Building Materials PYQs, GPSC Civil Engineering (Page – 1)

1. Which of the instruments is needed for testing the fineness of the cement?




C) Air permeability apparatus

2. Small fissures or hollows in a stone which renders it liable to decomposition are called




D) vents

3. Surface of a stone perpendicular to the line of pressure is known as




A) bed surface

4. The approximate % of calcium oxide in fat lime is




A) 90 – 95%

5. The lime is called as poor lime when % of clay is




C) > 30%

6. The weight of glass sheet used for panel should be




B) > 7.5 kg/mยฒ

7. The nominal thickness of glass available in market ranges in between




A) 3.0 – 6.3 mm

8. Following plastic material is used to make building floors less susceptible to wear & tear




B) PVC & polyethylene

9. Plastic materials that exhibit excellent fatigue resistance is/are




B) HDPE & LDPE

10. In mild steel carbon percentage ranges in between




A) 0.15 โ€“ 0.25%

11. Tensile strength of Kevlar-29 fibre used in FRP is




A) 2860 MPa

12. Ceramics can easily withstand in high temperatures between




A) 400 – 550ยฐC

13. Density of Aluminium is




B) 2.7 g/cmยณ

14. Specific Gravity of Fly Ash is in the range of




A) 2.1 to 3.0

15. Tensile strength of timber parallel to the fibres is in the range of




B) 80 โ€“ 190 N/mmยฒ

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