Building Construction Objective Questions | MCQ Quiz for Practice

61. Removal of inside air and supply of fresh outside air in a closed room is known as

1. Ventilation
2. Absorption
3. Adsorption
4. Transmission

62. PVC is widely used to make pipes because:

1. Cost effective
2. Does not react to chemicals
3. Easily available
4. Easy to transport

63. Plastics are divided into thermoplastic and thermosetting on the basis of their

1. Behaviour with respect to heating
2. Structure
3. Physical properties
4. Mechanical properties

64. Pitched and sloping roofs are suitable for

1. Coastal Regions
2. Plain Regions
3. Covering large areas
4. All of the above

65. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. The source of surface water is from

1. Streams and rivers
2. Storage reservoirs
3. Tubewells
4. Ponds and lakes

66. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following, The underground sources of water is from

1. Wells
2. Springs
3. Storage Reserviours
4. None of the Above

67. Per capita demand of water is calculated in liters

1. Per person per day
2. Per person per month
3. Per person per year
4. None of these

68. n one pipe system of plumbing, waste water is carried away from

1. bath rooms
2. wash basins
3. kitchens
4. all of these

69. It is quite evident that the incoming air for ventilation should be.............in summer and..............in winter before it enters the room.

1. cool, warm
2. warm, cool
3. humid, dry
4. dry, humid

70. It is found that the Brick are not seriously affected until very high temperature of 1200°C to 1300°C are reached.

1. Plastic
2. Limestone
3. Sandstone
4. Brick

71. IS 1893-2002 gives details on:

1. Seismic strengthening
2. Improving earthquake resistance
3. Earthquake resistance structures
4. Earthquake resistance design

72. Indian standard criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures (first part, fifth revision) is stated by

1. IS 1899, 2000
2. IS 1894, 2000
3. IS 1893, 2002
4. IS 1896, 2001

73. In..............system the source of supply is lake or impounding reservoir at some elevation.

1. parallel
2. gravity distribution
3. pumps distribution
4. rain distribution

74. In................arrangement, the horizontal supports are given two parallel walls which have become unsafe due to the removal or collapse of the intermediate building.

1. Inclined shore
2. Raking shore
3. Dead shore
4. Flying shore

75. In..................shore arrangement, the inclined supports are given to the external walls from the ground.

1. Raking shore
2. Flying shore
3. Dead shore
4. Patented shore