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Exercise : Building Construction - Section 4
31.
The type of pointing in which upper side of mortar joints is kept about 12 mm inside the face of the masonry and bottom is kept flushed with face of wall, is
truck pointing
recessed pointing
struck pointing
grooved pointing.
Answer: Option
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32.
The steel pile which is generally sunk in soft clay or loose sand of low bearing capacity, is
H-pile
pipe pile
screw pile
disc pile
none of these.
Answer: Option
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33.
The stepped structure provided for lateral support of a structure, is
retaining wall
breast wall
buttress
parapet wall.
Answer: Option
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34.
In the method of tube boring of soil investigation, the following is essential :
a tube of about 2 metres length and 20 cm diameter with a cutting edge
a flap valve at the bottom of tube is provided to extract the soil sample
the tube is raised and lowered by 4 thick rope moving over a pulley suspended on a tripod stand
the tube is dropped to fall under gravity in side a metalic casing pipe which is driven as the depth of excavation proceeds.
all the above.
Answer: Option
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35.
For each storey of a building, the depth of exploration should be
1 metre
2 metres
3 metres
4 metres.
Answer: Option
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