1. Q.1 Speed of mega project can be increased by using .. • Automation • Software • Latest computers • Latest materials

2. Q.2 By using automation in construction, .. Is reduced to a large extent. • Steps in the project • Human efforts • Efficiency • load

3. Q.3 Main advantage of automation in the construction industry is .. • Foreign currency • Manual control • Coordation • Completion of risky work without human loss

4. Q.4 In spite of very less human resources, developed contries have tremendous speed of completing mega-projects due to .. • Use of machines and robots • Supply of plenty of money • Very less politics involved • Less corruption

5. Q.5 Use of machinery and robots has resulted in to .. • High quality works • Increase in cost • Unemployment • High quality works with speedy completion

6. Q.6 Under-water tunnels are drilled and built with high precision due to .. • Modern surveying • Good planning • Latest tunnel boring machines • robots

7. Q.7 Through automation may yield fast constructions, the social issue is .. • High cost • Unemployment of skilled labour • High investment • politics

8. Q.8 The best application of automation can be said to be .. • Surveying • G.I.S. • G.P.S. • Large depth mining

9. Q.9 R.M.C. plants, earth excavators, cranes, etc. are necessary components of .. • Modernization of civil engineering • Automation in construction • Open economy in india • Project management

10. Q.10 Risky or hazardous operation can be handled easily through .. • Automation • Tunnels • Fast track constructions • Skilled labour

11. Q.11 Main characteristic of automation in construction industry is .. • High cost and speedy construction • High quality and speedy construction • Labour intension and high cost • Labour intensive and high speed

12. Q.12 Automation is adopted by developed countries because .. • It is very convenient for them • It is designed easily • It gives fast completion with high quality at low risk. • It is low cost, low quality and less labour method.

13. Q.13 Although automation needs high initial investment, it has become necessity of the 21st century due to .. • Latest fashion • Need of international trade • Need of high quality speedy constructions • Need of foreign exchange

14. Q.14 .. Type of greyish cement is manufactured by using argillacious and calcareous materials. • Ordinary, artificial • Coloured • Special • best

15. Q.15 Ordinary portland cement ( O.P.C.) is an artificial .. • core material • Reinforced material • Bonding material • fixture

16. Q.16 meaning of 1:4 c.m. is .. • cement mortar with 1 part of cement and 4 parts of mortar • cement mortar with 1 part of cement and 4 parts of sand • Crushed mortar with 1 part of cement and 4 parts of sand • Crushed mortar with 1 part of calcareous and 4 parts of mortar

17. Q.17 Mixture of one part of cement, three parts of sand with adequate amount of water is designated as .. • M 1 :3 • C.M. 1 : 3 • C.M. 3: 1 • M 3 : 1

18. Q.18 Historically, a cement manufactured with in colour similar to the sandstone at portland, england is known as .. • Sandstone cement • Sandstone portland cement • special portland cement • ordinary portland cement

19. Q.19 The cement manufactured with a volcanic substance in it is known as .. • Pozzolona cement • volcanic cement • volatile cement • coloured cement

20. Q.20 White cement is manufactured with large proportion of .. In it. • White colour • White marble • White putty • White chalk

21. Q.21 For ornamental constructions such as temples .. Are used. • Special strength cement • Ordinary cements • Coloured cements • Poor cements

22. Q.22 A natural or artificial binding materials used in construction such as walls are known as .. • Binders • Cements • Adhesives • glues

23. Q.23 When cement is mixed with water .. Type of chemical reaction takes place. • Exothermic • Endothermic • Balanced • reversible

24. Q.24 Natural cements are not used for constructions because .. • They are in nature • They do not have good strength • They are of dark colour • They are difficult to exploit

25. Q.25 If hand is inserted in a cement mass, what happens ? • Hand feels cool • Hand get irritation • Hand becomes wet • Hand feels exothermic reaction.

26. Q.26 Good O.P.C. should be .. In colour. • Whitish brown • Brownish grey • greenish grey • Dark grey

27. Q.27 Good quality of cement is judged if it does not contain .. • air pocket • Moisture • Insects • lumps

28. Q.28 When paste of O.P.C. is prepared in water, the paste should be felt .. Between the fingers. • Sticky • Hot • Hard • Very soft and silky

29. Q.29 Sulphate resisting cement is used mainly for .. • Warehouses • Cold storages • Marine constructions • Chemical plants

30. Q.30 If good quality cement is kept on the palm and gently rubbed, there should be feeling like a touch of .. • Soft silk • Flour • Saw dust • chalk

31. Q.31 For cement manufacturing, the constituents and raw materials are burnt at temperature .. • 1000C to 2000C • 1200C to 3000C • 5000C to 7000C • 15000C to 16000C

32. Q.32 .. Cement is used for mass concreting work. • Ordinary portland • Rapid hardening • Law heat • High tension

33. Q.33 Two main constituents of brick are .. • Silica and alumina • Lime and iron • Iron and clay • Lime and silica

34. Q.34 According to indian standards, actual size of brick should be .. • 20 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm • 20 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm • 19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm • 19 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm

35. Q.35 A small depression on one of the largest faces of brick is a .. • Defect • Frog • Depression • frost

36. Q.36 Ttpically in a brick wall, the frog on the brick is kept on the .. Side. • Inner • Outer • Bottom • top

37. Q.37 Four major operations of brick manufacturing are .. • Preparing brick earth, moulding, drying,burning. • Digging, mixing,moulding burning • Mixing, moulding, drying, heating. • Mixing, watering, moulding, heating

38. Q.38 Deformed, dark coloured (overburnt) bricks are called .. Brick. • Pozzolona • Zhama • Zombi • jomba

39. Q.39 For proper bonding, usually depth of ‘frog’ on the brick is about .. • 100 mm • 10 mm • 1 mm • 9 cm

40. Q.40 The smallest face of standard brick is actual area .. Cm2. • 180 • 200 • 171 • 81

41. Q.41 Actual size of the largest face of a standard brick is .. • 19 cm x 19 cm • 20 cm x 10 cm • 19 cm x 9 cm • 10 cm x 10 cm

42. Q.42 A good quality brick has .. Colour. • Uniform reddish-brown • Non-uniform red • Uniform red • Uniform grey

43. Q.43 Quality of brick can be ascertained by allowing it to fall from a height of about .. • 10 m • 1.8 m • 2 m • 1 m

44. Q.44 when soaked in water, a good quality brick does not absorb water more than .. Of its dry weight. • 10 % • 15 % • 20 % • 30 %

45. Q.45 Dried bricks are burnt in different types of .. • Kilns • Electric ovens • Electric heaters • Gas chambers

46. Q.46 A brick dropped from 1 m height on to the ground breaks in to two pieces. Hence it is a .. • Zhama brick • Fire brick • Cheap brick • Poor quality brick

47. Q.47 In a brick-wall, brick are properly placed and bonded in .. • Mortar • Cement paste • Concrete • lime

48. Q.48 .. Brick is used as road metal or aggregate for road concrete or brick-bat lime concrete. • Class-I • Zhama • Poor quality • Fire clay

49. Q.49 Average compressive strength of good quality burnt clay brick should be .. • about 5N/mm2 • about 55N/mm2 • about 18N/mm2 • 20N/mm2

50. Q.50 .. Bricks are used in furnaces, chemical plants, etc. • Zhama • Fire • Waterproof • Class-I