Description : The window which is provided on a sloping roof of a building, is called (A) Lantern window (B) Dormer window (C) Louvered window (D) Rash window
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The window which is provided in flat roof of a room, is known (A) Dormer window (B) Lantern window (C) Louvered window (D) Sky window
Description : The window which projects outside a room of a building for admitting more light and air, is known (A) Bay window (B) Casement window (C) Lantern window (D) Dormer window
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Louvered door is generally provided in bath rooms (B) Flush door is generally provided in dining room (C) Revolving door is generally provided in cinema halls (D) Sliding door is generally provided in show rooms
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : The drain which is provided parallel to roadway to intercept and divert the water from hill slopes is known as (A) Sloping drain (B) Catch-water drain (C) Side drain (D) Cross drain
Description : Back fill with a sloping surface exerts a total active pressure Pa on the wall of height H and acts at (A) H/4 above the base parallel to base (B) H/2 above the base parallel to base (C) H/3 above the base parallel to base (D) H/5 above the base parallel to base
Description : The line of intersection of the surfaces of a sloping roof forming an external angle exceeding 180°, is (A) Ridge (B) Hip (C) Valley (D) None of these
Description : The highest line of sloping roof, where two opposite slopes meet, is known as (A) Rafter (B) Ridge (C) Crown (D) Eave
Description : The line of intersection of two surfaces of a sloping roof forming an internal angle less than 180°, is known as (A) Ridge (B) Hip (C) Valley (D) None of these
Description : The members which support covering material of a sloping roof, are (A) Rafters (B) Purlins (C) Battens (D) Struts
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Cavity of a cavity wall should start near ground level (B) Cavity of a cavity wall should terminate near eaves level of sloping roof (C) Cavity of a cavity wall should terminate near coping of flat roof with parapet wall (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : The type of roof suitable in plains where rainfall is meagre and temperature is high is (A) Pitched and sloping roof (B) Flat roof (C) Shell roof (D) none of these
Description : The member which is placed horizontally to support common rafter of a sloping roof, is (A) Purlin (B) Cleat (C) Batten (D) Strut
Description : The discharge through a channel of trapezoidal section is maximum when (A) Width of channel at the top is equal to twice the width at the bottom (B) Depth of channel is equal to the width at the bottom ... equal to half the width at the top (D) The sloping side is equal to the width at the bottom
Description : An R.C.C. lintel is spanning an opening of 2 m span in a brick wall. The height of the roof is 2.9 m above the floor level and that of the opening is 2.1 m above the floor level. The lintel is to be ... (B) UDL of wall (C) UDL of wall + load from the roof (D) Triangular load + load from the roof
Description : An opening in the side of a tank or vessel such that the liquid surface with the tank is below the top edge of the opening, is called (A) Weir (B) Notch (C) Orifice (D) None of these
Description : The main reinforcement in the toe of a T-shaped R C. retaining wall is provided on (i) Top face parallel to the wall (ii) Top face perpendicular to the wall (iii) Bottom face parallel to the wall (iv) ... (i) and (ii) are correct (C) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) Only (iv) is correct
Description : A perfectly elastic supply curve will be (a) Parallel to Y axis or a vertical line ; (b) Parallel to X axis; (c) U shaped ; (d) Downward sloping
Last Answer : the aggregate demand curve
Description : A perfect inelastic supply curve will be (a) Parallel to Y axis or a vertical line ; (b) Parallel to X axis ; (c) U shaped; (d) Downward sloping
Last Answer : (a) Parallel to Y axis or a vertical line ;
Description : Long run supply curve of a decreasing cost industry is (a) Downward sloping curve ; (b) Upward sloping curve; (c) Straight line parallel to X axis ; (d) Straight line parallel to y axis
Last Answer : (a) Downward sloping curve ;
Description : The horizontal timber piece provided at the apex of a roof truss which supports the common rafter is called (A) Ridge board (B) Hip rafter (C) Eaves board (D) Valley rafte
Description : An ideal ware house, is provided (A) Water proof masonry walls (B) Water proof roof (C) Few windows which remain generally closed (D) All the above
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The roof slabs of multi-storeyed buildings are constructed monolithically to carry the various floor loads (B) The beams of multi-storeyed ... slab is spanned across the secondary beams provided between the main beams (D) All of these
Description : The dry-bulb temperature scale is read on a psychrometric chart along the: a. Left vertical axis b. Right vertical axis c. Saturation line and sloping downward to the right d. Top horizontal axis e. Horizontal axis on the bottom of the chart
Last Answer : ANSWER : E
Description : A Pumpkin Lantern - To Light The Way?
Last Answer : When autumn's leaves begin to turn a riot of colors, pumpkins are ready for harvesting. They are sold at rural farm markets as well as popular shopping outlets and grocery stores. There are ... are also visibly enhancing. These work well centered on lawns, front steps or between sidewalk plantings.
Description : The gentle 'seaward sloping surface from the coasts is called _______. (1) Continental shelf (2) Continental rise (3) Abyssal plains (4) Submarine ridges
Last Answer : (1) Continental shelf Explanation: Continental Shelf is a gentle seaward sloping surface extending from the coasts towards the open sea. In all, about 7.5% of the total area of the oceans is covered ... a part of a continent with a relative rise in sea level or marine deposition beneath the water.
Description : The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called __________. (1) Continental shelf (2) Continental rise (3) Abyssal plains (4) Submarine ridges
Last Answer : Continental shelf
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) Tresguet did not provide the top camber for the drainage of surface water (B) Tresguet provided the top camber for the drainage of surface ... (D) Macadam provided a camber to the formation at the dug-up state, to drain percolated water
Description : This method shown here is termed as A. Surface water harvesting. B. Rain water harvesting. C. Roof top rainwater harvesting. D. Flat top rain water harvesting.
Last Answer : C. Roof top rainwater harvesting.
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: (A) The bottom and top ends of slump mould are parallel to each other (B) The axis of the mould is perpendicular to the end faces (C) The ... clean and free from set cement (D) The mould is in the form of a frustum of hexagonal pyramid
Description : The chaining on sloping ground is (A) Easier along the falling gradient (B) Easier along the up gradient (C) Equally convenient along falling as well as up gradient (D) All the above
Last Answer : (A) Easier along the falling gradient
Description : If h1 and h2 are the differences in level between ground and the formation levels, m is the slope of the sloping sides. D is the distance between the cross sections then, Prismoidal correction for a level section is (A) D/2m(h1 - h2) (B) D/3m(h1 - h2) (C) D/6m(h1 - h2)2 (D) D/6m(h1 - h2)3
Last Answer : (C) D/6m(h1 - h2)2
Description : If the chain line which runs along N-S direction is horizontal and the ground in E-W direction is sloping (A) It is possible to set offsets correctly on east side (B) It is possible to ... possible to set offsets correctly on west side (D) It is possible to set offsets correctly on both sides
Last Answer : (D) It is possible to set offsets correctly on both sides
Description : The most economical section of a trapezoidal channel is one which has hydraulic mean depth equal to (A) 1/2 × depth (B) 1/2 × breadth (C) 1/2 × sloping side (D) 1/4 × (depth + breadth)
Description : Bituminous fells are used for (A) Covering A.C. sheets (B) Covering sloping roofs (C) D.P.C. (D) None to these
Description : The term string is used for (A) The underside of a stair (B) Outer projecting edge of a tread (C) A sloping member which supports the steps in a stair (D) A vertical member between two treads
Description : Horizontal construction joints in concrete walls are generally provided at (A) Soffit level (B) Window sill level (C) Floor level (D) All the above
Description : The vertical sides of a door and window openings provided in a wall, are known as (A) Verticals (B) Reveals (C) Jambs (D) None of these
Description : Why in Newton's rings setup, the beam splitter (mirror) is kept at 450? (a) It allows light rays to incident at 450over the top surface of Plano convex lens (b) It allows light rays to ... Plano convex lens (d) It allows light rays to incident at 900over the top surface of Plano convex lens
Last Answer : (d) It allows light rays to incident at 900over the top surface of Plano convex lens
Description : How do I stop feathers and excrement coming through my attic bedroom window from pigeons on the roof, while still keeping my window open (it gets hot)?
Last Answer : screen? awning?
Description : The lower edge of the pitched roof, from where the rain water of the roof surface drops down, is known as (A) Hip (B) Gable (C) Ridge (D) Eaves
Description : For effective drainage, the finished surface of flat roof should have a minimum slope of (A) 1 in 20 (B) 1 to 50 (C) 1 in 10 (D) 1 in 5
Description : Why when you are high in the sky and looking from the window of an airplane, it seemed that it moves very slowly, but when starting to lose altitude to land, suddenly it feels that it moves much faster?
Last Answer : The farther you are from something, the slower it appears to move. The closer you are to something, the faster it appears to move. This probably has something to do with relative frames of reference.
Description : It’s unknown, although rumors at the time involved a cow knocking over a lantern in a barn.
Last Answer : Who led the first land expedition to the Pacific Coast?
Description : A pre-stressed rectangular beam which carries two concentrated loads W at L/3 from either end, is provided with a bent tendon with tension P such that central one-third portion of the tendon remains parallel to the longitudinal axis, the maximum dip h is (A) WL/P (B) WL/2P (C) WL/3P (D) WL/4P
Description : divide wall is provided (A) At right angle to the axis of weir (B) Parallel to the axis of weir and upstream of it (C) Parallel to the axis of weir and downstream of it (D) At an inclination to the axis of weir
Description : DC announces The Green Lantern is gay! Thoughts?
Last Answer : answer:This smacks of desperation, because his movie stunk so bad, they had to do something big. All in all, I will reserve judgment until I find out who his boyfriend is. Like the Flash? Aqua-man?
Description : When was the last time you carved a jack-o-lantern?
Last Answer : answer:This is my favorite month, thanks to Halloween (my favorite holiday). We watch scary movies all month long. We watched 3 tonight (watching The Blair Witch Project at the moment). We are doing the carving ... for us. That's ok though, because we wouldn't be home. We'll be out getting candy.
Description : How much current can I draw at maximum from a 6V lantern battery?
Last Answer : at max you could get about 2.5 volts out of that.
Description : Can I charge these capacitors with a 6v lantern battery?
Last Answer : Never mind, my brain wasn’t working.