Top 80+ Solved Building Construction MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The bottom or lowermost horizontal part of a window frame is known as
a. sill
b. mullion
c. transom
d. horn
Q. A stone wall provided to protect the slopes of cutting in natural ground from the action of weather, is known as
a. retaining wall
b. breast wall
c. parapet wall
d. buttress
Q. The term pitch in connection with pitched roofs is defined as the
a. apex line of the sloping roof
b. inclination of the sides of a roof to the horizontal plane
c. horizontal distance between the internal faces of the walls
d. triangular upper part of a wall formed at the end of a pitch roof
Q. A system of providing temporary support to the party walls of two buildings where the intermediate building is to be pulled down and built, is called
a. ranking shore
b. dead or vertical shore
c. flying or horizontal shore
d. none of these
Q. The most commonly used material for damp proofing is
a. bitumen
b. paraffin wax
c. cement solution
d. cement concrete
Q. In brick masonry, for good bonding
a. all bricks need not be uniform in size
b. bats must be used in alternate courses only
c. vertical joints in alternate courses should fall in plumb
d. cement mortar used must have surkhi as additive
Q. H-piles
a. require large storage space
b. are difficult to handle
c. cannot withstand large impact stress developed during hadn driving
d. none of the above
Q. Corince is defined as a
a. horizontal course of masonry projecting from the face of the wall
b. horizontal moulded projection provided ner the top of a building
c. covering placed on the exposed top of an external wall
d. triangular shaped portion of masonry at the end of a sloped roof
Q. The span of an arch is
a. vertical distance between the springing line and the highest point on the intrados
b. vertical distance between the springing line and the highest point on the extrados
c. perpendicular distance between the intrados and extrados
d. horizontal distance between the supports
Q. The pre-stressed concrete piles as compared to pre-cast and reinforced concrete piles
a. are lesser in weight
b. have high load carrying capacity
c. are extremely durable
d. all of these
Q. The type of stone masonry commonly adopted in the construction of residential building is
a. uncoused rubble masonry
b. coursed rubble masonry
c. random rubble masonry
d. dry rubble masonry
Q. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a. In English bond, vertical joints in the header courses come over each other and vertical joints in the stretcher courses are also in the same line.
b. In English bond, the heading course should start with a queen closer.
c. In Flemish bond, the alternate headeers of each course are centrally supported over the strechers in the course below.
d. In Flemish bond, every alternate course starts with a header at the corner.
Q. A raking shore is a system of
a. giving temporary lateral support to an unsafe wall
b. providing temporary support to the party walls of two buildings where the intermediate building is to be pulled down and rebuilt
c. providing vertical support to walls and roofs, floors et when the lower part of a wall has to be removed for the purpose of providing an opening in the wall
d. all of the above
Q. The window which projects outward from the walls of a room to provide an increased area of opening for admitting greater light and ventilation, is called
a. dormer window
b. corner window
c. bay window
d. clerestorey window