Q. The importance of storing the various ingredients of concrete is ?

  • (A) to maintain the uniformity of grading
  • (B) to maintain the uniformity of moisture
  • (C) to maintain the strength of materials
  • (D) both (a) and (b)
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) both (a) and (b)

Q. Which of the following cements is expected to have the highest compressive strength after 3 days ?

  • (A) ordinary Portland cement
  • (B) rapid hardening cement
  • (C) high alumina cement
  • (D) sulphate resisting cement
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) high alumina cement

Q. Pozzolana is essentially a silicious material containing clay upto ?

  • (A) 20%
  • (B) 40%
  • (C) 60%
  • (D) 80%
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 80%

Q. Too much fineness of cement ?

  • (A) results cracks in concrete
  • (B) generates greater heat
  • (C) develops early strength
  • (D) both (a) and (b)
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) both (a) and (b)

Q. The measuring 50 litres of aggregate, the inner dimensions of a farma should be ?

  • (A) 25 cm x 25 cm x 40 cm
  • (B) 29 cm x 29 cm x 48 cm
  • (C) 30 cm x 30 cm x 50 cm
  • (D) 31 cm x 31 cm x 52 cm
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) 31 cm x 31 cm x 52 cm

Q. Efflorescence in cement is caused due to the excess of ?

  • (A) silica
  • (B) lime
  • (C) alkalies
  • (D) iron oxide
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) alkalies

Q. The material used as an ingredient of concrete is usually ?

  • (A) cement
  • (B) aggregate
  • (C) water
  • (D) all of these
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βœ… Correct Answer: (D) all of these

Q. The cement concrete, from which entrained air and excess water are removed after placing it in position, is called ?

  • (A) vacuum concrete
  • (B) light weight concrete
  • (C) prestressed concrete
  • (D) sawdust concrete
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βœ… Correct Answer: (A) vacuum concrete

Q. In making precast structural units for partition and wall lining purposes, the concrete should be ?

  • (A) sawdust concrete
  • (B) air-entrained concrete
  • (C) light-weight concrete
  • (D) vacuum concrete
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) light-weight concrete

Q. The hardening is the phenomenon by virtue of which ?

  • (A) the cement does not undergo large change in volume when treated with water
  • (B) the plastic cement paste changes into hard mass
  • (C) the cement paste sets and develops strength
  • (D) none of the above
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βœ… Correct Answer: (C) the cement paste sets and develops strength

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