Overseer (Civil) model questions Test paper 8

1) To perform the initial setting time test, the water is added to the
cement at the rate of ——— by weight of cement

A) 0.72 P

B) 0.78 P

C) 0.85 P

D) 0.95 P

2) Stair in which the stringer as well as the hand rail is continuous
with no newel post at the landing is :

A) Geometrical stair

B) Bifurcated stair

C) Dog-legged stair

D) Quarter-turn stair

3) Weep holes are provided in retaining and breast walls

A) To drain off the water from the filling

B) To ventilate the stone masonry

C) To increase compaction of the earth retained

D) To reduce the weight of the earth retained

4) The bearing capacity of a waterlogged soil, may be improved by :

A) Grouting

B) Chemical action

C) Drainage

D) Compaction

5) The tangent to the liquid surface in a level tube, is parallel to the axis
of the level tube at

A) Every point of the bubble

B) Either end of the bubble

C) The mid point of the bubble

D) No where

6) The maximum strain energy stored in a body is known as :

A) Proof resilience

B) Modulus of rupture

C) Resilience

D) Modulus of resilience

7) The compound formed within about 24 hours after the addition of
water to cement is :

A) Tricalcium aluminate

B) Dicalcium aluminate

C) Dicalcium silicate

D) Tricalcium silicate

8) Which of the following statements is wrong?

A) A stone with large percentage of quartz is very soft 

B) Felspar is a silicate of aluminium with varying amounts of potash,
           soda or lime

C) Quartz has a greasy lustre

D) All of the above

9) The type of flooring suitable for use in churches, theatres, public
libraries etc where noiseless floor is desired is

A) Wooden flooring

B) Glass flooring

C) Cork flooring

D) Brick flooring

10) Broken stones placed on earth surface for their protection against
the action of water or weather

A) Regulator

B) Riprap

C) Scour

D) Silt

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