Building Construction Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Which of the following instruments is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?

1. Seismograph
2. Speedometer
3. Ammeter
4. Richter scale

17. Which of the following indicates the component of a water supply scheme?

1. Impure water
2. Chlorination of water
3. Sub surface water
4. Intake of the water

18. Which of the following can be identified as the objective of water supply scheme?

1. Chlorination of water
2. Treat water
3. Safe water supply
4. Ionization of water

19. Which of the following assumption is correct for earthquake design resistant structure?

1. Earthquake will not occur simultaneously with wind
2. Earthquake will occur simultaneously with maximum flood
3. Earthquake will occur simultaneously with maximum sea waves
4. Earthquake will occur simultaneously with wind

20. Which is the largest group of geosynthetics.

1. Geonets
2. Geomembranes
3. Geotextiles
4. Geogrids

21. Which IS Code is used for designing a structure considering earthquake loads?

1. IS 800
2. IS 875
3. IS 1893
4. IS 456

22. Which apparatus is used to test liquid limit of a soil.

1. Mohr
2. Casagrande
3. Otto
4. Terzaghi

23. When two buildigs are close to each other, they may strike with each other during shaking is known as

1. Horizontal layout of the buildings
2. Vertical Layout of the buildings
3. Adjacency of buildings
4. None of the above

24. When a construction is done above the 1.5m height then a temporary structure is needed to support the labours to continue the construction process. These structures are called............

1. seismic weight
2. building configuration
3. scaffoldings
4. fibers

25. What should be the type of foundation for concrete and masonry buildings?

1. Continuous
2. Discontinuous
3. Shallow foundation
4. Isolated

26. What construction in a building means the free passage of clean air in a building.

1. Habitation
2. Protection
3. Sanitation
4. Ventilation

27. What are used to transfer the heavy loads from one level to another level & can be operated by using electric motors or hydraulic pump.

1. Escalators
2. Ventilation
3. Staircase
4. Elevators

28. What are the protectors, these are the safety devices which are used to protect the home appliances like televisions, refrigerators computers with damage by high voltage

1. fuse
2. Earthing
3. Ventilation
4. Plumbing

29. What are the Characterstics of sesmic performance of the building?

1. Damping
2. Ductility
3. Both a and b are correct
4. None of the above

30. what are power driven mechanical service used to transfer people up to short vertical height& used in public places like cinema complex,threaters, marketing malls etc.These have the capacity to move large number of people at a particular time.

1. Escalators
2. Ventilation
3. Staircase
4. Elevators