Veneering means
Carving out designs on timber planks
Chemically treating timber planks
Thick layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood
Thin layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood
Correct Answer :
C. Thick layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood
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Apiece of sawn timber whose cross-sectional dimensions exceed 5 cm, in one direction and 20 cm in the other direction, is called a
Cant
Deal
Baulk
Strip
The most important constituent of varnish, is
Drier
Solvent
Resin
All the above
The base material for distemper, is
Chalk
Lime
Lime putty
Cement wash
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Quick lime is obtained by burning pure lime stone
Hydraulic lime is obtained by burning lime stone containing clay 5% to 30%
Poor lime is obtained by burning lime stone containing impurities more than 5%
All the above
Blister steel
Is obtained by cementation process
Is full of fissures and cavities
Can be easily welded
All the above
The proportions of charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur in gun powder by weight, are respectively:
15, 75, 10
75, 10, 15
10, 15, 75
10, 75, 15
Turpentine oil is used in paints as
Thinner
Vehicle
Base
Drier
Distemper is
A paint consisting of powdered chalk, pigments and water
A water proofing agent
A paint consisting of coloured cement and water
A drying agent
Stainless steel contains
18% of chromium and 8% nickel
8% of chromium and 18% of nickel
12% of chromium and 36% of nickel
36% of chromium and 12% of nickel
Chemically, marble is known as
Metamorphic rock
Argillaceous rock
Calcareous rock
Siliceous rock
German silver is an alloy of
Zinc, lead and nickel
Silver, gold and lead
Copper, nickel and zinc
Copper, brass and zinc
The curved swellings from the growth of layers or wounds left after branches are cut off in an irregular manner are known as
Knots
Rindgalls
Burls
None of these
Cast iron
Is obtained by purifying pig iron
Is manufactured in required shapes
May contain 2 to 5 per cent of carbon with other impurities
All the above
Forge pig may be converted to wrought iron by
Rolling
Pudding
Shingling
Refining
Galvanising means covering iron with a thin coat of
Tin
Zinc
Glaze
Coal tar
For testing compressive strength of cement, the size of cube used is
50 mm
70.6 mm
100 mm
150 mm
For making fly-ash building bricks, the following mix of fly-ash, sand and lime, is
80 : 13 : 7
70 : 20 : 10
60 : 35 : 5
None of these
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The average crushing strength of hand moulded bricks is 6000 t/m2
The average tensile strength of hand moulded brick is 200 t/m2
The average shearing strength of hand moulded brick is 600 t/m2
All the above
Permanent magnets are made of high carbon steel and
15% of cobalt
20% of cobalt
35% of cobalt
45% of cobalt
The commonly used lime in white washing, is
White lime
Fat lime
Hydraulic lime
Quick lime
Granite mainly composed of quartz and feldspar particles, is obtained from
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
All the above
The colour of statuary marble used for sculptor's work, is
Red
Blue
White
Green
Gneiss is obtained from
Igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary metamorphic rocks
Jumper is a tool used for
Testing of stones
Quarrying of stones
Dressing of stones
None of the above
Polymerization helps to improve the property of
Strength
Rigidity
Elasticity
All of these
Pick up the correct statement from the following: Method of sawing timber
Tangentially to annual rings, is known as tangential method
In four quarters such that each board cuts annual rings at angles not less than 45°, is known as quarter sawing method
Cut out of quarter logs, parallel to the medullary rays and perpendicular to annual rings, is known as radial sawing
All the above
A good building stone should not absorb water more than
5 %
10 %
15 %
20 %
Crushing strength of a first class brick should not be less than
3.5 N/mm²
7.0 N/mm²
10.5 N/mm²
14.0 N/mm²
The commonly used thinner in oil paints, is
Naphtha
Turpentine
Both (a) and (b)
None the these
Which one of the following is used for preparing porcelain?
Clay
Feldspar
Quartz
All of these