Practice Test: Question Set - 03
1. A stair should not have pitch more than
- (A) 25°
- (B) 30°
- (C) 40°
- (D) 50°
2. Depth or height of the arch is the
- (A) Perpendicular distance between intrados and
extrados
- (B) Vertical distance between springing line and
intrados
- (C) Perpendicular distance between springing line and
extrados
- (D) None of the above
3. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The
pile driven in sand is called sand pile
- (B) The
drilled hole filled with sand is called sand pile
- (C) The
sand piles are used for bearing purposes
- (D) None
of these
4. A wall constructed to resist the pressure of an earth filling, is called
- (A) Retaining
wall
- (B) Breast
wall
- (C) Buttress
- (D) Parapet
wall
5. Two columns 50 cm × 50 cm and 60 cm × 60 cm carry 80 tonnes and 120 tonnes of loads respectively. The centre to centre distance between columns is 5.00 metres. The permissible bearing capacity of the soil is 20 t/m2. If the footing is not to project more than 25 cm beyond the outside of the smaller column, pick up the correct design parameters of the footing from the following:
- (A) Distance of
C.G. of the loads from the smaller column = 3.00 m
- (B) The length
of the foundation slab = 7.00 m
- (C) Area of
footing slab = 11.00 m2
- (D) All the
above
6. Pitched and sloping roofs are suitable for
- (A) Coastal regions
- (B) Plain regions
- (C) Covering large areas
- (D) All of the above
7. A wooden block hinged on post outside a door, is known
- (A) Cleat
- (B) Stop
- (C) Horn
- (D) None of
these
8. If a is the offset of concrete bed in cms, and d is the depth of concrete bed in cms, then
- (A) d =
0.445 a
- (B) d =
0.557 a
- (C) d =
0.775 a
- (D) None of
these
9. In high mountainous region, the type of roof generally recommended for buildings, is
- (A) Shed type
- (B) Gable type
- (C) Gambrel type
- (D) Mansard type
10. The function of cleats in a roof truss is
- (A) To support the common rafter
- (B) To support purlins
- (C) To prevent the purlins from tilting
- (D) All of the above
11. The Auger borings are not common
- (A) In soils
that require lateral support
- (B) In cohesive
soils
- (C) In soft
soils
- (D) None of the
above
12. The pile provided with one or more bulles in its vertical shaft, is generally known as
- (A) Under-ream
pile
- (B) Friction
pile
- (C) Bearing pile
- (D) Sheet
pile
13. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) Isolated
footing is provided under column to transfer the load safely to soil bed
- (B) Column
footings may have steps or projections in the concrete base
- (C) Heavily
loaded column base must be provided steel reinforcement in both directions
- (D) All
the above
14. In any good staircase, the maximum and minimum pitch respectively should be
- (A) 90° and 0°
- (B) 75° and 30°
- (C) 60° and 10°
- (D) 40° and 25°
15. Raft foundation are generally preferred to when the area required for individual footing, is more than
- (A) 25% to total
area
- (B) 30% of total
area
- (C) 40% to total
area
- (D) 50% of total
area
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