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Civil Engineering - Building Construction

Exercise : Building Construction - Section 5
11.
The type of pointing in which a V-shaped projection outside the wall surface, is provided, is called
recessed pointing
weather pointing
V-pointing
tuck pointing.
Answer: Option
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12.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
In a king post truss, principal rafter and tie beams are jointed together with a bridle joint.
Joint between the principal rafter and the king post is made by making tenon and mortice respectively
Joint between strut and king post, is generally of mortice and tenon type
All the above.
Answer: Option
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13.
Pick up the correct statement about silt soil from the following :
the silt soil has particle size from 0.02 mm to 0.06 mm.
in organic fine grained silt soil possesses no plasticity.
the least plastic type normally consists of more or less equi-dimensional grains of quartz
all the above.
Answer: Option
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14.
Pick up the correct statement from the following :
The bearing capacity of a pile is defined as the load which can be sustained by the pile without producing excessive settlement
The ultimate bearing capacity of a pile is defined as the maximum load which the pile carries and continues to sink without any further increases of load
The safe bearing capacity of a pile is obtained by dividing the ultimate bearing capacity with a suitable factor of safety
The factor of safety for piles is taken as 6
All the above.
Answer: Option
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15.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Plain cement concrete is equally strong in compression as well as in tension
Slump test is performed to check concrete strength
Curing of concrete is done for proper compaction of cement
Fineness modulus is the index number expressing the relative sizes of both coarse and fine aggregates
Concrete is a mixture of binding material, coarse aggregate and water.
Answer: Option
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