Civil Engineering MCQ Quiz Hub

1. Maximum bearing capacity of soil is that of
Fine sand
Sand clay mixture
Soft rock
Coarse sand

2. Sand blasting is the process of
Dressing stones
Making carvings on the surface of stone
Quarrying of igneous rock
Quarrying of sedimentary rock

3. Fire resistance is highest in case of
Brick masonry
Timber structure
Stone masonry
R.C.C. works

4. The inclined surface on the abutment which acts as a seat for the arch is known as
Skew back
Springing
Key
Haunch

5. Which one of the following is not a type of flat roof
Madras terrace roof
Rajasthan terrace roof
Maharashtra and M.P. terrace roofs
Punjab terrace roof

6. Very commonly used covering materials for steel trussed roof is
A.C. sheets
G.I. sheets
Tiles
Shingles

7. External walls should have a minimum thickness of plaster of
12 mm
15 mm
20 mm
25 mm

8. Brick layers scaffolding consists of
Any number of standards
One or two rows of standards
Two rows of standards
Only one row of standards

9. Flying shores are used to strengthen
Single wall
Tall walls
Two adjacent walls
Any of the above

10. To improve earthquake resistance of a building provide
Roof band
Lintel band
Plinth band
All the three

11. For pile driving near the existing buildings piles preferred as
cast in situ concrete piles
timber piles
precast concrete piles
steel

12. Flooring with marble arrangement in different patterns in lime surkhi or cement mortar is known as
marble flooring
tiled flooring
mosaic flooring
terrazzo flooring

13. A green building is the
structure that aims to reduce negative environmental effects
building surrounded with garden
one with green colour
all the above

14. Which one of the following is not a type of trap used
intercepting trap
gully trap
floor trap
street trap

15. In Madras terrace roof, furring pieces are provided
to facilitate decentring
to give required slope to the top surface
to support brick to be laid
to span between two I-sections

16. The fixture provided on external door for locking is known as
tower bolt
barred bolt
flush bolt
aldrop bolt

17. Ledge is a
vertical member of door frame
vertical member of a shutter
horizontal member of a door frame
horizontal member of a shutter

18. To make concrete blocks light
light weight aggregates may be used
sections may be made hollow
fine aggregate may be avoided
any of the above may be used

19. A brick with its shorter face in the direction of the wall is
perpend
quoin
header
stretcher

20. A watertight chamber, which becomes a permanent part of the construction work is known as
caisson
cofferdam
well foundation
raft foundation

21. Suitable foundation for steel column is
grillage footing
strap footing
combined foundation
mat foundation

22. Curing is required for
Brickwork
Lime concrete work
R.C.C. works
All the above

23. In jack arch flooring the gap between two adjacent I-sections is covered with
timber arch
concrete arch
either brick arch or concrete arch
brick arch

24. Doors meant to allow fresh air and at the same time prevent entry of insects is known as
rolling shutter
collapsible
Wire gauzed door
lowered door

25. Brick masonry constructed within a framework of wooden members to act as partition walls is called
block partition
brick noggin
lath partition
trussed partition

26. The system in which filtration and humidity control are exercised at a central point but heating and cooling systems are installed separately for different rooms is known as
combined system
semi conditioned system
self contained system
central system

27. PVC pipes loosely fixed to walls
to allow longitudinal expansion
to allow lateral expansion
since tight fitting may damage them
all the above

28. Development of fine hair cracks in plastered surface is known as
blistering
cracking
crazing
flaking

29. Steps provided from ground to main entrance in external wall is called
pedestal
stairs
threshold
any of the above

30. Reinforced brick construction is commonly used for
compound walls
lintels
walls
partition walls

31. Building line is
least horizontal distance of temporary or permanent part of the building from the edge of street
least horizontal distance of temporary or permanent building from centre line of street
least horizontal distance of the permanent portion of the building from the edge of the street in front of the building
least horizontal distance of the permanent portion of the building from centre line of street in front of the building

32. Roof in which slab is directly supported by column is known as
flat slab
two way slab
grid floor
beam and slab floor

33. The type of stairs with curved well formed between the two adjacent flights is known as
geometric stair
dog logged stair
turning stair
open newel stair

34. The type of stairs with curved well formed between the two adjacent flights is known as The projection of head or soil of a door or window frame are
chocks
stops
transoms
open newel stair

35. The X-ray rooms are plastered with
Plaster of Paris
Keen's cement
Martin's cement
Barium plaster

36. A water meter measures quantity of water
by measuring weight of water passing per second
by measuring velocity and time
by counting filling and emptying of a chamber of known quantity
any of the above

37. Construction of a wall starts from
one corner and proceeds to other corner
middle portion and proceeds toward corners
both corners and proceeds to middle portion
any of the above

38. Masons scaffolding consists of
any number of rows standards
one or two rows of standards
only one row of standards
two rows of standards

39. The pile which supports the load partly by friction and partly by resting on hard stratum is called
friction bearing pile
friction pile
bearing pile
rough pile

40. A type of bond in brick masonry consisting of alternate courses of header and stretchers is
flemish band
english band
header band
stretchers band

41. Usual sizes of concrete blocks are
400 x 200 x 200 mm
400 x 200 x 190 mm
200 x 200 x 100 mm
190 x 90 x 90 mm

42. The mortar in which both cement and lime are used as binding materials, is called
cement mortar
gauged mortar
fire resistant mortar
light weight mortar

43. The opening provided in sloping roof with its top parallel to the surface, is called
louvered window
lantern window
dormer window
sky light window

44. A solid core of rock is formed inside the cylinder in the case of A solid core of rock is formed inside the cylinder in the case of
wash boring
diamond drilling
percussion drilling
auger boring

45. The cheapest stone masonry is
flint walling
random square rubble masonry
uncoursed random rubble masonry
dry rubble masonry

46. A type of bond in the brick masonry in which each course consists of alternate headers and stretchers is
flemish bond
dutch bond
raking bond
english bond

47. 1000 x 2000 mm door with double shutter is designated as
10 DT 20
10 DS 20
1000 DS 2000
1000 DT 2000

48. Materials used for floor finishes are
marble
mud and murram
bricks
all of the above

49. When large openings are to be made in existing wall, the type of temporary work used is
dead shore
underpinning
raking shore
flying shore

50. Which one of the following is wrong about ventilators?
it is by providing vertically pivoted shutter
it is by providing horizontally pivoted shutter
opening may be with cement mortar jail work
opening left may be of brick jail work

51. The best arrangement for decentring of an arch is
using sand box method
using wood centring
providing wedges between centrings and staging
using steel centring

52. Wooden planks used to fix the ends of common rafters projecting beyond sloping top f a gable wall are known as
eve boards
ridge piece
battens
barge board

53. Cantilever scaffolding is used when
the space at ground level is required to be free of obstruction
in any of the above situations
the construction is in upper parts of multistory building
the ground is too weak to receive standards

54. The maximum bearing capacity of soil is that of
dry coarse sandy soil
hard rocks
soft clay soil
black cotton soil

55. The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of a wall is known as
closer
stretcher
header
none of these