Building Construction Question Paper of 3rd Semester Civil(D) Download Previous Years Question Paper 2

S.B Roll No.

BUILDING  CONSTRUCTION

3^rd Exam/civil/5144/Dec’05

Duration : 3 Hrs.

1.                 Fill in the blanks

a.                 Ventilation is the supply of _______ in the rooms.

b.                 Part of building constructed below G.L is called __________

c.                  Ratio of ultimate bearing capacity and __________ is called F.O.S.

d.                 Stone extending through the entire thickness of wall is called _____

e.                  No. Of bricks used in one cum of masonry is _______

Choose the correct one

a.                 Building construction is the art of _________ a building (shuttering, constructing, supervising0

b.                 Safe bearing capacity of black cotton tail is ____(1 kg/cm² , 3 kg/cm², 0.25 kg/cm²)

c.                  Bricks should be laid with their frogs _______ (vertical, upwards, downwards)

d.                 Flemish bond is ________ than English bond (costly, economical, same cost)

e.                  Sound travels in air in the form of waves (vertical, longitudinal, curved)

State  true or false

a.                 Jointing material should be resistant to termite.

b.                 The treatments which make a building termite proof is called damp proof course.

c.                  Good sound absorbing material should be difficult of fix.

d.                 Priming coat is not required to paint a new woodwork.

e.                  Terrace is tap most converting of a building

Section B

Note : Attempt any ten questions

2.                   

a.                 Explain orientation of a building

b.                 Give functions  of foundation.

c.                  What is a sub soil investigation?

d.                 What is pile and give its functions?

e.                  What purpose a partition wall serves?

f.                   Define a queen closer and give dimensions.

g.                 What is too thing in brick masonry?

h.                 Draw free hand sketch of a flat arch.

i.                   Draw free hand sketch of terrazzo floor.

j.                   What is black in course?

k.                 List sources of dampness.

l.                   Show by free hand as ketch of Flemish bond 

Section –C

Note : Attempt any three question

3.                 What is anti termite treatment? How it is caner out and what precaution are observed?

4.                 What detailed procedure for laying bricks in a wall? What points are kept in mind during the process?

5.                 Why centering is required for construction of an arch? Give a sketch of centering over a door.

6.                 List common items of repair in annual maintenance of a building? How dampness is prevented in existing building?