MCQ - Cement and Concrete -1

1 What is the minimum grade of concrete in CC pavement?

a) M20 b) M30 c) M40 d) M50

2 The cement used in water logged areas is

a) Portland cement b) Hydrophobic cement c) Quick setting cement d) Reediest cement

3 The waste material mostly used in pavement is

a) Fly ash b) GGBS c) Rice husk d) Soil

4 The cement on touching should give

a) Cool feeling b) Hot feeling c) neutral d) Very cool feeling

5 Cement specific gravity is measured by

a) Water b) Kerosene c) Oil d) Petrol

6 The specific gravity of cement is

a) 2.5 b) 1.44 c) 3.15 d) 30

7 One meter cube of cement consists of how many bags of cement?

a) 30 b) 50 c) 15 d) 10

8 The density of cement in Kg/m³ is

a) 1440 b) 1240 c) 1340 d) 1540

9 The initial setting time of cement is not less than

a) 30 seconds b) 300 seconds c) 30 minutes d) 300 minutes

10 What is the first test to be done for determining any property of cement?
a) Consistency b) Setting time c) Soundness d) Fineness

11 The volume of water in setting time test is?

a) 0.78p b) 0.75P c) 0.85p d) 0.95p

12 The volume of water in soundness test is?

a) 0.6p b) 0.7p c) 0.78p d) 0.8p

13 The property of cement by which it doesn't expand is called

a) Fineness b) Soundness c) Setting time d) Consistency

14 What is the most commonly used grade of cement?

a) 33 b) 43 c) 53 d) 63

15 What is the most commonly used type of concrete pavement?

a) Unreinforced b) RCC c) Fibre reinforced d) Continous
16 The pavement is checked for

a) Tension b) Shear c) Flexure d) Compression

17 What is the maintenance cost of rigid pavement when compared to the flexible pavement?

a) More b) Less c) Equal d) Depends on grade of concrete

18 The critical stresses affecting the reinforced pavement is

a) Heavy loading b) Poor soil c) Poor drainage d) All of the mentioned

19 The excessive flexural stress can lead to

a) Cracks b) Bending c) Torsion d) Settlement

20 The CC slab can be constructed in how many methods?

a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four

21 The standard normal varaite in India is taken as

a) 1 b) 1.65 c) 1.7 d) 1.9

22 The positive tolerance level of sub grade in surface for concrete pavement is

a) 20 mm b) 25 mm c) 30 mm d) 35 mm

23 The expansion joints do not consist of

a) Dowel bars b) Joint filler c) Joint sealer d) Tack coat
According to the law given by Abram as a result of many experiments, the strength of well compacted concrete with good workability is
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dependent only on the
a) Water-cement ratio b) Cement content c) Water-sand ratio d) Water content

25 The water enters into chemical action with cement and this action causes of concrete. and
a) Swelling, shrinkage b) Expansion, contraction c) Setting, hardening d) Strong, weak

26 The ratio of the amount of water to the amount of cement by weight is termed as the

a) Aggregate-sand ratio b) Water-cement ratio c) Cement-water ratio d) Sand-aggregate ratio

The term is used to describe the ease or difficulty with which concrete is handed, transported and placed between the forms with minimum lost
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of homogeneity.

a) Water-cement ratio b) Homogeneous mixture c) Setting time d) Workability

28 The ......... is used to measure the workability of concrete mixture which is commonly used in the field.

a) Vee-bee test b) Slump test c) Compaction factor d) Workability test

29 The presence of moisture in the sand ....... the volume of the sand.
a) Increases b) Decreases c) Shrink d) Contract

30 The finer the material, the more will be increasing volume for a given moisture content and this phenomenon is known as the

a) Shrinkage of sand b) Contraction of sand c) Bulking of sand d) Expansion of sand

 MCQ - Cement and Concrete -2
The.................. is a mixture of cement, sand, pebbles or crushed rock and water, which, when placed in the skeleton of forms and are allowed to
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cure, becomes hard like a stone.

a) Cement concrete b) Cement slurry c) Cement grouting d) Cement mortar

2 Cement concrete is prove to be more economical than

a) Aluminium b) Steel c) Copper d) Silica

3 There is initial .............. of cement concrete which is mainly due to loss of water through forms, absorption by surfaces of forms, etc.

a) Swelling b) Cracking c) Dispersion d) Shrinkage

4 Cement concrete has tendency to be

a) Flexible b) Elastic c) Porous d) Shine

5 ............................ is the commonly accepted theory of corrosion.

a) Direct corrosion b) Chemical action theory c) Electro osmosis theory d) Electrolytic theory

6 The is the simplest corrosion produced by means of a chemical attack.

a) Direct corrosion b) Indirect corrosion c) Electro osmosis process d) Electro Chemical action

7 The.................. is most liable to corrosion.

a) Gold b) Copper c) Steel d) Wood

8 Most important affect of corrosion is the formation of

a) Swelling b) Cracks c) Bubbles d) Gas

It is found that the does not lead to the corrosion of reinforcement, provided that the concrete is dense and there is enough cover to the
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enforcement.

a) Ground water b) Lake water c) Sea water d) Stream Water

10 All tend to accelerate the setting of cement and to improve the strength of concrete in early stages.
a) Chlorides b) Sulphates c) Sodium d) Potassium

11 What is concrete maturity?

a) Concrete strength is directly related b) Concrete strength is indirectly c) Concrete strength is directly related d) Concrete strength is indirectly related to age
to age history related to age history to age and its temperature history and its temperature history
12 Maturity methods provide a simple approach for strength of concrete.
a) Relatively b) Technically c) Absolutely d) Actually

13 The maturity method is a ......................... approach to predict the early age strength gain of concrete.
a) Difficult b) Convenient c) Inconvenient d) There is no such method

14 A lower w/c ratio leads to

a) High strength b) Low strength c) Low durability d) Ease to work

15 What is the gel/space ratio?

a) Volume of water to the volume b) Volume of the hydrated cement c) Volume of the hydrated cement d) Volume of gel to the volume of space
of cement paste to the sum of volumes of the paste to the sum of volumes of the present in the concrete
hydrated cement hydrated cement and of the
16 Who has established the relation between the strength and gel/space ratio?
a) Abrams b) Power c) Brownyard d) Power and Brownyard
17 How to improve the workability of concrete.
a) Increase the w/c ratio b) Decrease the w/c ratio c) Decrease the size of aggregates d) Don't mix it for longer time

18 What is workability?
a) When it is easily placed and b) When it is easily placed and d) When it is easily placed but not
c) When it is not easily placed
compacted heterogeneous compacted homogenous compacted homogenous
19 The water-cement ratio is the ratio of
a) Weight of water to the weight of b) Volume of water to the volume c) Density of water to the Density d) Weight of water to the weight of
cement of cement of cement aggregates
20 Workability can be resolved
c) With the use of both plasticizers d) With not using of both plasticizers and
a) With not using of plasticizers b) With use of plasticizers
and super plasticizers super plasticizers
21 What is the compaction factor for low degree of workability?
a) .78 b).85 c) .92 d).95
22 The cement concrete, from which entrained air and excess water are removed after placing it in position, is called
a) Vacuum concrete b) LWC c) Prestressed concrete d) Sawdust concrete

23 The removal of excess air after placing concrete helps in increasing the strength of concrete by
a) 15-20% b) 20-25% c) 30-50% d) 50-70%
24 The light-weight concrete is prepared by
a) Mixing Portland cement with b) Using coke-breeze, cinder or slag
c) Mixing aluminum in the concrete d) Mixing steel in the concrete
sawdust in specified proportion in the as aggregate in the concrete
concrete
25 This type of concrete possesses
a) High insulating property b) High conducting property c) Low insulating property d) Very high insulating property

26 In making precast structural units for partition and wall lining purposes, the concrete should be
a) Vacuum concrete b) LWC c) Prestressed concrete d) Sawdust concrete
27 Most low-density aggregates are……in origin.
a) Volcanic b) Sea water c) Highly dense area d) Low dense area

28 ........................... is also something used as the aggregate component of lightweight concretes.

a) Conglomerate b) Gneiss c) Marble d) Diatomite

29 Aggregates with a specific gravity of………………..are called lightweight aggregates.

a) <2.4 b) 2.4-2.8 c) >2.8 d) > 3
30 The concrete is contained in a timber or steel casing for a certain period after its placing, this casing is known as the…………
a) Tremie b) Hopper c) Shuttering d) Grouting