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  1. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

  2. A.
    Louvered door is generally provided in bath rooms
    B.

    Flush door is generally provided in dinning room

    C.

    Revolving door is generally provided in cinema halls

    D.

    Sliding door is generally provided in show rooms

    E.

    All the above.

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  3. Grillage foundation

  4. A.

    is used to transfer heavy structural loads from steel columns to a soil having low bearing capacity

    B.

    is light and economical

    C.

    does not require deep cutting as the required base area with required pressure intensity is obtained at a shallow depth

    D.

    is constructed by rolled steel joists (R.S.J.) placed in single or double tier

    E.

    all the above.

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  5.  

    The exterior angle between outer faces of a wall, is known as

  6. A.

    turn

    B.

    junction

    C.

    quion

    D.

    all the above.

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  7. In jack arch floor, the rise is kept

  8. A.

    1/6th of the span

    B.

    1/8th of the span

    C.

    1/10th of the span

    D.

    1/12th of the span

    E.

    1/15th of the span.

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  9.  

    While designing a stair, the product of rise and going is approximately kept equal to

  10. A.

    350

    B.

    420

    C.

    450

    D.

    500

    E.
    600.

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  11. For constructing a terrazo floor. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :

  12. A.

    a base course is prepared as in cement concrete flooring

    B.

    a 32 mm thick layer of cement concrete (1 : 2 : 4) is laid on the base course and the surface is made smooth by trowelling

    C.

    glass strips are driven into the layer according to the pattern required

    D.

    after final grinding is over, oxalic acid mixed with water is spread over and rubbed hard with soft material

    E.

    none of these.

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  13. The entrained concrete is used in lining walls and roofs for making

  14. A.

    heat insulated

    B.

    sound insulated

    C.

    neither (a) nor (b)

    D.

    both (a) and (b).

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  15. The pile which is provided with a bulb filled with concrete at its lower end, is known as

  16. A.

    Simplex pile

    B.

    Mac-Arthur pile

    C.

    Raymond pile

    D.

    Franki pile

    E.

    none of these.

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  17. In case of multi-storeyed buildings, the forms to be removed first are

  18. A.
    sides of beams and girders
    B.

    column forms

    C.
    bottom of beams and girders
    D.
    all the above at the same time.

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  19. For providing a raft foundation, the following activities are involved

    1. ramming the foundation bed
    2. excavation of the soil upto required depth
    3. laying the reinforcement over the foundation bed
    4. curing the cement concrete placed over reinforcement
    5. pouring the cement concrete over the reinforcement.
  20. A.

    1, 2, 3, 4, 5

    B.

    5, 4, 3, 2, 1

    C.

    2, 1, 3, 5, 4

    D.
    3, 2, 5, 1, 4.

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