Building Construction Quiz Test : 290+ Latest Questions

1. A temporary rigid structure having platforms to enable masons to work at different stages of a
building, is known as

2. According to IS 399-1963, the weight of the timber is specified at

3. The member which is placed horizontally to support common rafter of a sloping roof, is

4. The foundation which consists of a thick reinforced cement slab covering whole area to support
heavy concentrated structural loads, is known as

5. Pitched and sloping roofs are suitable for

6. During percussion drilling

7. A good building stone should not absorb water more than

8. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

9. To obtain good bonding in brick masonry

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

11. The initial setting time for ordinary Portland cement as per IS specifications should not be less
than

(B)
(C)

12. In case of Raymond pile

13. Queen closer may be placed

14. Pick up the consideration to the taken while designing a hospital from the following:

15. The single stage well point system of dewatering an excavation can be used if the depth of
excavation does not exceed

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

17. Depth of lean concrete bed placed at the bottom of a wall footing, is kept

18. Raft foundation are generally preferred to when the area required for individual footing, is more than

19. The bearing capacity of a water logged soil, may be improved by

20. The piece of a brick cut along the centre of width in such a way that its length is equal to that of
full brick, is called

21. For brick construction, the lime-sand mortar, is

22. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

23. 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

24. Which one of the following rocks is used for monumental buildings?

25. The form work from the slabs excluding props, can be removed only after

26. The stone masonry of finely dressed stones laid in cement or lime, is

27. In clay soil

28. To ensure that supporting area of an offset footing of a boundary wall is fully compressive, the
C.G. of load must act

29. Which one of the following factors is considered for the orientation of buildings?

30. The horizontal timber piece provided at the apex of a roof truss which supports the common rafter
is called

31. The type of pointing in which upper side of mortar joints is kept about 12 mm inside the face of
the masonry and bottom is kept flushed with face of wall, is

32. Which one of the following activities is not correct as applicable to brick corbels?

33. Negative skin friction

34. Vertical construction joints are provided where the shearing forces are minimum in the case of

35. Arches in the form of masonry arcs struck from more than four centres, are called

36. The type of stone masonry in which stones of same height are laid in layers, is called

37. The pile which supports the load partly by friction and partly by resting on hard stratum, is called

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

39. Cast iron piles

40. The bearing capacity of piles is determined by

41. A pointed arch which forms isosceles or equilateral triangle, is generally known as

42. If height of the first storey of a building is 3.2 m and riser is 13 cm, the number of treads required,
is

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

44. The stone whose crushing strength is least, is

45. For a wall carrying heavy load on low bearing capacity soil,

46. Cavity wall is generally provided for

47. For heavy embankments and dams, of height h, the depth of exploration of soil should not be less
than

48. The loose pockets in soil mass can be bridged safely by providing a raft foundation provided the
soft area is smaller than

49. The type of bond in which every course contains both headers and stretchers, is called

50. The wedge shaped bricks forming an arch ring, are called