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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FIRST SEMESTER B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2018

3 Course Code: 0
Course Name: BASICS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours
PART A
Answer all questions, each carries 3 marks. Marks
1 Write short note on the features of Educational building and Institutional (3)
building as per NBC.
2 What are the commonly adopted open space regulations for a residential (3)
building?
3 What are the advantages of total station? (3)
4 Differentiate between PCC and RCC. (3)
5 Differentiate between header and stretcher bond through sketches. (3)
6 Explain any three functions of foundation. (3)
7 List out the types of paints commonly available in market. (3)
8 What are the design parameters of elevators? (3)
9 What are the functions of tower? . (3)
10 List out the classification of air conditioning system. (3)
PART 13
Answer any eight questions, each carries 6 marks.
11 Why is proper planning important for the construction of a building? What are (6)
the various stages of planning a building?
12 What are the various components of a residential building? Illustrate the parts (6)
with a neat sketch.
13 What are the factors to be considered while selecting the site for a residential (6)
building?
14 Differentiate between carpet area and floor area. (6)
15 Explain the procedure adopted for setting out a single room building. (6)
16 What do you mean by ranging? What are the instruments used for ranging? (6)
17 The following staff reading were observed successively with a level, the (6)

instrument having been moved after third, sixth and eighth reading: 2.228,
1.606, 0.988, 2.090, 2.864, 1.262, 0.602, 1.982, 1.044, 2.684 m. Enter the
above readings in a page of level field book and calculate the R.L. of points if
the first reading was taken with a staff held on a bench mark of 100 m.

18 Write short notes on Total Station and GPS. (6)
19 What is the composition of Ordinary PortlandCement? Explain. (6)
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