Q. An ordinary concrete may be made water proof by adding

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Q. The members which support covering material of a sloping roof, are

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Q. Suitable spacing of timber piles, is

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Q. The sill of a common wooden partition is

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Q. The vertical faces of a door opening which support frame of the door, are

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Q. The bond in which headers and stretchers are laid in alternate courses and every stretcher course is started with a three fourth brick bat, is known as

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Q. The minimum width of a stair in residential buildings, is

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Q. The rock formed from the solidification of molten matter (magma) is called :

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Q. The mortar in which both cement and lime are used as binding materials, is called

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Q. A stair should not have pitch more than

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Q. The piece of a brick cut along the centre of width in such a way that its length is equal to that of full brick, is called

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Q. The vertical sides of a door and window openings provided in a wall, are known as

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Q. The highest line of sloping roof, where two oposite slopes meet, is known as

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Q. A pre-stressed concrete pile is

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following :

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Q. Vertical construction joints are provided where the shearing forces are minimum in the case of

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Q. The window which is provided on a sloping roof of a building, is called

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Q. Weep holes are provided in retaining and breast walls

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Q. The window which projects outside a room of a building for admitting more light and air, is known

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Q. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

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