Building Construction MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. A material which is naturally or artificially produced & is a filament or thread like piece of any material

1. Fibers
2. plaster
3. PVC
4. Artifical Timber

2. While considering the design period, which must be given more priority?

1. Area of land
2. Population
3. Usage of water
4. Arrangement of pipes

3. Which type of water is generally used in the treatment of water?

1. Chlorinated water
2. Treated water
3. Raw water
4. Sulphated water

4. Which type of roofs gives better resistance against shocks?

1. Sloped roofs
2. Thached roofs
3. Flat roofs
4. Straw roofs

5. Which type of excavator carries Shovel at its lower end.

1. Power shovel
2. Dragline
3. Clamshell
4. Backactor

6. Which type of equipment have intermittent cycles of work.

1. Intermittent
2. Continuous flow
3. Mixed
4. Combination

7. Which technique is defined as a technique to improve the engineering characterstics of soil.

1. Soil Nailing
2. Soil Reinforcing
3. Acoustic
4. Wire mesh

8. Which one is incorrect, what are the components of drainage sysytem?

1. Pipes
2. Traps
3. Reservoirs
4. Sanitary fittings

9. Which one is a self propelled machine which is used mainly to exert a powerful tractive force for pulling other machines.

1. Tractor
2. Bulldozer
3. Angle dozer
4. Scrape

10. Which of the following types of plastics have a high modulus of elasticity?

1. Rigid plastics
2. Semi-rigid plastics
3. Soft plastics
4. Elastomers

11. Which of the following statements about thermosetting plastics is not true?

1. It is possible to change their shape on heating
2. They are durable and strong
3. They are available in a variety of colours
4. They become rigid on heating

12. Which of the following need not be avoided for construction of quake resistant buildings?

1. Uniform height
2. Chimneys
3. Heavy weight walls
4. Discontinuous foundations

13. Which of the following is not a property of plastics?

1. Plastics are not ductile
2. Plastics are organic in nature
3. Plastics have good electric insulation properties.
4. PVC plastics are inflammable

14. Which of the following is not a component of plumbing water supply system?

1. Washbasin
2. Water supply and distribution pipes
3. Valves
4. Storage tank

15. Which of the following is not a classification of traps based on their shape?

1. P-trap
2. Q-trap
3. S-trap
4. W-trap

16. Which of the following instruments is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?

1. Seismograph
2. Speedometer
3. Ammeter
4. Richter scale

17. Which of the following indicates the component of a water supply scheme?

1. Impure water
2. Chlorination of water
3. Sub surface water
4. Intake of the water

18. Which of the following can be identified as the objective of water supply scheme?

1. Chlorination of water
2. Treat water
3. Safe water supply
4. Ionization of water

19. Which of the following assumption is correct for earthquake design resistant structure?

1. Earthquake will not occur simultaneously with wind
2. Earthquake will occur simultaneously with maximum flood
3. Earthquake will occur simultaneously with maximum sea waves
4. Earthquake will occur simultaneously with wind

20. Which is the largest group of geosynthetics.

1. Geonets
2. Geomembranes
3. Geotextiles
4. Geogrids

21. Which IS Code is used for designing a structure considering earthquake loads?

1. IS 800
2. IS 875
3. IS 1893
4. IS 456

22. Which apparatus is used to test liquid limit of a soil.

1. Mohr
2. Casagrande
3. Otto
4. Terzaghi

23. When two buildigs are close to each other, they may strike with each other during shaking is known as

1. Horizontal layout of the buildings
2. Vertical Layout of the buildings
3. Adjacency of buildings
4. None of the above

24. When a construction is done above the 1.5m height then a temporary structure is needed to support the labours to continue the construction process. These structures are called............

1. seismic weight
2. building configuration
3. scaffoldings
4. fibers

25. What should be the type of foundation for concrete and masonry buildings?

1. Continuous
2. Discontinuous
3. Shallow foundation
4. Isolated

26. What construction in a building means the free passage of clean air in a building.

1. Habitation
2. Protection
3. Sanitation
4. Ventilation

27. What are used to transfer the heavy loads from one level to another level & can be operated by using electric motors or hydraulic pump.

1. Escalators
2. Ventilation
3. Staircase
4. Elevators

28. What are the protectors, these are the safety devices which are used to protect the home appliances like televisions, refrigerators computers with damage by high voltage

1. fuse
2. Earthing
3. Ventilation
4. Plumbing

29. What are the Characterstics of sesmic performance of the building?

1. Damping
2. Ductility
3. Both a and b are correct
4. None of the above

30. what are power driven mechanical service used to transfer people up to short vertical height& used in public places like cinema complex,threaters, marketing malls etc.These have the capacity to move large number of people at a particular time.

1. Escalators
2. Ventilation
3. Staircase
4. Elevators

31. Water supply includes

1. Collection, transportation and treatment of water
2. Distribution of water to consumers
3. Provision of hydrants for fire fighting
4. All the above

32. Water cement ratio is the ratio of

1. Water to cement by weight
2. Water to cement by volume
3. Cement to water by weight
4. Cement to water by volume

33. Ventilation of house drainage is required to

1. relieve the pressure of foul gases
2. dilute the fould air in the drain
3. reduce the obnoxious effect of foul air
4. all of these

34. To avoid shearing, dam has to be placed as far as possible from

1. Joints
2. Folds
3. Intrusions
4. Faults

35. The..........are used for preventing foul gas from sewers to back flow in the house.

1. air freshners
2. traps
3. naphthalene balls
4. phenyl

36. The.............should be preferably Inclined at 45° with the ground.

1. Horizontal shore
2. Raking shore
3. Dead shore
4. Vertical shore

37. The..............is a bad conductor of heat and it is also non-combustible building material.

1. Sandstone
2. Granite
3. Stone
4. Limestone

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.

1. Cement concrete
2. Cement slurry
3. Cement grouting
4. Cement mortar

39. The type of pipe commonly used in water supply distribution schemes, is

1. R.C.C. pipes
2. Hume pipes
3. Cast iron pipes
4. G.I. pipes

40. The treatment given to the roof of a building to prevent the roof from the leakage of water is known as

1. Fire proofing
2. Damp proofing
3. Termite proofing
4. Sound proofing

41. The technique used to reinforce and strengthen the existing ground.

1. Soil Nailing
2. Reinforcing
3. Acoustic
4. Wire mesh

42. The shaking of earthcrust due to the movement of collision of the techtonic plattes is called...............

1. earthquake
2. cyclone
3. volcanic Eruptions
4. flood

43. The science which deals with the sound insulation in a building is known as

1. Reverberation
2. Transmission
3. Acoustic
4. Air borne

44. The science which deals with the sound insulation in a building is known as

1. Reverberation
2. Transmission
3. Acoustic
4. Air borne

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

1. Groundage
2. Plot area
3. Floor area
4. Built-up area

46. The process by which buildings are made more resistant to earthquake is the

1. retrofitting
2. emanation
3. soundproof
4. centrally heating

47. The method of distribution of water is divided into how many types?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

48. The instrument which is used to measure the earthquake shaking is called

1. Seismograph
2. Anemometer
3. Barometer
4. Nomograph

49. The inside corner of an asymmetrical shape are called as...............corners

1. Asymmetrical corners
2. re-entrant
3. None of these
4. All of these

50. The full form of BIS is

1. Board of Indian Standards
2. Bureau of Indian Standards
3. Bureau of International Specifications
4. Board of International Standards