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  1. The sill of a common wooden partition is

  2. A.

    vertical wooden member on either end

    B.

    lower horizontal wooden member

    C.

    upper horizontal wooden member

    D.

    intermediate horizontal wooden member.


  3. Suitable spacing of timber piles, is

  4. A.

    50 cm

    B.
    60 cm
    C.

    70 cm

    D.
    80 cm
    E.

    90 cm.


  5. The members which support covering material of a sloping roof, are

  6. A.
    rafters
    B.
    purlins
    C.
    battens
    D.

    struts.


  7. An ordinary concrete may be made water proof by adding

  8. A.

    pudlo

    B.

    impermo

    C.

    snowcem

    D.

    cico

    E.

    all of these.


  9. The Auger boring method is not suitable for

  10. A.

    very hard soil

    B.

    cemented soil

    C.

    vary soft soil

    D.

    fully saturated cohesionless soils

    E.

    all the above.


  11. The mortar in which both cement and lime are used as binding materials, is called

  12. A.

    cement mortar

    B.

    lime mortar

    C.

    fire resistant mortar

    D.

    gauged mortar

    E.

    light weight mortar.


  13. The rock formed from the solidification of molten matter (magma) is called :

  14. A.

    sedimentary rock

    B.

    metamorphic rock

    C.

    igneous rock

    D.
    none of the above.

  15. The minimum width of a stair in residential buildings, is

  16. A.

    55 cm

    B.

    70 cm

    C.

    85 cm

    D.
    100 cm
    E.

    120 cm.


  17. The bond in which headers and stretchers are laid in alternate courses and every stretcher course is started with a three fourth brick bat, is known as

  18. A.

    English cross bond

    B.

    Dutch bond

    C.
    Monk bond
    D.

    Rat-trap bond.


  19. The vertical faces of a door opening which support frame of the door, are

  20. A.

    jambs

    B.
    posts
    C.
    reveals
    D.

    styles.