Q.1
Stud(s) of a common wooden partition
  • Are vertical wooden members
  • Is the upper horizontal wooden member
  • Is the lower horizontal wooden member
  • Are the intermediate horizontal wooden members
Q.2
The portion of a brick cut across the width, is called
  • Closer
  • Half brick
  • Bed
  • Bat
Q.3
The projections of head or sill of a door or window frame are
  • Transoms
  • Horns
  • Stops
  • Chocks
Q.4
In which of the following pairs both trees yield soft wood?
  • Deodar and Shishum
  • Chir and sal
  • Sal and teak
  • Chir and deodar
Q.5
You are asked to design and supervise a truss for a factory to have spans 6 m to 9 m. The type of the truss you will use, is
  • Mansard truss
  • Queen post truss
  • King post truss
  • Collar truss
Q.6
Which one of the following activities is not correct as applicable to brick corbels
  • The maximum projection of the corbel should not be more than the thickness of the wall
  • The maximum projection of each corbel course should be limited to a quarter brick at a time
  • The discontinuous corbels are used to carry heavy concentrated loads
  • Stretcher bond is generally used for the construction of brick corbel
Q.7
Suitable spacing of timber piles, is
  • 50 cm
  • 60 cm
  • 80 cm
  • 90 cm
Q.8
The triangular portion between any two adjacent arches and the tangent to their crowns, is
  • Haunch
  • Spandril
  • Soffit
  • Rise
Q.9
The raft slab is projected beyond the outer walls of the structure by
  • 5 to 10 cm
  • 15 to 20 cm
  • 25 to 30 cm
  • 30 to 45 cm
Q.10
In jack arch floor, the rise is kept
  • 1/6th of the span
  • 1/8th of the span
  • 1/10th of the span
  • 1/12th of the span
Q.11
The stone blocks approximately triangular in shape, used as steps, are known
  • Stone steps
  • Built up steps
  • Spandril steps
  • None of these
Q.12
The member which is placed horizontally to support common rafter of a sloping roof, is
  • Purlin
  • Cleat
  • Batten
  • Strut
Q.13
Safe bearing capacity of black cotton soil varies from
  • 2 to 3 t/m²
  • 5 to 7.5 t/m²
  • 8 to 10 t/m²
  • 10 to 12 t/m²
Q.14
The type of footing which is used to transmit heavy loads through steel columns is
  • Raft foundation
  • Grillage foundation
  • Well foundation
  • Isolated footing
Q.15
An arch constructed with finely dressed stones, is known
  • Ashlar arch
  • Rubble arch
  • Gauged arch
  • Axed arch
Q.16
The position of a brick when laid on its side 9 cm × 9 cm with its frog in the vertical plane, is called
  • Brick on edge
  • Brick on end
  • Brick on bed
  • Brick held vertically
Q.17
The entrained concrete is used in lining walls and roofs for making
  • Heat insulated
  • Sound insulated
  • Neither (A) nor (B)
  • Both (A) and (B)
Q.18
The wedge shaped bricks forming an arch ring, are called
  • Soffits
  • Voussoirs
  • Haunches
  • Spandrils
Q.19
The minimum distance between the centers of bulb of diameter du, of a multi under reamed piles, is
  • 1.35 du
  • 1.25 du
  • 1.5 du
  • 1.75 du
Q.20
The horizontal timber piece provided at the apex of a roof truss which supports the common rafter is called
  • Ridge board
  • Hip rafter
  • Eaves board
  • Valley rafter
Q.21
The additional piles which are driven to increase the capacity of supporting loads on vertical piles, are known
  • Construction piles
  • Raking piles
  • Eccentric piles
  • Sinking piles
Q.22
The vertical faces of a door opening which support frame of the door, are
  • Jambs
  • Posts
  • Reveals
  • Styles
Q.23
To ensure that supporting area of an offset footing of a boundary wall is fully compressive, the C.G. of load must act
  • At the centre of the base
  • Within the middle third of the base
  • Within the middle fifth of the base
  • Neither (A), (B) nor (C)
Q.24
The ceiling height of a building is
  • Between ceiling and ground level
  • Between ceiling and floor level
  • Upto roof above ground level
  • Upto ceiling from the ground level
Q.25
The number of steps in a flight generally should not be less than
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5
  • No limit
Q.26
Sum of tread and rise must lie between
  • 300 to 350 mm
  • 400 to 450 mm
  • 500 to 550 mm
  • 600 to 650 mm
Q.27
For heavy embankments and dams, of height h, the depth of exploration of soil should not be less than
  • h/4
  • 1/2 h
  • h
  • 2 h
Q.28
The taper of precast concrete pile should not be more than
  • 1 cm per metre length
  • 2 cm per metre length
  • 4 cm per metre length
  • 5 cm per metre length
Q.29
The Auger boring method is not suitable for
  • Very hard soil
  • Cemented soil
  • Vary soft soil
  • All the above
Q.30
For plastering the exposed brick walls, the cement sand mortar should be
  • 1 : 2
  • 1 : 3
  • 1 : 4
  • 1 : 6
Q.31
For effective drainage, the finished surface of flat roof should have a minimum slope of
  • 1 in 20
  • 1 to 50
  • 1 in 10
  • 1 in 5
Q.32
The bearing capacity of piles is determined by
  • Dynamic formula
  • Static formula
  • Pile load tests
  • All the above
Q.33
To obtain good bonding in brick masonry
  • First class bricks are used
  • Vertical joints in alternate courses are kept in plumb line
  • Bats are used where necessary
  • All the above
Q.34
In English garden wall bond
  • One course of headers to three or five course of stretchers
  • Queen closer in provided in each heading course
  • The middle course of stretchers is started with a header to give proper vertical joints
  • All the above
Q.35

The type of pointing in which upper side of mortar joints is kept aboutmm inside the face of the masonry and bottom is kept flushed with face of wall, is

  • truck pointing
  • recessed pointing
  • struck pointing
  • grooved pointing.
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