Building Materials MCQs

Building Materials MCQs

Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Building Materials MCQs. We encourage you to test your Building Materials knowledge by answering these multiple-choice questions provided below.
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1: The clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout

A.   The winter

B.   The summer

C.   None of these.

D.   The monsoon

2: In the cement the compound quickest to react with water, is

A.   Tricalcium silicate

B.   Dicalcium silicate.

C.   Tetra-calcium alumino-ferrite

D.   Tricalcium aluminate

3: Which one of the following is acid resistant asbestos:

A.   Actinolite asbestos

B.   All these

C.   Amosite asbestos

D.   Crocidolite asbestos

E.   Anthophylite asbestos

4: Bitumen in

A.   Fluid state, is called petroleum

B.   Solid state, is called asphalt

C.   All these

D.   Semi fluid state, is called mineral tar

5: In the method of condensation polymerization,

A.   Low-molecular substances are removed from the high molecular substance

B.   The reaction proceeds with an evolution of hydrogen chloride

C.   The reaction proceeds with an evolution of ammonia

D.   All these.

6: If the furnace is provided with insufficient fuel at low temperatures, the type of pig iron produced, is called

A.   Bessemer pig

B.   White or forge pig

C.   Grey or foundry pig

D.   Mottled pig.

7: The variety of pig iron used for manufacture of wrought iron, is

A.   Mottled pig.

B.   White forge pig

C.   Bessemer pig

D.   Grey or foundry pig

8: Variety of pig iron used for manufacture of wrought iron, is

A.   White forge pig

B.   Bessemer pig

C.   Grey or foundry pig

D.   Mottled pig.

9: Depending on the chemical composition and mechanical properties, iron may be classified as

A.   Cast iron

B.   Wrought iron

C.   Steel

D.   All these.

10: In a mortar, the binding material is

A.   Cement

B.   Cinder.

C.   Surkhi

D.   Sand

11: Pick up the hypabyssal rock from the following:

A.   Granite

B.   Basalt

C.   Dolerite

D.   All these

12: Quartzite is a

A.   Silicious rock.

B.   Calcareous rock

C.   Argillaceous rock

D.   Metamorphic rock

13: Clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout

A.   None of these.

B.   The summer

C.   The winter

D.   The monsoon

14: Select clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout

A.   None of these.

B.   The summer

C.   The winter

D.   The monsoon

15: The rocks which are formed due to cooling of magma at a considerable depth from earth's surface are called

A.   Volcanic rocks

B.   Plutonic rocks

C.   Hypabyssal rocks

D.   Igneous rocks.

16: Ultimate strength to cement is provided by

A.   Di-calcium silicate

B.   Tetra calcium alumino ferrite.

C.   Tricalcium silicate

D.   Tri-calcium aluminate

17: Wrought iron contains carbon about

A.   1.5% to 5.5%

B.   0.5% to 1.75%

C.   None of these.

D.   0.1% to 0.25%

18: Pick up the polymineralic rock from the following:

A.   Magnesite

B.   Pure gypsum

C.   None of these.

D.   Quartz sand

E.   Granite