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Building Materials Booster Quiz -6

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Question 1

Assertion (A): Addition of calcium chloride while preparing concrete proves more effective with slow hardening Portland cement than with rapid hardening cement.
Reason (R): Calcium chloride is an effective accelerator in increasing the rate of relevant reaction.

Question 2

The Rheological behavior of concrete, when represented by shear stress vs rate of shear, is characterized as
where :
shear stress,
(initial) yield value,
at-point plastic viscosity
at-point rate of shear

Question 3

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the strength of cement?
1) Particle sizes less than increases the viscous nature of the cement.
2) Finer particles in cement can be replaced by fly-ash to improve the strength.

Question 4

Consider the following statements regarding refractory bricks in furnaces:
1) The furnace is fired at temperatures more than 1700 °C.
2) Silica content in the soil should be less than 40%.
3) Water absorption of bricks should not exceed 10%
4) Chrome bricks are known as basic bricks.
Which of the above statements are correct?

Question 5

Durability of concrete is directly proportional to ______.

Question 6

The compressive strength of 100 mm cube as compared to 150 mm cube is always _____.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is correct?

Question 8

Plaster of Paris can be obtained from the calcinations of ______.

Question 9

Quartzite is a ______.

Question 10

The standard size of brick as per Indian standards is _______.
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