Building construction questions with answers
254 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.
- Single Flemish bond consists of
- Herringbone bond is used for
- 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
- A pre-stressed concrete pile is
- As compared to stretcher course, the thickness of joints in header course should be
- The depth of an arch is the distance between
- Engineering news formula for obtaining safe bearing capacity of pile for drop hammer, is,
- The pile which is provided with a bulb filled with concrete at its lower end, is known as
- 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
- Depth of lean concrete bed placed at the bottom of a wall footing, is kept
- In English garden wall bond
- To obtain good bonding in brick masonry
- The bearing capacity of piles is determined by
- For effective drainage, the finished surface of flat roof should have a minimum slope of
- For plastering the exposed brick walls, the cement sand mortar should be A. 1 : 2 B. 1 : 3 C. 1 : 4 D. 1 : 6
- Sum of tread and rise must lie between
- The number of steps in a flight generally should not be less than
- For heavy embankments and dams, of height h, the depth of exploration of soil should not be less than
- The taper of precast concrete pile should not be more than
- The Auger boring method is not suitable for
- The ceiling height of a building is
- To ensure that supporting area of an offset footing of a boundary wall is fully compressive, the C.G. of load must act
- The vertical faces of a door opening which support frame of the door, are
- In verandah (corridor) floors outward slope is
- The additional piles which are driven to increase the capacity of supporting loads on vertical piles, are known