Model Questions for SSC Junior Engineer EXAM - CIVIL ENGG set-8

1. First class timber has an average life of

(A) Less than one year
(B) 1 to 5 years
(C) 5 to 10 years
(D) More than 10 years

2. Pick up the correct statement from the following:

(A) Blistering may be cured by applying water paint finished with oil paint dried with a little copal varnish
(B) Cracked paints may be cured by removing paint and giving a fresh coat of paint
(C) Crawling paints may be cured by sand preparing the surface and giving a fresh coat with plenty of turps
(D) All the above

3. Which of the following ingredients of the brick earth enables the brick to retain its shape?

(A) Alumina
(B) Silica
(C) Iron
(D) Magnesia

4. Veneering means

(A) Carving out designs on timber planks
(B) Chemically treating timber planks
(C) Thick layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood
(D) Thin layer of superior wood glued to inferior wood

5. Number of bricks required for one cubic metre of brick masonry is

(A) 400
(B) 450
(C) 500
(D) 550

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6. Which one of the following is used for preparing porcelain?

(A) Clay
(B) Feldspar
(C) Quartz
(D) All of these

7. After storage, the strength of cement

(A) Decreases
(B) Increases
(C) Remains same
(D) May increase or decrease

8. Bitumen may be dissolved in

(A) Carbondioxide
(B) Water
(C) Sodium chloride
(D) Carbon disulphide

9. The main ingredients of Portland cement are

(A) Lime and silica
(B) Lime and alumina
(C) Silica and alumina
(D) Lime and iron

10. Soundness of cement is tested by

(A) Vicat's apparatus
(B) Le-chatelier apparatus
(C) Compressive strength testing apparatus
(D) None of these

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Answer

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