Building Construction Objective Question and Answer
Building Construction MCQ Multiple Choice Questions - Page 2 for Practice
31. Water supply includes
Correct Answer is: All the above
32. Water cement ratio is the ratio of
Correct Answer is: Water to cement by weight
33. Ventilation of house drainage is required to
Correct Answer is: all of these
34. To avoid shearing, dam has to be placed as far as possible from
Correct Answer is: Faults
35. The..........are used for preventing foul gas from sewers to back flow in the house.
Correct Answer is: traps
36. The.............should be preferably Inclined at 45° with the ground.
Correct Answer is: Raking shore
37. The..............is a bad conductor of heat and it is also non-combustible building material.
Correct Answer is: Stone
38. The..................is a mixture of cement, sand, pebbles or crushed rock and water, which, when placed in the skeleton of forms and are allowed to cure, becomes hard like a stone.
Correct Answer is: Cement concrete
39. The type of pipe commonly used in water supply distribution schemes, is
Correct Answer is: Cast iron pipes
40. The treatment given to the roof of a building to prevent the roof from the leakage of water is known as
Correct Answer is: Damp proofing
41. The technique used to reinforce and strengthen the existing ground.
Correct Answer is: Soil Nailing
42. The shaking of earthcrust due to the movement of collision of the techtonic plattes is called...............
Correct Answer is: earthquake
43. The science which deals with the sound insulation in a building is known as
Correct Answer is: Acoustic
44. The science which deals with the sound insulation in a building is known as
Correct Answer is: Acoustic
45. The ratio of the total floor area inclusive of all the floors to the area of the plot on which building stands is known as
Correct Answer is: Built-up area
46. The process by which buildings are made more resistant to earthquake is the
Correct Answer is: retrofitting
47. The method of distribution of water is divided into how many types?
Correct Answer is: 3
48. The instrument which is used to measure the earthquake shaking is called
Correct Answer is: Seismograph
49. The inside corner of an asymmetrical shape are called as...............corners
Correct Answer is: re-entrant
50. The full form of BIS is
Correct Answer is: Bureau of Indian Standards
51. The first formal seismic code in India is
Correct Answer is: IS 1893
52. The earthquake of 7.0 can cause
Correct Answer is: severe damage
53. The design period of storage reservoir can be given as
Correct Answer is: 10 yr
54. The depth of the focus from the epicentre is known as
Correct Answer is: Focal depth
55. The bearing capacity of soil is calculated in..............units.
Correct Answer is: kN/m2
56. The amount of water required for 1 percent per day is determined as
Correct Answer is: Per capita demand
57. Surface water can act as a source of water in water supply scheme.
Correct Answer is: True Statement
58. Structures built on which land have to withstand greater risk during earthquakes?
Correct Answer is: Loose soil
59. Sometimes the structures are to be temporarily supported. This is achieved by what is known as the
