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Fresh & Hardened Concrete

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The accumulation of water on the outer surface of the concrete is:

a)

Transpiration

b)

Bleeding

c)

Seggregation

d)

Ponding

2.

Who invented Portland cement and in which year?

a)

William Aspdin, 1824

b)

William Aspdin, 1840s

c)

Joseph Aspdin, 1840s

d)

Joseph Aspdin, 1824

3.

Time elapsed from the instance of adding water until paste ceases to behave as fluid is called:

a)

Initial setting time

b)

Final setting time

c)

Intermediate setting time

d)

Absolute setting time

4.

Which of the following adds a quick-setting property to cement?

a)

Magnesium oxide

b)

Silicon dioxide

c)

Iron oxide

d)

Aluminium oxide

5.

In the figure below, what does ‘a’ represents?

a)

Combustion chamber

b)

Wash mill

c)

Kiln

d)

Dryer

6.

In the figure what is ‘b’ and its function

a)

Water-plasticity

b)

Lime-strength

c)

Sulphur-soundness

d)

Gypsum-control setting

7.

The initial setting time of concrete should be less than 30 minutes

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The final setting time of Concrete should be not more than 10 hours

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How much does a bag of cement weigh?

a)

25 kg

b)

40 kg

c)

50 kg

d)

100 kg

10.

Fill in Blank below the manufacture process of concrete

Batching - Mixing -Transporting - (a)   - Compacting

11.

What are plasticizers?

a)

Which adds water for workability

b)

Which reduces water for workability

c)

Which decreases workability at the same water content

d)

Which oxidizes water for workability

12.

Is it possible to use w/c ratio as low as 0.5?

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

Pick up the correct statement from the following

a)

Calcium fluosilicates act as a retarders

b)

CaCl2 acts as a retarders

c)

Gypsum acts as a retarders

d)

Gypsum acts as an accelerators

14.

the ease with which a freshly mixed concrete can be properly compacted and also that it can be transported, placed, and finished is called as

(a)  

15.

Workability of concrete is directly proportional to __________

a)

Grading of the aggregates

b)

Time of transit

c)

Aggregates cement ratio

d)

Water cement ratio

16.

Workability of concrete is measured by __________

a)

Vicat apparatus test

b)

Slump test

c)

Minimum void method

d)

Talbot Richard test

17.

What is curing?

a)

Dehydration

b)

Drying

c)

Hydration

d)

Dipping

18.

Identify the method of curing

a)

Ponding

b)

Steam Curing

c)

Acclerated Curing

d)

Membrane Curing

19.

Concrete gains strength due to

a)

chemical reaction of cement with sand and coarse aggregates

b)

Evaporation of water from concrete

c)

hydration of cement

d)

All of above

20.

Log Angles machine is used to test the aggregate for

a)

crushing strength

b)

impact value

c)

abrasion resistance

d)

water absorption

21.

A lower W/C ratio leads to _____

a)

Lesser Strength

b)

Higher Strength

c)

Ease to work

d)

lower durability

22.

This strain increases over time due to _________

a)

Creep

b)

Elastic modulus

c)

Shrinkage

d)

None of above

23.

After the curing of 28 days, the concrete gains strength upto _____________

a)

40%

b)

60%

c)

80%

d)

100%

24.

In Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity test, the strength and quality of concrete or rock is assessed by measuring the ___ of an ultrasonic pulse

a)

Length

b)

Velocity

c)

Weight

d)

Surface tension

25.

Compressive strength of Concrete can be tested using following equipment

a)

Vicat apparatus

b)

Rebound Hammer

c)

Vee-bee consistometer

d)

Lechatlier apparatus