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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
FIRST SEMESTER B.TECH DBGREE EXAMINATION, JULY 2017

Course Code: BE101-01
Course Name: INTRODUCTION TO CIVIL ENGINEERING

Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 Hours

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PART A
Answer ALL questions. Each question carries 1 mark
What is the function of foundation of the building?
What is efflorescence?
List the major ingredients of cement with their general percentages?
What is bonding in brick masonry?
What is plain carbon steel?

What is roof pitch and how would you determine it?

PART B
Answer ALL questions. Each question carries 5 marks
Classify the types of building as per national building code of India. (5)
What are the factors to be considered while selecting tiles? (5)

What is fineness modulus of aggregates? Explain the laboratory test for assessing the

Fineness modulus. (2+3)

. Draw the plan and elevation of (a) one brick thick (b) one and a half brick thick

english bond. (2.5+2.5)

. List down the various market forms of structural steel. Explain avo of them in detail.
(5)

. What are the various factors affecting the choice of flooring materials? (5)

PART C
Answer Any 3 questions. Each question carries 6 marks
What are the factors affecting selection of site of residential buildings?
With a neat sketch, show the different components of a building structure and indicate
the functions of any three components.
Explain the manufacturing process of tiles.
Explain the formation of different rocks coming under geological classification of

rocks. Give nvo examples for each of them.

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