Civil engineering MCQ on Building Materials
Civil engineering MCQs on building materials with explanation | Basic civil engineering interview questions which were asked in various construction companies and government PWD, GATE, PSU civil engineering jobs interviews. Also get these civil engineering interview questions and answers pdf for free.
11. The process of manufacturing steel by heating short lengths of wrought iron bars mixed with charcoal in fire clay crucibles and collecting the molten iron into moulds, is known as
Cementation process
Crucible process
Bessemer process
Open hearth process
2. Crucible process
12. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
In basic Bessemer process, the steel heats the converter
In open-hearth process, the furnace heats the steel
In Siemens process, the impurities of pig iron are oxidized by the oxygen of the ore
All the above.
4. All the above
13. Vanadium steel is generally used for
Railway switches and crossing
Bearing balls
Magnets
Axles and Springs
4. Axles and Springs
14. Plastic
Is an organic substance
Consists of natural or synthetic binders
Finished products are rigid and stable at normal temperature
All the above
4. All the above
15. For filling cracks in masonry structures, the type of bitumen used, is
Cut-back bitumen
Bitumen-emulsion
Blown bitumen
Plastic bitumen
4. Plastic bitumen
16. For melting one tone of cast iron
700 m3 air is required
20 kg limestone is required
One quintal coke is required
All the above.
4. All the above
17. The variety of pig iron used for the manufacture of steel by Bessemer process, is
Bessemer pig
Grey pig
White forge pig
Mottled pig
1. Bessemer Pig
18. Initial setting time of cement for asbestos cement products should be not less than
30 minutes
50 minutes
75 minutes
90 minutes
4. 90 Minutes
19. Varnish is a transparent or semi-transparent solution of resinuous substances in
Alcohol
Linseed
Turpentine
All the above
4. All the above
20. The commonly used colour pigment in paints, is
Ambers
Carbon black
Lamp black
All the above
4. All the above