Model Questions for SSC Junior Engineer EXAM - CIVIL ENGG set-7

1. Which of the following trees yields hard wood?

(A) Deodar
(B) Chir
(C) Shishum
(D) Pine

2. Seasoning of timber is done

(A) To make it water proof
(B) To paint its surface
(C) To increase its temperature
(D) To remove water

3. Which of the following is a rock?

(A) Quartz
(B) Mica
(C) Gypsum
(D) None of the above

4. Cast iron contains carbon approximately

(A) 1.5% to 5.5%
(B) 0.05% to 1.75%
(C) 0.250 %
(D) None to these

5. The tendency of a stone is, to split along:

(A) Texture
(B) Fracture
(C) Cleavage
(D) Structure

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6. The type of bond provided in brick masonry for carrying heavy loads is

(A) Single Flemish bond
(B) Double Flemish bond
(C) English bond
(D) Zigzag bond

7. Gypsum is a

(A) Mechanically formed sedimentary rock
(B) Igneous rock
(C) Chemically precipitated sedimentary rock
(D) Metamorphic rock

8. Which of the following stone is best suited for construction of piers and abutments of a railway bridge?

(A) Granite
(B) Sand stone
(C) Lime stone
(D) Quartzite

9. Pick up the constituent of good brick earth whose excess causes the raw bricks shrink and warp during drying and burning, from the following:

(A) Alumina
(B) Lime
(C) Iron-oxide
(D) Magnesia

10. Blister steel

(A) Is obtained by cementation process
(B) Is full of fissures and cavities
(C) Can be easily welded
(D) All the above

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Answer

1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d)