Building Materials and Construction MCQs

Building Materials and Construction MCQs

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1: Which of the following compounds was earlier produced for the utility of transformers?

A.   PCB

B.   TCDD

C.   PCDF

D.   PDD

2: When Environmental Lapse Rate (ELR) is greater than Adiabatic Lapse Rate (ALR), then which of the following occurs?

A.   Super adiabatic lapse rate

B.   Neutral lapse rate

C.   Adiabatic lapse rate

D.   Sub adiabatic lapse rate

3: When environmental Lapse Rate (ELR) is less is than Adiabatic Lapse Rate (ALR), then which of the following occurs?

A.   Super adiabatic lapse rate

B.   Neutral lapse rate

C.   Adiabatic lapse rate

D.   Sub adiabatic lapse rate

4: Which of the following is NOT a primary pollutant?

A.   Oxygen

B.   Ground-level ozone

C.   Carbon monoxide

D.   Carbon dioxide

5: Which of the following gas is released when alum is added to water?

A.   Ca (OH)3

B.   CO2

C.   Al (OH)3

D.   CaSO4

6: Which of the following plants is extremely sensitive towards sulphur dioxide?

A.   Tomato

B.   Onion

C.   Potato

D.   Corn

7: Which of the following is not commonly used as a filter material in the treatment of water?

A.   Garnet sand

B.   Crushed rock

C.   Sand

D.   Anthracite

8: In which of the following process earthworms decompose biodegradable solid waste?

A.   Composting

B.   Land fills

C.   Shredding

D.   Vermi-composting

9: Which of the mentioned devices are used for removing vapour phase/gaseous pollutants?

A.   Thermal oxidisers

B.   Absorption towers

C.   Catalytic converters

D.   All of the mentioned

10: The type of diversity including all the different kinds of living things found in a certain habitat is called as Species

A.   Diversity

B.   Genetic diversity

C.   Ecosystem diversity

D.   Population diversity

11: Biosphere reserve has following zone except one

A.   Core zone

B.   Command zone

C.   Buffer zone

D.   Spherical zone

12: Conservation of biodiversity outside the natural habitat is called as

A.   Ex-situ

B.   In-situ

C.   Conservation

D.   In-vivo

13: Which out of the following are the causes of soil erosion?

A.   Unrestricted grazing

B.   Over cultivation

C.   Deforestation

D.   All of the above

14: Red data book contains data of

A.   All plant species

B.   All animal species

C.   Threatened species

D.   Economically important species