of two extreme offsets, twice the
sum of remaining odd offsets, and thrice the sum of the even offsets
b) one third the width of a strip, multiplied by the sum of two extreme offsets,
twice the sum of remaining odd offsets and four times the sum of the even
offsets
c) one third the width of a strip, multiplied by the sum of two extreme offsets, four
times the sum of the remaining odd offsets, and twice the sum of the even
offsets
d) one sixth the width of a strip, multiplied by the sum of the two extreme offsets,
twice the sum of remaining odd offsets and four times the sum of the even
offsets
e) none of these

The first reading from a level station is

a) foresight
b) intermediate sight
c) back-sight
d) any sight.

Pick up the correct statement from the following :

a) a refracting telescope consists optically of two lenses

b) the principal axes of both the lenses coincide the optical axis of the telescope
c) the lens nearer the object to be viewed is convex and is called objective
d) the lens nearer the eye is called eyepiece
e) all the above.
Determining the difference in elevation between two points on the surface of the earth, is
known as
a) levelling
b) simple levelling
c) differential levelling
d) longitudinal levelling.

The lateral earth pressure on a retaining wall

a) is equal to mass of the soil retained
b) proportional to the depth of the soil
c) proportional to the square of the depth of the soil
d) proportional to the internal friction of the soil
e) none of these.
A compacted soil sample using 10% moisture content has a weight of 200 g and mass unit
weight of 2.0 g/cm3. If the specific gravity of soil particles and water are 2.7 and 1.0, the
degree of saturation of the soil is

a) 11.1%
b) 55.6%
c) 69.6%
d) none of these.
Minimum depth of a footing carrying a heavy load, is calculated by the formula
a)

b)

c)

d)

Under normal conditions using an ordinary cement, the period of removal of the form work, is
:

a) 7 days for beam soffits

b) 14 days for bottom slabs of spans 4.6 m and more
c) 21 days for bottom beams over 6 m spans
d) 2 days for vertical sides of columns
e) all the above.

Wp and Wf are the weights of a cylinder containing partially compacted and fully compacted

concrete. If the compaction factor   is 0.95, the workability of concrete is

a) extremely low
b) very low
c) low
d) high
e) none of these.
factors that determine the strength of the mix in a designed concrete 
a) Compressive strength
b) Workability
c) Durability
d) Maximum nominal size of the aggregates
e) Grading and type of aggregates
f) Quality control
g) All the above

What is the strongest concrete ratio

C40 concrete is the most durable and strongest mix in the civil industry. It can handle all kinds of
strains such as laboratory environments, farm-based situations, and corrosion.
The common concrete mix ratio to create C40 grade of concrete
is 1 : 1.08 : 2.41 : 0.40, (cement: Sand: Stone: water) by weight.
This means, 1m3 of C40 grade of concrete can be prepared by
mixing of 1 part of cement (488kg of cement) + 1.08 parts of Sand
(528kg of Sand) + 2.41 parts of Stone (1176 kg gravel) + 0.40 parts
of water (195kg of water).