BUILDING CONSTRUCTION QUIZ

The inner section of a cavity wall, is generally known as

Pillar

Leaf wall

Buttress

Pilaster

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The sill of a common wooden partition is

Lower horizontal wooden member

Upper horizontal wooden member

Intermediate horizontal wooden member

Vertical wooden member on either end

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The Auger borings are not common

None of these

In soft soils

In cohesive soils

In soils that require lateral support

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The vertical member running through middle of a shutter frame, is

Mullion

Post

Reveal

Style

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The depth of excavation of foundations, is generally measured with a

Levelling staff

Steel tape

Ranging rod

Boning rod

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The rock formed from the solidification of molten matter (magma) is called:

Metamorphic rock

Igneous rock

Sedimentary rock

None of these

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Auger boring

Is generally employed in cohesive and other self soils above water table

Is the most primitive method for making a hole in the ground

All of these

Is most economical up-to a depth of 5 meters

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In places where the soil is soft and has small resistance to the flow of concrete, which one of the following types of piles, is used

Pressure pile

Franki pile

Vibro pile

Pedestal pile

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The 19 cm × 9 cm side of a brick as seen in the wall face, is generally known as

Stretcher

Front

Header

Face

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Black cotton soil is unsuitable for foundations because its

Particles are cohesive

Property to undergo a volumetric change due to variation of moisture content

Bearing capacity is low

Permeability is uncertain

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