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Civil Engineering - Building Materials

Exercise : Building Materials - Section 2
11.
Apiece of sawn timber whose cross-sectional dimensions exceed 5 cm, in one direction and 20 cm in the other direction, is called a
cant
deal
baulk
strip.
Answer: Option
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12.
Quick lime (or caustic lime)
is obtained by the calcination of pure lime stone
has great affinity to moisture
is amorphous
All the above.
Answer: Option
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13.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
soft stones are required for carving
light stones are required for arches
hard stones are required to stand high pressure
All the above.
Answer: Option
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14.
Name the type of cement from the following for canal linings :
sulphate resisting cement
rapid hardening cement
quick setting cement
pozzuolana cement.
Answer: Option
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15.
Mastic asphalt is generally used for
damp proof course
water proof layer
partition walls
both (a) and (b).
Answer: Option
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