1) What
is the technical name for mixture of marble chips and cement?
Ans: Terrazzo (Used as flooring materials).
2) What is quick lime?
Ans:
The lime obtained by the comparatively pure lime stone is known as quick lime.
3) Which type of foundation is most suitable in
black cotton soil?
Ans:
Under-Reamed Piles.
4) State
the Nominal size and the actual size (Standard size) of a modular brick?
Ans: Nominal size:- 20cm x 10cm x 10cm. Actual size:- 19cm x 9cm x9cm.
5) Why is Statue of Liberty may of copper?
Ans:
Copper is very durable material when exposed
to weather and is soft enough that it can be
easily molded to curved shapes such as those in the statue of liberty. It is also traditionally used in buildings for complex roofs, so there would have
been trades people available trained to use it.
6) What
is Hybrid Foundation?
Ans: Hybrid Foundation is usually used for high rise buildings, it contains both
soil supported mat and pile foundation. This type of foundation is helpful in reducing the amount of settlement.
7) What is the formula for Trapezoidal Footing?
Ans:
Where, A1= Area of top base
A2=
Area of bottom base
H= Height.
8) What is the name of the machine used
for Compression Test?
Ans: Universal
Testing Machine (UTM).
9) What is the removing time of Shuttering?
Ans: 1. Side of wall, column and outer side of beam: 24 to 48 hrs.
2. Beam Soffits: 7 days
3. Slab: 3 days.
2. Beam Soffits: 7 days
3. Slab: 3 days.
10) What is the Standard height of each floor?
Ans: 3 m.
11) Write Unit conversation?
Ans: 1m = 3.28 ft
1m =
39.37 inch
1 yard = 3 ft.
12) What is P.C.C.?
Ans:
Plain Cement Concrete, this is composed of cement,
sand aggregate but are not used for load
bearing structure like R.C.C these are like paste to for finishing of flooring
and irregularities in wall to make a smooth surface.
13)
What is R.C.C.?
Ans:
Reinforced Cement Concrete, the structure made of R.C.C are reinforced with
steel bars on the side of bending
tension this is done because concrete is weak in tension.
14) What is R.B.C.?
Ans:
Reinforced Brick Concrete, it is the combination of reinforced, brick, and concrete.in this brick is only a filter
material which doesn’t help with strength of R.C.C. concrete is not so good in tension and material below
natural axis do not take part in load resisting, so that portion is required by using brick.
15) What is the minimum Grade of concrete used in P.C.C.?
Ans:
M20.
16) What is the purpose of Frog
in Brick?
Ans: It helps in developing proper joint between Brick and mortar.
17) When we will
provide side face Reinforcement in beam?
Ans: As per IS 456 : 2000
Cl. 26.5.1.3, When the depth of the web in a beam exceeds 750 mm, side face reinforcements
shall be provided along the two faces.
18) What are the functions of Column in building?
18) What are the functions of Column in building?
Ans: Column is a vertical member of a
building which support structural load transferred by the whole structure
through Beams. After that column transfers the load to the Footing and finally
Footing transfers the load to the land.
19) What is the formula for
calculating Riser in Staircase?
Ans: Riser = Tread + 1.
20) What
is the use of Plumb Bob?
Ans: It
is used to find the verticality of any object.