Building Construction

101. Pile foundation is generally provided if soil is

1. Compressible
2. Water logged
3. Made up
4. All the above

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102. Pile foundations are suitable for

1. Water logged soils
2. Soft rocks
3. Compact soils
4. Multi-storeyed buildings

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103. Pitched and sloping roofs are suitable for

1. Coastal regions
2. Plain regions
3. Covering large areas
4. All of the above

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104. Queen closer may be placed

1. In header course
2. In stretcher course
3. In header course next to first brick
4. In stretcher course next to first brick

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105. Raft foundation are generally preferred to when the area required for individual footing, is more than

1. 25% to total area
2. 30% of total area
3. 40% to total area
4. 50% of total area

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106. Raft foundations are used for:

1. Providing increased area of foundation over poor bearing capacity of soil
2. Spanning over small soft or loose pockets
3. Counter acting the hydrostatic effect
4. All the above

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107. Rotary drilling

1. Is not suitable for deposits containing very coarse gravel
2. Hinders the ground water observations and permeability test
3. Is not economical for holes of less than 10 cm
4. All the above

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108. Rotary drilling is the fastest method in case of

1. Rocky soils
2. Clay soils
3. Sandy soil
4. All of these

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109. Safe bearing capacity of black cotton soil varies from

1. 2 to 3 t/m²
2. 5 to 7.5 t/m²
3. 8 to 10 t/m²
4. 10 to 12 t/m²

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110. Single Flemish bond consists of

1. Double Flemish bond facing and English bond backing in each course
2. English bond facing and double Flemish bond backing in each course
3. Stretcher bond facing and double Flemish bond backing in each course
4. Double Flemish bond facing and header bond backing in each course

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