NPTEL MOOC COURSE ON

Basic Construction Materials

By Dr Manu Santhanam and Dr. Radhakrishna G Pillai | IIT Madras

PMRF TA: Umesh Hule

Source- Internet

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 OVERVIEW – Week 5

• Cement: history and production

• Classifications

• Tests on cement

• Aggregates and properties

• Chemical admixtures

• Process of concreting

• Concrete properties

• Concrete durability

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Q1) Choose the material which has similar coefficient of thermal expansion as that of
concrete

a) Steel
b) Bamboo
c) Plastic
d) Paper

Ans- a
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 Q2) Argillaceous materials are sources of
a) CaCO3
b) Al2O3
c) Fe2O3
d) SiO2

Ans- b,c,d
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Q3) _________________ patented hydraulic cement:
a) L.J. Vicat
b) Joseph Aspidin
c) Thomas Aspidin

Ans- b
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Q4) Which of the following imparts grey colour to the cement?
a) CaCO3
b) Al2O3
c) Fe2O3
d) SiO2

Ans- c
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Q5) Arrange in the decreasing order of percentage of composition in cement
a) C3S > C2S > C3A > C4AF
b) C2S > C3A > C4AF > C3S
c) C4AF > C3A > C2S > C3S
d) C3S > C3A > C2S > C4AF

Ans- a \
Q6) Portlandite (CH) is the hydration product which is most susceptible to chemical attack
a) True
b) False

Ans- a
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Q7) Finer the cement, slower the rate of heat development
a) False
b) True

Ans- a
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Q8) Heat evolved depends on heat of hydration of individual compounds

a) False
b) True

Ans- b
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Q9) Vicat apparatus is used for testing___
a) Soundness
b) Setting time
c) Compressive strength
d) Consistency

Ans- b,d
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Q10) How can Type I cement be converted to type III?
a) Decrease fineness
b) Increase fineness
c) Increase alite content
d) Decrease alite content

Ans- b,c
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Q11) Expansive cements are beneficial in situations experiencing __________
a) Higher shrinkage
b) Lower shrinkage
c) Higher creep

Ans- a
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Q12) Loss of strength with age of Calcium Aluminate Cement is due to a gradual conversion of hydration product CAH 10 to
a) C4AF
b) CSH
c) CH
d) C3AH6

Ans- d
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Q13) Rounded aggregates provide better workability than angular aggregates
a) True
b) False

Ans- a
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Q14) White cement has comparatively lower
a) Iron content
b) Magnesium content
c) Calcium content
d) Silica content

Ans- a
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 Q15) In high strength concrete

a) Cracks pass through the paste

b) Cracks pass through the aggregate

Ans- b
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Q16) Reactivity is more when the silica present is ________
a) Amorphous
b) Crystalline

Ans- a
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Q17) Good bond is obtained when smooth aggregates are used than rough aggregates.
a) False
b) True

Ans- a
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 Micro-structural characterisation of cementitious materials – Part 2

Q18) For cold-weather concreting, we use_______________.

a) Accelerators
b) Retarders
c) Viscosity Modifiers

Ans- a
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Q19) ___________ are mainly used to protect concrete from freezing and thawing

a) Air entrainers
b) Superplasticizers
c) Retarders

Ans- a
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Q20) Unit of compacting factor is _______________.

a) N
b) mm
c) Unitless
d) kg/s

Ans- c
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Q21) The Abram’s law: fc = A / Bw/c relates __________

a) Strength and water to cement ratio

b) Strength and fines content
c) Water to cement ratio and workability
d) Shrinkage and water to cement ratio

Ans- a
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Q22) Concrete pouring must be vertically down
a) True
b) False

Ans- a
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Q23) Name the two time-dependent deformations:

Ans- Shrinkage and Creep

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