MOHAMED SATHAK A J ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE

INTERNAL TEST 3 Question Paper 2 18.11.2016

BUILDING MATERIALS
Duration: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100
Answer all the questions Faculty in Charge: Ar. Vashni Livingston
Make relevant neat Sketches wherever necessary

Part A (10 X 2 = 20)

1. What is Soil Stabilization? Name few soil Stabilizers.
2. What are adobe bricks?
3. What is slaking and calcination? Write its chemical equation.
4. What is lime putty? Where is it used?
5. Explain the relationships between compressive strength, tensile strength and thickness of bamboo.
6. Explain reed as a thatching material.
7. What are Straw Bales? Why is it called as an Eco-Material?
8. What is cane? What are the uses of cane?
9. What is weathering of rocks?
10. What do you understand by Stone masonary? What are the types of stone masonary?

Part B (5 X 13 = 75)
11. a) What is Soil Stabilization? Explain different types of soil stabilizers and its applications.
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b) What are mud wall buildings? Explain with neat sketches the process and techniques of Cob wall construction.
12. a) Explain the various testing of lime along with its implications.
Or
b) What are the different classification of lime? Explain in detail what quick lime is.
13. a) Explain in detail the various processing of Bamboo. What are bamboo tools? Where are they used?
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b) What is Bamboo? Explain Bamboo as plant classification and species. With a neat sketch explain the anatomy
of bamboo. What is the geographical distribution of bamboo?
14. a) How is straw bale used in Roofs? Explain the procedure for making a straw bale roof.
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b) Explain in detail the Properties of straw bale that are of its advantage. What are the disadvantages in straw
bale construction?
15. a) Name 10 Common building stones, their uses and their geographical distribution in India.
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b) What are the different tests in stone? What are the findings we get from each test?

Part C (1 X 15 = 15)
16 a) Eco- Friendly materials are a boon to nature. Justify
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b) Bamboo, ‘The poor men’s Timber’. Justify