SSC JE 2019 Question and Answers for Building Materials

SSC JE 2019 Question and Answers

Staff selection commission Junior Engineering

Civil engineering Objective paper topics previous year Solved Questions

                      Building Materials

Brick, Stone and Timber

1.1 Crushing strength of a good building stone should be more than 100 Mpa (SSC-JE:2011)

1.2 King closers are related to brick masonry  (SSC-JE:2011)

1.3 The water absorption for good brick should not be more than 15% of its dry weight   (SSC-JE: 2012)

1.4 Clay bricks are made of earth having 35— 70% silica and 10— 20% alumina(SSC-JE:2012)

1.5 The most suitable stone for building piers is Granite (SSC:JE:2013)

1.6 The plasticity to mould bricks in suitable shape is contributed by Alumina (SSC:JE:2013)

1.7 The crushing strength of a first-class bricks 10.5N/mm2 (SSC-JE:2013]

1.8 For polishing mosaic floors we use Oxalic acid (SSC-JE:2013]

1.9 Strength-based classificahon of brick is made on the basis of IS:3102 (SSC JE(Forenoon) :2014)

1.10 Under heat and pressure, granite can transform Gneiss (SSC -JE(Forenoon): 2014]

1.11 Quartzite and marble are by nature metamorphic (SSC - JE (Forenoon): 2014]

1.12 Basalt stone is by nature volcanic (SSC - JE (Afternoon) : 2014]

1.13 Water absorption of class I brick afTer 24 hours of immersion m water should not exceed 20% of self-weight  [SSC - JE (Afternoon): 2014]

1.14 Granite is a rock that is by nature plutonic (SSC - JE (Afternoon) : 2014]

1.15 The disease of dry rot in timber is caused by Lack of ventilation [SSC-JE:2012]

1.16 The age of trees can be understood by Counting number of rings [SSC-JE:2012)

1.17 Which of the following is the hardest wood? Shisham [SSC-JE:2012)

1.18 The woodworks should be measured nearest to 0.002m [SSC-JE:2013)