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  1. The portion of a brick cut across the width, is called

  2. A.

     Closer

    B.

     Half brick

    C.

     Bed

    D.

     Bat

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  3. The projections of head or sill of a door or window frame are

  4. A.

     Transoms

    B.

     Horns

    C.

     Stops

    D.

     Chocks

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  5. Stud(s) of a common wooden partition

  6. A.

     Are vertical wooden members

    B.

     Is the upper horizontal wooden member

    C.

     Is the lower horizontal wooden member

    D.

     Are the intermediate horizontal wooden members

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  7. In which of the following pairs both trees yield soft wood?

  8. A.

     Deodar and Shishum

    B.

     Chir and sal

    C.

     Sal and teak

    D.

     Chir and deodar

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  9. 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

  10. A.

     Mansard truss

    B.

     Queen post truss

    C.

     King post truss

    D.

     Collar truss

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  11. To construct a 10 cm thick partition wall, you will prefer

  12. A.

     English bond

    B.

     Flemish bond

    C.

     Header bond

    D.

     Stretcher bond

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  13. The line of intersection of two surfaces of a sloping roof forming an internal angle less than 180°, is known as

  14. A.

     Ridge

    B.

     Hip

    C.

     Valley

    D.

     None of these

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  15. In a colar beam roof

  16. A.

     There is no horizontal tie beam

    B.

     There is a horizontal tie at the feet of rafters only

    C.

     There is a horizontal tie at almost the middle of rafters only

    D.

     There are two horizontal ties, one at the feet and other at the middle of the rafters

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

  18. A.

     The column spacing

    B.

     One-third the column spacing

    C.

     Half the column spacing

    D.

     Three-fourth the column spacing

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  19. Dutch bond is a modification of

  20. A.

     English bond

    B.

     Stretcher bond

    C.

     Header bond

    D.

     Single Flemish bond

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