BUILDING MATERIALS QUIZ

To retard the initial setting time of cement, the compound responsible, is

Gypsum

Di-calcium silicate

Tri-calcium silicate

Tri-calcium aluminate

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Pick up the hypabyssal rock from the following:

Granite

Dolerite

Basalt

All listed here

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Which of the following represents a metamorphic rock?<br/>(i) Slate<br/>(ii) Shale<br/>(iii) Quartzite

Only (iii)

Both (i) and (iii)

All (i), (ii) and (iii)

Both (ii) and (iii)

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The ultimate tensile strength of structural mild steel is about

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Water paint is a

Color wash

White wash

Whiting

All listed here

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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

Strip

Baulk

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The variety of pig iron used for manufacture of wrought iron, is

Bessemer pig

Mottled pig

White forge pig

Grey or foundry pig

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The clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout

None of these

The summer

The monsoon

The winter

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Good quality stones must

All of these

Be free from clay

Resist action of acids

Be durable

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Percentage of silica in a good brick earth lies between

70 to 80 %

50 to 60 %

20 to 30 %

5 to 10 %

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