BUILDING CONSTRUCTION QUIZ

A base course is prepared as in cement concrete flooring

After final grinding is over, oxalic acid mixed with water is spread over and rubbed hard with soft material

Glass strips are driven into the layer according to the pattern required

A 32 mm thick layer of cement concrete (1 : 2 : 4) is laid on the base course and the surface is made smooth by trowelling

Construction piles

Eccentric piles

Sinking piles

Raking piles

Skewbacks

Voussoirs

Haunch

Spandril

Bearing pile

Friction pile

Friction bearing pile

Rough pile

Raymond pile

Mac-Arthur pile

Franki pile

Simplex pile

1 cm per metre length

5 cm per metre length

2 cm per metre length

4 cm per metre length

1 in 40

1 in 50

1 in 70

1 in 60

Vary in size between 2 to 20 mm

All listed here

Are cohesionless aggregates

Never swell when they come into contact with water

15 m

40 m

10 m

20 m

Swells excessively when wet

Undergoes volumetric changes

All of these

Shrinks excessively when dry