Building Construction MCQ Question with Answer

Building Construction MCQ with detailed explanation for interview, entrance and competitive exams. Explanation are given for understanding.

Question No : 50
A wall constructed to resist the pressure of an earth filling, is called

Retaining wall

Breast wall

Buttress

Parapet wall

Question No : 51
The pile which supports the load partly by friction and partly by resting on hard stratum, is called

Friction pile

Bearing pile

Friction bearing pile

Rough pile

Question No : 52
In grillage foundations, distance between flanges of grillage beams, is kept

40 cm

Equal to flange width

Twice the flange width

Maximum of (a), (b) and (c)

Question No : 53
The form work from the slabs excluding props, can be removed only after

1 day

4 days

7 days

14 days

Question No : 54
Nogging of a common wooden partition is

Upper horizontal wooden member

Lower horizontal wooden member

Intermediate horizontal wooden member

Vertical wooden member

Question No : 55
Open test pit is only suitable upto a depth of

2 metres

2.5 metres

3 metres

None of the above

Question No : 56
Negative skin friction

Is a downward drag acting on a pile due to downward movement of the surrounding compressible soil relative to the pile

Develops due to lowering of ground water

Both (a) and (b)

Neither (a) not (b)