| Post Name | TRADESMAN - MASONARY |
|---|---|
| Department | TECHNICAL EDUCATION - KANNUR |
| Question Paper Code | 029/2016 |
| Date of Test | 16 February 2016 |
| Medium of Question | ENGLISH |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Imaginary vertical line joining the arrises is called ;
Answer
B. Perpends
2
Colour of Roman cement 1s:
Answer
C. c) Brown
3
Cupola furnace is used to produce :
Answer
B. Cast iron
4
| Uniform seasoning of timber is done by :
Answer
B. Humidity drying
5
Age of good trees for felling varies from :
Answer
D. 50 to 100 years
6
The timber defect caused by the crushing of wood fibers resulting in the breakage of
continuity of fibers is called :
Answer
D. Upsets
7
The cracks which partly or completely separate the fibers of wood 1s:
Answer
B. Shakes
8
Which of the following is commonly used for the preservation of timber?
Answer
D. All ofthe above
9
The common base for applying paint on wood is : |
Answer
B. White lead
10
Commonly used cement in current paint is:
Answer
D. White cement
11
Diameter of drilled piles should not exceed :
Answer
B. 600mm
12
In very deep water the foundation for a bridge used is ;
|
Answer
B. Caisson foundation
13
Which of the following is used to make sheet piles?
Answer
D. All of the above
14
The external corner or angles of walls are called :
Answer
A. Quions
15
In an egg shaped sewer the maximum discharge occurs when the depth of flow is :
Answer
D. 0.95 m
16
The biological decomposition of organic matter in sewage is called :
Answer
B. Decomposition
17
The system which 1s most common in India :
Answer
A. Dead and system
18
The essence of the construction industry is:
Answer
C. Materials
19
A first class brick has a crushing strength of :
Answer
C. 105 kg/em?
20
The weight of common brick is:
Answer
B. 1600 to 1920 kg/m?
21
Bacteria die if temperature is more than:
Answer
B. 40°C
22
Copper sulphate is used in treatment of water for controlling :
Answer
A. Algae
23
The constituent which provides body to the paint and on which depends to a great extent the |
nature of the paint is called : |
Answer
B. Base |
24
It ia slopping or stepped masonry projection from a wall to provide lateral support to the
wall :
Answer
C. Buttress
25
The horizontal course provided at suitable intervals between the plinth and cornice ia called :
Answer
C. String course
26
In brick masonry the straight edge is used :
Answer
B. To check the alignment of work
27
Every header is centrally supported over the stretcher below it in:
Answer
B. Flemish bond 7
28
Headers and stretchers are arranged alternatively in every course in ;
Answer
D. None of the above
29
A brick moulded with a rounded angle is termed as :
Answer
C. Bull nose
30
It is an apartment having rooms on two adjoining floors connected by an internal staircase :
Answer
C. Duplex type apartment
31
Which type of building is coming under the group B?
Answer
C. Edueational
32
A tenement means:
Answer
C. A family unit
33
The commonly adopted nominal size of traditional brick is approximately :
Answer
A. 23cm ~ 11.4 em ~x 7.6 cm
34
The amount of lap across the thickness of wall should be minimum :
Answer
A. z brick
35
Which permits the highest form of residence?
Answer
D. >) Detached houses
36
The term used to indicate the architectural effect produced by elevation in relation to width, |
height, position of doors and windows, materials employed in construction of exterior wall : |
Answer
A. . Elegance
37
The minimum floor area required for water closet as per NBC is:
Answer
B. 1.1m?
38
‘The required minimum width of kitchen as per NBC 1s:
Answer
C. c) 1.80 m
39
The setting of plan of the building on its site with reference to the directions 1s known as :
Answer
D. Orientation
40
Which pile protects the berthing ships from damage?
Answer
B. Fender pile
41
Itis a local law framed by a subordinate authority :
Answer
A. Bye-law
42
For measurement of area of plastering work no deduction shall be made for the opening
upto :
Answer
C. 0.5m
43
The exposed vertical surface perpendicular to the door frame is known as :
|
Answer
B. Reveal
44
A curtain wall carries :
Answer
C. Self load
45
An isolated load bearing masonry member is known as:
Answer
A. Pillar
46
The window provided on the sloping roof of a building is:
Answer
A. Dormer window
47
In public buildings the maximum riser is limited to:
Answer
B. 15cm
48
The number of steps in a flight should not be greater than:
Answer
B. 12 nos
49
The projection of head or sill of a door or window frame are :
Answer
A. Horns
50
The perpendicular distance between intrados and extrados of an arch is called :
Answer
B. Depth of an arch ;
51
The triangular upper part of a wall formed at the end of pitched roof 1s:
Answer
A. Gable
52
White cement should have least percentage of :
Answer
B. lron oxide
53
The placing of new foundation below an existing foundation for strengthening the existing
foundation is known as :
Answer
A. Under pinning
54
Cavity walls are provided :
Answer
D. All ofthe above |
55
The vertical side member of shutter frame is known as :
Answer
A. Style
56
The minimum width of septic took is :
Answer
B. 75cm
57
The walls constructed on both sides of the abutments to retain the embankment of
approaches and also to protect them from the wave action of water :
Answer
D. Wing walls
58
A covering of stone placed on the exposed top of a wall to prevent seepage of water 1s termed
as:
Answer
A. Coping
59
In plastering of walls using cement mortar the suitable mix proportion of cement and sand
is:
Answer
C. 1:4
60
The chemical reaction between cement and water is termed as :
Answer
C. . Hydration
61
One mile is equal to:
Answer
B. 1609 metre
62
In village the material used for covering the pitched roof is :
Answer
A. Thatch
63
The ratio between the two adjacent sides of the drawing sheet :
Answer
B. 1 : √2
64
Which one is not an oblique projection?
Answer
A. Trimetric
65
The ratio between isometric length and true length :
|
Answer
A. 0.816: 1
66
67
Which of the following method is more accurate?
Answer
A. weigh batching
68
The workability of concrete increase with :
Answer
C. Inereasing by adding water upto a limit and then decreasing
69
Generally employed rivet head is :
Answer
A. Snap head
70
The weight of 1 m? of Portland cement is :
Answer
A. 1440 ke
71
In painting of doors, the multiplying factor for each side of a panelled door is:
Answer
C. 1.125
72
‘The useful area or liveable area of building is known as :
Answer
A. Carpet area
73
A horizontal structural, member constructed over the openings of doors and windows to
support the masonry over it :
Answer
B. Linted
74
The proportion of cement mortar used for clamp proofing course 1s :
Answer
A. 1:2
75
The most commonly used thinner in paints :
Answer
A. Turpentine
76
The Masonry consists of accurately dressed stone with extremely fine bed and end joints :
Answer
B. Ashlar masonry |
77
The end support of an arch is called:
Answer
A. Abutment
78
A wall constructed to withstand the pressure of earth filling is called :
Answer
A. Retaining wall
79
The highest point on the extrados of an arch is known as:
Answer
B. Crown
80
_ 60. The Queen post trusses are used when the epan is:
Answer
C. 8mtol2Zm
81
Architect-of Indian Constitution :
Answer
B. B.R. Ambedkar
82
The First Chairman of National Human Rights Commission :
Answer
A. Chief Justice Ranganathamishra
83
Who became the martyr of ‘Paliyam satyagraha’?
Answer
C. AG. Velayudhan
84
‘American model’ administrative reforms introduced by :
Answer
A. Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Ayer
85
The newspaper “Sahodaran” published from :
Answer
D. Mattancheri
86
Whois known as ‘Keralavyasa”’
Answer
B. Kunhikuttan Thampuran
87
Potomology is the scientific study of :
Answer
D. Rivers
88
‘88. Who was the President of Indian national Congress when India got independence?
Answer
A. J.B. Kripalani
89
Who presides over the Joint session of Indian Parliament?
Answer
C. The Speaker
90
The First college in Kerala is :
Answer
B. C.M.S. College Kottayam
91
Emergency provisions in Indian constitution 1s indebted to :
Answer
D. Germany
92
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2015?
Answer
A. Svetlana Alexievich
93
Founder of ‘Sadhujanaparipalana Sangham’ : =
Answer
C. Ayyankali
94
The Captain of the Volenteer Corps of Guruvayoor Satyagraha :
Answer
B. A.K. Gopalan
95
‘Odayilninnu’ is the work of :
Answer
D. Kesavadev ;
96
Who is the first woman president of Nepal?
Answer
A. Vidva Devi Bhandari
97
Who was arrested in June 1935 in connection with his speech made at Kozhenchery?
Answer
C. C. Kesavan
98
Right to Information Movement started in :
Answer
B. Rajasthan
99
The Headquarters of Indian Coast Gaurd is at :
Answer
D. New Delhi
100
‘The President of India can declare emergency in the country due to External aggression
under :
Answer
A. Article 352
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