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Exercise : Building Materials - Section 2
31.
Pick up the correct statement from the following: Method of sawing timber
tangentially to annual rings, is known as tangential method.
in four quarters such that each board cuts annual rings at angles not less than 45°, is known as quarter sawing method.
cut out of quarter logs, parallel to the medullary rays and perpendicular to annual rings, is known as radial sawing.
all the above.
Answer: Option
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32.
Clay and silt content in a good brick earth must be at least
50%
40%
30%
25%
20%.
Answer: Option
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33.
Bessemer process is used for the manufacture of
Pig iron
cast iron
Wrought iron
Steel.
Answer: Option
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34.
The portion of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the length, is called
closer
queen closer
king closer
squint brick.
Answer: Option
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35.
The standard size of masonry bricks, is
18 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm
19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm
20 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm
21 cm x 11 cm x 11 cm
none of these.
Answer: Option
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