Building materials questions with answers
343 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.
- Acrylic sheets
- Wrought iron contains carbon about
- The usual percentages of clay and metal in cermet are
- Good quality stones must
- Spalling hammer is used for
- In stone masonry, stones (stratified rocks) are so placed that the direction of pressure to the plane of bedding is
- Chemically, marble is known as
- Geologically, marble is known as
- The proportions of charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur in gun powder by weight, are respectively
- Percentage of silica in a good brick earth lies between
- The percentage of alumina in a good brick earth lies between
- Asbestos . . . . . . . .
- Asbestos . . . . . . . .
- Asbestos cement . . . . . . . .
- Asbestos is
- The standard size of masonry bricks, is
- The stone suitable for rubble masonry should be.
- The filler used in plastic bitumen, is
- Softer variety of steel may be obtained by
- A first class brick when immersed in cold water for 24 hours should not absorb water more than
- A good building stone should not absorb water more than
- Basalt is
- Age of a tree may be ascertained by
- Which one of the following is an air binding material?
- Bitumen felt
