Civil engineering MCQ on Building Materials
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41. Pick up the hypabyssal rock from the following:
Granite
Dolerite
Basalt
All the above
2. Dolerite
42. Stainless steel contains
18% of chromium and 8% nickel
8% of chromium and 18% of nickel
12% of chromium and 36% of nickel
36% of chromium and 12% of nickel
1. 18% of chromium and 8% nickel
43. If the furnace is provided with insufficient fuel at low temperatures, the type of pig iron produced, is called
Bessemer pig
Grey or foundry pig
White or forge pig
Mottled pig
3. White or forge pig
44. Sand stone is
Sedimentary rock
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
Volcanic rock
1. Sedimentary rock
45. The variety of pig iron used for manufacture of wrought iron, is
Bessemer pig
Grey or foundry pig
White forge pig
Mottled pig
3. White forge pig
46. Quartzite is a
Metamorphic rock
Argillaceous rock
Calcareous rock
Silicious rock
4. siliceous rock
47. The rocks which are formed due to cooling of magma at a considerable depth from earth's surface are called
Plutonic rocks
Hypabyssal rocks
Volcanic rocks
Igneous rocks
1. Plutonic rocks
48. The clay to be used for manufacturing bricks for a large project, is dugout and allowed to weather throughout
the monsoon
the winter
the summer
none of these
1. The monsoon
49. The initial setting time of lime-pozzolana, is
30 minutes
60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
4. 120 minutes
50. In the cement the compound quickest to react with water, is
Tricalcium aluminate
Tetra-calcium alumino-ferrite
Tricalcium silicate
Dicalcium silicate.
1. Tricalcium aluminate
