BUILDING MATERIALS MCQS SET 40

BUILDING MATERIALS MCQS SET 40

1. Seasoning is
(A) A process of removing sap
(B) Creosoting
(C) Painting with sodium silicate
(D) Coating with tar
Answer: Option A

2. Soundness test of cement determines
(A) Quality of free lime
(B) Ultimate strength
(C) Durability
(D) Initial setting
Answer: Option A

3. Turpentine oil is used in paints as
(A) Thinner
(B) Vehicle
(C) Base
(D) Drier
Answer: Option A

4. Stucco paints are suitable for
(A) Stone masonry
(B) Brick walls
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer: Option C

5. Stones used for ornamental work must be
(A) Soft
(B) Hard
(C) Light
(D) Heavy
Answer: Option A

6. Lime stone is not a
(A) Sedimentary rock
(B) Stratified rock
(C) Aqueous rock
(D) Metamorphic rock
Answer: Option D

7. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) The heating of a material to redness in contact with air, is known as calcination
(B) The property of lime by which it sets or hardens in damp places having no free circulation of
air is called setting 
(C) The product that remains after calcination of limestone, is called lime
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) The average crushing strength of hand moulded bricks is 6000 t/m2
(B) The average tensile strength of hand moulded brick is 200 t/m2
(C) The average shearing strength of hand moulded brick is 600 t/m2
(D) All the above
Answer: Option D

9. Snowcrete is one of the patent forms of
(A) Distempers
(B) Water proof cement paints
(C) Enamel paints
(D) Cellulose paints
Answer: Option B

10. Cast iron is used for
(A) Structural works in beams
(B) Small sized water pipes
(C) Columns and struts
(D) None to these
Answer: Option C