Construction Technology

Image Source:Pexels.com In this article,I am presenting few important one liner questions with their answers, Part-11.These questions could be of your great help to crack exams or for your general awareness about civil engineering. Please go through it.I hope it will expand your knowledge. (1.) A line which contains high % of calcium oxide is generally called -Fat Lime (2.) The minimum width of septic tank is taken- 75 cm (3.) Anti-siphonage pipe  is connected to- Top of P-trap w.c. (4.) The distance between steps for measuring downhill to obtain better accuracy- Decreases with increase of slope (5.) An angle of 45 degree with a chain line may be set out with- French cross staff (6.) The surface of zero elevation around the earth, which is slightly irregular and curved is known as- Geoid surface (7.) The imaginary line passing through the intersection of cross hairs and the optical center of the objective is known as- Line of collimation geoid (8.) The sensitiveness of a level tube...

Image Source:Pexels.com In this article,I am presenting few important one liner questions with their answers, Part-10.These questions could be of your great help to crack exams or for your general awareness about civil engineering. Please go through it.I hope it will expand your knowledge. (1.) The operation of removal of impurities of clay adhering to iron ore is known as- dressing (2.) The specific surface expressed in square cm gm of a good portland cement should not be less than- 2250 (3.) The explosive for blasting is usually expressed in terms of- Kilogram (4.) The life of teakwood doors and windows is usually taken to be- 40 years (5.) The construction of structures under water, the type of lime used is- Hydraulic Lime (6.) The compound of portland cement which reacts immediately with water and also sets first is- Tri-calcium aluminate (7.) Rapid hardening cement attains early strength due to- Larger proportion of lime grounded finer than normal cement (8.) The percentage of wat...

In this article,I am presenting few important one liner questions with their answers, Part-9.These questions could be of your great help to crack exams or for your general awareness about civil engineering. Please go through it.I hope it will expand your knowledge. Image Source:Pexels.com (1.) Hydrograhic survey deals with the mapping of -Large water bodies (2.) If the smallest division of a vernier is longer than the smallest division of its primary scale, the vernier is known as -Retrograde vernier (3.) Compensating errors in chaining are -Proportional to the square root of the length of the line (4.) Permissible limits of error in chaining for measurement on rough or hilly ground is - 1:250 (5.) Invar tapes is made of an alloy of -Nickle and Steel  (6.) Chainge is the distance measured -Along a c hain line (7.) In chain survey execute, the first step taken is -Reconnaissance (8.) If the ores of a soil are completely full of air only, the soil is said to be -Dry soil (9.) A soil ...

Image Source:Pexels.com In this article,I am presenting few important one liner questions with their answers.These questions could be of your great help to crack exams or for your general awareness about civil engineering. Please go through it.I hope it will expand your knowledge. (1.) The predominant mineral responsible for shrinkage and swelling in black cotton soils is-Montmorillonite (2.) Earth pressure at rest is calculated using-Theory of elasticity (3.) Limestone used for manufacturing of cement is-Kankar (4.) The quick lime as it comes from kiln is called-Lump Lime (5.) The ductility of bitumen is- Less than that of tar   Image Source:Pexels.com (6.) The penetration test on bitumen is called for determining its- Grade (7.) Quartzite is a- Slicious Rock (8.) Plaster of pairs can be obtained from- Gypsum (9.) Excess of alumina in the clay makes the brick- crack and warp on drying (10.) The most correct estimate- Detailed estimate Also Re...

In this article,I am presenting few important one liner questions with their answers.These questions could be of your great help to crack exams or for your general awareness about civil engineering. Please go through it.I hope it will expand your knowledge. Image Source:Pexels.com (1.) Closely spaced contours is called- Steep Ground (2.) Irregular contours is called- Uneven Surface (3.) Contours meeting at point is called- Cliff (4.) The flow in wash basin is called- Free vortex (5.) The decrease in voids ratio per unit increase of pressure is called- Co-efficient of compressibility (6.) Which paint is highly resistant of fire is called- Asbestos Paint (7.) According to IS code the total settlement of isolated footings for cohesive soil should be- 65 mm (8.) The method of leveling in which the heights of mountain are found by observing the temperature at which water boils is known as- Hypsometry (9.) The water content of soils can be accurately deter...